*BEST OF DTB #242* The Catholic Defender: The Holy Innocents

December 28 is the Feast of the Holy Innocents. These are the male children who were murdered by King Herod in an attempt to kill the Christ Child.

There was an ancient prophecy going back to the time of the Patriarch Jacob.

His beloved wife Rachael died right out side of where Bethlehem would be built. She died having Benjamin, her second son.

Genesis 35:16-20 states, "Then they departed from Bethel; but while they still had some distance to go on the way to Ephrath, Rachel began to be in labor and to suffer great distress. When her pangs were most severe, her midwife said to her, 'Have no fear! This time, too, you have a son'. With her last breath--for she was at the point of death--she called him Benoni; his father, however, named him Benjamin. This Rachel dies; and she was buried on the road to Ephrath that is, Bethlehem. Jacob set up a memorial stone on her grave, and the same monument marks Rachel's grave to this day".

Jeremiah 31:15 states, "Thus says the Lord: In Ramah is heard the sound of moaning, of bitter weeping! Rachel mourns her children, she refuses to be consoled because her children are no more".

This is a prophecy of the end of Rachel's mourning, we read the fulfillment of this prophecy Matthew 2:16-18 says, "When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he ascertained from the magi. Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah the prophet: 'A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be consoled, since they were no more".

What brings an end to Rachel's mourning is the Christ who lives to free all those in captivity.

Jeremiah 15:16 says, "Thus says the Lord: Cease your cries of mourning, wipe the tears from your eyes. The sorrow you have shown shall have it's reward, says the Lord, they shall return from the enemy's land".

Jeremiah is prophesying that the children of Israel would return from the Babylonian Captivity, but even more than that!

During the time of Jeremiah, Ramah became the staging area where the Babylonians began rounding up the Jews in 587 B.C. The word "Ramah" would be understood in Jeremiah's time, like the "Twin Towers" would be understood in our time.

As the Jewish people were being deported to Babylon, the Mothers and family members could not be consoled as they wailed aloud because their children were deported with no hope of return.

Jeremiah's description of what King Herod would do at Bethlehem would be as terrible as the memory of what happened in Ramah.

The scene at Ramah certainly reminds me what happened to the Jews in Nazi Germany during World War II. This was so terrible that the Nation of Israel was recreated and recognized by the United Nations in May of 1948.

I want to come back to the fourth oracle of Balaam. Enemies of Israel were trying to get the Prophet of God to curse Israel so they could overcome Israel.

Do we not see and understand how secularism today is working to curse the People of God today?

Revelation 21:3-4 says, "I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, God's dwelling is with the human race. He will dwell with them and they will be his people and God himself will always be with them as their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or morning, wailing or pain, for the old order has passed away".

We are living in a New Testament, a new Covenant, a new age. Rachel's children are in heaven with Rachel.

We are reminded of the massacre of Herod because what we see today with abortion heaven hears the cry of the silent scream.

Heaven intervened with the plight of the Indian's in Mexico in 1531 putting an end to the human sacrifices conducted there, heaven again responds to the atrocities committed against humanity today.

Jesus institutes the Ministry of the Divine Mercy.

The more we spread the message of His Divine Mercy, the more children will be saved from the Herod's of our time.

Now is the day of Salvation, now is the time!

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*BEST OF DTB #51* The Catholic Defender: Discussion with a Pentecostal friend

While in my travels across Missouri, I had the opportunity to work with people from across the Country who are strongly pro-life and work towards ending abortion.

There is a frustration that after 38 years, many politicians are "pro-life" to get the votes for political purposes.

The ending of abortion is not the primary mission to them as keeping the battle is giving them votes.

We need to put a stop to abortion after 38 years and nearly 60,000,000 unborn children sacrificed to the god of convenience.

There are many people to thank for their hospitality and love supporting us ensuring that we were never in need on this journey. The food was really great everywhere we went before and after the Rally for Life on 22 January 2011 at Jefferson City at the Capital Building.

It was at one such dinner engagement that the following story develops. As the Ladies were preparing dinner, I was sitting at the dining room table with a small group of people.

It is important to note that the vast majority of those present were Catholic, but there was this one Pentecostal friend who began to discuss his thoughts on the Catholic Church. Being the Catholic Defender, what is the obvious response? You got it, a fun debate ensues.

As we began to enter into this discussion, people began to gather around because most of them have never heard a Catholic response to some of the Protestant accusations.

My Pentecostal friend was not an ignorant man. He was a Doctor very dedicated to his beliefs. He also ran for office in the State of Ohio and lost by a small majority. He is a very articulate speaker. But on this night, at this time, he had the misfortune of challenging the Catholic Defender in his own backyard (lol).

Don't you just love the rhetoric? His challenge was quick and to the point. He felt that we, as Catholics, were "idol worshipers" because our belief in Jesus in the Eucharist.

My first response to this was John 6:53-56, "Jesus said to them, 'Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him".

I shared with him that just as people in those days had problems with this teaching, many people today can't accept this either. His response was a bit odd to me, he began to reason that if you believe in transubstantiation, then you are in effect saying you are God?

That sense of reasoning made no sense to me. Especially coming from a Pentecostal who has no problem recognizing the Holy Spirit entering into people's hearts. I responded back to him the importance of the definition of transubstantiation and the 4th Lateran Council in 1215.

