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My Dear People,
 The feast of the Holy Family is a stark reminder of the present demonic attack on the family life of the Church. Christians everywhere are feeling the constant assault on the traditional, dad, mom and children biblical model. The so called political “tolerance” of our atheistic pagan culture tells us that pre-marital, extra marital, homosexual and similar unions are to be respected and accepted. Like the dysfunctional relations we find in hell, these models are be hailed as “alternative” way of living; protected by civil law.
This doesn’t even include the assault on the womb through the murdering of the Holy Innocents by cloning and abortion. Jesus came to set us free. There has never been a greater time in human history, when this “freedom” from sin and death, has been so essential. As we look to the Holy Family for divine intervention, pray prayers of protection over all of your family members. Ask Mary and Joseph to help your family to be sanctified and purified through their holy intercession. Pray, Pray, Pray!
Entrusting you to the care of Our Lady,
Fr. Mark Bozada
May we be grateful for all the blessings that have come into our lives during the past year; recognizing that God has surely given us more than enough to share.
Christ, the King is Coming
These admonitions are the first trumpet blasts of the Advent and Christmas season, and they echo in every way the call to be prepared for the magnificent mystery of Christ Who is coming into the world. The prophet Jeremiah tells us that God is fulfilling the centuries-old promises that He made to the house of Israel for a Savior, and the Gospel cautions us not to let the great and glorious day of Christ’s arrival catch us unprepared. We can’t possibly stay in our comfort zones this Advent and Christmas season – we must be ready!
 When I went through Marine Corps boot camp I was told at the beginning that “the General” was going to come at the end of the six weeks and give us an inspection. We had better be ready to pass his test. At every point of the training we were reminded that “the General” was coming, and it was drilled into us that we were preparing for a grand test. At the end of the six weeks “the General” came, but no one saw him do the inspection. We figured it was all a ruse to keep us on our toes and preparing for – well – battle! There is nothing better than the anticipation of a General inspection to get your life and things in order.
During this Advent and Christmas we must also prepare for battle – a spiritual battle, that is – and we have to get our lives in order for it. The Second Vatican Council says, “The whole of man’s history has been the story of dour combat with the powers of evil, stretching, so our Lord tells us, from the very dawn of history until the last day.” (Vatican II, Gaudium et spes 37:2) We are soldiers of the Church Militant, and we fight for all that is good and true and holy.
In our day and age, the greatest war we fight is the struggle to protect the sanctity of life, marriage and family. The attacks grow more relentless each day and the number of casualties is enormous. Will we fight with Him to defend the life of each and every unborn child? Advent is a time to ask ourselves that question and make sure that we are prepared for the battle and not playing into the hands of the Enemy through sloth or apathy. Will we defend marriage and the sanctity of the marital act from all immoral practices such as homosexuality, contraception, pornography and adultery? These are the main challenges of a slothful generation that has long ago given up fighting the most important battle – that is, the fight to save our immortal souls.
All Christ asks of us this Advent and Christmas season is that we go back to basic training and prepare ourselves for those battles which only the Christian Church has the resources to fight. Remember that our “General” is coming soon – and we will want to be ready.
Sincerely,
Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer,
President, Human Life International
Edited by: Jeffrey David
All Generations will call Me Blessed
Advent is a season that is full of life and there is a very good reason for that – namely, Mary, the one who brings us Life Himself!
Mary, the pregnant mother of Jesus, is the focus of this Fourth, and last, Sunday of Advent. It is fitting that Mary takes us the last mile of the Advent journey to Christ because that is Mary’s mission and vocation in life: she gives birth to Christ, not only in our world, but also in our hearts.
In the gospel of the Visitation we see her going forth to visit her cousin Elizabeth and to be present to those who are waiting in wonder for the unfolding of a profound mystery. They are awaiting a Messiah, and only with the arrival of Mary do they understand that the Savior is indeed among them – and He has come to them as an unborn child! Mary, in bringing the Savior to Elizabeth and John, becomes the very first missionary of Life. After receiving the Word, we see her in motion to communicate that saving Word to others. We witness her giving hope to a desperate world.
