~~~~The Simple Woman's Daybook~~~~

For Today:  Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

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I am hearing.....

the heat kicking on.  I am not a fan of putting the heat on too early in the Fall as it seems to lead to dry skin, static everywhere, chapped lips, etc., but it was feeling really cold in this house last night.  My numb feet could attest to this.

I am wearing......

light blue long sleeved jammie tee, and light blue striped jammie pants.  I also have my sage green throw over my shoulders.  With the heat on, I am still chilly. I would love to move to Florida....if my entire family would come with us.  Guess I better adapt to the cold.

Outside my window......

seems cloudy so far.  And it's only about 46 degrees.....brrrrrr.

(I miss summer!)

I am thinking.......

I miss summer!....and I hope we can get through these cold viruses soon, so we can start enjoying some of the fun outdoor events of Fall.

Thankful for..............

a positive attitude yesterday.  Even though we couldn't make it to the Fall Festival like we usually do (because of Evan and I being sick), Alexa came up with the idea of decorating for Halloween.  And so that, along with watching some fun Halloween movies, eating popcorn, ordering pizza, putting on a Halloween CD and jamming with Glow Sticks to Monster Mash and other "Scary" tunes, saved the day from being a total bummer.  My kids were rockin' out in the dark with glowing rings all over their bodies.  They used the glow sticks as drum sticks, and had a blast.

I am reading...........

Caddie Woodlawn.  I am working my way through all the books on our shelves.  I need to get some grown up reads, I really do, but in the meantime, I read what's available.  I am really enjoying books....more than I have in years!

In my prayers...........

my mom and aunt who are on retreat.....for their safe return home.  For my dad, whose health always concerns me.  I'm so glad I got to talk to him last night.  It was a short conversation because I have laryngitis, but at least he knows I was thinking of him, as always.  For all unborn babies everywhere.  That they will be welcomed into the world by their loving mothers and fathers and seen as the true gift they are.

I was hoping.....

to participate in the prolife chain that reaches across our town today.  We always try to participate in the prayer chain, showing our support for an end to the tragedy of abortion.  But being sick this year means we'll have to miss. 

I am hoping......

The 40 Days for Life recently began, so I hope to be a physical part of that sometime over the next few weeks.  The innocent victims of abortion are always in our prayers, but I would like to more fully participate, once we are well, by praying outside the local abortion clinic.

From the kitchen..........

bbq chicken pizza, pulled bbq chicken sandwiches, salsa chicken, grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup, green pepper casserole etc.  Back to the warm-your-house-and-tummy recipes of the cold weather months.

As for education.......

(prepare yourself for some bragging)  my oldest attends public high school.  She did so well last school year that her GPA earned her an award at her school.  There were only 60 in the school of 2000!  We are proud of her hard work and dedication. 

Skylar is taking classes at a nearby church and she is enjoying herself (and learning) a lot.  The classroom environment is fairly new to her (other than CCD and VBS) and she's handling it well.  She's made a few friends, too. 

And Alexa is working hard on her schoolwork.  She's a bright girl and works well independantly, for the many of her subjects.

  Evan hasn't had "school" for the past week due to illness.  Colds...go away!  Right now!

please?

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The liturgical year.....

Feast of The Guardian Angels:

Angel of God, My Guardian Dear,

To whom God's love commits me here,

Ever this day, be at my side,

To light and guard

To rule and guide

Amen.

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I hope your weekend is/was cozy and enjoyable!  Make every day count!

TTFN

~Tina

An Important Vote

A couple set up a blog that allows anyone to stop by and weigh in on whether or not they should abort their baby. They even have ultrasound pics up on the page of their precious little child. And right now, the polls are open and sadly, the "have an abortion" side is winning. Please take a moment to vote to try to save this tiny little life. I don't know the details or validity of the site, the parents or the situations, but the whole thing is terribly sad and upsetting. In case this is for real, please take a moment and stop by the Birth or Not Blog and vote for this little life to be spared. And perhaps say a prayer or two while you are at it. Thank you.

Check this out...

For a little story and video about Andrea Bocelli and his "experience" with abortion.....

click this link.

Life, the only choice.
TTFN
~Tina

If You Can't Make it to the March For Life....