Pope Innocent III was having to deal with heresies at that time especially attacking the apostolic teaching on the Eucharist. New "gospels" developed by "Fr" John Huss and John Wycliffe challenged the Lord Jesus Christ denying the truths of the Catholic Church.

The problem wasn't so much the vernacular version of the bible as much as it were the problems associated with misinterpreting the scriptures. Those were tough times in those days as the common man still did not know how to read and write.

The ignorance of people made it difficult, so the priests were expected to teach the word as they have always done from the tradition of the Apostles. Acts 2:42 states, "They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers".

That is the Mass! They did not carry bibles with them to Mass to hear the Apostles teach. The Word was proclaimed to them. I also refereed to Matthew 28:19, "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you".

Jesus didn't say to hand out bibles here, the Catholic Church hands out the scriptures to enrich us with the very sacred text itself. In the beginning, this had to be developed just as the understanding of the apostolic witness.

The Church has no power to change the teachings of Christ. People who have took that upon themselves do so at their own peril.

The response to this was even more odd as my friend began to question how long does Christ remain in you. Is Christ present in waste. That was a bit over the top to me, it is believed that the Lord's presence leaves before that process. Actually, his presence is spiritual once consumption was completed and dissolved into the body.

I took it to 1 Corinthians 11:16, "The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ"?The obvious answer is yes. By this time some of the women were gathering around listening in. I think they were there longer, but this was when I noticed we were gaining an audience behind me.

I next went to 1 Corinthians 11:27-30, "Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself. That is why many among you are ill and infirm, and a considerable number were dying".

By this time, my Pentecostal friend began to recognize Christ was present in a "sense". I responded that Jesus was present totally, body, blood, soul, and divinity.

To illustrate this point, I moved to Luke 24:30, "And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight".

I continued following verse 33-35, "So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the eleven and those with them who were saying, 'The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon'! Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread".

I shared a number of Eucharistic Miracles to show that we still recognize Jesus being made known to us through the "breaking of the bread".

He challenged me questioning if this happens at every Mass? I responded, Yes! As a result of this opportunity to tell the truth, I was able to share with him this thought: If we disagree on the truth of the Eucharist, it would be dishonest to call Catholics "idol worshipers" as you now understand what Catholics believe.

At this point another friend who had claimed to have left the Catholic Faith began to consider the points I was making. That was very important to me.

Also several of the Ladies who had been listening in on the discussion all came to me wanting more on the Catholic Faith. It was a great experience to share the truth of God's holy Church!

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The Catholic Defender: Religion and Science

Over the years I have met many people who have told me they were agnostic or even atheist.

Being a Military man, I never truly believed in an atheist in a foxhole, yet, I think some people convince themselves what they think they are.

I once knew an older man who use to be a Baptist Deacon. He has long since rejected any kind of faith and today is an ardent atheist.
He told me that he would not believe in God unless the Virgin Mary were to appear to him.

I've actually had that said to me more than once. I believe that "Secular Humanism" is a dangerous philosophy being taught in our schools.

The Secularists main objective is to take God out of public life and replace it with humanistic science. I don't want to make the mistake of saying all science is wrong because there are good Christians who have a scientific understanding for the things God has made.
I know that I was a thorn to my Biology Teachers because I didn't accept their Evolution as fact. As long as you had the right answers on test day, that was all they cared about.

I think Religion and science can co-exist if they can be bridged. It should not be an either or proposition. Consider the throngs of people following Jesus out into the wilderness wanting a sign.

They asked "What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you" (John 6:30)? Jesus responds by giving them the "Bread of Life" discourse (John 6:32-71). Many people began to walk away because they did not hear what they wanted to hear. They didn't get a sign they were wanting to see.

Science can be beneficial for mankind and sometimes there have been misinformation such as the case of Galileo.

Both sides had mistakes. During the time of Christopher Columbus, people believed the world was flat.

The question of whether the sun rotated around the earth or does the earth revolve around the sun?
These are basic questions that sometimes took along time to answer.

Can you be a good Christian and be on opposite sides of the question?

Can the Church be wrong on a matter of science?

The answer to this may not be so obvious. As Catholics, we regard the Church as infallible in concerns of faith and morals.

Because people place importance on things they can see and feel, it is easy to dismiss faith in God.

That is what an atheist does, they place their trust upon the wisdom of science totally.

Evolution is a fact, not a theory to them. Man is in control over his own destiny so the things of the soul they reject.

As a result of this philosophy being prevalent in the public schools, the colleges, the higher places of learning, many are being shaped without a spiritual benefit.

The stories in the bible become myths and legends. 2 Thessalonians 2:11 responds to the fact that Satan will manifest "signs and wonders that lie": "Therefore, God is sending them a deceiving power so that they may believe the lie, that all who have not believed the truth but have approved wrongdoing may be condemned".

Romans 1:20-23 states, "Ever since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes of eternal power and divinity have been able to be understood and perceived in what he has made.

As a result, they have no excuse; for although they knew God they did not accord him glory as God or give him thanks. Instead, they became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.

While claiming to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for the likeness of an image of mortal man".


Paul writes to St. Timothy (2 Timothy 3:5) adding, "as they make a pretense of religion but deny its power. Reject them".

