DISQUS

Linda Andrejek · 8 months ago

URGENT NEED TO CALL/WRITE LEGISLATORS TO OPPOSE ANOTHER EVIL BILL:

PLEASE call/write your U.S. representatives and senators to vote NO to the evil H.R. 1913 ("Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act") which would lay the groundwork for censorship of America's most basic freedom of speech, conscience, and Religion. It would seek to outlaw anyone from talking about the Biblical/Religious view of homosexuality as a disorder, and would eventually even lead to imprisoning those who don't approve of homosexuality and speak out against this form of immorality.

We must flood our representatives' and senators' offices with calls and letters to oppose this evil piece of legislation which is aimed at silencing Christians altogether. Please tell everyone you know to voice their opposition to this evil bill. Additionally, please continue praying hard (especially the daily Rosary) to defeat all of these outrageously evil and anti-Christian laws that the evil-doers are trying to pass almost every day now.

Gemma · 8 months ago

Catholic League, Dr. Donahue's argument (LifeSiteNews.com): "If two guys can get married, on what principle can the state deny three guys? It can't" is very convincing.

In a similar way we can argue: If two same sex people can get married, on what principle can the society deny polygamy? Why should the number of sexual partners be a problem in marriage while ignoring nature imbeded in male and female body is not a problem in marriage? If a society allow homosexual "marriage," it cannot deny polygamy. Polygamy supporters like gay marriage supporters will arugue that people should not discriminate agaist polygamy families.

Gemma

Hawk5000 · 8 months ago

It all comes down to how the law is written. This argument about same sex marriage is totally flawed.

The idea, if we redefine marriage to allow same sex couples then we will end up having to allow multiple partner marriages, human animal marriages and so on.

This is such a lame argument. This is not the first time this country has had to take a look at redefining marriage. We have redefined marriage before and none of these outrageous thing happened.

The law will allow only what society decides to allow so yes you can make it legal for same sex couples to be married and not allow multiple partners to be married or the marriage of a man and his dog.

It used to be against the law for black people to get married. It used to be against the law for a black person to married a white person.

If this argument, that redefining marriage will lead to anything goes than same sex couples would already be able to get married from the fallout of the last time we redefined marriage. White supremest used this same argument to fight against interracial marriage. This argument is as socially retarded now as it was then.

Patty in CT · 8 months ago

Hey Linda,
We're fighting that here in CT right now too. Keep up the fight and the Faith:)
God Bless and thanks for posting this info!

Hawk5000 · 8 months ago

Patty, same question for you, Have you read it? Pleas post the section of the bill your feel will limit you free speech.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bi...

Hawk5000 · 8 months ago

Oh Linda, You get my usual question. Have you read the legislation?
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bi...

There is nothing in the bill that limits free speech. The bill supplies investigative support for local government to investigate violent crimes where bodily injury has accrued that qualify as hate crimes based on existing laws. It does not expand the definition of a hate crime.

The final paragraph of the the bill reads as such:

SEC. 10. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be construed to prohibit any expressive conduct protected from legal prohibition by, or any activities protected by the free speech or free exercise clauses of, the First Amendment to the Constitution.

Linda, why do you want to protect people who physically attack other people based on race religion or sexuality?

ski · 8 months ago

Thanks Linda,
I would have not seen this bill if you had not posted it. They are pushing so fast.
I will e-mail all I know about H.R. 1913 ("Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act") and ask them to call and pass it on in e-mails. Get the word out. :-)
We have to be as fast as they are.
keep up the good work, God Bless.

Hawk5000 · 8 months ago

ski, can you tell me what this bill contains that you fined to be such a problem? And pleas post the section of the bill you object with.

Patty in CT · 8 months ago

To all my female friends on this site, okay and the male ones too:)

I find this a re-affirmation of the Christ's ability to raise up the dignity of women.

From Zenit, and excerpt from the article "The Silence and Courage of the Resurrection Witness"
The Witness of Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany (sister of Martha and Lazarus), and the unnamed penitent woman who anointed Jesus' feet (Luke 7:36-48) are sometimes understood to be the same woman. From this, plus the statement that Jesus had cast seven demons out of Mary Magdalene (Luke 8:2), has risen the tradition that Mary Magdalene had been a prostitute before she met Jesus. But in reality we know nothing about her sins or weaknesses. They could have been inexplicable physical disease, mental illness, or anything that prevented her from wholeness in mind and body.

Mary Magdalene is mentioned in the Gospels as being among the women of Galilee who followed Jesus and His disciples, ministered to him, and who, according to each of the evangelists, was present at His crucifixion and burial, and went to the tomb on Easter Sunday to anoint His body.

Jesus lived in an androcentric society. Women were property, first of their fathers, then of their husbands; they did not have the right to testify; they could not study the Torah. In this restricting atmosphere, Jesus acted without animosity, accepting women, honoring them, respecting them, and treasuring their friendship. He journeyed with them, touched and cured them, loved them and allowed them to love him.

In our Easter Sunday Gospel [John 20 :1-18], we peer once again into the early morning scene of sadness as Mary Magdalene weeps uncontrollably at the grave of her friend, Jesus. We hear anew their conversation: "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" "…Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni!" (which means, Teacher). ... "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.'" Mary Magdalene came, announcing to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and that He had said these things to her. (John 20:15-18)

Because of her incredible message and mission, Mary Magdalene was fittingly called "Apostola Apostolorum" (Apostle to the Apostles) in the early Church because she was the first to see the Risen Lord, and to announce His Resurrection to the other apostles.

For Jesus, women were equally as able as men to penetrate the great religious truths, live them and announce them to others. There is no secret code about this story, which is still astonishingly good news more than 2,000 years later. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

MA · 8 months ago

Mark V,

Remember when I said Mary Magdalene was another topic we should discuss sometime? Well, see above. She is still known as Apostle to the Apostles in the Eastern Rite.

In addition, in the very early church women were ordained as deacons.

Another beautiful example of a female as an evangelist (one who spreads the good news!) is the Samaritan woman at the well. After her encounter with the Lord, she runs to the town to tell them all about him. Jesus removes barriers of background, culture, and even gender in this encounter.

Mark V · 8 months ago

MA

I love Jesus for many reasons but I am most moved by His upholding of women because that has been a very high value of mine since I was a little kid. I believe the only way that we as humans can move beyond war is to put women in positions of power throughout the world. This is beginning to happen and I'm confident that it will continue.

MA · 8 months ago

Mark V,
Yes, Jesus' treatment of women is even more significant because it was completely counter-cultural for his time. When you think of the role of women in biblical society, it is amazing that there were women of significance in the Gospels at all.