I would love to attend the March for Life, but I won't be able to again this year. If you can't attend either, there are still things you can do to show your support for the most innocent of our society.

First of all, you can register for the Virtual March for Life here. When I signed up for it, I was number 89. The numbers are now close to 60,000! That is so encouraging!

If you have a Facebook, you can follow this link. Put yourself down as "attending" Facebook Status 4 Life. Invite friends to do the same. Just post your status as "Status 4 Life" and you can change your profile pic to a prolife image or image of a child.

There are many things you can do at home with your children. Stop by The Catholic Icing Blog for some meaningful crafts and activities. Or, turn on your TV to EWTN for coverage of March for Life events.

And, as always, one of the most important things you can do on this, the 37th annual March for Life, is unite yourself in prayer with those marching in Washington.

***The Simple Womans Daybook***

For Today: January 18, 2010

Outside my window......it is dark and cold. Today it was almost 60 degrees and sunny! It was a rather beautiful Monday....especially for January.

I am wearing......some warm and pretty light blue flannel PJs, dark socks and of course my favorite white robe. I also have my hair down with a hairscrunchy around my wrist, just in case.

I am thinking......about my teen, and remembering what it was like to be a teenager myself. It was not an easy road for me, and I've always hoped the teen years would be a bit easier on my girls. But with the way the world is today, I think it might be harder.

I am hoping.......that their Catholic faith and a loving and supportive family will be enough to get my kids through the tough times of growing up.

I am going.....to try to start writing things down more. So many important things are floating in my head....things I need to do, people I need to call or email, forms I need to fill out, appts I need to make, etc. It goes on and on. I think I need to carry a little recorder around with me so I can just talk into it every time I remember something important. Eh, maybe not....I'd probably just misplace it. ugh

I am currently reading.....*sighs*

I am thankful for......some small changes I am seeing in my very stubborn, very active and somewhat aggressive 3 yr. old son. He is starting to think before he acts when he's angry. I am also thankful for Taylor for teaching him to say "silly" instead of "stupid" when he's upset at someone or something. I was just telling him not to say "stupid", instead of giving him a replacement word. Big sister's rock, especially when mommy is beyond frustrated. And by the way, he picked up "stupid" (which he pairs nicely with "punk") from a cartoon superhero show. It seemed innocent enough at first. Yeah, he doesn't watch that anymore.

This week.....is busy as usual....karate (3 times), dance, dentist appts and at least a couple of playdates. I almost wish for another snowstorm, so we would have an excuse to stay home and focus more time on school. But notice I said "almost".

Living the liturgical year.....I was hoping to start our teatimes back up. I might do that this week with the feast of Our Lady of Altagracia on Thursday. If I do, I'll do a post about it. :) The kids would be thrilled if I surprised them with that!

I am praying for.....so many people, but especially all those affected by the earthquake in Haiti. Such a devastating blow to an already impoverished country. Also thinking about and praying for an end to abortion. If I'm not mistaken, Friday with be the 37th annual March for Life and although we won't be able to attend, I'm hoping to watch some of it with my children on EWTN.

One of my favorite things......decaf coffee with Coffeemate French Vanilla Creamer in the evenings after dinner. I sip it all evening long and it helps me get through the winter months with a smile on my face. Okay, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration.

From the kitchen...the pantry and fridge are full thanks to a Costco run made by my dear hubby and my trip to Supertarget. Yep, we are all set for meals for the week, such as......Stuffed Pepper Casserole, Tacos, Pasta with Meatballs, Chicken Tortilla Soup, etc.

Around the house......I need to vaccuum and do some laundry. And I need to "red up" downstairs. (that's Pittsburgh talk for straightening up) ;)

Makes me smile.....the look on Taylor's face as we shopped for a dress and shoes for her first semi-formal dance. She looked beautiful and had a wonderful time.

Well, I'd share a picture thought, but it's late. Maybe I'll add it later.

TTFN

~Tina

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No Abortion Coverage in Healthcare

Tonight there is a webcast that you don't want to miss. Time is running out. Go to THIS SITE to register!

TTFN
~Tina

Don't Be Fooled

Maybe This Explains It.....

I hope so. Because otherwise, I just don't get what Obama has done to deserve it.