I have been in the medical field for 26 years in the Army. I do not believe in passing out condoms for "safe sex". That is a delusion, the risk is high if you choose to conduct risky behavior.

Secular Humanists sub-humanizes pre-born infants calling them a "fetus".

Fetus happens to be a Latin word meaning "small person", but when an abortionist uses the word, they change the term to mean a subhuman.
They debate whether or not the "fetus" is potential life.

Secular science tends to diminish the value of human life. Religion (Catholic), on the other hand, instills the sanctity of all human life from the moment of conception till natural death.

Christians do far more in helping and contributing to the needy because we maintain a higher standard for human life.

If you teach children that they come from apes, perhaps they will act like it? When you teach children the love of God, they will act like it. Jesus Christ is the reason for the season, I choose life!


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The Catholic Defender: The seed of the Martyrs

(Editors note) Just recently the story of another martyr killed by Muslim Liberals. In watching the video at the end of this article, it was hard for me not to hold back tears. I'm not really a crier, but upon watching it, you will see what I mean. Please keep the Church in suffering in your prayers. I updated a tribute to one such martyr at the end of the article.

This great and glorious day, ALL SAINTS DAY, listening to FOX and FRIENDS, the report of 52 Iraqi Catholics who were held hostage by Islamic Terrorists (Middle Eastern Liberals) to include two Priests, 10 police officers, and several women.

There were about 120 people at Our Lady of Deliverance church when these extremist Muslim terrorist wearing suicide vests stormed the Church.

Many people living in Iraq and the Middle East are crying for freedom.

Many Christians are living in silence not coming out with their Christian faith because of this kind of Islamic threat. American's have had debate recently over the subject of Muslims Terrorists. The liberal talking heads in our Country want to make this a politically correct talking piece.

Joy Bahaar of the VIEW walked off the stage with Whoopi Goldberg at Bill O'Riely's indignation over Muslims (Extremism). Ron Williams was fired by NPR because of a statement he made of Muslims on airplanes. Yet, these same people have said terrible things about Christians.

I'm afraid this terrible story of the true martyrs of Our Lady of Deliverance will be ignored or found on page 10, but these little ones will forever be held in the arms of the Lord.

I have seen first hand this kind of evil from Islamic Terrorists (Middle Eastern Liberals). They would take teenage boys and kill them, then use their bodies placing explosives in them to blow them up when people got near them. They will place suicide vests on and go to a child's soccer game and kill themselves. They will blow themselves up in a crowded market place, their intent is to kill. I was near Baghdad serving in one of the JSS positions when Middle Eastern Liberals attacked 6 Catholic Churches in Baghdad.

Our Knight's of Columbus was trying to help families of hundreds of Iraqi's preparing for their first Holy Communion as Catholic Priests fled the Country for their lives. This is the hard cold facts living there for Christians. The Seed of the Martyrs bear witness to the Lord upon all the earth.

Today is ALL SAINTS DAY, please remember our Brothers and Sisters who are the persecuted Church. May their deaths not be in vain and may the Church here in America have the strength to stand up for what is right in America.

Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host -
by the Divine Power of God -
cast into hell, satan and all the evil spirits,
who roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

The following is from Associated Press:

BAGHDAD – Iraqi security forces stormed a Baghdad church where militants had taken an entire congregation hostage for four hours, leaving at least 52 people dead, including a priest, Iraqi officials said Monday.

It was not immediately clear whether the hostages died at the hands of the attackers or during the rescue late on Sunday night in an affluent neighborhood of the capital.

The incident began when militants wearing suicide vests and armed with grenades attacked the Iraqi stock exchange at dusk Sunday before turning their attention to the nearby Our Lady of Deliverance church — one of Baghdad's main Catholic places of worship — taking about 120 Christians hostage.

Maj. Gen. Hussein Ali Kamal, the deputy interior minister, said 52 people were killed and 67 wounded, in the bloodbath. Officials said at least one priest and 10 policemen were among the dead. Many of the wounded were women.

A Christian member of parliament on Monday described the Iraqi rescue operation as "not professional," saying "it was a hasty action that prompted the terrorists to kill the worshippers."

"We have no clear picture yet whether the worshippers were killed by the security forces bullets or by terrorists, but what we know is that most of them were killed when the security forces started to storm the church," Younadem Kana said.

Video footage from an American drone that was overhead during the attack showed a black plume of smoke followed by flashes from inside the building before what appears to be soldiers going in. U.S. forces often supply air support to Iraqi forces conducting operations on the ground, feeding them video footage of what American drones see from the air.

The casualty information was confirmed by police and officials at hospitals where the dead and wounded were taken.

There were conflicting accounts about the number of attackers involved in the assault, with Baghdad military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi saying Sunday night that security forces killed eight, while the U.S. military said between five and seven died.

Two police officers on the scene, however, say only three attackers were killed and another seven arrested afterward.

Outside the Syrian Catholic church Monday morning, Raed Hadi leaned against his car on top of which rested a casket holding the body of his cousin, who was killed in the siege. Hadi was waiting for the police to let him onto the church grounds to bury his relative. He railed against Iraqi authorities.

"It was a massacre in there and now they are cleaning it up," said Raed. "We Christians don't have enough protection. ... What shall I do now? Leave and ask for asylum?"