Mary made that difficult journey through “the hill country of Judah” as a pregnant woman – seemingly without resources or support – in order to show herself in solidarity with another pregnant woman who, it was revealed to her, was part of the mystery. She did not plan to be pregnant, nor did she know what the future held for her or her child. In actual fact, she only knew the next step of the journey, which she carried out with love, devotion and absolute assurance that she had discovered her true identity, that of bringing this Child to birth and carrying Him to others.
As we prepare for Christmas, it is imperative that we adopt the same missionary attitude of Mary toward those who are most in need of God’s grace. We remember in a special way those whose lives have been changed by the great mystery of pregnancy and find themselves in dire circumstances for which they may be unprepared. We unite ourselves with them in the same way that Mary united herself with Elizabeth, first in prayer and then in presence or tangible assistance to their needs, as we are able.
In this last week of Advent, let us also remember all the unborn children who are in danger of abortion. They are the brothers and sisters of the unborn Christ Child who came into this world to give us life – life in abundance!
Sincerely,
Edited by: Jeffrey David
My Dear People,
You Are Called to Die
The Third Sunday of Advent is “Guadete Sunday”. Guadete, in Latin, means to rejoice. To be in joy again, presumes victory over suffering and spiritual death. Unless you have been given an acute awareness of your own need to be purified through suffering, and sanctified through rising to New Life in Christ, you probably have never truly rejoiced. Being born again in Christ, requires complete surrender to the Divine Will of Our Lord. Like Jesus, we are called to die to sin and death, so we may be lifted up by Him.
 Wealth and power give the “illusion” of safety and security. Remove the wealth and security, and what remains? There we find the focal point of the Christian Life. As fragile as our health and wealth are, both can be taken in the flash of an eye. A complete financial collapse of our nation’s economy, could strip us of everything OVERNIGHT. Then, where would we find our peace and security? For those born again in Christ’s Death and Resurrection, it is found only in Our Lord Jesus Christ. Our peace cannot come from our pocketbooks. Seek the Lord while He may be found. Trust only in Him. In doing so, we will then find true Joy.
Entrusting you to the care of Our Lady,
Fr. Mark Bozada
Disheartening story of “Young Catholics for Choice” produces good fruits with the new Archbishop of Milwaukee, Reverend Jerome Listecki. What a courageous way to start out as an Archbishop. God bless priests who are not afraid to tell the truth.
By John-Henry Westen
MILWAUKEE (LifeSiteNews.com) – The incoming Archbishop of Milwaukee, Jerome Listecki, has responded to a campaign by “Young Catholics for Choice” to promote use of contraception and abortion among Catholic youth.
Using media advertising the group is, says the Archbishop-Designate, “attempting to convey the message that Catholics can disregard Church teaching regarding contraception, abortion and human sexuality in general and remain Catholics in good standing.”
However, “Nothing could be further from the truth.”
 “While people can call themselves whatever they want, it is my duty as a bishop to state clearly and unequivocally that by professing and disseminating views in grave contradiction to Catholic teaching, members of organizations like ‘Young Catholics for Choice’ in fact disown their Catholic heritage, tragically distancing themselves from that communion with the Church to which they are called,” added the archbishop.
Using language first employed by Catholic dissenters to Humanae Vitae, YCFC calls on Catholics to use an “informed conscience” to decide to use birth control and the morning-after-pill, also called “emergency contraception.”
Their ad campaign states: “Young Catholics are having sex. We are using contraception and condoms. We are having abortions. We are bisexual, gay, lesbian, straight and transgender. And none of this makes us any less Catholic than conservative Catholics who speak out against us.