I hope that your sentiments about women and war are accurate. I am not quite that confident, but I think that in general women are more protective of their sons and daughters than men are. And I mean that in a very general way, of course, men can be extremely protective as well. But I think women are much more reluctant to become violent out of that protectiveness.

marcylee · 8 months ago

Thanks, Patty. I have always loved the way our Blessed Lord treated the women in His life. I can't even imagine how he felt about His Blessed Mother, Our Blessed Mother, and with what regard He beheld her. I believe he feels the same about us, and that is why it is so great that He gave us His Mother to be Our Mother. I appreciate this so much, since my mother passed away in 2006. I'm so comforted to know that I can turn to Our Blessed Mother, The Mother of God, who is my true mother.

Linda Andrejek · 8 months ago

zachbake (in response to one of your posts below):

A fetus is still a human person, and no one is allowed to kill another human person!

zachbake · 8 months ago

congratulations. Do you support the death penalty?

Stan · 9 months ago

The Catholic church cannot be dismayed by the appearance of obama at ND. While the church very vocally uplifts life its behavior says something entirely different. Individuals like Ted Kenndy and Nancy Pelosi daily deliver opinions and votes that violate church doctrine in a VERY public arena. Many Catholics voted for Obama knowing his stand on social issues. The Jesuits at Georgetown have been renegades for years. Just like rearing a child, if errant behavior is allowed to go unchecked, there can be no surprise when the errant child escalates and becomes more defiant. ND is of no surprise, it's just an errant, undisciplined child escalating. The Catholic church must return to its former pride and internal belief in its own dogma and doctrine. It must be be willing to "pull a switch" when a member arrogantly defies doctrine to let the world and other members know that its stands for something and that membership means a profession or certain morality or it will continue down the slippery slope. Christ will take care of membership if His church is modelling His behavior.

John · 9 months ago

But Mark V, there are some things in which everyone should think alike; that slavery is wrong, that murder is wrong, that flying a plane into a building is wrong. Look what happens when we don't all think alike in these instances.

There are some things that are universal, in which every person should agree with. As for all Catholics supposedly thinking alike... Do you really believe that?! haha Only on Catholic doctrine should they have to agree because, guess what, they're Catholic.

Therese Marie · 9 months ago

Well said John. By the way, as I visit this "site" off & on I find
the banter goes on & on. But, I'm wondering if all my fellow
Catholic's have visited "The FightFoca" website. If not, please
do! Do something real, holy and positive, taking one minute
to sign the petition online. Please the Lord....He's waiting......
and will bless you abundantly!!

Girgadis · 9 months ago

Therese Marie, I love your name and why not? It's the name of my most cherished saint. Raising my hand and yes, have also signed the online FOCA petition.

Therese Marie · 9 months ago

"BLESS YOU GIRGADIS" & THANK YOU. Have you visited "Littleflower.org"?

MA · 7 months ago

I was reading over some of the posts from the past couple of days. Regarding the obedience to the bishops' statement - when they violate that statement themselves, it makes it difficult for the rest of the Catholic community to take it seriously.

klayman · 8 months ago

I am very saddened about the name calling on this site. Luckily my precious little students of all races never have to be exposed to it. There would never be booing of the president in my classroom, and I cannot imagine it happening in any of my fellow teachers classrooms either.

If it did, however, I would explain that the election is over, he is the President, and the office of the Presidency deserves our respect, regardless of who happens to occupy it. I cannot say the same, however, for the past 8 years.

That does not mean I cannot disagree with his policies, nor point out his own words or those whom he follows.

I have never disrespected our President either to children or to others. Pointing out political philosophies that differ or pointing out self-admitted thological differences seems to make some here kick and scream and name call. I don't live a segregated life, don't have a white theology, and I really do not care what color the President or any other person is. I just wish some people would get the chip off of their shoulders about race.

This was the letter I wrote to my leftist relatives the day after the election. (When I refer to current president - that is Bush and future president is Obama)

(Why our country is the greatest country in the world)
I will support our new president, regardless of my personal disagreement with his view of government. How can the world respect us when they hear the most disgusting and hateful speech coming from Americans who merely disagree? I have listened to 8 years of Bush bashing from people who were so determined to oppose the current administration that they bashed this country every chance they got and worked to see that we lost the war. Yet, in spite of it, peace is trying to break out. What a disappointment for half of this country! If we had stood tall, shoulder to shoulder against the world, maybe it would be over, because the terrorists would not have been emboldened by the controversy at home. Can you imagine if this had happened during WWII while millions were dying?

I hope that my fellow Republicans will work to see that our new president succeeds, opposing his policies if they are wrong, just like they opposed this massive liberal spending bailout. Yes, our current liberal president sided with Congress and supported it, and our future liberal president will support the next round of spending. We haven’t had a conservative in the White House since President Reagan and we have not had a conservative Congress since Gingrich, (the Congress that gave us a balanced budget, and a Democrat president willing to sign it.) Someone called our current president a “Big government conservative”. There is no such thing, which is why we are getting a real liberal vs. a fake conservative. (John McCain was NOT conservative either, except in spending, and then he disappointed us by voting for the bailout – that was the vote that elected Obama. )

I don’t need to be reminded by those who are busy gloating that this is my job as an American to support the new president in public. I never spoke out against any president in public, and I won’t this time. (I only wish the Pelosi Congress, which has run this country from a 14,000 DOW to an 8,900 DOW felt the same. You see, there is plenty of blame to go around – because ALL spending starts in the House). The Presidency is more important than the president. Joe Biden called Chaney the worst vice president in history. Yet, he too will get my respect, because I don’t care who he is, I care what he is. And in case you are wondering why I feel this way, then read on.