Police pushed back onlookers from around the church by erecting a barbed wire fence but residents and people from the Christian community claimed that it was too little, too late.

A cryptically worded statement posted late Sunday on a militant website allegedly by the Islamic State of Iraq appeared to claim responsibility for the attack. The group, which is linked to al-Qaida in Iraq, said it would "exterminate Iraqi Christians" if Muslim women in Egypt were not freed.

It specifically mentioned two women in Egypt that extremists maintain have converted to Islam and are being held against their will in Egypt. The two are wives of priests and are believed to have converted to Islam to leave their husbands since divorce is banned by Egypt's Coptic Church. One woman disappeared in 2004 and another in July.

Egypt's Christians had maintained they were kidnapped and staged rallies for their release. Both were later recovered by police, denied any conversions and were then spirited away to distant monasteries.

In the message, the militants claim the two are still Muslim and called upon the Vatican, which held a meeting earlier in October to discuss the fate of Christians in the Middle East, to release the women.

"We direct our speech to the Vatican and say that as you met with Christians of the Mideast a few days ago to support them and back them, now you have to pressure them to release our sisters, otherwise death will reach you all," the message said.

Iraqi Christians, who have been frequent targets for Sunni insurgents, have left in droves since the 2003 U.S.-led war. Catholics used to represent 2.89 percent of the population in 1980; by 2008 they were just 0.89 percent.

One Iraqi man who identified himself only as Abu Sami for security reasons, said his wife was inside the church during the attack. Although she was unharmed, he said he feared that the church siege signaled a new round of violence by militants against Iraq's Christian community.

"I expect the coming attacks will be worse in the future since the government is doing nothing to protect us. We are peaceful people and never harmed any of our fellow countrymen, so we do not understand the reasons behind such evil attacks," he said.

"Many Christians now believe that they do not have any hope in Iraq and the best thing to survive is to seek another country to live in," he said.

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Associated Press writers Sinan Salaheddin in Baghdad and Sameer N. Yacoub in Amman, Jordan contributed to this report.

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The Catholic Defender speaks at Jefferson City Capital Building

This past week was a great wild ride that began with my driving 10 hours from Copperas Cove Texas to Humansville Missouri where I met Dr. Gregory Thompson and some friends from Michigan.

The long months of preparation getting ready for the March for life Rally at Jefferson City were about to unfold.

Dr Gregory Thompson (America Asleep kNOw more) was one of the main organizers of the event.

I would meet Mrs Kathie Forck (40 Days for Life) who was the other principle organizer.

Mrs Forck had said, "We want abortion to be unthinkable, even if it is legal... We need to bring chastity and purity back into this country".

Dr. Thompson had a couple of friends from Ohio who also came to speak at the event. Coach Daubenmire, a close friend to Dr. Gregory Thompson and a member of America Asleep kNOw More, was attacked by the ACLU for praying with his football team before a game.

It was reported that about 600 people participated in the Rally supporting life from the moment of conception until natural death.

The cross leading the way in this picture was the same cross used by Dr. Gregory Thompson when he was among 88 faithful Catholics arrested at Notre Dame.

Fr. Vincent Bertrand, a priest of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese, reported that two abortion faculties had recently closed down.

That drew delightful applause from the crowd. People from throughout the State of Missouri braved the cold and deep snow fall to participate in the Rally. There will be more to follow! Several States held similar pro-life Rally's across the Country. The March in Washington D.C. drew hundreds of thousands of people.

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The Catholic Defender: Philadelphia Doctor Charged with murder

Today, I am writing you from the office of Dr. Gregory Thompson as we prepare for the upcoming event at Jefferson City State Capital Building. Fox News reported the Dr. Kermit Gosnell story.

FoxNews.com

Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 69, made millions of dollars over 30 years, performing as many illegal, late-term abortions as he could, prosecutors said (MyFoxPhilly.com).

An abortion doctor who catered to minorities, immigrants and poor women was charged with eight counts of murder in the deaths of a patient and seven babies who were born alive and then killed with scissors, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 69, made millions of dollars over 30 years, performing as many illegal, late-term abortions as he could, prosecutors said. State regulators ignored complaints about him and failed to visit or inspect his clinic since 1993, but no charges were warrented against them, District Attorney Seth Williams said.

Gosnell, his wife and eight other colleagues were arrested overnight Tuesday following a grand jury investigation, MyFoxPhilly.com reports.

According to the district attorney's office, Gosnell is facing murder in the third degree for the death of 41 year old Karnamaya Mongar. The patient died Nov. 20, 2009, when she was overdosed with anesthetics prescribed by Gosnell, according to the station.

District Attorney Williams said during a press conference Wednesday that Gosnell "induced laber, forced the live birth of viable babies in the sixth, seventh, eighth month of pregnancy and then killed those babies by cutting into the back of the neck with scissors and severing their spinal cord".

The District Attorney also said patients were subjected to squalid and barbaric conditions at Gosnell's Women's Medical Society.

Authorities went to investigate drug-related complaints at the clinic last year and stumbled on what Williams called a "house of horrors".

"There were bags and bottles holding aborted fetuses scattered throughout the building", Williams said. "There were jars, lining shelves, with severed feet that he kept for no medical purpose".

The clinic was shut down and Gosnell's medical license was suspended after the raid.