HT: Creative Minority Report

Speak Up for the Unborn

The following letter came in my email from AUL...

Dear Friend,
On Wednesday, the Senate Finance Committee’s vote of 10-13 to defeat the Hatch Amendment proved the pro-life community correct: The talk from the White House and the Congressional leadership of avoiding funding of abortions in health care is just that -- talk.
The amendment sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) would have explicitly prohibited federal funding and coverage of abortions. Also defeated by the committee was another amendment by Sen. Hatch that would have prevented discrimination against any individual or organization who refused to provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. So what does this mean? Since the start of the health care debate, including at our White House meeting last month, Americans United for Life Action has argued consistently that rhetorical assurances that abortion funding will not be included in health care reform are not enough. Rhetoric must be matched with action, with the addition in the bills of specific language prohibiting abortion. Since all five committees have rejected pro-life amendments which would ban abortion funding and coverage in health care, it is clear that we MUST keep questioning the gap between reality and the rhetorical assurances we are hearing from President Obama, Majority Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi. The AUL legal team has documented for you the facts behind their myth that the Hyde Amendment would adequately prevent federal funding and coverage of abortion in health care reform. We want you to have the facts to make it easy to speak up. Now that committee consideration of health care reform is over, the “behind the scenes” negotiations begin. At this crucial stage, the Congressional leadership is going to be negotiating backroom deals with your legislators. Be aware that the next page in the pro-abortion playbook will be that Pelosi and Reid are going to try to make a deal like the anti-life Capps Amendment approach, which we oppose. The anti-life Capps Amendment approach is not acceptable because for the first time in history, the federal government will require that there be a health insurance plan that covers abortion in every area. Furthermore, the anti-life Capps Amendment permits federal money to go to insurance plans that cover abortion. I assure you, we are hearing that the “deals” being discussed by Congressional Leadership on Capitol Hill are merely anti-life initiatives in the guise of ‘compromise,’ such as the Capps Amendment approach, and this will NOT protect pro-lifers from subsidizing abortion in health care reform.
This is where you come in.
YOU need to tell your congressman and senator that you will ONLY accept health care reform that includes an explicit prohibition on federal funding and coverage of abortion, much like the pro-life Stupak-Pitts and Hatch amendments that were defeated in Committees.
Thank you for all your support during this extremely busy time as we work to show Congress and all Americans that “Real Health Care Respects Life”!

For Life,
Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D.President & CEO

P.S. Please help us continue fighting through supporting our efforts to protect and defend life by following this link to a secure donation page.
P.S.S. Let me know what you think! You can follow me on Twitter and Facebook, and follow AUL on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. We're also reachable by e-mail at info@aul.org.

I ask that you follow the link to notify your senators and representatives that you will not stand for health care reform that uses taxpayer money to fund abortions. And please, keep praying.

TTFN
~Tina

FIGHT FOCA

Through my email, Americans United for Life Action has just made me aware of an effort to pass FOCA one step at a time through the Congressional appropriations process.
They let me contact my Member of Congress and encourage him/her to sign onto a letter going to Speaker Nancy Pelosi encouraging her that all pro-life provisions in the federal budget remain in place.
You can do so too at AUL Action's website, http://action.aul.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=133. But hurry! The deadline for Members of Congress to sign on is this Friday, February 13.
Thank You!

TTFN
~Tina

Don't Give Up on the Unborn

President-elect Obama might be packing to move into the White House, and already planning a devastating blow to the progress made over many years to limit abortions in various states (through FOCA).

But we, who will fight for these innocent babies to the very end, must never give up. I am trying to be accepting of the fact that Obama is our newly elected president. It is what it is. But frankly, I'm just so sick at the thought of his future attacks against the unborn.

He has already made it clear that he plans to use taxpayers money to fund abortion in foreign countries. He also plans to use taxpayers money to fund embryonic stemcell research.

So not only is he going to make it easier to have an abortion (with FOCA, if it gets to his desk), but now, without even having to have the approval of Congress, he will use our money to pay for the killing of babies in foreign countries. It turns my stomach.

It is such a helpless feeling.

There are some things we can do. There is a link at the top of my sidebar. Please click on it, and go sign the petition against FOCA.

And please keep praying. God is listening.

