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Bishop Robert Hermann on Voting as though 'Judgment Day is on its Way'
Catholic Online ^ | 10/18/08 | Bishop Robert Hermann

Posted on 10/18/2008 7:16:41 AM PDT by tcg

The decision I make in the voting booth will reflect my value system. If I value the good of the economy and my current lifestyle more than I do the right to life itself, then I am in trouble. Pope John Paul II, in his post-synodal apostolic exhortation Christifideles laici tells us: “Above all, the common outcry, which is justly made on behalf of human rights — for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to culture — is false and illusory if the right to life, the most basic and fundamental right and the condition for all other personal rights, is not defended with maximum determination.”

The right of our children to be protected from destruction is greater than my right to a thriving economy. I am living proof of this, since I am here because my parents believed this priority and lived it. My desire for a good economy cannot justify my voting to remove all current restrictions on abortion. My desire to end the war in Iraq cannot justify my voting to remove all current restrictions on abortion.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; bishops; catholic; christianvote; obama
The Catholic Church teaches that the issue of life is the most basic issue and must be given priority over the issue of the economy, the issue of war or any other issue.
1 posted on 10/18/2008 7:16:42 AM PDT by tcg
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To: tcg

IF all 67 million Catholics eligible to vote and other moral and spiritual believers would only choose life over the economic promises of the false messiah, we would not have to be fretting over ACORN’s coming coup

Watch this video and pass it along

http://www.catholicvote.com/


2 posted on 10/18/2008 7:21:47 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: tcg

AMEN!!


3 posted on 10/18/2008 7:22:43 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: tcg
"If I value the good of the economy and my current lifestyle more than I do the right to life itself, then I am in trouble."

I refuse to accept the premise that voting for rat bastards would somehow be better for "the economy and my current lifestyle".

I'm choosing life AND what's better for the economy and my current lifestyle.

Yeesh - This guy still doesn't get it.

4 posted on 10/18/2008 7:35:24 AM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: tcg

The young woman sat in the doctor’s office waiting room and cuddled the 6 month-old boy in her lap. Soon she was escorted to an exam room.

The doctor finally came in, smiled, sat down, glanced at her file and asked “Mrs. Jones, what brings you here today?”

She hesitated — then the words tumbled out in a torrent.

“Doctor, my husband doesn’t make much money, we have 3 children now and I’m pregnant again. Doctor we just can’t afford another mouth to feed – we’re barely making it now. She paused again. “Doctor, I want an abortion.”

The doctor sat back in his chair, laid the file aside and said, “An abortion costs around 500 dollars and you probably don’t have the money. I have a better, less expensive option. “ Reaching into a drawer, the doctor extracted a scalpel and continued.

“Lay the lad here across your lap and pull his shirt up so his chest is exposed.”

Shocked, she blurted, “What are you going to do?”

“Why, we’ll simply kill THIS baby.”

Clutching her son to her breast, she leapt to her feet and shouted “You MONSTER!”

The doctor paused, then spoke.

“Mrs. Jones, the only difference between your proposal and mine is that one baby is IN your lap and the other is ON you lap and, therefore, much easier to get at.”

She ran from the room, his words ringing in her ears.

Is abortion the killing of a human being?

Not according to Obama, NARAL and the other radical feminist gangs who require that abortion continue to be available to them as a last resort birth control method to allow them to persist in their sexually promiscuous lifestyle.

I’ll believe it’s NOT a human being when a woman gives birth to a chicken, hog or a tree.


5 posted on 10/18/2008 7:39:07 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: tcg

Sadly many Catholics including some clergy will vote for Obama ignoring his support of literal infanticide but rather supporting his “social justice” agenda of socialism.


6 posted on 10/18/2008 7:50:22 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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To: silverleaf
What a Godsend this is and a prayer answered. I've been trying to get through to my pro-Obama Catholic family and all I've got is yelled at in return about what an idiot I am and how Sarah Palin is a dingbat. I sent this article to them. They can yell at the Bishop now and they'll really be yelling in HELL if they don't see the spiritual error of their ways.

