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Following is the full text of the homily of Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, at the Mass during the April 14 "A Call to Catholic Men of Faith" in Peoria, Illinois:

 

http://www.thecathol...le.aspx?ID=2440

 

Highlights:

 

There is only one basic reason why Christianity exists and that is the fact that Jesus Christ truly rose from the grave.

 

The disciples never expected the resurrection. The unanimous testimony of all four Gospels is that the terrible death of Jesus on the cross entirely dashed all their hopes about Jesus and about his message. He was dead, and that was the end of it. They looked for nothing more, and they expected nothing more.

 

So as much as they had loved him, in their eyes Jesus was a failed messiah. His dying seemed to entirely rob both his teaching and even his miracles of any lasting significance.

 

And they were clearly terrified that his awful fate, at the hands of the Sanhedrin and the Romans, could easily become their awful fate. So they hid, trembling with terror, behind shuttered windows and locked doors.

 

When the Risen Christ suddenly appeared in their midst, their reaction was shocked incredulity. They simply could not believe their own eyes.

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But meeting the Risen Lord had changed everything about these first disciples, and knowing the Risen Lord should also change everything about us.

 

You know, it has never been easy to be a Christian and it’s not supposed to be easy! The world, the flesh, and the devil will always love their own, and will always hate us. As Jesus once predicted, they hated me, they will certainly hate you.

 

But our Faith, when it is fully lived, is a fighting faith and a fearless faith. Grounded in the power of the resurrection, there is nothing in this world, and nothing in hell, that can ultimately defeat God’s one, true, holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.

 

For 2,000 years the enemies of Christ have certainly tried their best. But think about it. The Church survived and even flourished during centuries of terrible persecution, during the days of the Roman Empire.

 

The Church survived barbarian invasions. The Church survived wave after wave of Jihads. The Church survived the age of revolution. The Church survived Nazism and Communism.

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As Christians we must love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us, but as Christians we must also stand up for what we believe and always be ready to fight for the Faith. The days in which we live now require heroic Catholicism, not casual Catholicism. We can no longer be Catholics by accident, but instead be Catholics by conviction.

 

In our own families, in our parishes, where we live and where we work – like that very first apostolic generation – we must be bold witnesses to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We must be a fearless army of Catholic men, ready to give everything we have for the Lord, who gave everything for our salvation.

 

Remember that in past history other governments have tried to force Christians to huddle and hide only within the confines of their churches like the first disciples locked up in the Upper Room.

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Hitler and Stalin, at their better moments, would just barely tolerate some churches remaining open, but would not tolerate any competition with the state in education, social services, and health care.

 

In clear violation of our First Amendment rights, Barack Obama – with his radical, pro abortion and extreme secularist agenda, now seems intent on following a similar path.

 

Now things have come to such a pass in America that this is a battle that we could lose, but before the awesome judgement seat of Almighty God this is not a war where any believing Catholic may remain neutral.

 

This fall, every practicing Catholic must vote, and must vote their Catholic consciences, or by the following fall our Catholic schools, our Catholic hospitals, our Catholic Newman Centers, all our public ministries -- only excepting our church buildings – could easily be shut down. Because no Catholic institution, under any circumstance, can ever cooperate with the instrinsic evil of killing innocent human life in the womb.

 

No Catholic ministry – and yes, Mr. President, for Catholics our schools and hospitals are ministries – can remain faithful to the Lordship of the Risen Christ and to his glorious Gospel of Life if they are forced to pay for abortions.

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I can only hope that this is the opening salvo, in the war that ultimately defeats evil.

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The Daily Caller: Obama bites dog.

 

"Hey, whatever you have to tell yourself, libs. Say what you want about Romney, but at least he only put a dog on the roof of his car, not the roof of his mouth. And whenever you bring up the one, we’re going to bring up the other."

 

 

 

Bada bing ! Perfect @saveliberty

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Senate Republicans Join Suit Challenging Emperor Obama’s Illegal Appointments

 

(The Washington Times) — Senate Republicans on Tuesday turned to Miguel Estrada, a man whom Democrats denied a presidential appointment in 2003, to be their lawyer as they fight to overturn some of President Obama’s own appointments.