I saw this quote on Jennifer's blog. It touched my heart.

“When the time comes, as it surely will, when we face that awesome moment, the final judgment, I’ve often thought, as Fulton Sheen wrote, that it is a terrible moment of loneliness. You have no advocates, you are there alone standing before God — and a terror will rip your soul like nothing you can imagine. But I really think that those in the pro-life movement will not be alone. I think there’ll be a chorus of voices that have never been heard in this world but are heard beautifully and clearly in the next world — and they will plead for everyone who has been in this movement. They will say to God, ‘Spare him, because he loved us!’”

– the late pro-life hero, Congressman Henry Hyde

Where Do We Go From Here?

It's hard not to feel defeated after last night's election. When you pray, and fast, and get the word out any way you know how, and teach your children to do the same, and then vote for life, it is very disheartening to see an outcome like this.

I woke up this morning, very sad, and angry, too. I wrote a rant to post on this blog......an angry rant, but I deleted it. It was mostly towards those who voted for Obama, knowing exactly what abortion is, but putting other issues before life. I was, and am still, upset about that.

But, I was so inspired by John McCain's speech last night, that I thought I should take a lesson from him. He was so gracious, and respectful of now President-elect Obama. Senator McCain's speech was from the heart. I was very impressed.

So, what can we do now? Those of us who cherish life, from conception until natural death......always. Well, the prayers should continue, of course. Prayers for the unborn and their mothers. We can also get more active, with helping at Crisis pregnancy centers, making donations to pro-life groups, get involved with pro-life events (like prayer chains and prayer vigils) and leaving pro-life literature wherever you can. There are many more ideas listed here.

As far as FOCA goes, we need to be informed. Information on FOCA can be found here . Stay informed. Write to members of Congress as things progress with FOCA. I have never had an interest in politics, really. I've always voted, but didn't keep up to date in politics until election year. But, with where this country is now, and where it could be headed, we all need to be involved and informed. I probably should have been involved a long time ago. My wake up call came last night.


Prayers for President-elect Obama, too, are greatly needed right now. He may come across as the Mr. Smooth-Talkin' Man of Change, but he is in for a whopper of a job. He has been given a HUGE responsibility that I don't think he's ready for. I hope I'm wrong. We need to pray, too, for our country........our national security will likely be put to the test again, in the near future. It is talked about here. Scary.

So, time to pick up the pieces and move on. Here are some great ideas for getting through the next few days. I will try to focus on the positives now. Here goes.......

America is still the best place in the world to live.......

unless you are an unwanted, unborn baby.

Ooooops.

OK, I'll try again.
I'll be positive, starting........now.

Have a wonderful night. Tomorrow is a new day!
TTFN
~Tina

A Child is a Child

Subject: A Doctor’s Wisdom

A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said: Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 yr. old and I’m pregnant again. I don’t want kids so close together. So the doctor said: ‘Ok and what do you want me to do?’ She said: ‘I want you to end my pregnancy, and I’m counting on your help with this.’ The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to the lady: ‘I think I have a better solution for your problem. It’s less dangerous for you too.’ She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request. Then he continued: ‘You see, in order for you not to have to take care of 2 babies at the same time, let’s kill the one in your arms. This way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we’re going to kill one of them, it doesn’t matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms. The lady was horrified and said: ‘No doctor! How terrible! It’s a crime to kill a child! ’I agree’, the doctor replied. ‘But you seemed to be ok with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution. The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point. He convinced the mom that there is no difference in killing a child that’s already been born and one that’s still in the womb. The crime is the same!

HT: Emily

Pray hard for the unborn today. And vote.......give them a voice!

Mixed Emotions

There are positives and negatives in living this close to Prince William County Fairgrounds.

The negatives?

Obama and his followers are there right now. It is so loud! They act like they worship this man. Scary. Like he's some superhero who's going to swoop down in and save the day. Those are just words people! What has he actually done in his short political career? That's all we have to go by. It's sad, really, that people are so desperate for a change, they'll believe anything Obama says. Wake up!

The positives?

