Catholics, Get Ready to Suffer

NC Register ^ | January 31, 2012 | Matthew Archbold

[NYer]

I remember coloring in the lions on the paper my Catechism teacher had handed out. The lions in the coliseum were approaching a group of huddled Catholics.

My CCD teacher asked us if we too were willing to suffer for our faith the way the martyrs of old did? I remember looking at those cartoon lions and deciding that yes, I very much had the stuff to stare down a cartoon lion. Easy.

But it’s easy to answer in the affirmative when we’re talking about cartoon lions. It’s different when we’re talking real life. Real lions have teeth.

And make no mistake, real life is what we’re talking now. We have a government that mandates what pro-life counselors must say. We have a government now that mandates that Catholic institutions pay for things it considers sinful. We have a government that now says the cost of being an American is to abandon Catholicism.

Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Nebraska in response to the Obama administration’s contraception mandate said, “We cannot and will not comply with this unjust decree. Like the martyrs of old, we must be prepared to accept suffering which could include heavy fines and imprisonment.”

This scares me but it’s true.

Now is the time when decisions must be made by Catholic college presidents and hospital administrators and the heads of all sorts of Catholic institutions. Should I do what the government tells me or what the Church tells me is right? Some whom we have great hope for will choose poorly. Some will stand up unexpectedly and refuse to comply with the government. And they will pay a price for being Catholic.

We’re no longer talking about the slippery slope here. We’ve walked off a cliff. We’re in free fall.

[NYer]

Ping!

[Pollster1]

Early in Exodus, we saw it with Moses.

Much later in the Old Testament, we saw it with Daniel.

Then early in the Christian Era, we saw it with Nero

Apparently, it's our turn today.

Now, with God's guidance, we can choose. Do we get fed to the lions? Will He save us from them? Or do we stand up to evil, face it down, and bring a stop to the oppression regardless of the worldly power held by those who oppose God? I just hope and pray that few if any true Christians are weak enough to bow down to Obama.

[Adder]

refuse them.

Just say no to them.

[AnalogReigns]

Not just Roman Catholics, but any and all real Christians.

[Talisker]

The lions in the coliseum were approaching a group of huddled Catholics.

Actually, they were Christians, not Catholics. And they were famous for NOT huddling.

RCC wasn't around yet, IIRC.

[guitarplayer1953]

Equating what is happening today with what the early Christians suffered for their faith is rather foolish.

[GreyFriar]

Thank you for posting this.

[RBStealth]

> Will we be fed to the lions?

More than likely we’ll be fed to the donkeys;-)

[Quix]

Not just [truly saved & overcoming] Roman Catholics,

but any and all real Christians.

[anglian]

Now who's feeding who?

Catholic Relief Services Baltimore, Maryland

Action Alerts

President Obama: Press for two-state peace agreement in the Holy Land

Blessed are the peacemakers, they will be called children of God (Matthew 5:9)

What do you want me to do?

Contact President Obama now and urge him to restart negotiations with Israeli and Palestinian leaders based on key principles and ideas addressed in other peace negotiations:

Creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, based on the 1967 borders with possible limited land swaps as mutually agreed.

A fair negotiated resolution of the refugee issues that does not threaten the demography of Israel.

The sharing of Jerusalem by Israel and the Palestinian state as their capitals.

Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights as part of a peace agreement with Syria.

http://actioncenter.crs.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ac_homepage

[A.A. Cunningham]

You recall incorrectly.

[Farmer Dean]

Catholics are 25 percent of the population.So don’t you get ready to suffer,get ready to fight back.

[Farmer Dean]

Catholics are 25 percent of the population.So don’t you get ready to suffer,get ready to fight back.

[Notwithstanding]

YDRCC

[narses]

RCC wasn't around yet, IIRC.

[narses]

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[Gerish]

The battle begins......it will be time for a lot of Catholics to choose between what is morally right and what the world tells them what is right. God be with us!

[Quix]

Hmmmmmmmmmm

[Quix]

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DAFFYNITIONARY PRETEND HISTORY STRIKES AGAIN.