Workers, some of whom were also charged with murder, were untrained and unlicensed, including a high-school student who performed anesthesia with potentially lethal narcotics, Williams said.

Gosnell has been named in at least 10 malpractice suits, including one over the death of a woman who died of sepsis and a perforated uterus.

"I am aware that abortion is a hot-botton topic", Williams told reporters. "But as district attorney, my job is to carry out the law. A doctor who knowingly and systematically mistreats female patients, to the point of them dies in his so-called care, commits murder under the law".

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/19/philadelphia-abortion-doctor-charged-counts-murder/#ixzz1BVY9T0YS

We are facing the great evil of our times. Every 20 seconds statistically, an unborn child is killed in America. We better wake up if it is not too late already. The writing may already be on the wall. Please pray for our Nation and the world.

Bill O'Riely, I often love the factor, but I agree with one who wrote in to your show saying: "A fetus is not 'potentially' a human being, but rather, a fetus is a human being with potential"

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The Catholic Defender: The Westboro Baptist

I remember Billy Graham coming to Nashville sometime around 2,000 while I was stationed at Fort Campbell Kentucky, at one time this place was known as "The Dark and Bloody Ground" as the Indians once called it.

Today, we have the Tennessee Titans near by, interstate 24, and a lot of space.

I had always respected Billy Graham, he was a good friend of Bishop Sheen going back to the 1970's and recently (2000) with Cardinal O'Connor of New York.

Cardinal O'Connor had recently died and Billy Graham had nothing but kind words for him calling him a true Churchman and an American. Because of these kind words, there was a small group protesting Billy Graham's crusade at Titan Stadium. They were protesting Billy because of the kind words he had said for a "Catholic".

The protesters were out picketing hours before the concert that began before Billy's crusade. That was the primary reason why we decided to go because DC Talk, Jars of Clay, and other Christian groups were going to play.

I struck up a conversation with the protesters wondering why they were protesting Billy Graham. It was because they didn't like what Billy had said about Catholics. Being the "Catholic Defender", the game was on!

I had much enjoyment countering everything they were saying to people coming to the concert. That night I earned 21 condemnations. It was great to see people who were not even Catholic agreeing with me over the radical backwoods hatred these people were spewing.

I enjoyed this so much, I decided to come back the next night. This time I wore a good size crucifix with a black tee-shirt with praying hands with a rosary prominently displayed on the front of the shirt. That crucifix earned me at least 5 condemnations.

When they realized I would not buckle, I followed them around from one street corner to another going across the street. I felt that if they were willing to throw stones at Mother Church, I was willing to stand out there and defend her.

These people didn't like me too much. Later on, groups like this would begin targeting Military funerals. They began to find new lows of human decency.

This group opposes Homosexuality in the Military and they show despicable signs protesting the Military. All (true) Christians oppose the practice of Homosexuality as a serious sin and are concerned for the Military, we have the Constitution that gives us the means to right wrongs by Progressives. We have the power of the vote. The tactics of the Westboro Baptist church demonstrates perhaps a right, but it is the wrong message.

Protesting brave young men and women serving their country is not the right way. The Westboro Baptist church have taken themselves again to a new low.

Tomorrow, they plan to picket and protest 9 year old Christina Taylor Green's funeral.

It is reported that they said little Christina "deserved to die".

The Westboro Baptist church believes that God "hates" Catholics.

This is the same kind of hate filled rhetoric found from Jack Chick publishing.

Fox News reported that members of the Tea-Party will be prepared with both Republicans and Democrats to protect the grieving family from these low life hounds.

I do not usually get into the business of name calling, but the Westboro Baptist church are a voice of evil.

Little Christina is in the arms of the Lord Jesus, she received Him in Communion, now she is forever in the perpetual light of Christ. Please continue to pray for the victims and their families.

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The Catholic Defender: Liberal Witch Hunt

The Past 24 hours have really been difficult to digest all what happened in Tucson Arizona.

Senator Gabrielle Giffords was shot along with 19 other Americans. 6 people died and my heart grieves for those who have died.

Tonight, I became aware of a couple who had been married 50 years who were both shot in this terrible tragedy.

The wife did not make it but the husband did.

That was difficult for me, there is zero justification for any of this. The 9 year old girl who was there to experience the greatness of our American Government now will tragically become a martyr on behalf of it.

I did learn of some hero's who displayed that heroic action under fire demonstrating the greatness of the American spirit.

My wife and I both watched Clarence Dupnik, sheriff of Pima County try to politicize this event blaming Fox News (Bill O'Reily), Conservative Talk Radio Hosts like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.

Liberal News agencies quickly began to report this without having a shred of evidence.

It seems that the the "accused", Jared Lee Loughner was no where close to being associated with Christian conservative persuasions.

On the contrary, it is reported that his favorite book was the "Communist Manifesto". He also is reported to have said that he would not "trust in God". He had a shrine of a skull in his back yard.

In other words, he was a deranged nut.

For the Sheriff and the Liberal left wing to use this tragedy for political gain is irresponsible.

This certainly falls into a national witch hunt by the liberal left wanting to hurt Sarah Palin and others who had nothing to do with the events of Arizona, no more that the very left wing rhetoric that went after President Bush just a few short years ago.