>
> These will make you think a bit:
>
> While attending a large conference in England, Colin Powell
> was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were
> just an example of "empire building" by President Bush.
>
> Powell replied "Over the years, the Unites States has
> sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for
> freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in
> return is enough to bury those that did not return."
>
> You could have heard a pin drop.
>
>
> There was a conference in France where a number of
> international engineers were taking part, including French and American.
> During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying
> "Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an
> aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he
> intended to do, bomb them?"
>
> A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly "Our
> carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred
> people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to
> shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 5,000
> people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of
> fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for
> use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight
> deck. We have eleven such ships...How many does France have?''
>
> *You could have heard a pin drop.*
>
>
>
> A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that
> included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French
> Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large
> group of Officers that included personnel from most of those
> countries Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their
> drinks when a French admiral suddenly complained that "whereas Europeans
> learn many languages, Americans learn only English. Why is it that we
> always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking
> French?" Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied "Maybe it's
because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't
have to speak German."
>
>
> *You could have heard a pin drop.*
>
>
> AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
>
>
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs,
it took him a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
>
"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.
>
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously... "Then
you should know enough to have your passport ready." The American said, "The
last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
>
"Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival
in France!"
>
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly
explained "Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in '44 to help liberate this country,
I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to."
> *
> *
> *You could have heard a pin drop.*

JR · 8 months ago

Saddened by the name calling? Did you call the President " immoral" to your "precious little students of all races " like you did here today? Or was that back when "you never spoke out against any President and won't this time".

klayman · 8 months ago

Absolutely not. I have never spoken disparagingly to my students about the president. I did not call the president immoral. I said that it is immoral to spend our grandchildren's money. It was immoral when Bush did it and it's immoral when Obama does it.

JR · 8 months ago

You did call him a" liar" and accused him of "dissing God" maybe thats the name calling I'm thinking of. Sorry.
Can we please end this.You've made your political point on this Catholic website. There are people who think differently.Peace.

marcylee · 8 months ago

And there are people on this Catholic website who completely agree with klayman. Peace.

JR · 8 months ago

but of course...the" true" Catholics.

klayman · 8 months ago

I agree that was a tad harsh. You are correct, it does not matter what he believes.

That was in response to why people care if he goes to Church. When a person acts one way to get elected and another way once elected, it becomes an issue to some people. It would have been better to just be upfront. No one would have cared if from the beginning he just said he was not a churchgoer.

alicerbob · 8 months ago

Friends: I feel if we aren't "called" to be here, then this should only be an outlet (we all have important things to do), and it certainly is a negative "outlet" at times, so why would anyone want to argue for the sake of arguing when it gets like that? I believe it requires lots of prayer to keep spiritual darkness out of this website. That's why I use so much scripture, only God can say correcting things in a positive light, and even then people can take it negatively, like the "whited sepulchre" scripture I used once, and "don't cast your pearls unto swine." All I can say there is "if the shoe fits, wear it," and if God is trying to tell us something in those scriptures, we should take that to heart. Hope I'm being helpful, if not, please let me know!!

gangy · 8 months ago

Alicerbob
You have always been very kind to me here and I thank you for it, some are very mean , May God bless you

Fallen · 8 months ago

Hey marcylee, I know a good resource for news regarding third parties, Independent Political Report. I'm a writer for them - I find articles online and post them.

Beware of leftists and a guy named "Catholic Trotskyist," and also Robert Milnes. Milnes is...weird. Catholic Trotskyist thinks Barack Obama and Leon Trotsky are messianic figures. I think he used a phrase like "Holy Barack Revolution" or something.

marcylee · 8 months ago

Thanks, Fallen. I'll check that out later today. Have a good Saturday!

alicerbob · 8 months ago

Fallen: I used to like President Obama, even though I'm a Republican, and was proud that our country would pick a black man to lead us, given that we were so racist in the past. But at each step he takes, I'm beginning to wonder if it's all about Obama rather than all about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for the people he represents, including the rights of those amongst us who are unable to stand up for themselves so they can live.

The selection of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for Secretary of Health and Human Services, who also failed to pay her taxes properly, and took significant money from late term abortion provider Dr. Tiller and failed to report it, is about the last straw for me. Perhaps Dr. Kevorkian will be next for Obama's administration now that he's out of prison? Too bad he's not Catholic so Obama can up the ante yet again. Sorry for the sarcasm, but it's even starting to get to me, the eternal optimist about the Lord causing him to change his mind about this.

Lord Jesus, bring all those in the Obama administration to their knees before You, for You alone have the authority over this Nation, which is under You, Oh God, in choosing the leadership of this Nation. Have Your way with all of us, Oh Lord, and forgive us Lord, for we as a Nation have so gravely offended You Oh Lord in the butchering of Your innocent children. Have mercy on us, Oh Lord. Raise up Your army Lord, of prayer warriors who will fervently pray so that You will take back this Nation, Lord, before it is too late. 2 Chronicles 7:14 "For if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land." Forgive us Lord and heal our land!

Fallen · 8 months ago

I hope by "take back this nation" you don't mean establish a theocracy...

alicerbob · 8 months ago

No, I do not mean for Jesus to establish a theocracy. When we salute the American Flag and say "one Nation under God", we mean that we want the True God of the Universe to lead us and not satan, the god of this world and worldly things. Jesus said "you are either for me or against me." So having Him "take back this Nation" means that we are for Him and not against Him, which also means as individuals we will have the choice even to reject Him, but our Nation as a whole will not be rejecting Him. Our Nation has always given us individuals the freedom to believe as we want because Jesus wants us to have that freedom. God gave Adam and Eve the choice and they chose to know both good and evil, rather than just good by only following God. That freedom hasn't changed, although dear to God's heart is that we would only choose good and follow Him and Him alone. That's how I see it anyway.

Our Nation is at a crossroads with Obama. By declaring that this is not a Christian Nation to the Moslem Nations, which he just did a couple of weeks ago, he's starting to step over the line. By the cultural attempts and successes in keeping God out of this Nation, we get the alternative, satan (lust for money, sex, power Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts.) I believe that's the source of our current culture of death, and websites targeting our young people like "The Blasphemy Challenge" which dares young people to condemn themselves to Hell by "following Biblical instructions" by blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Kids are going to this website totally clueless as to what they are getting themselves into, a website straight from the pit of hell and satan himself. If they hear about the love of Jesus, hopefully they will know not to follow through with that.

Lorne · 8 months ago

Everyone needs too,( I mean today and everyday ) pick up their rosary and start praying to end aborition, and to ask God to put people with morals, in charge of our countries again.
True God fearing persons that love freedom ( not license to do evil ) to be able to defend our country from corupt individuals that force their unchristian views on the majority of God loving christians in the world.

Linda Andrejek · 8 months ago

Hi, Lorne,

Thank you so very much for your message encouraging the praying of the Holy Rosary! I'm always promoting the daily Rosary, also! Just as Our Blessed Mother promised to Blessed Alan centuries ago, "One day through the Rosary and Scapular I will save the world!" When enough people start praying the daily Rosary, peace will come again to our world!

Beatriz4Christ · 8 months ago

O.K here are the arguments
Why you are posting Ryan to tell us all of that? It is not that I don't want you to post, is why to take the work of loosing some valuable minutes of your life, to say that you do not want to be saved, that you believe in the right of everyone to decide etc.
I am doctor, and I am a believer in the power of God, in his love and in his presence.
First question: You say: "I live a fairly moral life." Ummmmmh? really? I can tell you that nobody lives without sin. All of us are sinners, we do mistakes. So You cannot be perfect, sorry it is just reality.