A friend of mine organized a peaceful, prolife protest down the street from the fairgrounds. It was very last minute, but we made it. We made signs and drove to our local grocery store parking lot and walked the rest of the way. There was so much traffic backed up in this already congested area. They were expecting 40,000 people to come out to support this radical pro-abortion, anti-family, pro-tax, surrender-in-Iraq, smoothtalking man! And from my experience tonight, Obama supporters are some of the rudest and smug people I've ever seen. My friend got the necessary permits and we followed all the rules. We simply held signs, and sometimes prayed aloud and sometimes sang. There were about 50 to 60 of us there, up against the 40,ooo there for Obama. It was disheartening to hear some of the rude and nasty comments coming from this "cult-like" group of people. We didn't go there to change any minds. We went there to show Obama and his minions that not all of Virginia is buying his smooth talking B.S.

Now, back at home, as I hear all the noise (which luckily has subsided now), coming from the rally, I couldn't help thinking how loud they were. How many voices were shouting and yelling in support of this man.

And it led me to think of how many babies have no voice. No voice to cry out, "Why are you killing me before I have a chance to see the world?" We will be there voice. No matter how this election turns out. This whole thing has given me a renewed dedication to those precious babies. I will raise my daughters and son to cherish all life.....from conception until natural death.

And speaking of my little crew, I was so proud of them tonight. They were out there, holding up the signs, praying, singing and not buckling under the intimidation that was being thrown our way. People were rude and disrespectful, even to these children. All the children in our group, seemed to just let it roll off their backs. Taylor and Sky wanted to stay the whole time, but Evan was fussy and Alexa was tired, so we left about an hour early. A friend of mine let Taylor stay with her and brought her home after. So sweet of her.

This was the first time I've ever done anything like this. And even against all the opposition, it felt so right. We will continue to pray the rosary novena tomorrow morning, as I hope you will, too. And then I will vote.....and my oldest children will come with me. And we'll continue to pray.

Barack Obama's Mad World

(Warning: One brief image of an aborted baby at 1:10 and drawing of partial birth abortion at 1:18.)

It will become our Mad World, if we don't act now.

Please keep praying, and

vote for LIFE on November 4th.

Atrocities of Abortion

I have always considered myself to be a "glass half full" kind of person. It's just my nature. I'm optomistic and like to see the good in people no matter what. My husband thinks I'm too much that way, to the point of naivety.

That's the way I am with abortion. I have to believe that most people who are pro-abortion are just uninformed or misinformed as to what abortion actually is. If you think about it, do we ever see pictures of aborted babies? Do we see the little victims of this horrible LEGAL act on the news? No. The Press has shown us so many atrocities of war, in stories and in pictures. It's undeniable. These things are awful, and I feel so much for the people who are living this. War is terrible. It's so hard on the men and women serving their countries and fighting to protect our freedoms. I feel for their families with the constant worry about their loved ones safety and just dealing with life in their absense. I keep them all in my prayers. And then there are the many innocent victims of wars, some are women and children, and it's so incredibly sad. Thanks to The Press, we see their suffering in photos, we hear about it on the news. It's right there, in our face.

When I think about people voting for Obama based on their feelings about the war in Iraq. I understand to some degree, because they see the horrible things happening because of this war. (But, I do find it ironic that based on this pole by Military Times, many servicemen and women are backing McCain in this election.)

I was thinking of how people are compassionate about victims of war, and many are outraged at what they seek and justafiably so. So I thought (maybe the naive part of me) that if people could see the victims of abortion, just like they see the victims of war, maybe they would come to understand how brutal, evil, inhumane and unnatural it is. Maybe they would come to understand that abortion is murder. When you see the pictures, I don't see how you can deny that.

There is a quote by Harrison Hickman who spoke to the 1989 conference of the National Abortion Rights Action League, ""Nothing has been as damaging to our cause as the advances in technology which have allowed pictures of the developing fetus, because people now talk about that fetus in much different terms than they did fifteen years ago. They talk about it as a human being, which is not something that I have an easy answer how to cure."

The following are pictures taken from the Priests for Life website. They are pictures of babies, still growing and living within their mother's wombs. So if you are going to vote for Obama who vows to sign the Freedom of Choice Act as his first act as president, take a look below. See for yourself if these are just part of the woman's body, or are they little humans, little blessings that God has already given life to?

