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Bishop reminds Catholics to remember Judgment Day in the voting booth
 Bishop Robert Herman
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.- Bishop Robert J. Herman, the administrator of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, has written a column reminding Catholics that their vote will be a decision weighed on the Day of Judgment. He urged Catholics not to treat the unborn as the neglectful rich man treated Lazarus in the biblical parable. “Judgment Day is on its way,” the bishop wrote in the St. Louis Review. “We cannot stop it. We don’t know when it will come, but just as surely as the sun rises daily, the Son of Man will come when we least expect.” “For many, this coming election may very well be judgment day, for this election will measure us,” he continued, referencing Christ’s words of judgment in Matthew 10:32-33: “Everyone who acknowledges Me before others, I will acknowledge before My heavenly Father. But whoever denies Me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father.” Bishop Herman asked the faithful to consider what kind of witness they give to God when they enter the voting booth on Election Day. “The decision I make in the voting booth will reflect my value system. If I value the good of the economy and my current lifestyle more than I do the right to life itself, then I am in trouble,” the bishop wrote. He cited Pope John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation Christifideles laici, which said outcry on human rights is “false and illusory” if the right to life is not defended to the maximum. “The right of our children to be protected from destruction is greater than my right to a thriving economy,” Bishop Herman continued. “My desire for a good economy cannot justify my voting to remove all current restrictions on abortion. My desire to end the war in Iraq cannot justify my voting to remove all current restrictions on abortion.” Bishop Herman looked to the spiritual dimension as well. “Those 47 million children our nation destroyed are still living. We have destroyed their bodies, but their souls are still alive. When our Lord comes again, they may very well be there to judge us. Even worse, Jesus tells us that whatever we do to the least of our brethren, we do to Him. We would truly shudder if we heard the words, ‘I was in my mother’s womb but you took my life!’ “It is quite possible that we might see these children, but, depending upon the choices we have made, we may very well be separated from them by a great chasm which cannot be crossed, much as the rich man who ignored Lazarus, the poor man, during his lifetime here on earth but was separated from him after death.” Bishop Herman said the “deepest problem” with many Catholics is that they have become accustomed to rationalizing away a “life of sinful actions” headed in the wrong direction. “My goal is not to engage you in some political party way but to engage you with our Savior and His teachings. We need to constantly challenge our accustomed behaviors in the light of the Gospel,” he wrote. He said the issues of the coming election could help people learn about the teachings of the Catholic Church and to use the Sacrament of Reconciliation. “When we do this, both we and the heavens will be filled with joy!” he asserted. “Judgment Day is on its way,” he repeated, encouraging people to pray the family Rosary daily between now and Election Day. In a previous column for the St. Louis Review, Bishop Herman urged Catholics not to put politics ahead of the Fifth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill.” “Save our children!” he wrote. “More than anything else, this election is about saving our children or killing our children. This life issue is the overriding issue facing each of us in this coming election. All other issues, including the economy, have to take second place to the issue of life.” Subscriber comments:
Published by: Kels
Texas 10/27/2008 11:11 AM EST
Whoa "pro-life"! First of all, let me educate you a little. The Democratic party runs on a platform of bigger government. It is basic element of Obama's party that most people learn in basic government class.
Secondly, we expect out government to tell us that killing people is wrong and don't scoff at them for putting murderers in jail, but you suggest that prohibiting women from killing their babies is "big government telling people what to do." Thats a stretch. Especially when Obama intends to pass the Freedom of Choice Act which would mandate that even Catholic hospitals offer abortions. That is the epitome of big government telling people what to do. Abortion is not a religious issue. It is a human rights issue. We do not refer to murder as a religious issue despite the fact that the Bible is our earliest publication telling people not to kill people. Our country was founded on the rights to "LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Probably ordered that way for a reason. It is sad that religious institutions are some of the only organization defending such an issue when if was one of the basic precepts of America. Protecting the unborn, the unable to defend themselves, the silenced, and the suffering is a human rights issue and no other people fit in those categories more than an unborn, unwanted child. When the Supreme Court passed Roe v. Wade, doctors, scientists, and the like were all in agreement that life begins at conception. We must protect life.
Published by: Herm Schwartz
STL-USA 10/24/2008 11:21 AM EST
Its interesting though that in the last poll Obama support among Catholics is rising.
