But seriously, my doors are open to all of you. So long as no one complains about eating Asian food Only thing is, I doubt that Singapore will be spared when the crash happens. I don't know about and don't dabble in stocks or shares. Certainly, I hope and pray that my children will continue to grow in our Catholic faith - praise God, they are fervent now. We all don't know what will happen in the future, but it may end up that I will be knocking on your door for the vegetables you grow
I'm sure that Mr. Rogers owns plenty of stocks and shares and other investments to hedge him and his children against a global crash. My point was that in a complete global melt-down practical survival skills will be a more valuable asset. Belief and trust in God's goodness and promise of a better life to come will give hope when all seems lost. Your kids are blessed to have been born into a good home. Perhaps Mr. Rogers is also a man of faith and is passing that faith on to his children. At least you can cook, although you'll have to bring your own herbs and spices. No hot peppers - don't think they would mix well with brussels sprouts and parsnips.
This is horrible and was just passed in Oregon, the state neighboring us to the south. Allowing Alzheimer and the mentally ill to be starved and refused water without consent. I expect we will follow suit as well. The article is from April but the bill was passed this week. Just like padraigs post above, prepare to speak out and be hated and reviled brothers and sisters. The time is upon us. https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/oregon-bill-legalizes-starving-dementia-patients OREGON BILL LEGALIZES STARVING DEMENTIA PATIENTS Allows natural feeding to be withheld from conscious patients PORTLAND, Ore. (ChurchMilitant.com) - A bill in Oregon's senate is crafted to allow mentally ill patients to be starved to death. Oregon law mandates that healthcare providers give food and water to all conscious patients, who can receive it naturally such as by spoon feeding. SB 494, which is currently in the Senate Judiciary Committee, would remove this mandate for patients suffering from dementia and other mental illnesses. It does so by removing current safeguards that prohibit surrogates from withholding ordinary food and water from conscious patients with conditions that don’t allow them to make decisions about their own care. Gayle Atteberry, executive director of Oregon Right to Life, remarked, "Nursing homes and other organizations dedicated to protecting vulnerable patients work hard to make sure patients receive the food and water they need. Senate Bill 494, pushed hard by the insurance lobby, would take patient care a step backwards and decimate patient rights." A recent case leading up to this legislation highlights the potential danger of the measure once passed. Bill Harris is a resident of Oregon and legal guardian of his wife Nora Harris. Nora suffers from Alzheimer's Disease and must be fed with a spoon. Bill Harris petitioned the court to issue an order directing the nursing home that's caring for his wife to stop feeding her altogether. Oregon law, however, requires that conscious patients be given food and water if it can be administered naturally to the patient and consumed by ordinary eating and drinking. Because of this law, the court refused to honor the request by Bill Harris. SB 494 would remove this safeguard and allow for the starvation and dehydration of such patients at the request of a legal guardian or by third parties if guardianship was lacking. The law would also appoint a committee of unelected officials and give them the power to make future changes to advanced medical directives without oversight or approval by the Oregon Legislature. Many fear this provision would result in a rapid erosion of patients' rights under the strong lobby of insurance companies. Oregon already allows IVs and feeding tubes to be withdrawn from otherwise viable patients at the request of guardians and third parties. This causes horrible death by dehydration over a matter of days. SB 494 could extend that gruesome prerogative to include cases of "spoon feeding" of conscious patients, who are mentally incompetent. Terri Schiavo made headlines when her feeding tube was removed at the request of her husband. This caused Schiavo to die a slow and agonizing death over the course of 13 days. Her brother, Bobby Schindler gave this account of her last days: My sister's lips were horribly cracked to the point they were blistering. Her skin became jaundiced with areas that turned different shades of blue. Terri's breathing became rapid and uncontrollable. Her moaning, at times, was raucous, which indicated to us the insufferable pain she was experiencing. Terri's face became skeletal, with blood pooling in her deeply sunken eyes and her teeth protruding forward. What will be forever seared in my memory is the look of utter horror on my sister's face when my family visited her just after she died. Oregon Right to Life is providing this link for Oregon residents to contact their state senator and ask them to stop SB 494 from becoming law. Catholics are asked to contact the archdiocese of Portland and encourage Abp. Alexander Sample to continue fighting against this bill.
What is the opposition to this spirit in the world? I ask myself watching this video, for this is what we will see rise up against in the world in popularity and is even now. Wisdom 2 11-15 Let us oppress the poor just man, and not spare the widow, nor honour the ancient grey hairs of the aged. But let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble, is found to be nothing worth. Let us therefore lie in wait for the just, because he is not for our turn, and he is contrary to our doings, and upbraideth us with transgressions of the law, and divulgeth against us the sins of our way of life. He boasteth that he hath the knowledge of God, and calleth himself the son of God. He is become a censurer of our thoughts. He is grievous unto us, even to behold: for his life is not like other men’s, and his ways are very different.
