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Text Box: 757 - Q. 787 pages 10-11 WITHOUT GOD WE REALLY ARE POWERLESS A very wise prayer is, “By Thy grace, O almighty God, let our wicked propensities be cured and everlasting remedies be forthcoming.” page 12 PRODUCTS page 13 - 14 COMMENTS ON SOME INDICATORS OF OUR TIMES page 15 * Apparently religious freedom and the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America only apply to those who have no religious values and do not believe in moral absolutes dictated by God. page 15 * Eighteen Roman Catholic Members of the United States Congress believe they can dictate Church dogma. age 15 * While thinking of Roman Catholics, Saint Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke declared he would deny Holy Communion to pro abortion Senator Kerry, forced Saint Joseph’s Academy to rescind an invitation to pro abortion page 15 * Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat, called legislation which would make it a federal crime to take a minor across state lines so the minor could murder her unborn child through abortion, “ . . . a bill that protects incest predators . . .” page 15 * The “press” and “news” media continue to attempt to make legal abortion seem desirable and those who perform abortions seem to be heroic as shown by a recent article by Stephanie Simon, Los Angeles Times, page 15 * The Cannes Film Festival gave first prize to a film about the “horrors a student goes through to ensure her friend can have a secret abortion” page 15 * What do some Jews and some Roman Catholic clergy have in common? An opposition to the Good Friday liturgy wherein there are prayers for the conversion of the Jews. page 16 * Journalistic idiocy found its way into

Text Box: a piece under the by-line of Tom Johnson (Newhouse News Service) wherein he wrote the recent postal rate increase “will boost the cost of mailings for homeowners page 16 * And God forbid a “journalist” should ever attribute Christian precepts to anyone who does something good, especially a nun. Well, there are a few journalists left, and not even all “journalists” (the species with the “”) are of this bent. But! page 16 * OK, One more Journalistic whatever: Headline reads, “Police say slain man was target of attack” (T-P B-2, Sep. 26, 2007). Duuhh! page 16 * And . . . the headline stated: Chinese Paddies go back 7,700 years. Does this mean the Chinese are Irish? page 16 * The Hmong fought besides U. S. forces in Vietnam, but are now prevented from obtaining refuge in the U. S. A. because their fighting on the side of U. S. forces classifies them as terrorist under the Patriot Act page 16 * Louisiana usually is such a great source of governmental, social, cultural, and practical stupidity that when Louisiana OVERCOMES stupidity (all-be-it is a single instance) the event is worthy of notice. page 16 FALSE TEACHINGS CAUSE UNFULFILLED EXPECTATIONS The effects of the false teachings of Protestants, Evangelicals, Pentecostalists, Charismatics, and heretics and apostates in general, are quite devastating. page 17 SAINT BENJAMIN Feast day: March 31, and October 13/26 (412, 424?) page 18 WHAT DOES A KING DO? We know what dictators and tyrants do without regard as to the title they bear page 19 THE KING IS ABSOLUTE RULER OF ALL The living and the dead When a new king takes the throne it usually means the old king has died. When a new chief of the executive page 20

Text Box: ANGELIC EXAMPLE St. Raphael The battle between the good Angels and the Devil and his followers, was a battle for Heaven. It was a real battle, a real war. It was not a war between God and the Devil, for there can be no war between God and anyone. page 21 WHAT MUST HAVE EXISTED FOR A CONVERSION AT DEATH The conversion of the Good Thief seemingly was at the last instant of his life; but it was not and could not have been a last minute conversion page 22 DO NOT RELY ON YOUR ACEPTING THE LAST DEATH BED OPPORTUNITY TO REPENT page 23 CONSTANT REPENTANCE IS NECESSARY FOR SALVATION page 24 FOLLOW THE KING’S EXAMPLE There really is only a limited number of sins. But technology has increased the opportunities to encounter near occasions of sin. Jesus Christ is the just and merciful King. He gives us His life as the one and only example of how to live our lives page 24 AN ASPECT OF GOD IS LIFE - MORE THAN MERE EXISTENCE page 25 WHAT IS AN EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION? The following is a verbatim press release from the Vatican Information Service page 26 IMITATION OF CHRIST By Thomas a Kempis BOOK THREE The Forty-Seventh Chapter - The Forty-Ninth Chapter page 27 THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE CHAPTER VII - CHAPTER IX page 29 +

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