If I recall, didn't they even produce a movie about an assassination of President Bush? Yes, they did. Please let the family and the nation grieve for those who died, for their families, and those struggling to survive.

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*BEST OF DTB #47* The Catholic Defender: Arizona Reprentative Gabrielle Gifford

Today, Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords was among 19 people to include staff members and a Judge (John Roll) were shot while meeting at a supermarket in Tucson AZ.

5 people including a 9 year old girl were killed. Judge John Roll also among the dead.

There are a number of victims in critical condition to include Representative Giffords. Please keep these victims and their families in your thoughts and prayers. A large number of people are asking what religion is Representative Giffords. It is reported that she is Jewish. She is considered a moderate well liked by both Republicans and Democrats. I have an issue of her strong pro-abortion record, that I must oppose. Let's pray that she will recover from this attack and play politics later.

Quick update, Judge John Roll was a dedicated Catholic who went to daily Mass there in Tucson. He went from the Church to where Representative Giffords was meeting people. For him and the other 5 people who died there today, may the perpetual light of the Lord shine upon them now and forever more. Amen.

9 year old Christina Taylor Green's funeral was today, At one point they played Amazing Grace with bagpipes. We had bagpipes in Iraq used at the Military memorial service. May God grant her peace. Amen.

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The Catholic Defender: Saint John Neumann

I grew up in Blue Springs Missouri where I received the benefit of a good Catholic education.

My Mother worked hard to send my Brother and me to St. John La Lande Catholic School.

I had great Priests and lay volunteers who helped shape my morals growing up in troubled times.

This was made possible because of many people but today, the Church is recognizing St John Neumann.



St. John Neumann was born in Bohemia (modern day Czech Republic) on 28 March 1811.

He was a Redemptorist Missionary to the United States. This is something I am seeing more as Missionary Priests from Africa are coming to the United States today.

That is very interesting to me as we were known to be sending missionaries to the world, now the world is sending us missionaries.

St. John Neumann would become the 4th Bishop of Philadelphia at a time when the Catholic Church was the object of persecution from Protestant mobs.

A political party remembered as the "Know Nothing Party" were responsible for inciting hatred of Catholics.

They set fire to convents and schools throughout the Northeast. The "Know Nothing Party" or also known as "The American Party", opposed the Irish and German Immigrants making it difficult for them to find jobs.

Because of the second class status of these Immigrants, violence was the result. The Know Nothing Party was Protestant based males born of British descent past the age of 21.

The party began as a semi-secret organization that would become a political force of the 1840's and 50's winning elections from Chicago to Boston. As a result of the "anti-Slavery" movement, the Republican Party was born in 1854 which led to the extinction of the Know Nothing Party.

This is important to understand because this kind of hatred towards Catholics would lead to the finding of the "Knights of Columbus", by the Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut in 1882.

Principally to help the widow and orphans. This would also show how Unions were formed to counter this kind of hatred to give all Americans the same opportunity to succeed.

This is why Catholics for so long have been loyal to the Democratic Party.

Unfortunately today, the Parties have switched considerably as the Democratic party has become a very liberal, socialistic Party that espouses anti-Catholic policies such as Gay Rights and Abortion Rights.

The Democratic Party today is striving to take Christ out of public life.

Returning to the time of St. John Neumann, his leadership was crucial for so many who had to live under this anti-Catholic climate.

Despite the anti-Catholic sentiment and violence, St.John Neumann would be successful establishing Churches, Orphanages, Catholic Schools helping all to include German and Irish Immigrants. On 5 January, 1860, St. John Neumann died of a massive stroke as he was walking the street doing God's work among his people.

He is regarded as the first American male Saint as he was canonized by Pope Paul VI on 19 June, 1977.

The Redemptorists are celebrating the 200th anniversary of St. John Neumann's birth beginning this year and will end on 23 June 2012.

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The Catholic Defender: Christian and Gay?

Today I was listening to a cassette tape that one of my Grandson's pulled out and I took it with me today to check it out.

It had been a few years since I had listened to it.

I was pleasantly surprised to find a lot of music I had recorded for myself and for conducting Physical Training with my troops.

There were times I would set up stations for different exercises and have music play in the background.


Tonight I was going through some YouTube channels and I was specifically looking for Jennifer Knapp who I was listening too earlier today.

I found a tape I put together about 2,000 for Physical Training and I had her song, "Undo Me".

I discovered tonight that she has come out Gay earlier this year.

I guess I have been in Iraq or training to go to Iraq the past five years and I somehow missed all this.

This really made my heart heavy tonight as I have liked her music. Coming home from Korea in May 1999, my teenagers had been practicing music for about 6 months and when I got home, we began going to the Recreation center to practice.

Eventually we formed a group "Final Hour". I remember challenging some of them because they like Jennifer Knapp and I was lifting high "Petra" as the top band.

Watching her tonight really was a surprise. One of the things that I was shocked was her explanation.

The deposed Protestant Preacher for being caught in Homosexual acts, Ted Haggard was invited to give some discussion, and I was surprised that he had nothing really to offer the discussion.

His premise was that we are all sinners on a journey and said that we are to show love.

The problem with that is that he could not call Homosexuality a sin?






It really seemed to me that Larry King held to a bias for Homosexuality.