Hell and Heaven and the theology behind. Heaven is according to Christians where the Lord lives, there is not an explanation according to several doctors including me, why some patients after experience death describe Heaven or Hell, they even describe how doctors, nurses were dressing, what they were saying, who was outside the operating room, what somebody was doing in another place, or even on the streets. Things that have been corroborated, and nobody could know without corroboration. The patient did not leave the operating room and still he told us how certain people were waiting in the waiting room, how they were dress, when he could not know because he was lying there clinically death. Patients also describe hell. Hell was not meant for human beings, but for the fallen angels who disobeyed They tried to be like God and in their pride, they did not understand their self-centered behavior.

Since original sin entered into the world, we have been killing and doing all kind of despicable sins, and no man, no man is free of sin. The universe and logic tell us that if you do something wrong, something that is morally wrong you are going to pay for it right? this is what we call accountability. Well nothing what you or others do goes unchecked. Everything according to the Universal Laws of God has to have a consequence. I am sure you have heard this before.
So because we are all sinners and there is accountability, we by ourselves, cannot aspire to be in the place we call heaven that in reality is another dimension, it is a dimension where God is. Many scientists have said that we live in different dimensions. The energy is not lost, it is just transformed, that's what the physical laws say, so your energy (what we Christians call soul) is not lost only goes somewhere else. When you die, people say that if they are atheist they have seen a dark place, where there is a lot of pain and confusion. Since you will die in your sins, in your errors, in your mistakes, without knowing the truth, this is the place you will have, because your sins require accountability, regardless of how moral you think you are, you don't even see your errors when you are advocating for the choice of abortion, which is a wrong choice, and to do so makes you accomplice of killing.
Now if the woman is in danger of dying, the Church reckons the right of the woman to survive. Let me tell you, that now with science and technology that we have , I have not seen many cases. And when it has happened we tried as doctors to bring the baby earlier, so the mother can survive. We try to get the baby the most mature we can in his development, and usually it works well for the mother and for the baby. So this discourse seems to me, that is not the reality now.
You are right, you cannot choose for another person what to do with her body, but you can give her options that are better for the baby and the mother. These options include having the baby and give him in adoption, or if there was rape, the Church reckons the right of the woman when there is still not fertilization, usually in the first 48 hours after the rape, and the Catholic directives No. 36 says that a woman has the right to get medication to avoid conception, but not when conception has already occurred. I hope this is clear, if a woman goes to the doctor right away after a rape, she can avoid conception. So basically we are talking here about education.

If you tell me that you don't want to go to heaven the alternative is to go to hell, and it is not nice. This is a place to be accountable for your mistakes. You need to meditate, my friend, because all of us have done very bad things whether by mistake, you did not intended to harm or premeditated.

Christ was the acceptable sacrifice for our sins, he gave his life for us to have eternal life. Since your energy (soul) will never die, know that you have eternal life, whether save in heaven or in hell. And Christ paid the price, made himself accountable for your sins, and now you are free to go to Him if you only ask him to come to your heart, to change your life and repent of all your sins. When somebody believes in Jesus he is save from hell, yet certain accountability has to be done, you won't go to hell, but you will be purified and refined. You cannot enter to perfection when you are not, and yet this process has a lot of compassion and love, for you to think in what you did wrong and learn from your mistakes. You see my friend everything is learning, everything. We came to create and not to destroy, we came to love and not to hate, we came to learn and help others learning. We are accountable for our sins, but also we are to forgive others because that is what we call love.
Christ gave his life for us so we could have eternal life with him. This is a free gift that he gives you. He is not forcing you to accept him, but if you do he promises you to give you eternal life.
When people are dying, believe me, there are no atheists. All are believers and if they die clinically for a few minutes, they will come back and tell you how was their experience, they usually do. Now if you die my friend , you know , we can die at any moment, since you are an atheist and you haven't given your life to Jesus, right in the moment of dying ask Jesus to enter in your heart, to forgive your sins, and he will, and not only that you won't go to hell. So simple, so easy and there are people like you and me in the past that are stubborn and want our own will. We think of ourselves perfect but in reality we were so mistake and so fearful, and so in need of his love. Remember these words, they are going to be useful to you when you die but I hope you accept Christ and his Church before that happens. Name Him, asking to come to your heart, to forgive your sins, and He will help you. He never intended that we suffered, we create suffering in the world, he never intended that you go to hell, as I told you hell was not for you, but because you are rejecting him, the Lord cannot force anybody to love him but also you are on your own, you will be accountable. it is a personal choice, just like abortion, he gives us free will, and so we do bad things and hurt others even we have options to do different.

The Lord knows you, knows your name, knows who you are, and deep inside of you, you know he exists, and yet he is bountiful, to still give you the grace to know his Word. You may say, I won't , I have decided to live without God, be it, but today I testify to you, later in your life, you will face dead alone and from the darkness there won't be anybody to rescue your soul.

I have three papers of my courses waiting to be done, I have to read my books, I have to prepare my test for the GRE, but just as a long time ago, a friend testified to me, I am testifying to you, and I tell you, I don't care about homework, assignments and the GRE. I would love to see you happy in the arms of Christ and to find peace in Church and wherever you are with the certainty that when you die you will find the beloved the Lord Jesus. I know where I come from, I know where I am going, I know where I'll be. Do you?

God bless you today and always, and don't base your relationship with God based in the behavior of others but a relationship with Christ is very personal and he will go with you wherever you go. And you will feel his presence.

Christ is risen!

Girgadis · 8 months ago

Hello Beatriz!

I was surprised to see you write that the church will allow a woman to take contraception if it's soon enough after a rape to still prevent fertilization. I did not know this. Can you expound a little on this and what drugs would be allowed? I thought the church expressly forbade the use of the so-called "morning after" drug but I know you are better informed than I am. Thanks!