“The truth is, they don’t represent what the majority of Catholics – especially those of us in our 20s and 30s – think about sex. It comes down to Catholic teaching on conscience. Basically, every individual has the right and responsibility to follow his or her own conscience – and respect others’ right to do the same. With conscience and respect, good Catholic sex is not only possible, it’s already happening. ”
The group, claiming to be a youth wing of “Catholics for Choice,” admits that it’s mandate is to “take action to counter the bishops’ impact both in the United States and around the world. ”
Archbishop Listecki concluded his statement calling for prayers for the YCFC members. “We pray that they may reconcile their position which is contrary to the Catholic Faith they claim to profess.”
Let us say an Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be for the conversion of these misguided youth and for the perseverance of the courageous Archbishop Jerome Listecki.
To Stifle the Enemy’s Advances
Christmas is one of the greatest of our religious feasts in the Catholic and Christian world. It is, in itself, a most beautiful and joyous time. Existentially, it is a paradox, however, because large numbers of people suffer terribly at this time of year. Why? I suppose there are a lot of reasons, but one is that depression – one of the Enemy’s greatest weapons – gets the better of many of us. The world can be a cold place, and rejection and isolation in their various forms take a terrible toll on humanity. 
This Christmas, make it a goal to educate yourself and your family on the weapons of the Enemy. The effects of Immortal Combat are perhaps even more evident during this season, as the opportunistic Enemy exploits the weaknesses of the lonely and depressed. Learn how to combat the Enemy with love. Go out of your way to radiate God’s love to someone who is most in need of it. Love is like fire. It illuminates the darkness and transmits heat to those around it.
God bless you and yours this Christmas, and forever,
Fr. John Corapi
To Man of Mary!
 Most would think that it is not possible for a priest of Satan to become a saint in the Catholic Church. However, as you will see, it is not only possible, but we have an example in the person of Blessed Bartolo Longo.
Bartolo was born in Latiano Italy, and he was raised in a devout Catholic home and was considered a pious child. However, this all changed when he went off to the University of Naples. There Bartolo studied philosophy under a fallen away Catholic priest, and thus Bartolo’s entire world view changed dramatically. Bartolo also started to hang with the wrong kinds of people, he became emirshed in the occult, and eventually became a priest of Satan. It was said that at Bartolo’s ordination into the satanic priesthood that evil spirits could be heard shrieking and cursing.
Following his entrance into the satanic priesthood Bartolo’s physical and mental health declined, and Bartolo fell into a very deep depression. After awhile, Bartolo began to think that something was truly wrong with him so he set out to visit his friend Vincenzo Pepe, who was a devout Catholic. After meeting with Vincenzo Pepe, Bartolo decided to quit satanism and he returned to the Church. However, Bartolo fretted that because he was a former priest of Satan that God would not forgive him of his sins, and that he was predestined for hell. However, one day Bartolo heard that one of Our Lady’s promises about her Rosary was that those who will promote and propagate this devotion will not suffer the fires of hell. So from that moment on, Bartolo promoted the rosary far and wide, and he took the Lay Dominican name of Brother Rosary.
Bartolo became a great Marian apostle. His prayer and spirituality was based on the most holy Rosary which is why John Paul II mentioned Bartolo several times in his Apostolic Letter on the Rosary.
There are a couple lessons that we can learn from Blessed Bartolo’s life. The first lesson is that no matter how far we have fallen, God will always forgive us and take us back if we are truly sorry. Second, there is no limit to the power of the rosary. There is no evil be it in our own lives, in our family, or in society at large that can not be defeated if we would just humble ourselves, and PRAY THE ROSARY!!
God bless!
Jeffrey David
Open Gates for the Evil One
“Abortion is a demonic industry, Abortion is blood sacrifice of innocent blood to the devil. The clinics are like temples, the doctors are like priests, the medical table is like their altar. It’s a ritualized sacrifice. They have a dogma called choice, a hierarchy called Planned Parenthood, and guardian angels in the form of police guards that will arrest you if you try to stop them.”
