Posted on 09/28/2010 7:56:24 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
Somehow this slipped past the Disputations filter, but during her vacation in Spain in August, First Lady Michelle Obama revealed that her husband -- a.k.a. President Obama -- "always carries a picture of Mary Help of Christians in his wallet."
Mary Help of Christians is the patroness of the Salesian order of priests and nuns, and during an Aug. 13 visit to the Spanish city of Ronda with her daughter, Sasha, the first lady stopped at the Salesian community there.
According to the Salesian news service, she told the priest in charge that her husband "always carries with him a photograph with an image of Mary Help of Christians, to whom, those present reported, the first family of the United States has great devotion."
For Catholics, the special prayer to Jesus through his mother Mary for divine aid is about as, well, Catholic as you can get (evidence of a particular supplication to the Virgin dates back to the 3rd century, according to some sources). It is also more evidence for my colleague Jeff Weiss's theory that Obama is actually a closet Catholic and not a crypto-Muslim, as many believe.
But Obama's Marian devotion could resonate even more deeply, as the prayer to Mary Help of Christians is associated with two of the greatest battles in history between Christendom and Islam, both victories by papal forces.
The Virgin Mary was first formally given the title of "Help of Christians" by Pope Pius V after the dramatic naval victory over the Turkish forces at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Then in 1683, the forces of Christendom beat back the 200,000 Ottoman Turks from the gates of Vienna. During the fighting, Emperor Leopold I of Austria took refuge in the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians at Pasau.
Many view those clashes as prequels to today's war between the West and radical Islam. The Blessed Virgin Mary to the rescue again?
He also has a monkey god good luck charm in his pocket. Maybe he’s a closet Hindu.
He doesn't love her not really, (If he did maybe he would go to Worship her Son more often, instead of using his name as a swear word on the Back 9....)
Perhaps Michelle will next reveal that Obamalini also secretly wears Mormon underwear and davens when watching TV in the White House at night.
From this site .... Islam for Today
This doesn't mean Obama is a Christian. If anything -- its another nail in the coffin that he's MUSLEM!
I am amazed that someone mentioned the Battle of Vienna without mentioning the date!
I was thinking that too (that carrying a card with Mary’s image wouldn’t necessarily mean he’s not a Muslim).
What I wonder, is the author of this piece attempting to be tongue in cheek, laying a sarcastic groundwork for Obama’s secret Cathoicism to demonstrate how he believes Obama’s alleged secret faith in Islam is equally as ludicrous? Or does he actually believe he could he a closet Catholic?
It’s tough to tell from this post and the other one Alex posted.
He may be a Muslim, but is she?
It’s o.k. to lie according to Islam...
He carries a wallet?
Now why would he do that? He has our Treasury.
BS
Definitely tongue-in-cheek. Many Catholics I know have seriously underdeveloped/malnourished senses of humor, even when it's written by fellow Catholics. Those same Catholics take great joy in taking offense, going positively apoplectic when they see my name next to it.
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**the first family of the United States has great devotion.”**
Shaking my head on this one!
That explains it. He pickpocketed a Catholic.
He also has an Indiana driver's license, an organ donor card and a South Bend library card.
Talk of taking God´s name in vain. WOW!
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