Beatriz4Christ · 8 months ago

Yes Girgadis:
Here is the Catholic Ethical Religious directive number 36 issued by the USBCC:
"Compassionate and understanding care should be given to a person who is the victim of sexual assault. Health care providers should cooperate with law enforcement officials and offer the person psychological and spiritual support as well as accurate medical information. A female who has been raped should be able to defend herself against a potential conception from the sexual assault. If, after appropriate testing, there is no evidence that conception has occurred already, she may be treated with medications that would prevent ovulation, sperm capacitation, or fertilization. It is not permissible, however, to initiate or to recommend treatments that have as their purpose or direct effect the removal, destruction, or interference with the implantation of a fertilized ovum."

marcylee · 8 months ago

It does not sound like this gives the "OK" to the "morning after pill." Can you actually tell after a matter of a few hours if a conception has occurred? It sounds like she is allowed birth control pills and spermicide. But how would this work seeing that a cycle has already been set in motion. How is it right to stop it? What is the difference between "conception" and "fertilization"?

Beatriz4Christ · 8 months ago

Oh my Gush, I am in trouble guys! you make very smart questions.
Ok. fertilization the process of union of two gametes whereby the somatic chromosome number is restored and the development of a new individual is initiated
Conception the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both

The Church refers to the the first 42-48 hours where no implantation has occurred and there has not being the union of the egg with the spermatozoa or the male gamete . So in the first hours neither fertilization or implantation has occurred, you can get help, after 48 hours (usually 72 hours) after a pregnant test, if it is not positive, you can receive help. By the way, one thing that is important, is that everybody says that pregnancy in a rape is not common but it happens. Seems like the trauma of rape in many cases prevents ovulation. However, I know many cases of rape and pregnancy. Another thing, this Directive number 36 requires more clarification from part of our Bishops, because that what you ask , all we ask.

But basically is education, you have to tell them that there is help before there is conception. implantation occurs after 36-72 hours. But if a girl is raped she needs to go right away to the doctor. In that very moment, specially because also they need care to prevent a sexually transmitted disease and to take samples to get the raper. God have mercy!

marcylee · 8 months ago

God have mercy, indeed!! I wonder what girl after immediately being raped would run straight way to the ER? And how soon after fertilization or conception or whatever can a pregnancy test be accurate, even when administered at the hospital. Our Bishops do need to clarify this quite a bit.

Beatriz4Christ · 8 months ago

I guess girls don't go, they feel ashamed etc. Education is the clue to prevent this, and support from the family and friends, to have the confidence to say what is happening. Yes, they need to clarify this, and there are several papers that say that. A pregnancy test can be positive as early as eight days when most implantations have occurred.

Mark V · 8 months ago

Beatriz4Christ

I agree that our personal energy doesn't die ever. That our personal energy goes to hell or Heaven I question. This, as I understand it, is the Christian belief. Personally, I believe there are other possibilities of where this energy of us goes.

Regarding near death experiences, there does appear to be some form of out of body experience but I don't believe that this is proof of heaven or hell. I've read a few books about this because I had a near death experience when I was a child. Many adults that have a near death experience state that they travelled to a beautiful place, often through what appeared to be a tunnel. Most also stated that this experience gave them a profound love of being alive and a profound sense of calmness.

Be that as it may, I respect your attempt to help another human being. We are all in this human race together.

marcylee · 8 months ago

What was your near death experience like, Mark? I almost drowned when I was 4, and I did not have a profound experience, I just thought concretely as a child would, that I was just going to go down the drain. But I still think it had a profound influence on my life. I was not the same after that. My whole personality changed. I became "weird." I did not have many friends because I always looked at things on a deeper level than most grade school kids, and most people in general. Nobody could understand me. My mother told my sister she could not understand me. I was in "no man's land."

Mark V · 8 months ago

marcylee

I suspect that you do have a deeper understanding than many do. If you accept it as a gift and as something really special and exciting rather than something that made you different, you may create a different feel for it, a curiosity, something to treasure and have fun with.

I visually experienced what Beatrice4Christ mentioned in her previous blog: I saw separate energy sources enclosed in clear cases and had the sense that these individual glowing orbs, if you will, were waiting for something but I didn't know what they were waiting for. Much later in life, I undestood what I was seeing; they were indeed, the energy of people who had passed away and they were waiting to be reborn into another human body. There was no sadness, only anticipation and joy.

I also changed after this experience. I became much more fearful of people. I won't go into why I did that because it would take too long. I was and am very sensitive to the feelings of others and also very in touch with the childlike (not childish) quality that every person has inside of them. I put a lot of energy into getting people to show that quality without being afraid. When that happens, I get to experience the "real person" and it feels like a gift from, shall I say it, Heaven! I absolutely love to see a person with no fear of being judged, no fear of being wrong, no fear of anything. In that moment, the person actually glows form within. It's truly brilliant!

Well, did I ramble or what? I'm off to bed. Sweet dreams everyone.

marcylee · 8 months ago

Thanks, Mark, for sharing that. It sounds like what Jesus said that if we do not become as little children, we will not see the kingdom of God. As an adult I am able to see it as a gift, but it was very hard to grow up with.

Beatriz4Christ · 8 months ago

I used the term of energy because it is easier to understand, but our soul is the one that is eternal, as you know.

We have to try to explain with terms that everybody understand. Yes, many adults travel to a beautiful place, but not always, others describe an horrible place that they identify as hell.

If you go to You tube, Dr. Maurice Rawlings an eminent cardiologist describe the experience of other patients who say they went to a dark place and why.

marcylee · 8 months ago

Beatriz, are you a cardiologist?

Beatriz4Christ · 8 months ago

Nope, I studied pediatric ophthalmology. Dr. Maurice Rawls is an eminent cardiologist as has studied near death experiences.

marcylee · 8 months ago

Okay, thanks. So you are an ophthalmologist?

Beatriz4Christ · 8 months ago

yes, taking brake to study health care ethics.

marcylee · 8 months ago

May God bless you!

marcylee · 8 months ago

I ask this sincerely (below), because many of our Lord's miracles were performed to open people's eyes to His Divine light.

FutureOfTheChurch · 8 months ago

>>>>***TO KEVIN, RYAN, AND ZACH ***<<<<*(caps and symbols to catch your attention)*
I noticed that you did not respond to some of my comments that I hoped you would have, and I am posting this because thay are getting a little too far down.

(This first one I wrote because you three piss me off sometimes)
ANYONE who thinks murder is ok is absolutly INSANE. How would you like to have burning chemicals injected into your bloodstream or scissors shoved into your head? THAT'S OK?
priestsforlife.org
These babies were killed by injection of corossive chemicals into their little and innocent bodies, they were killed by having their head crushed by so called 'doctors', and they were killed by having scissors shoved into their neck. This is Satanist and your going to sit there and preach to a bunch of faithful Catholics that your Atheist and Satanist beliefs are ok?
Its a pathetic sight when a 13 year old has to tell an adult to grow up.