Father Euteneuer has said that there have been abortionists who have called abortion “their sacrament.” Fr. Euteneuer advocates prayer as a necessary step to successfully fighting abortion.“Abortion is a spiritual evil,” he said. “If we are to beat it, we can’t just fight it in the political realm. It derives its power from below. To confront a force this strong, you need a massive amount of prayer. That’s why I like the 40 Days For Life group, because they bring us what we need where we need it.”
“Most people with demonic problems have opened a door somewhere,” said Fr. Euteneuer. He cited the popularity of the occult in bringing people closer to demonic interaction, primarily through the growth of the New Age movement and other paraphernalia. He said that even Hasbro markets Ouija boards to children.
“I’m very set against Harry Potter,” he said. “It’s pumping into our children’s minds the language and imagery of the occult. It’s extremely spiritually dangerous.”
“I predict that in the next 10 years or so, we’ll see an explosion of occult activity,” said Fr. Euteneuer. “The number of soft-core occultism in the form of things like Harry Potter, Wicca and the New Age is on the increase. These are the gateways to the hardcore stuff. Ask any inner-city police department if they’re seeing evidence of Satanism. They’re organizing whole task forces to deal with crimes having to do with these things. As society becomes more faithless, this wickedness comes and fills the vacuum.”
Exorcism requires prayer and fasting, and requires a long period of discernment to determine if the problem is not, in fact, psychological.
“A report is made to the diocese, and then the bishop must authorize a solemn exorcism,” explained Fr.Euteneuer. The priest will then use a ritual in Latin where he binds whatever demonic entity is troubling a person and commands him. Fr. Euteneuer told the audience that the process is not unlike a trial, where the priest is the prosecuting attorney and the demon is trapped. The word “exorcism” itself means to put somebody on trial. The devil is required to answer any demands the priest makes to him in the name of Christ, because of the authority that the priest has from Christ.
“Exorcism is a pastoral ministry of the Church, and it’s an important ministry,” said Fr. Euteneuer. “But confession is a much more important ministry, because it pulls out the sins which are the conditions for a possession.”
Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer,
President, Human Life International
edited by: Jeffrey David
Trust in Our Lady
At a time when it surely seems that capitalism has run amuck and poised the world on the edge of economic ruin, the temptation is very strong for the pendulum to swing too far left into the failed and immoral territory of socialism. Historically pure socialism has never worked, philosophically it cannot work, and morally it is inherently evil (because it undermines the right of private property ownership, an inherent human right) and hence should not be given a chance to work. 
The response might be that what we have at the moment isn’t pure socialism. The problem is that the moment is incredibly fluid and the direction toward a more radical form of socialism under way with frightening speed. Unless, of course, you believe the politicians and their appointees whose stock-in-trade has become lies, deception, and self-interest.
The common error is to think that socialism helps the poor and disenfranchised. As Pope Leo XIII pointed out as long ago as 1891 in his Encyclical “Rerum Novarum”, socialism does not help the poor. Rather, it reduces everyone to the same lowest common denominator of poverty and misery, while at the same time drying up the very sources of capital.
No matter what the future holds for the United States and the world, let us hold tight to the promise that Our Lady made at Fatima. “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.”
God Bless you,
Father John Corapi
edited by: Jeffrey David
My Dear People,
“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” is the cry of the Church at the beginning of it’s New Year. We long for the establishment of Christ’s Reign of Peace. It has yet to happen. St. Luke says, that there will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars “before” the transition comes to past. The seas will roar and the waves will overtake the earth. The very powers of the Heavens will be shaken. “Then, they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds, with great power and glory.”
He reminds us, during the interim, to remain vigilant in faith, sober in deeds, and spiritually alert, so that the great and terrible day does not catch us of guard. Make a resolution this Advent 2010, to go to confession more often, attend daily mass, and pray the Rosary. These prayer habits will allow us to stand in faith before Our Lord, when he comes. Pray, Pray, Pray.
Entrusting you to the care of Our Lady,
Fr. Mark Bozada
May we follow Our Lord’s example by carefully planning ways in which we can give service and sacrifice to build up God’s Church.
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