Anti-Catholicism is on the rise and despite its frequency many Catholics often seem surprised to hear it. CMR is here to help by offering you the top ten clues that you're about to hear something anti-Catholic.
We break it down by percentage. This is math folks. We've carried the ones and everything. (No, we're not going to show our work. Just trust us.)
Broken down by percentage points here are the chances you're about to hear something anti-Catholic if you hear:
44% chance if someone says "I'm not religious but I'm very spiritual."
49% chance if someone says, "The Pope during WWII..."
A 53% chance if someone says "I read in the New York Times..."
57% chance if someone says "I don't need an intermediary between me and God..."
68% chance if a representative of Barack Obama's Faith Based Advisory Council office is quoted.
83% chance if you hear from your television, "You're watching Hardball..."
84% chance if someone says "Richard Dawkins said..."
89% chance if someone says "I don't normally watch "The View" but Joy Behar said..."
94% chance if there's any mention of a flying spaghetti monster.
98% Any mention of The Inquisition or the Crusades.
100% If someone says "I was raised Catholic so..." anything that follows is guaranteed to be anti-Catholic.
Hope these help. Please feel free to add your own.
miércoles, 14 de julio de 2010
Creative Minority Report: Top 10 Ways To Know You're Likely To Hear Something Anti--Catholic
Silence necessary to hear God's voice, explains Peruvian cardinal :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)
.- In his Sunday homily, the Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, encouraged the faithful to seek out moments of silence each day in order to hear the voice of God.
"Look at the cross, listen to that heartbeat, see the gaze of Christ, the wounds that we have given him, read the Gospel," the cardinal instructed.
He then commented on the words of Moses, "Hear the voice of the Lord your God." The cardinal explained: "In order to listen, we need to separate ourselves from our concerns, our difficulties. Perhaps Jesus is speaking to you in the depths of your soul, but in a whisper, and you can't hear it because of the noise.
"This is what meditation is for, to learn to take our eyes away from our curiosity, to close our ears, which always want to hear something," he continued.
Cardinal Cipriani gave several examples showing how small acts of love mean a great deal when they are completed with faith. "If you smile at your wife and your children, that means a lot. If you pray a Hail Mary asking Our Lady to help you to be good, it means a lot. If you visit a friend who is alone or sick, it means a lot. If you avoid criticizing others, it means a lot."
The cardinal urged Peruvians to talk to God each day, in the morning and each night, before going to bed. "Each day when you wake up and before you go to sleep, speak to God and say, 'Here I am, thank you for another day of life, what do you want of me?"