There was another Man present from Horizon Christian Fellowship, a Protestant group founded in 1974, who was defending Christian teaching.

Mr Ted Haggard along with Jennifer Knapp and Larry King kind of made it a three on one show.

Larry King did ask Ted Haggard if he thought Homosexuality was a sin. This was not answered, he basically called the New Testament a relationship.

Well, Ted, it is far more than simply a "relationship". It is a Covenant. Jennifer, I love you girl as a sister, enough to tell you the truth. You can't simply go on choosing a lifestyle that puts your immortal soul in jeopardy.

I watched how you tried to justify Homosexual behavior, which by the way is not the same as a person born with 4 fingers verses 5 fingers.

We are born male and female and God has clearly given us his direction through his Church. Jennifer, Larry, Ted, the Church was commissioned by Christ to preach good news to all the nations. We cannot compromise his word to fit our personal agenda.

Heaven has responded over and over about this. Jennifer, listen real close to this; The Mother of Jesus appeared to three Children at Fatima on July 13, 1917 giving them the famous vision of hell where poor sinners go.

Do not be mistaken that homosexuality will not lead you to hell that is unrepentant.

St. Paul warns that those who conduct themselves in such a way will undergo judgment.

If you die with serious mortal sin on your soul, that would be tragic. Even worse than this, Jennifer, because of your scope and influence, you bring disaster upon you.

The Preacher tried to bring this out in the show but he didn't get far, but it says in Matthew 18:6-7, "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of things that cause sin! Such things must come, but woe to the one through whom they come".

That is exactly what Mary warned about at Fatima. This is no joke and you can't run to teachers who will tickle you with what you want to hear.

Luke 10:16 Jesus tells His Apostles, "Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me".

Jennifer and Ted, Larry, I ask for you to pray about this. Jennifer, you say you love this other girl, can you really say that knowing your putting this person in mortal spiritual danger?



Jennifer, I encourage you to check this out seriously, I pray you will and also all those in your like mind:

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*BEST OF DTB #44* The Catholic Defender: The Crusades

One of the common questions I am asked is why the Catholic Church attacked the Muslims during the Middle Ages.

Why did the Catholic Church convert many by the sword. This is an example of where people have attempted to rewrite history and ignore the facts.

From the time of Muhammad's retreat to Mecca (Hiagra, 622 A.D.) and the establishment of Islam to the next 400 years the Catholic Church basically held a pacifistic approach to Islam.

Islam has it's foundations based from an earlier heresy dating back to the early 4th century. The Arian Heresy challenged the Trinity and the Divinity of Jesus. Despite the ruling of the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D., bubbles of this heresy would continue.

Mohammad claimed he was the Great Prophet of Deuteronomy 18:15-19, unfortunately for him and his many followers, they did not read the whole test as verse 20 says, "But if a prophet presumes to speak in my name an oracle that I have not commanded him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, he shall die".

It really wasn't until the Muslims took the Holy Land in 1079 A.D. that Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095 A.D. called for all Christians to end their petty disputes. He would call for the first crusade.

This was a very important development for the defense of Europe and of Christianity. Islam had systematically taken nation after nation throughout the Middle East with the intent of World domination. The Islamic Terrorist still has this intent. In 656 A.D. the Koran was published and since then it has been used by the radicals to go after the "infidels".

We are still dealing with this threat in the 21st Century. Were there wrongs committed? Sure there were. Were there glory seekers taking advantage for personal gain? Sure there were. I can write of a number of them since I have been at the tip of the spear. When ever a Soldier did wrong the media picked up on it like it was hot news. Sadly, the News didn't care to report the great good we were doing?

There will be elements of that in every war. We see this today in Iraq and Afghanistan. American Soldiers have performed valiantly throughout these campaigns despite a small minority of wrong doing.

What is important is that those who did wrong are getting punished for it.

Jesus said, "And he said to them, 'When I sent you out with no purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything'? They said, 'Nothing'. He said to them, 'But now, let him who has a purse take it, and likewise a bag. And let him who has no sword sell his mantle and buy one. For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, 'And he was reckoned with transgressors'; for what is written about me has its fulfillment'. And they said, 'Look, Lord, here are two swords'. And he said to them,'It is enough" (Luke 22:35-38).

This scripture has been used to support a nations defense with 10% of it's means. Defense is the clear purpose for the swords as Jesus would later tell St. Peter that those who live by the sword shall die with the sword. In the Old Testament King David felt the teeth of this truth as he would not build the Temple. His own family would fight between themselves and him. But for self defense the Catholic Church has always understood the "just war" concept.

What is unique for me is that I spent 27 months in Iraq with a unit that had a cross on it's shield. I will venture to say that there were wrongs committed, however, the truth behind the crusades were necessary.

Traning to go to Iraq, we were given presentations from Iraqi interpreters who gave classes on the customs of the people. It was very interesting to me that they taught us the Muslims do not believe Jesus died on the cross but there was another person who was crucified for him. They deny the Resurrection. This was important for us to know when speaking with the the people there.

Still, just as it was in the Middle Ages, today, it is necessary to deal with the Islamic Terrorists.

