Preparing for the Mass - November 22, 2009
The Solemnity of Christ the Kingplease be aware of the 2nd collection @ this Mass Reading 1Dn 7:13-14    . . . . . His dominion is an everlasting dominionthat

Collection for CCHD in Your Parish -- Be Informed
Rob Gasper, from BellarmineVeritasMinistry.org, and Michael Hitchborne, from American Life League, were guests of Raymond Arroyo on EWTN’s “The World Over Live”.They were discussing the misguided funding, from Catholics in the USA, of non-Catholic groups, who support abortion, homosexual “marriage”, contraception, and more, by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.For more information on the effort check out ReformCCHDnow.com

Young Man with a Horn
A Little Off Topic - But Oh So Cool!Found this article @ NYI Photo World . . . and the PICTURE OF THE MONTH is my friend!  Maybe he should give up his music and teaching career and focus on  modeling? Here is part of the article. If you are a photography buff you can find the rest here.  I could not resist adding some of my comments in RED.

The New North and South?
H/T Adam's Ale Post copied in full for my this blog, my personal Catholic Notebook  I heard a news program on NPR yesterday that is bothering me

Same-Sex Marraige Law Repealed in Maine
This caught my eye, "Bigotry trumps compassion".Read on and you will find that was said in reference to the repealing of the law that authorized same-sex marriage in Maine. The man who said it goes on to say that it was "a shameful display of ignorance, bigotry, and hate."From my Christian perspective I feel such sadness for this man and those who share his opinion.He calls it bigotry. I call it love for God's law. It is TRUE compassion.____________________________________________________________________________