7 weeks

11 weeks

12 weeks

3 1/2 months

4 months

5 months

6 months

I'm not one for sharing gory pictures on my blog. Not at all. But if there is a purpose, even a need for the pictures of abortion to be shared, then I want to make them available. Partly because I have a feeling that most pro abortion people are not going to go looking for these types of pics and may never have been faced with the evil of this legal type of murder. I can't justify posting the actual pics, for the sake of unsuspecting people who happen upon them. But I will make it easy and link to pages of pictures of aborted babies.

If you are planning to vote for Obama, and ok or maybe even "all for" abortion, then these photos shouldn't bother you in the least. Go ahead, take a look. But if you see abortion for the evil that it is and you see the babies as babies and not just fetuses, then you might not want to go any further than this page. It's not a direct link to the aborted baby images, but it leads to a page at Priests for Life, and from there you can view the abortion photos.

I, personally feel that if you are voting for Obama, which is in essence voting for abortion, then you should have to see these pictures. We all have seen the terrible and sad images of victims of war, now we need to open our eyes to see the innocent victims of our own "civilized" laws. As Mary Ellen of the Bonny Blue House said, "There can be just wars, there are no just abortions."

Please keep praying the Novena Rosary. There are many precious little lives depending on it.

Obama and Babies

Defenders of Obama seem to get all worked up when he is referred to as a "baby killer". Of course he doesn't go around randomly killing babies. So to be politically correct I suppose we should call him an "unwanted baby killer". Well, that might not go over too well, either. It sounds so awful. Because it is. It makes him sound so cold. Why does he value the "choice" of the mother, over the life of the innocent child? Hmmm... Well, for one thing, unborn children can't vote.

Remember to keep praying the Rosary Novena! It's so, so important!

It Begins Today

" A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every believer.”
– Pope John Paul II, The Gospel of Life(Evangelium Vitae), n. 100.
HT: Priests for Life

Today begins the Rosary Novena to Our Lady of Victory. Please join us in this most important 9 days of prayer for life.

Their lives depend on it.

I Couldn't Agree More

Read this wonderful post. Give it some thought. She makes a lot of sense.

It's Time to Pray

A Call for a Rosary Novena
By Fr. John Corapi

Among the most important titles we have in the Catholic Church for the Blessed Virgin Mary are Our Lady of Victory and Our Lady of the Rosary. These titles can be traced back to one of the most decisive times in the history of the world and Christendom. The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7 (date of feast of Our Lady of Rosary), 1571. This proved to be the most crucial battle for the Christian forces against the radical Muslim navy of Turkey. Pope Pius V led a procession around St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City praying the Rosary. He showed true pastoral leadership in recognizing the danger posed to Christendom by the radical Muslim forces, and in using the means necessary to defeat it. Spiritual battles require spiritual weapons, and this more than anything was a battle that had its origins in the spiritual order—a true battle between good and evil.

Today we have a similar spiritual battle in progress—a battle between the forces of good and evil, light and darkness, truth and lies, life and death. If we do not soon stop the genocide of abortion in the United States, we shall run the course of all those that prove by their actions that they are enemies of God—total collapse, economic, social, and national. The moral demise of a nation results in the ultimate demise of a nation. God is not a disinterested spectator to the affairs of man. Life begins at conception.

This is an unalterable formal teaching of the Catholic Church. If you do not accept this you are a heretic in plain English. A single abortion is homicide. The more than 48,000,000 abortions since Roe v. Wade in the United States constitute genocide by definition. The group singled out for death—unwanted, unborn children. No other issue, not all other issues taken together, can constitute a proportionate reason for voting for candidates that intend to preserve and defend this holocaust of innocent human life that is abortion.

I strongly urge every one of you to make a Novena and pray the Rosary to Our Lady of Victory
between October 27th and Election Day, November 4th. Pray that God’s will be done and the
most innocent and utterly vulnerable of our brothers and sisters will be protected from this
barbaric and grossly sinful blight on society that is abortion. No woman, and no man, has the
right to choose to murder an innocent human being.

May God grant us the wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and counsel to form our conscience in
accordance with authentic Catholic teaching, and then vote that well‐formed Catholic conscience.

God Bless You
Fr. John Corapi
http://www.fathercorapi.com/

My children and I will be sending our desperate prayers to heaven. Won't you join us? Many, many lives depend on it.