Published by: TLewis
Hollister, CA, USA 10/23/2008 01:31 PM EST  Rate: Excellent
In California the evil shows its head in public everyday. Thank you for putting the Catholic Faith first. The country applaudes your courage, please do not turn back now.
Published by: JW
St Louis MO 10/23/2008 09:16 AM EST Rate: Good
Why is it ok to vote for war, if killing is a crime? Why is the death penalty ok, when hundreds of innocent men have died as a result of man's imperfect judgement? Should those judgements not also be left to God?
Abortion is NOT the only issue that God's people need to pay attention to. Voting for the good of my countrymen is not an evil deed. How many will suffer and die because of a lack of available, affordable health care, or because they are homeless? How many children will be abandoned by parents who can no longer afford to care for them? Christians should not stand for that. There are many issues to consider. Mr. Obama is not "pro-abortion", how ridiculous. No one WANTS abortion!!! How quick to judge others we are. We should be ashamed.
Published by: catherine
Boise, ID 10/23/2008 08:31 AM EST
I would like to comment on Natalies entry. First of all we are all guilty of murdering our unborn because we do not stand up, write our congress people and for the most part, (not all the faithful and thank God for those who fight for the cause for life), take a back seat in the fight against the culture of death assuming someone will take this on. Not as individuals are we guilty but as part of a society, as a country, as a nation whose founding fathers intended For God's law and natural law to remain in place which would thus, make us a trully free country. However the spirit of the world, or anti christ if you will, has superceded reason and now we are the culture of death, regardless of a pro life stance. We must become pro-active if we expect this to change and be trully ready for judgement day. Maybe our vote is how we do that!
Thank you Bishop Herman for call us to task!
Published by: Nick
NY/NY/USA 10/22/2008 10:44 AM EST Rate: Regular
The bishop is mistaken in alleging that concern for the economy or the war in Iraq are less important than abortion. Roe v. Wade is not the litmus test for protecting life. This is irresponsible of His Eminence.
In order to protect life in the best, most Catholic, most socially moral way, we must take a whole approach to the causes and effects of poverty, injustice and destruction of life. That means the poor cannot be forgotten, mothers must be encouraged to carry their children to term with help from communities and from the government, and our sons and daughters must no longer unjustly kill and be killed in Iraq. Voting for a pro-life candidate without attention to his sundry and varied other policies is dangerous, and our shepherd, Bishop Herman, is misguided in teaching otherwise.
Published by: Therese
Milpitas, California 10/22/2008 01:52 AM EST Rate: Very Good
God bless you, Bishop Herman. It is too late for me to rate all those in agreement with you as excellent, but you and all of them know you have my vote.
Published by: Amber-a convert
Colorado 10/21/2008 03:10 PM EST
Linda..God Bless You! Your comment about church and state was excellant. It was exactly what I was trying to say when I wrote in! Thank you for explaining what our country's founding fathers meant by "separation of church and state".
Published by: E.A.
St. Louis, MO 10/20/2008 08:50 PM EST
I'd just like to clarify a few matters. The bishop explaining Church teaching is not breaking the conditions of the Church's tax-exempt status. That would only be specifically endorsing a particular candidate by name
You're making the assumption that a call to vote according to Church teaching is a call to vote for McCain. Possibly. But as long as no names are brought into the discussion, the bonds between church and state are intact.
Published by: Dominick
ca 10/20/2008 04:35 PM EST
Thank you...the faithful appreciate your leadership
Published by: Gina Smith
England 10/20/2008 02:41 PM EST
Thank you, Natalia for refuting the irrational post from Lars. I was about to respond to it, but then I noticed your excellently worded post
There is a difference between a fertilised egg, and an egg and a sperm which has not fused to form life. Lars probably knows this- but is using this common strawman popular amongst the pro infanticide group
Published by: Linda
Brantford, Ontario, Canada 10/20/2008 02:33 PM EST
Separation of church and state means that the STATE doesn't dictate to the CHURCH. The church is obligated to use its influence to guide the state. (Obligated as in mandated by God.) The bishop has not spoken in favour of or against any candidate. He has spoken in his capacity of a teacher and explained what hierarchy the issues have. Simply put, NOTHING TRUMPS LIFE. You are free to ignore his teaching as you wish, but he is not free to ignore his responsibility to warn you.
As to the Church teaching abstinence over contraception, elementary school biology is quite clear that a woman's egg is nothing more than that UNTIL and UNLESS is is fertilized by a male sperm. There are no potential babies dying every month, but there seems to be a loss of intellectual honesty in some of these arguments.