(This second one I wrote to show you that Cathoilcs don't take the contradictions in the bible literally)
If by the first chapter you mean Genesis, Then I can tell you that you are misinformed because the books of the Catholic Church are in the New Teatament, starting with the Gospel according to Matthew. The Catholic Church has taught not to dwell too much on books in the bible such as Genesis- because the Catholic Church accepts the theory of evolution and it is thought to be a parable- and Revelation- because there is too much symbolism to understand. Catholics are not fundamentalists. We do not take the bible word for word. If you want to find the principal values of our faith, read the Gospels, Acts, and letters in the New Testament.

(This third one I wrote to prove you wrong)
Main Entry: fe·tus
Pronunciation: \ˈfē-təs\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, act of bearing young, offspring; akin to Latin fetus newly delivered, fruitful — more at feminine
Date: 14th century
: an unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind ; specifically : a developing human from usually two months after conception to birth

It says nothing in this Websters definition that a fetus is neither dead, alive, or human; however if you refer to the scientifical definition of a living organism:

Living things are made of cells.- a baby starts out as a zygote, a fertilized egg cell

Living things obtain and use energy.- a baby obtains energy from the mother through the umbillical chord and uses it to grow and live

Living things grow and develop.- a babyt grows from a zygote, to an embreyo, to a fetus during the 9 month gestation

Living things reproduce.- a baby develops the organs to reproduce in the womb

Living things respond to their environment.- when a baby is being aborted by having surgical tools shoved into its neck, it responds by kicking

Living things adapt to their environment- babies develop the organs and body parts to adapt to the womb and adapt to the outside world when they are born.

Fetuses clearly are living organisms.


AND AGAIN:
please go to http://www.priestsforlife.org/images/index.aspx

Thank you

marcylee · 8 months ago

Thank you, Future, for standing up for the truth about abortion. We must remember that all of us are merely bundles of cells. A fetus at conception may not look like a fetus at 7 months, any more than a new born baby looks like a 5 year old, or a 10 year old looks like a 30 year old. It is merely a matter of stages of development of human beings. Just because a fetus does not look like or act like or seem like what we would think a human being should be like, does not make it any less a human being.

FutureOfTheChurch · 8 months ago

Amen Marcylee

gangy · 8 months ago

Futureofthechurch
You see how these babies little precious bodies were burned with that acid? If these young men do not get their hearts right with God their bodies are gonna be the same way in HELL.
How can anyone after seeing this site not cry or throw up , their conscious is sheered with a hot iron. Satan laughs at this. I feel Obama is for abortion cause he wants American people to be eliminated . and then make this place another country--America you are sick. God has their number in the lambs book of life

zachbake · 8 months ago

first of all i don't care what happened to these "babies" as you will have it...if they were aborted..which for all you know this could be some sick masochistic woman doing it...I AM NOT A SATANIST!!! you need to learn the difference between first of all an agnostic and an athiest and second of all the difference between an athiest and a satanist!!! Do you believe the bible? because if you do then explain to me why you completely avoided my question....how can there be light before there are stars....explain that to me.....and i'm just plain old tired of arguing the differences between a fetus and a baby...i give you one source and you give me one..we are evenly matched so i'm going to forfeigt that one...now don't think you changed my opinon because you haven't...i'm just going to be the one to grow up and stop arguing back and forth like little children.

FutureOfTheChurch · 8 months ago

If we did not argue like little children in the first place, we wouldnt be having this conversation. If we never argued, there would be not debate because we would all agree on one thing. Thats what makes this country great. Also, I answered your original question, I do not believe that God created the world in 7 days. He did it over billions of years, Zach. The bible is not to be taken literally, so whatever you learned in science class about the creation of the world is most likely true. The story of creation is a parable. It is not fact, and the Church teaches us that we can believe that because the Church recognizes that there are many contradictions and mind boggling symbolism in the bible.

also your definition of a fetus and baby says nothing about the baby being alive, dead, or human. All it says is that a fetus is an unborn baby. You gave me no scientific facts to prove that an unborn baby is not alive, so try again, zachbake.

Paul McDermott · 8 months ago

To all those joining our faith tonight at the Easter Vigil I say Welcome.Being a Catholic isn't the toughest job in town, but it isn't the easiest either.It takes commitment, and a willingness to live by the precepts that God gave us the Ten Commandments.Being a Catholic, indeed being a Christian means understanding what Jesus tried to teach us.Love him,Believe in him,trust in him. You'll walk in as Candidates, and walk out as Roman Catholics. After that we will look forward to having you join us in the life of the Parish.In your travels as Catholics you'll note that there is a critical shortage of Priests, and Sisters. Listen God might call you.If he does Please answer.If not there is plenty for you to do. Believe me your help is needed Once again God Bless you and Welcome

gangy · 8 months ago

To Zachbach, Ryan Tinlin, Kevin Bratch
Now I see where you all are from Georgia, You are all friends on Facebook and My Space, which is your business but you all are young men and I see maybe you do not know the Lord so therefore you want to find fault. You are gonna be prayed for so no need to tell us not to especially Linda and Marcylee. They are praying angels on here--

RyanTinlin · 8 months ago

We aren't from Georgia, you cyber stalker. What the hell does it matter if we see the glory of Jesus? Shut the hell up, and do not pray for me.

MA · 8 months ago

Whoa, Ryan, this just makes me want to pray for you all the more!! Can you feel the love?!?!?! I am praying my heart out for you right now!

marcylee · 8 months ago

Thank you, gangy. It is always obvious that when we speak the truth, and we are responded to with hate, it is obvious that we are making inroads into the enemy's territory. No need to worry. Their hateful language and name calling to do not hurt us at all, because we have donned the full armour of God and are able to withstand all the fiery darts of the evil one. God Bless!

alicerbob · 8 months ago

From down below, zachbake's view. I thought it was worth some dialog:
"i say that jesus is just another diety that people go crazy for. you people say that there is an obama mania going through the country? i disagree i think its a jesus mania. and no i do not ever ask jesus to direct my path because i found it much better not to pray to some imaginary figure and direct my own life. the way i want, not the way some archbishop or the pope tells me that god or jesus said to. Jesus never existed people...wake up!!! it's just another lie that man chooses to believe so that he can feel better about himself..i say it's time to wake up and become a part of reality!"

So zachbake, what proof do you need that Jesus existed? There is plenty of historical documentation, in addition to the Bible, that proves Jesus existed, if you consider the written word of history by many different sources sufficient "proof." Then again, if you just want to deny His existence so you can carry on with your self-centered life and ultimately hurt other people in the process, we don't need to bother to even discuss it here.