 

The move escalates the simmering constitutional battle between the Congress and the White House over several appointments Mr. Obama made in January, when the Senate was still meeting every few days and considered itself in session.

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The Daily Caller: Obama bites dog.

 

"Hey, whatever you have to tell yourself, libs. Say what you want about Romney, but at least he only put a dog on the roof of his car, not the roof of his mouth. And whenever you bring up the one, we’re going to bring up the other."

 

 

 

Bada bing ! Perfect @saveliberty

I love that.

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Comrades! Man The Barricades!

 

 

Down with the counter revolutionary fascist running dogs bourgeois scum!

ALL POWER TO THE SOVIETS!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can't tell ya how really inspired I am!

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h/t Vicki

 

@Rheo

 

Well at least Obama has his own symbol...

 

I'm uh uh not uh uh uh so sure uh ah about the uh greatness of the uh uh speeches.

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Taliban commander turns self in... for reward on ‘Wanted’ poster

Mohammad Ashan, a mid-level Taliban commander in Paktika province, strolled toward a police checkpoint in the district of Sar Howza with a wanted poster bearing his own face. He demanded the finder’s fee referenced on the poster: $100.

 

Afghan officials, perplexed by the man’s misguided motives, arrested him on the spot. Ashan is suspected of plotting at least two attacks on Afghan security forces. His misdeeds prompted officials to plaster the district with hundreds of so-called “Be on the Lookout” posters emblazoned with his name and likeness.

 

When U.S. troops went to confirm that Ashan had in fact come forward to claim the finder’s fee, they were initially incredulous.

 

“We asked him, ‘Is this you?’ Mohammad Ashan answered with an incredible amount of enthusiasm, ‘Yes, yes, that’s me! Can I get my award now?’” recalled SPC Matthew Baker.

 

A biometric scan confirmed that the man in Afghan custody was the insurgent they had been looking for.

 

“This guy is the Taliban equivalent of the ‘Home Alone” burglars,” one U.S. official said.

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h/t Vicki

 

@Rheo

 

Well at least Obama has his own symbol...

 

I'm uh uh not uh uh uh so sure uh ah about the uh greatness of the uh uh speeches.

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h/t Vicki

 

@Rheo

 

Well at least Obama has his own symbol...

 

I'm uh uh not uh uh uh so sure uh ah about the uh greatness of the uh uh speeches.

 

Courtesy Team CoCo:

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Perfect

The Daily Caller: Obama bites dog.

 

"Hey, whatever you have to tell yourself, libs. Say what you want about Romney, but at least he only put a dog on the roof of his car, not the roof of his mouth. And whenever you bring up the one, we’re going to bring up the other."

 

 

 

Bada bing ! Perfect @saveliberty

I love that.

 

 

There was a twitter storm afterwards.

 

Some of the jokes are here:

https://twitter.com/...501490227744768

James Taranto@jamestaranto

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"My opponents are social Darwinists. They believe in an ethic of every man for himself, it's a dog-eat-dog world. I, on the other hand..."

 

 

James Taranto@jamestaranto

The first time Barack asked Michelle out to dinner, it gave her paws.

 

 

James Taranto@jamestaranto

Remember when they made fun of Rick Perry for eating a CORN dog?

 

 

GregGutfeld@greggutfeld

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To be fair, that dog never worked a day in his life.

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saveliberty

Someone pointed out what fun it would be if a reporter challenged the President on the dog meat quote and if the President snapped that Bill Ayers wrote it.

 

:lol: Regardless, the grown up Barack Obama read that part of the story out loud on a recording.

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Robin Leach: Obama Is a 'Socialist' - He Is 'Whipping Up This Racial War and This Economic Divide'

 

Former Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous host Robin Leach said Friday that President Obama is a socialist

.Appearing on the Fox Business Network, Leach told host Neal Cavuto the current White House resident is "whipping up this racial war and this economic divide" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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