Published by: Natalia
New York, NY 10/20/2008 01:38 PM EST
I can only conclude that this election has caused thousands, perhaps millions of people to lose their ability to reason.
Lars, an unfertilized egg is not a human being. It is an unfertilized egg. You'll notice that the Church defends the sanctity of life from conception to natural death. No conception - no human being. Basic science. The abundance with which women are endowed with ova (and especially men with sperm) would suggest that most gametes are destined not to become zygotes. Of course the Church encourages those called to marriage to be as open to new life as possible, but there is an obvious difference between the building blocks of potential life and new life itself. To suggest that couples who fail to conceive in any given month despite their openness to new life are guilty of murder is nonsensical. To suggest that a woman abstaining from sex while her husband is serving abroad is committing murder is ridiculous. To suggest that couples abstaining from sex for health reasons (e.g. one of them has HIV) are murderers is ludicrous. To suggest that a religious sister who abstains from sexual intercourse throughout her lifetime is responsible for the death of twenty nonexistent children is patently absurd. If your intention is to ridicule the Church’s teaching on abstinence, I would suggest abstaining from such irrational arguments.
Published by: RooForLife
OK, USA 10/20/2008 01:24 PM EST
Amen!
Thank you Bishop and God Bless!
Published by: Amber-a convert
Colorado 10/20/2008 01:03 PM EST
It is NOT a violation of church and state for Bishops to speak the truth. It would be a violation if the Church endorsed a particular canidate, or took money from a certain canidate!!! Our good Bishops are just instructing us on the moral code of ethics we should follow when voting! Please, do your research and learn what the Fathers of this country intended separation of church and state to mean. The meaning of church and state has been radically changed by the media! People don't want to hear TRUTH from our Bishops, but it is the Church's role to instruct us to be model Christians! If we didn't need instructing then, yes they could sit back and be quiet like the world wants them to do!! And to the pro-life person in El Salvador, I almost laughed when this person said Obama is against abortions and big government. Please do some more research and look up the FACTS (not media opinions). Find out how Obama has voted in our U.S. Senate on abortions and "big government". Also to this same person...abortion is NOT just a religious issue!!!!It is also a civil right!!!If you were truly pro-life you would understand this concept.
Published by: Mizzmonsoon
stlouismo 10/20/2008 12:37 PM EST
For the last time: the separation of church and state was to prevent the STATE from influencing the CHURCH. Recall the Church of England? Sigh...
Published by: Steve Koob
Dayton/Ohio/USA 10/20/2008 11:38 AM EST
"At last, a clear and short and simple episcopal call to rational voting."
Published by: Jill Short
Citrus Heights, CA USA 10/20/2008 10:59 AM EST Rate: Good
You do realize, of course, that this violates the tax-exempt status of the church, right?
Church's get tax exemptions, in part to stay out of elections and not use the power they have in order to influence the way their parishioners vote. It's all part of that separation of church & state thing. Bishop Herman should've thought of that before he abused his power to speak out.
Published by: Dennis
here 10/20/2008 09:57 AM EST
I love you!
Published by: marianne e.
southampton, pa usa 10/20/2008 09:36 AM EST
Amen! Bishop Herman. The heart feels Oh, so splendid when the TRUTH is revealed! Sometimes, for some people, the TRUTH may hurt. No one with a beating heart would ever support a law or law maker which would allow one to enter a home and slaughter its inhabitants. On the same hand, the WOMB is a sacred home that should be safe. Yet, on a daily basis it is invaded and its inhabitant is violently killed. Absolutely senseless loss of life! Life is LOVE. LOVE is mindful and reverent. LOVE is kind.LOVE fosters PEACE and UNITY. Each of us is our brothers' keeper. We are stewards to ALL of creation.On Judgment Day, our LOVING Father will ask the ultimate question that will determine our eternal destiny:"While on your journey, DID YOU LOVE?" This election day does answer that question based on for whom you vote. If you LOVE, you will vote for one who shares your same moral and value core. VOTE ALWAYS PRO-LIFE!
Published by: Mike
Cookeville, Tennessee 10/20/2008 07:59 AM EST Rate: Regular
This is a ridiculous statement that should warrant the loss of tax-exemption for this bishop's congregation. What about saving all the children without food or healthcare?