Their blood is now not on my hands. If I'm hated for this, oh well. You are all my witnesses to the Lord that I gave it my best shot to warn them. What they are really saying is that they have more faith in Obama than in Jesus. They may not think that, but their vote will prove it.

If God himself isn't listened to, then who the heck am I.

7 posted on 10/18/2008 8:23:34 AM PDT by pray4liberty (The Lord is on the side of the truly righteous. The MSM is not.)
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To: diamond6; Salvation
*Ping*

Send this to your pro-Obama relatives!

8 posted on 10/18/2008 8:35:33 AM PDT by pray4liberty (The Lord is on the side of the truly righteous. The MSM is not.)
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To: pray4liberty

Thank you!

I have a deluded, corrupted, Catholic friend I will send to at the opportune moment.


9 posted on 10/18/2008 9:18:22 AM PDT by diamond6 (Is SIDS preventable? www.Stopsidsnow.com)
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To: diamond6
Send this as well:

21 week old “blob of snot” grabs surgeon’s hand during pre-natal procedure. Obama, if that’s NOT a human baby, please tell us what it is?

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10 posted on 10/18/2008 9:39:16 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: diamond6

Send this, too. Not all black people are for Obama.
http://www.obamanation.com/


11 posted on 10/18/2008 10:14:44 AM PDT by pray4liberty (The Lord is on the side of the truly righteous. The MSM is not.)
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To: The Great RJ

When Catholics vote for Obamanation or any dimocrat, for that matter, they are excommunicating themselves due to the increased support for abortion in the dimocrats’ platform. They are only CINOs and cannot receive Communion.


12 posted on 10/18/2008 2:25:34 PM PDT by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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To: tcg
This makes over 60 bishops who have spoken out against Pelosi, Biden and other dimocrats! Their message -- "Vote for LIFE!" This list only has links for 26 of them.

Updated: American Bishops who have spoken against Pelosi

Here is the complete list of American bishops who have responded to Nancy Pelosi's comments so far:
  1. Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver was the first American bishop to respond
  2. ... Bishop James Conley, his auxiliary, joined him
  3. Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington DC responded twice, first in a press release and second in a statement to The Hill. He has also appeared on Fox News, I am told.
  4. Cardinal Justin Regali of Philadelphia, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued this statement through the USCCB website...
  5. ... Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, chairman of the Committee on Doctrine, joined him
  6. Cardinal Edward Egan of New York publised a strongly worded statement of his own
  7. Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo issued a letter correcting Pelosi's claims
  8. Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh and...
  9. ... Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs have chimed-in
  10. Archbishop Jose Gomez of San Antonio, CNA reports has added his voice ...
  11. ... Bishop Oscar Cantu, his auxiliary bishop, has joined him
  12. Bishop William Murphy of Rockville has published an extensive letter
  13. Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa has a detailed response
  14. Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas has joined the USCCB's efforts
  15. Bishop Gregory Aymond of Austin is on-board
  16. Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston mentions the USCCB on his blog
  17. Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando has written at length
  18. Archbishop John Nienstedt of Saint Paul/Minneapolis challenges Pelosi's statement
  19. Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, President of the US Bishops, has weighed-in
  20. Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker, OR publishes in the Catholic Sentinel
  21. Bishop Jerome Listecki of La Crosse, WI responds in a word document
  22. Bishop Richard Lennon of Cleveland, OH will comment in his September 5th column (PDF)
  23. Bishop Ralph Nickless of Sioux City, IA has one of the very best responses I've read
  24. Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco has invited Pelosi to a "conversation"
  25. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn: "Judging the Candidates"

{Last updated on September 10th.}

Notes:

  • Previous #23 has been removed. Bishop Joseph Gossman of Raleigh, NC is actually the bishop emeritus, and the new bishop, Michael Burbidge has not, to my knowledge, made a personal statement.
  • Previous #16 has also been removed, it was an erroneous duplication of current #13.
  • #26 was added September 10th, although he published his column September 6th

13 posted on 10/18/2008 2:27:35 PM PDT by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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