The news is reporting the persecution of Christians in the Middle East. When I left Iraq in in January 08 for that particular 15 Month deployment, we had about 3,000 Iraqi converts to the Catholic faith in Baghdad. This was underground or in the green zone. Many of these now live in the United States, some of them work for the American forces as interpreters. There are many thousands of Iraqi Kurd from the Northern provinces that are converting to the Catholic Faith, all underground as it is a death sentence for a Muslim to become a Christian.

The current persecution of Christians needs to be stopped. Islam does not have the means to prevent this violence. America is the world's hope to stand up against this threat now.

We must have the will and the backbone to succeed. I know there are good Muslims out there, but they do not have the political stamina to face the Islamic Terrorists or the will.




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The Catholic Defender: The Kingdom in Distress?

The Catholic Church was founded by Christ nearly 2,000 years ago and still bear the marks that reveal it's founder (One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church).

The Old Testament offers clues that point to the Catholic Faith from different avenues of approaches. Daniel 2:44 states, "In the lifetime of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed or delivered up to another people; rather, it shall break in peaces all these kingdoms and put an end to them, and it shall stand forever".

This kingdom that Daniel refers to was founded by Christ. The Catholic Church proclaims this kingdom through the authority of the apostolic witness.

Matthew 16:19 Jesus states, "I will give you (St. Peter) the keys to the KINGDOM of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven".

There are other denominations however, who believe that Christ did not establish a church or a kingdom on earth but will do so when he returns at the Parousia (Second Coming).

In other words, they are still awaiting for the kingdom to be established. They take Revelation 20:4 literally that Christ will set up a thousand year reign.

The Catholic Church does not believe this passage to be literal, "Like the other numerical values in this book, the thousand years are not to be taken literally; they symbolize the long period of time between the chaining up of Satan (a symbol for Christ's resurrection-victory over death and the forces of evil) and the end of the world. During this time God's people share in the glorious reign of God that is present to them by virtue of their baptismal victory over death and sin" NAB footnotes to Rev 20:1-6.

Daniel 2:44 seems to indicate Christ prophesied would establish his kingdom. He is the "Rock" that breaks statue into pieces. Matthew 13 seems to agree with this assessment, "Then, dismissing the crowds, he (Jesus) went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, 'Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field'. He said in reply, 'He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the KINGDOM. The weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvesters are angels. Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels and they will collect out of his KINGDOM all who cause others to sin and all evildoers. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the KINGDOM of their Father".

Jesus established his kingdom nearly 2,000 years ago.

Through Baptism and Confirmation,we become son's and daughters of God. Even so, we must continue to pick up our cross and follow him.

The Kingdom of God is provisional in that we must keep his commandments.

Just as in the day of Moses who dealt with the rebellion of Korah, Kohath, Dathan, and Abiram, so it is today that people openly dissent from official Catholic teaching.

Hosea 4:6 warns, "My people perish for want of knowledge! Since you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from my priesthood; Since you have ignored the law of your God, I will also ignore your sons".

1 John 2:4 states, "Whoever says, 'I know him', but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him".

Matthew 18:6-7 warns, "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of things that cause sin! Such things must come, but woe to the one through whom they come"!

Think about what Jesus just said?

Isaiah 5:20 warns, "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who change darkness into light, and light into darkness".

1 Timothy 1:8-10 warns, "We know that the law is good, provided that one uses it as law, with the understanding that law is meant not for a righteous person but for the lawless and unruly, the godless and sinful, the unholy and profane, those who kill their fathers or mothers, murderers, the unchaste, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is opposed to sound teaching, according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted".

Our Country is legalizing the acts of the Sodomites (homosexuals) allowing them to serve in the Military.

Jesus will hold those accountable for legalizing this along abortion. Think about the musicians, Hollywood, all those who participate in drugs and loose living.

Sports figures who are not good role models, the list goes on and on.

All this even though the Kingdom of God is in our midst. People are rebelling, in Arizona, a Bishop finally discredited a Catholic Hospital for conducting an abortion.

There are "Catholics" who support abortion, pornography, homosexuality who are greatly compromised with the world.

The devil has planted his seed among the vineyard, but in the end, God will prevail and so will his Church. God so loves us, "See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father" (Matthew 18:10).

Our politicians, our media, many of our own family members do not regard much for the Lord or his Church. We can make a better difference for our young people offering them the truth. Many of them are crying out for the truth.

The true message of Christmas is the hope for a better world because the Lord did establish his Kingdom, and it is right here in our midst!



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The Catholc Defender: Sharia Justice?

Today, I was at a store speaking with a lady who I had met sometime ago and she informed me that she and her husband were going to go through the RCIA to be totally received into the Catholic Faith.

They have three children they want to have Baptized and so I was able to give her some help who to contact to get enrolled in our RCIA program.

What a joy this was to hear this! While there, another lady whose husband is in Iraq sent me the following. I have to tell you, when I first seen this it really upset me.

This is not for the faint of heart, but this needs to be exposed. I promised the lady that I would post this on deepertruth and to get this out there. People, please pray for the people in these Countries as they are under a great darkness. The following needs no words to explain:




















































































They want to bring Sharia Law here, or they want us to respect Sharia Law for American Muslims. The State of Oklahoma has it right, we need to ensure that this never comes here to America and if anyone tries this in the United States, that they will be punished for this crime.

It has come to my attention that the above could be a trick? You can catch the debate here:

http://forums.catholic-convert.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=128474

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