Published by: Lars Olsen
Switzerland 10/20/2008 02:55 AM EST Rate: Regular
Abstination implies even more murders of unborn babies than abortion. Every female egg could evolve to a human baby and is wasted if not fertilized. A woman should be able to give birth to at least 20 children in a lifetime but with only two children per woman that amounts to 18 murdered babies per woman (in western countries - even in Africa with 5-6 children per woman, this amounts to more than 10 murdered babies per woman). We are here talking about billions of murdered children per year. So the Catholic Church must immediately stop talking about abstination and get going producing children.
Published by: jr
america 10/20/2008 12:09 AM EST
over 100,000 people are PRAYING that Obama changes this criminal coup that has taken our government from us!
Published by: John Hladky
Post Falls, ID 10/19/2008 08:40 PM EST
I agree with His Excellency, and said as much in an email via McCain's website that I could tolerate deficiencies in any area, except when it comes to defending the right to life from the moment of conception to natural death.
Published by: Lance Mallia
KCMO USA 10/19/2008 03:11 PM EST
For continued statement like this. The answer is simple I am writing my congressman and asking they start to seriously consider removing the tax exemption that hides the church as a catholic I dont beleive that the church should mix in politics.
Published by: Janet Schwenkler
Elmira, NY 10/19/2008 02:54 PM EST
God love You! Your words restore my Faith and my confidence in the
Catholic Church. It gives me hope.
Published by: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
Ebertswil, Switzerland 10/19/2008 02:50 PM EST Rate: Good
"Thou shalt not kill" -- therefore, thou shalt not vote for McCain, who said he wants to "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran", killing thousands of people!
"Thou shalt not lie" -- therefore thou shalt not vote for McCain, whose campaign spreads lies about its competition. "Thou shalt not commit adultery" -- McCain abandoned his first wife after she was injured in a car accident. I'm not a big fan of Obama's, but I know who is worse...
Published by: AN
S. Ozone Park/NY/USA 10/19/2008 01:45 PM EST
Church officials should stop telling people how to vote. Their decision to vote is a personal decision as much as their religiou beliefs. However, if religious persons choose to campaign then their religious organization should no longer benefit from the tax exempt status. Stop using fear against people for choosing the candidate they decide to choose. Their is no moral sin for voting for one candidate or the other.
The fear has to stop. God won't punish someone based on a vote. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Published by: Jacquelyn Jackson
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 10/19/2008 01:42 PM EST
Thank you for your faithfulness to Biblical teaching in the face of such divisiveness among the people of God. I have emailed your article to my Catholic relative in Joe Biden's town(I was a practicing Catholic for the first 22yrs. of my life). I have never crossed political hairs with them and pray they read this in the spirit it was sent. I may offend their political leanings, but this is too serious a matter to be tip-toeing around!!
My husband (a pastor) and I always joke that we are more "catholic" than my Catholic relatives. Archbishop Chaput is one of my favorite teachers. God Bless you for your bold leadership. Jacquelyn Jackson
Published by: CHITO VILORIA
SAN ANTONIO,TX 10/19/2008 07:48 AM EST
GOD IS PRO-LIFE.
ABORTION IS THE MOST UNJUST EXECUTION. VOTE PRO-LIFE VOTE FROM YOUR CONSCIENCE.
Published by: DMF
Washington, NJ 10/19/2008 06:13 AM EST
Fantastic article....so glad someone has finally said this...and so well! God bless you, Bishop Herman, for being a true shepherd!
Published by: Phyllis
Illinois 10/19/2008 03:10 AM EST
My sentiments exactly Bishop Herman and thank you for giving me the words to speak up for the innocent who can't.
I hope this will touch the hearts of those who have been confused and given false teachings. God bless your sweet heart.
Published by: ag
Fresno/CA/USA 10/19/2008 12:28 AM EST
I could not agree more. These times require us to speak the truth boldly from love and I am glad the Bishop told it like it is.
Published by: jeannette collins
manhasset ny usa 10/18/2008 11:58 PM EST
Dear Bishop Robert Hermann, You are a light in the darkness. May all Christians heed your wisdom and warning for the sake of the unborn and the salvation of their souls.
Published by: warner
madison, wi 10/18/2008 11:55 PM EST
Bishop Herman : well said good servant of the church!
Published by: Mary Ann Allore
Brooklyn MI. USA 10/18/2008 09:17 PM EST
Thank you very much for your encouraging article. I said that my first choice on the election issues is Pro-life. Even above the economy. Boy did I ever stir a bees nest. But I also said if I died after not voteing for life and saving babies I would probably wake up in hell. That ended the conversation and everyone thinks I'm crazy. Please pray for me I'll not back down.