Mark V · 8 months ago

alicerbob

What proof do you have that not believing in Jesus causes people to be self-centered and hurt others.? I ask you that because I know many non self-centered people who are not Christians.

marcylee · 8 months ago

Any philosophy that does not consider that there may be a Being more advanced that man is a self centered philosophy, because it considers man to be the center of the Universe, and it gives no room to the fact that there may be a higher knowledge than man's knowledge. Much like Europe was considered to be the only important continent in the world at one time , so every map that was made at that time, Europe was in the center, surrounded by the other countries. One has to consider that there may be powers that are higher than our own.

alicerbob · 8 months ago

Mark V: I answered this first to zachbake above, I hope I covered it sufficiently, because I agree with you that there are many "good people" who choose to do the right thing. But eventually even they admit to saying cruel things, etc. as we all do because "we all sin and fall short of the glory of God", and are not perfect like God is, which is why we need His help.

Fallen · 8 months ago

Non-Christians aren't self-centered people who hurt others.

marcylee · 8 months ago

I do not want to generalize. I think that is the biggest problem in society is prejudging, profiling and generalizing. Not all non Christians are self centered, but some are, as well as some Christians. I would hope that most people are not out to hurt others, but some do intentionally. Sometimes in promoting a position that we value so dearly, we hurt each other, myself included. It is not intentional, it is because we are passionate about our beliefs. I would hope that people would not take these stances personally as an attack against them. Unfortunately, many people do take it personally, so whose fault is that?

zachbake · 8 months ago

do you personally know these people that i hurt? because i don't believe that you do. and further more give me one of your so called historical documents, and i will be sufficient. Excluding the bible.

alicerbob · 8 months ago

We could start with the calendar and AD (After Death) and BC (Before Christ), amazing in itself, if He was a myth.
The basis of the Christian faith is about loving others as you love yourself. Many who are not Christian love others, but that is still the basis of the Christian faith, which people can choose to follow even with no faith in the One who originated the concept. God teaches us through the Bible (the Users Manual for life on Earth, whether you accept it or not) that without help from Him, we will eventually hurt others because we are self-centered by nature, with a drive for self preservation above protecting others.
Matthew 26:41" Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Acts 10:38 "You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him."
John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you."
The Lord also says that with the Holy Spirit comes the power to heal the sick and do all the things He did and more, which is a self-sacrificing kind of life, in order for others to be all that they were created to be.

Linda Andrejek · 8 months ago

A Blessed Good Friday to everyone!

"I see your Cross, O Christ, and I read the song of your Love!" - St. John of the Cross

"We adore Thee, O Christ and we praise Thee, because by Thy Holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world." - said during Stations of the Cross

"At the Cross, Her station keeping
Stood the Mournful Mother weeping,
Close to Jesus to the last!" - Stabat Mater (verse sung between each Station of the Cross)

marcylee · 8 months ago

We adore you O Christ and we praise You, because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world. "Through Her heart, His sorrow sharing, All His bitter angish bearing, Now at length the sword has passed"

"Holy Mother, pierce me through, In my heart each wound renew of my Savior Crucified."

"Let me share with you His pain, Who for all my sins was slain. Who for me in torment died"

"Virgin of all virgins blest, listen to my fond request, let me share thy grief divine."

There is also a verse about while our bodies are decaying on earth, our souls will be with the Lord in Heaven. I have it in a small booklet, but I don't see it in the Missalette.

WallySwimmer · 8 months ago

Interestingly, the faculty at Brown University recently voted to take Columbus Day off the academic calender. They said that Chris Columbus' violent treatment of indigenous peoples of the New World was inconsistent with Brown University's values.

Shouldn't Obama's delivery of the commencement address and receipt of an honorary doctorate be likewise inconsistent with Notre Dame's values?

Fallen · 8 months ago

I have nothing in contradiction to the analogy. Christopher Columbus did act as a harbinger of death and slavery for the native people. In fact, the natives of one island were completely wiped out. Similarly, many pro-life people see Obama as a harbinger of death for the unborn, or something.

krono · 8 months ago

Catholics United executive director Chris Korzen issued the following statement today in response to recent efforts to tarnish the University of Notre Dame for inviting President Obama to give this year's commencement address:

“As a Catholic, I am deeply disappointed by the knee-jerk opposition to Notre Dame’s decision to confer an honorary degree on President Obama and invite him to give the 2009 commencement address. President Obama’s appearance at Notre Dame will be nothing short of an honor for all Catholics.

President Obama’s historic election as the first African-American president and his commitment to policies that promote the common good resonate strongly with Catholics of all political and ethnic backgrounds. Attacking Notre Dame is simply disingenuous and reflects a larger pattern of manipulation of the Catholic faith for political advantage.

Regrettably, the individuals leading the charge against Notre Dame are partisan operatives who routinely use a single-issue analysis to divorce the Catholic faith from its longstanding commitment to social justice and the sanctity of all human life. Many of those attacking Notre Dame are notably silent when others who hold positions contrary to Catholic doctrine speak at Catholic colleges and universities.

Catholic institutions of higher learning enjoy a long tradition of promoting open and honest dialogue about contemporary political and theological issues. Catholics United applauds Notre Dame for its fidelity to this tradition and welcomes its decision to host President Obama.

In anticipation of Easter, we ask Former Speaker Gingrich and the Cardinal Newman Society to refrain from selectively applying the Catholic faith in service of their partisan agendas and to join us in building a more constructive conversation on Catholic moral priorities in public life.”

Beatriz4Christ · 8 months ago

Catholic United, should remove from their name "Catholic" if by this they mean that they belong to the Catholic Church. They don't; they supported a president who before becoming president voted, not once, but three times against helping children born alive after the aggression of an abortion. Not only that, this group has manipulated Catholics of good faith with the promise that Obama would reduce abortion.
As we have seen this was not truth. Here is the truth. You cannot call yourself Catholic if you are pro abortion. It is totally inconsistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church. Supporting our Bishops is not partisan, it is to be Catholic. An another thing, I am tired, of this discourse that just because Obama is black he should be honored. I am Hispanic, and Obama does not stand for my values, not for my race and I would not be asking for special favors just because I am Hispanic . Martin Luther King, said that we should regard a person not because of his color but by his character and so far, Obama has been the most anti Catholic president we ever had and his policies are anti Catholic. Social justice, yes, but social justice according to Christian values, and not to secularization. Catholic United reconcile first with the teachings of the Church and I am praying that you be forgiven. Meanwhile why you should bother in posting here?

marcylee · 8 months ago

Hi Beatriz. I am totally on board with you. However, we still have to keep the dialog going about what is truth according to what the Holy Catholic Church teaches, or else we let the darkness overtake the world. That is why we bother to post here. It is our privilege and duty as soldiers against the darkness, to be beacons of light. I hope you will continue to post here also.