Limits to Man's Power Consequently, unless we are willing that the responsibility of procreating life should be left to the arbitrary decision of men, we must accept that there are certain limits, beyond which it is wrong to go, to the power of man over his own body and its natural functions—limits, let it be said, which no one, whether as a private individual or as a public authority, can lawfully exceed. These limits are expressly imposed because of the reverence due to the whole human organism and its natural functions, in the light of the principles We stated earlier, and in accordance with a correct understanding of the "principle of totality" enunciated by Our predecessor Pope Pius XII. (21) Humanae Vitae
Don't discount the hot peppers yet. Everything tastes better when there's spice - at least to my tastebuds
Transgenders remind me of witches, frightening to see them with little children. Nobody seems to see the huge danger. It reminds me of something GK Chesterton said, 'People who do not believe in God will believe in anything'. These poor benighted creatures, they actually idolise them. Now they are being used to teach children what is right. Crazy.
We are living through Romans Chapter 1 And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of the image of a corruptible man and of birds, and of four footed beasts and of creeping things. Wherefore, God gave them up to the desires of their heart, unto uncleanness: to dishonour their own bodies among themselves.Who changed the truth of God into a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
What this world needs is a massive exorcism - the devil has a foothold in our civilization -- a culture of death, decay and decadence. I believe that our Lady is Key to the destruction of this civilization of death - our Lady of Tepeyac pray for us who have recourse to thee.
Don, I didn't 'like' your post because it didn't seem appropriate due to the horrific content of the message. One would be prosecuted for treating a dog in this manner. Great care is taken to minimise the suffering of executed murderers and a great fuss is, rightfully, made if the process is botched. While no murder of an old or disabled person is justifiable, no matter how humanely it might be carried out, these devils are promoting one of the most cruel and protracted forms of murder. I think one would struggle in looking through history to find as barbarian a form of killing. Even the most devilishly imaginative ISIS killings do not approach this in cruelty.
Well I have breathing problems myself and who knows how any of this will play out but you can certainly knock on my door. Lots of fruit trees and gardens and wood and water to ride out the storm. It is funny how God directs our lives. 30 years ago we were looking for a house and we didn't have a whole lot of money and 3 young children and there was just nothing for sale that we could afford. I made a novena to St Joseph and by really miraculous means we acquired this house and land. It was a bit of a trainwreck. Big house but old and unsightly and the land was full of rusting car parts and old barb wire and various pieces of rusting machinery but it had 60 acres. My mother in law was astonished. She said "why would you want such a place" and I said "it had apple trees and lots of room for gardens and plenty of wood and plenty of water" and she just shook her head. But it was a bit prophetic my saying that. NOne of it was easy. We pulled the land back from neglect and we fixed the house and now we have all those things that will be so essential when things really get bad. So Dolours if you can get here you are more than welcome!!
The Nazis are the only ones I can think of. And they were prosecuted for it at Nuremberg. How far along the road to hell we have come in this country and what is wrong with Oregon. They seem even more depraved than California.
I 'liked' your post, Padraig, for emphasis. The content is like something from the darkest visions of Hieronymus Bosch. Or at least I think it is, as I only glanced through this. This trans-sexual business, wrongly described by the category error that is the term 'transgenderism' is blatantly a lever to legalise and make respectable the horror that is paedophilia. They are aiming this poison from the deepest circle of Hell at the youngest children they can slither their tentacles upon. Already, we see in recent legislation by the devils who govern Ontario, signs that parents who attempt to protect their children from corruption will have them taken from them. The Gates of Hell are not going to prevail, we are promised that, but they are here, they have opened and they are vomiting out their contents. God help us.
The lovely thing is we are all willing no matter what happens. So nice of you SG to offer. Although I had a bit of bad luck in march when we went to Japan(got really sick) I still hope to visit Singapore. But I always wonder if making plans right now is futile. Who knows where all this goes. I am thinking of Jesus' words: "sufficient unto the day is the trouble thereof". Just thought of that silly song lyric "shah nana nana live for today". I guess today is all we have. "The past to God's mercy, the present to God's grace and the future to God's providence" Padre Pio.
Likewise, it is lovely of you to offer your home with all the fruit trees As you rightly say, we don't know what's coming, and whether our planning will be futile - but we can only place our hope and trust in our Lord Jesus and our Blessed Mother Mary.
Well there is doubts things are falling apart very rapidly in Britain at the moment. No surprises there since they have gotten rid of the idea of being obedient to God a long time ago. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/09/britain-has-voted-chaos/
Well, if Dolours can't make it, I'll be right over! Sounds wonderful! By the way AED, what country are you from? Safe in the Refuge of the Immaculate Heart!
Just wondering where the Fatima/Knock thread disappeared to? Could I have blocked it without realising?