Published by: vera Sands
stockton 10/18/2008 09:05 PM EST
You are very brave dear Bishop. Thank you for telling the truth. God bless you and strengthen you and may God's mercy open the eyes and hearts of all US citizens . . . and the whole world to this terrible sin.
Published by: John and Jane Boccuzzi
Peoria Il. 10/18/2008 08:51 PM EST
Thank you, Bishop Robert J Herman, I pray that the catholic sitting in the Pews on Sunday will take this to heart, we have to many Peliso and Bidens settin in those Pews.
Published by: Magdlyn A. Olander
Casselberry, Fl. USA 10/18/2008 08:48 PM EST
Thank you, thank you for speaking the truth.
We must vote for JOHN MCCAIN-SARAH PALIN not Barack Obama/ Biden. We all have to stand before God for the candidates that we CHOOSE & LIFE IS THE TRUTH, EVERYTHING ELSE COMES AFTER THAT. I believe that this is our last chance as a nation. Come Holy Spirit enlighten the hearts of the unfaithful to know the truth of your LOVE AND LIGHT AND PUT A FIRE IN THEIR HEARTS TO PURIFY THEIR THOUGHT PROCESSES TO BE ONE WITH YOU IN SPIRIT. AMEN!
Published by: Walter Fountain
Palm Bay, Fl. USA 10/18/2008 08:12 PM EST
This is a beautiful and honest column. I am not Catholic but this has deep meaning for any religion. Thank you for writing it.
Published by: Henry
Etobicoke, ON 10/18/2008 07:47 PM EST
Excellent. Powerful. Must reading for every Catholic voter. The only thing I might add is that it is because of so-called Christians or Catholics that legalized abortion is still around. Had we done the moral thing and voted these people out of office in the first place, they would not be around to pander for our vote.
Published by: Cheryl D Dockter
Bakersfield, CA 10/18/2008 04:54 PM EST
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this stance and reminder to the Faithful - there will be a Judgment Day for everone.
Published by: Kathy Farrell
Albany NY USA 10/18/2008 04:37 PM EST
God bless you, Bishop Herman. Thank you for sharing your intelligence and integrity.
Published by: Bárbara Milmo
México City 10/18/2008 04:37 PM EST
Dear Bishop Herman:
Thank you very much for clarifying our judgment.I,ve heard all those arguments:war in Irak, economy,etc.as reasons to vote for a candidate which certainly approves the practice of abortion even in a late term perioid.It´s terrible. I agree with you in everything you said. Thankyou so much for remind us the day of our judgement by God. God bless you. Bárbara Mi8lmo those arguments:war in Irak, economy,etc
Published by: Ramon Wals
Las Vegas, NV 10/18/2008 04:28 PM EST
Gob bless you Bishop Robert J. Herman
It is our duty in the eyes of God to uphold His teachings even to the point of shedding our lives for HIM!
Published by: Russell
Manhattan Beach, California 10/18/2008 03:45 PM EST
God bless Bishop Herman. I have tears in my eyes as I read this. I not only weep for the 48.5 million babies killed since 1973, but for God's people who totally ignore them and vote for such a pro-abortion person as Obama. I pray that The Lord will open their minds and hearts. I pray that all our Bishops speak as has Bishop Herman.
Published by: Stephanie
Pittsburgh, PA USA 10/18/2008 03:39 PM EST
McCain wants to overturn Roe v Wade and send the responsibility to the state. Obama wants to implement programs to reduce the number of abortions. So people will look at adoption more as an option. Who is more pro life here?
Published by: Teresa
NY, USA 10/18/2008 03:28 PM EST
Thanks for speaking the truth Bishop Herman. The spiritual heaviness of this election is so obvious. We need to be the Church militant, while we still have that freedom.
Published by: Maureen
Waterford, NY 10/18/2008 03:05 PM EST
This is an election where there is an opportunity to limit evil. Voting for Barack Obama will usher in more disrespect for life and God's laws. Moses described choosing life or death as a choice between a blessing or a curse. Those who vote, based on hatred of President Bush, are only voting based on that hatred. MOTHER TERESA SAID THE FRUIT OF ABORTION WOULD BE NUCLEAR WAR. Liberal immorality will only bring us destruction and death.
