Purity Matters

Mad props to my friend June for finding this video.

Do You Know Your Baltimore Catechism?

Quiz: Do You Know Your Baltimore Catechism?

Enchanted

I hate cartoons.

But here we have a movie that starts as a cartoon...

and then the cartoon people stumble into reality!

Brilliant!

There is singing and dancing and true love...it's great.

Mildly scary parts, such as Susan Sarandan being the evil stepmother/witch lady.

Guys beware: this is big time "chic flick." You might be compelled to poke your eyes out if you watch it.

Automatic Confession

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'll be out for a few days...enjoy the video!

The Long Island Catholic

If anyone reading this blog has a paper-copy of the Long Island Catholic, could you pass it on to me? Thanks!

Coverage of the November 10th talk at St. Patricks found here.

Medjugorje

I just finished reading this book.

It was good.

Definitely the quote of the day.

"One thing I ask girls is, do you want guys to get lost in your eyes or your v-neck shirt?"

- Dylan Fisher, this guy I know

Aurora, Ilinois

The Catholic News Agency reports in an article, Illinois pro-lifers face threat of paddy wagon for Planned Parenthood protests,

"Pro-life activists protesting a new Illinois Planned Parenthood location are facing conflicting legal advice from city officials and threats of mass arrests from the local police chief."

"Chief Powell said he has no plans to give the pro-life advocates clear instructions on how to legally protest the new center in upcoming events."

Good to know, Chief Powell.

Good to know.

This is Real

The Crusade for the Defense of Our Catholic Church (red t-shirts), is the title of the project I was part of and traveled throughout California with. The footage on this video captures exactly how things were on the streets.

Ayn Rand

"I cannot project the degree of hatred required to make those women run around in crusades against abortion. Hatred is what they certainly project, not love for the embryos, which is a piece of nonsense no one could experience, but hatred, a virulent hatred for an unnamed object...Their hatred is directed against human beings as such, against the mind, against reason, against ambition, against success, against love, against any value that brings happiness to human life. In compliance with the dishonesty that dominates today's intellectual field, they call themselves 'pro-life.'"

— Ayn Rand

Thank you, Rand, for that opinion.

However, the truth is, how is an unborn child a "piece of nonsense?"

If it is "nothing" than what is there to abort? What is it that is in there that one must remove?

If "it" cannot be experienced- than what is the point of having an abortion? Something is being aborted.

Clearly, Rand, the dishonesty that dominates today's intellectual field- is your own.

Did you know...

Did you know...

That you cannot find pictures of the unborn on pro-choice websites?

That you cannot read a time-line of unborn life development on pro-choice websites?

That you cannot find out where the "contents of the uterus" go after an abortion on pro-choice websites?

How does this lack of information empower women?

If women are to be taken seriously, they must be fully-informed.

Hillary Clinton

HillaryClinton.com has an entire page dedicated to telling us why Hillary is a "Champion for Women."

Basically the entire thing is about how she wants abortion to be free for minorities.

The site states, "When it comes to each woman's ability to make the most personal of life decisions, Hillary has stood firm as an advocate for a woman's right to choose. She has expanded access to family planning services, including for low-income women. "

"Hillary has worked to empower women throughout the world, especially low-income women..."

And in case you weren't sure which women...it's stated a third time...

"She has championed the Prevention First Act, which expands access to family planning services for low-income women..."

You know what low-income women need? JOBS.

Not, as some believe, to be denied motherhood.

The most important person on earth...

“The most important person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral- a dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby’s body…Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other creature. God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation…What on God’s good earth is more glorious than this: to be a mother?”

-Joseph Cardinal Mindzenty

St. Patrick's Talk!

Gave a talk tonight at a St. Patrick's Church.

Here's a pic!

Thanks to everyone that came out to it!

Population!

www.pop.org

Props to www.jillstanek.com for posting this on her blog.

Figi

I was thinking about Figi and decided to re-look something up.

I googled "tv anorexia" and Figi came right up.

You see... according to this article , Figi "has been struck by an outbreak of eating disorders since the arrival of television in 1995."

Crazy, huh?

The article states,

"The teenagers see TV as a model for how one gets by in the modern world. They believe the shows depict reality."

I've got news for people: shows on television do not depict reality.

Hey There Neighbor...

Strange and hidden benefit of having a blog...

My neighbor for my college days emailed me yesterday...

"For some reason, I was thinking about you today. I figured maybe if I typed your name in google, I might find an e-mail address . . . even better . . . you have your own website. Oh Elizabeth! I hope you are doing well, and would love to see you if you are back in Massachusetts around Christmas time." -Matt

Here are some Matt memories:

~ The night before a big history exam, I knocked on his door and asked him, "So what's on the test?" He said, "Elizabeth, haven't you studied for it?" I looked right at him and said, "Nope. I've been doing pro-life work." It was classic.

~ Showing him an op-ed I wrote for the school newspaper and him asking me in all seriousness, "Elizabeth, are you trying to get beat up?"

~ Telling Matt that I'm writing a book about college and him asserting that he'd like a cameo in it. Then, every day for 2 years changing his mind, back and forth between wanting to be in the book and not wanting to be in the book and trying to figure out what I would say about him.

~ Waking up 5 minutes before music theory class and thinking we'd make it to class. Stopping for coffee on the way- as if we had time!

~ Me saying, "uh, huh, huh" ~a la Elvis style, quite to his annoyance, everytime I saw him, which was about 80 times a day. He loves Elvis!

~ Trying to teach him to play the flute and him not being able to play and Fsharp because his ring finger is messed up. Why? Because he "sat on it while in the womb."

~ Matt asking me about the purpose of chromatic leading tones and me telling him that they "lead the listeners ear to where the composer wants our ear to go" and him asking me if I was for real and if I had written that in the paper. I said, "Yes. This is the truth. The leading tones lead us." Seriously people, this is the truth. And now you know.

Okay, I'll think of more later.

It's Contest Time...

Here's the deal.

I once bought a small-truck load of the book, True to Life, by Janet Folger.

You see, it's one of the best pro-life books ever and I think everyone should read it.

I've been looking at my bookshelf and realizing that I still have more than one copy of this book in my possession.

So here we go. If you'd like to win a copy of this book, hit the ol' contact button from the main part of my website and simply tell me, "I'd like to be a winner." Or you can comment on this blog with the same sentence. I won't publish the comment though.

I'll put your name on a piece of paper and I'll draw the winning name in the beginning of December.

Good luck!

True Story...

True story here people...

Friday night I went to a Padre Pio Prayer Group.

It's only once a month so people are still getting acquainted with one another.

There were new-ish friends of mine there who both went to Franciscan University.

I asked to them: "Hey, have you two seen the Awkward Song Video?"

Anthony replied: "Yeah...I did. I saw it on some lady's website. It's uh...elizabeth...elizabethandrew.org or somethin' like that."

He turned to the group quizzically..."Have you guys heard of that site?"

By now my friend Luciana and I are trying not to totally crack up.

I looked at him and say..."I'm Elizabeth..."

His eyes buggded out and he didn't know what to say.

It was pretty funny.

Bella The Movie

Here's the trailer.

www.bellathemovie.com

The World Needs Heroes

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