JAZZ MASS?? During Jazz Fest in New Orleans in late April (2007), a Jazz Mass (Divine Liturgy) was celebrated at Saint Augustan Roman Catholic Church in honor of deceased CBS 60 Minutes commentator Ed Bradley. Mr. Bradley enjoyed attending Jazz Fest and visiting New Orleans. The old Latin Rite Requiem Mass was discontinued many decades ago in favor of a Novus Ordo “Mass” or celebration which all but canonizes the deceased and expresses little if any prayer for the deceased (the presumption being the deceased went directly to heaven without even the slightest possibility of having gone to hell or being in need of purification), but we were unaware of the Roman Canon which established a Jazz Funeral Mass. A traditional Jazz Funeral in conjunction with a Funeral Mass is one (in the old, old, old tradition) which incorporated the solemnity of the Funeral Divine Liturgy (once upon a time in the Roman Church it was a Requiem Mass) followed by a raucous and joyous departure from the cemetery, celebrating the deceased's departure from this world of tribulation, hopefully into the arms of God. But a Jazz Liturgical Sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Christ . . . ????!!!!
Attempt to have apes declared persons, but human babies can continue to be killed: Australian organizations are attempting to have apes declared persons so apes will have the rights of persons. This means that unborn human babies can be killed at will, but that apes will be able to elect our public officials. Oh, guess they are doing that already.
Torture There seems to be a great debate in the U.S. regarding torture, especially torture of those with knowledge of imminent terrorist attack. God has already made it clear that it is immoral to torture. The ends never justifies the means. Abortion also is against God’s commands. This indicates people, through their organized government, will do what ever they desire, including torture - for now anyway.
Some Chinese food additives and products used in animal feed and food processing are banned in the U.S.A. but the Chinese have been using them in products exported to the U.S.A. This has resulted in numerous deaths in the United States. Some of the additives are designed to appear to be protein, so the products will appear to have higher protein levels than they actually contain. Basically, this is stealing from the end user, for the Chinese are pretending to sell a high quality product but are actually selling a low quality - and often a dangerous - product. Are U.S. manufacturers are envious?
Presidential candidate Barack Obama said we must attack evil. Hmm, since he is pro abortion and abortion is evil he must be advocating he attack himself. This could be interesting.
Numerour newspaper and magazine articles and broadcast media “bits” have explored the potential for Mr. Obama’s election, the focus being his being at least part Negro and therefore classified by the media as being Negro. The articles and pieces set up his potential defeat as being founded in his being a Negro, without regard to his beliefs, politics, policies, experience, and qualifications. If he is defeated, and if that defeat takes place during the Democrat Party convention, does that mean Democrats are racists?
Sex Slave Trade: Those with InterNet should review the Apne Aap web site at: http://www.apneaap.org/
According to the web site, Apne Aap Women Worldwide (Apne Aap means self-help in Hindi) began as a community-based initiative of women in prostitution in the Khetwadi/ Kamatipura red light area of Mumbai in 1998. Twenty-two women in prostitution, who had worked with Emmy award-winning journalist Ruchira Gupta, to make a documentary “The Selling of Innocents,” decided to start this organization. Their aim was to lead the end of their own exploitation and prevent their sisters from being exploited through sex trafficking.
The headline screamed “2 U.S. Soldiers Die” in Iraq. The reader commented, “we had more people killed in New Orleans last night.”
Reunification of the Church: Back in 1961, while in New Orleans, Benedictos I, Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, called for reunification of the Church, saying, “The Orthodox Church wishes to see all churches united.” In 1964, he arranged the first meeting in five hundred years between leaders of the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Memory eternal in 1980 at age 91, but in 1982, the Ever Virgin Theotokos appeared to Mirna Nazour and with her Son has continued to appear to her calling for reunification. If this is not done by man, her Son will do it Himself. Once it was thought if God did the reunification Himself it would be by some overtly dramatic means. Perhaps those considering this possibility have been thinking too theatrically. The current state of the Roman Church, its change of its Divine Liturgy into a meaningless string of words, possible invalidation of the Sacraments as confected in its new system, make some wonder whether or not there will be anything left with which to reunite. The traditional nationalistic antagonisms of the Orthodox, combined with the fracturing of Orthodox Jurisdictions in the Americas, make some shudder at the force necessary to cause fusion or at very least, melding.
Genetically Playing God: Usually the genetically playing God stories focus on people who desire to have children who possess all of what are considered by society to be the classic positive physical attributes combined with massive intellects: tall, perfectly formed, modern movie actors and actresses with brains. (This is also known as wishful thinking).
But there also are individuals with “genetic defects” who desire to perpetuate their “defects”. And those without such “defects” who perceive potential use thereof.
It makes sense. If there are those who would kill their unborn baby because it has brown eyes instead of blue, it makes sense there will also be those who will kill their unborn baby because it does not have a cleft pallet.
If there are those who will change the genes in their child so that it will have some physical attribute, why should the physical attribute be limited to being tall - being real short could be a preference.
There also is usefulness: why limit manipulation to being super intelligent - having a few weak minded people around makes it easier to find people to harvest crops and clean the streets; or having personnel genetically designed to help reform prisoners or genetically designed parents who know how to properly guide and discipline their children - having a few Quasimodos around to scare the daylights out of miscreants could solve the problem.
Why, a whole new slave industry awaits!
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