Published by: JC
Oakland 10/18/2008 02:34 PM EST
What is up with our bishops? All of a sudden, they are preaching the Good Word in season and out. It is about time! I pray they keep it up!
Published by: Chris Landreneau
Buford, GA, USA 10/18/2008 02:31 PM EST
I hope and pray the day will come when all of the bishops in the US unite in one loud voice proclaiming the eternal consequences of one's actions as this Bishop Herman has. Not only against abortion but also on contraception, active homosexual behavior,and the plague of pornography.
Published by: Juan Oskar
Phoenix, AZ U.S.A. 10/18/2008 02:11 PM EST
Catholics are lazy with their catechism as are lazy with their politics. If it can't be said on a bumper sticker, heaven forbid we'll actually research it. We all need to realized that their is a supernatural element to every major election. The question is, "Do we see it"?
Published by: Michael
Singapore 10/18/2008 01:53 PM EST
Thank you Your Grace Bishop Herman for your message. It is a timely reminder to all of us Catholics on our duty to protect and defend the unborn Holy Innocents.
Yes, i have already been praying the rosary in the hope that the American Catholics will choose wisely pro-life politicans(McCain/Palin) to win the Presidential Election '08. May Good overcomes evil.
Published by: Frances
Hudson/Fla./USA 10/18/2008 01:49 PM EST
AMEN !!
Published by: Martha
CT 10/18/2008 01:42 PM EST
Bishop Louis Herman is a faithful and true catholic.Nothing is more important than the right to life.May Bishop Herman will serve as a light in our darkest moment in History. May he will be an example to some other lukewarm Bishops and confuse members of our faith. Amen
Published by: sweetie
ca 10/18/2008 01:15 PM EST
truth
Published by: jane Griffin
St. Louis, Mo.. U.S.A. 10/18/2008 12:28 PM EST
I truly thank God for the strong clear message given by Bishop Hermann. I wish all priests and Bishops would speak the truth to their flocks as clearly and forcefully as he has.
Published by: Jeff Johnson
Collegeville, Mn 10/18/2008 11:56 AM EST
I have only one question: why can't I live in a country where every bishop has this kind of courage and leadership? With many Catholics about to vote for and assent to abortion, we can only pray other Church leaders will speak up before it is too late.
Published by: Judy
livonia,Mi USA 10/18/2008 11:06 AM EST
Bravo Bishop we need many priest's bishops cardinals to speak up.
Published by: Ken Karls
Bismarck, ND 10/18/2008 10:12 AM EST
God bless Bishop Herman for fearlessly proclaiming the Word of God. May he be an example for Catholic clergy and hearers of the Word.
Published by: Mare
Bethlehem, Pa, USA 10/18/2008 09:57 AM EST
I am heart broken at the Catholics that come from Communion,and Im right there, to be voting for death. has the church failed? I know we cant fail the Church:God have Mercy
Published by: Sonia Berg
Decatur/Alabama/USA 10/18/2008 09:45 AM EST
Bishop Herman is 100% right.
Isn't it amazing how easy it is to choose how to vote if one is truly in "sync" with God's command against murder, for then one knows that God alone has dominion over life and death. Hence, the right to life of the child in the womb is absolutely non-negotiatble. In Jesus and Mary.
Published by: michael
ontario cal,America 10/18/2008 09:15 AM EST
Bishop Herman God Bless you a bishop with Holy Spirit backbone,wisdom and love. 1st corinthians 13.Catholis need to start voting Bibically and according to chuech teahings,Is it any wonder the church is weak in this country.You cannot have it your way only YAHWEH's way.Catholics discern thru prayer fasting and sacrifice.Satan is blinding so many cause they are more in tune with the here and not and not eternity.Bless you all God be with you..
Published by: Barb
Indiana 10/18/2008 09:07 AM EST
Our family lost our home and we are so deep in debt that we are living paycheck to paycheck. Does this mean that I should vote for a "save" from obama (assuming I believed he could offer such a save?)
NO! The abortion issue is THE issue I will be voting on and obama and co. are not gonna be the buttons I choose. Bad economic times are with us already but I will not be voting with my belly.
Published by: pro life
El Salvador 10/18/2008 08:34 AM EST
Obama is against abortions. But he also is against big Government telling people what to do.
Abortion is a sin, but this is a religious issue. Government should not give spiritual advice or force it upon people. ADD A COMMENT (Your e-mail will NOT be published):
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