Beatriz4Christ · 8 months ago

Hey Marcylee! Glad to hear from you!

In this culture and today, people are so embedded in relativism, we don't want to say the truth. Young people are told at secular schools and even Catholic schools that abortion is social justice, and they get surprise when I say it is murder; " You shall not kill" They say gay marriage is o.k, Lev. "You should not lay with another man as you lay with a woman. The Lord abhors it."
And sometimes the truth heals more. I frequently ask myself what Jesus would have done. The answer is to say the truth. For today cannons, he would be kicked out of most Catholic Universities, the pro abortion movement will hate him, and many of those that say that are Christian would crucify him again.

I am myself a sinner, and I ask the Lord to forgive me and to forgive those that hurt him, but I am going to say his Word, wherever I go. My opinion is not important but He is, and these Catholics United and Alliance and all those groups have to know that abortion is murder and the Lord will claim the blood of those little ones. What is this of considering ourselves immortals in this hedonist society? People do not want to die, they are afraid of dying and the reason is that they know that they do wrong. In our hearts is carved His Word, and we know what we do, we know it is wrong and we fear death.


The Lord's rage is slow and He is full of compassion, but the days are closer, and now is the time to preach the gospel because the secular world one day is not going to allow us to talk about the gospel with others because the gospel is going to be considered offensive for certain groups.
Let's preach the Gospel while there is still time. Jesus has his arms open, he is all love and compassion, it is time to come to him, it is time to repent, it is time! He died for us and so we are confirmed in his blood to go and witness the Gospel of Love, the Gospel of Life, the Eternal Word.


Brother or sister, come to him, feel his love, he never despises anyone, He came for sinners not for the "good ones". No matter what you have done, He has the power to forgive you, He loves you and accepts you as you are if only you ask him. He always will hear your prayer asking him please show me your ways, please help me and show me yes show me that You are here with me. Even when we are defiant he will listen and he will show himself. That is the kind of love he has for us. Come please, today is the day. If you are posting here even blaspheming, is for a reason and the reason is in your heart. You know it. I am praying tonight with you brother or sister, that you finally ask him to come to your heart!

In his peace

Beatriz4Christ · 8 months ago

Today is the day of the grace. Come, He gave his life for you in the cross, voluntarily, to make us children of God. He is the acceptable sacrifice for our sins. He is the Bread of Life, and without him you cannot see the Father. I have prayed for whoever read this words, and gives himself to Him by accepting the Lord in his heart, he will manifest His Love and his grace. I am praying today that you find him, and then you stop suffering. That anger, that blasphemy is just the pain of not finding a reason for living, for being tired of everything. That thirst for something that you don't know what it is, only the living water can quench that thirst, the emptiness, the loneliness. He is waiting for you, whoever you are, he was thinking in you when he died in the Cross. Please, ask him to come into your heart, to make you a new person, and He will.

Ashamed of the church · 8 months ago

I am catholic and I am ASHAMED of the recent behavior of the Catholic church. We have become such HIPPOCRATES. I hope that this time of Lent makes all of us reflect who we really are and what we have become. None of you can say that you are a true catholic. Our church is becoming the joke of the world. We hide our ignorance by insulting others. People are outraged by Mr. Obama’s invitation to speak, but what about the outrage about the Catholic church turning it’s back to on its people. It’s no longer a church. It’s a business.

SHAME on you!

Curious · 8 months ago

So if you are so ashamed of the Church, what exactly are you doing personally to strengthen the Church. It is one thing to complain, but another to complain AND do nothing to better the situation. We hope you reflect on your part in the Church this lent as well.

FutureOfTheChurch · 8 months ago

This couldnt have made any less sense. you didnt state your reason on why the church is turning its back on people. What ignorance is the church hiding?

I bet you that Ashamed of the Church is Actually Joe Biden.

Mark V · 8 months ago

FutureoftheChurch

Simply because it didn't make sense to you doesn't mean that it didn't make sense. There may be many people who found that it made complete sense.

Additionally, in my opinion, I think you missed the point that "Ashamed of the Church" was making. You may wish to read her or his entry again.

FutureOfTheChurch · 8 months ago

Just because you thought that I missed the point doesnt mean that other people think I did. I read this comment several times. I have a Catholic education and I know what the church teaches this entry made no sense.

Mark V · 8 months ago

FutureoftheChurch

You may wish to "own" your entries by saying "this entry made no sense TO ME,"
or "this entry made no sense, IN MY OPINION."

You, of course, don't have to do this but your entries would be considered more personal if you did so.

FutureOfTheChurch · 8 months ago

Oh, come on. Are you serious? TO ME and IN MY OPINION mean the same thing, Mark.

FutureOfTheChurch · 8 months ago

Ok, again, embarassing. I missed your point. Yes, I should have said in my opinion

FutureOfTheChurch · 8 months ago

I apologize for that

Mark V · 8 months ago

FutureoftheChurch

You need not appologize. The fact that you even read my entries is enough for me. The fact that you also THINK ABOUT my entries is like a bonus.

FutureOfTheChurch · 8 months ago

You're a very open minded person, Mark V. Thanks for that.

Mark V · 8 months ago

FutureoftheChurch

I work hard at it and for many years. Thanks for your response.

FutureOfTheChurch · 8 months ago

Than you very much, Mark, for this debate. It made me think.
I must go but I will be on again this time tomorrow.

Mark V · 8 months ago

FutureoftheChurch

I was aware that others might not see it as I did which was why I stated "in my opinion." I also added, "I think" to show that my opinion might be wrong.

SimplyCatholic · 8 months ago

If you are ashamed of the Catholic Church then I must make the assumption that you have an unidentified substantive reason for bearing such feelings. Hopefully you can elaborate in response and cease hurling insults targeting the Church established by our Saviour and Lord, Jesus Christ. Bashing the Church hurts all Catholics and I can only shudder to think what the reaction in Heaven might be to your diatribe. I will offer a prayer that the Holy Spirit provide the gifts of Knowledge and Wisdom while you reflect on your initial comments and any forthcoming response. May God Bless You.

Nicolas Lomas · 8 months ago

Greetings to everyone!

I hope that we can all come to an aggreement about the democratic and republican political parties. They have become as I call them, Angels of Death. What is even more disturbing to me is that most of us here have been voting in the same political parties and the same people over and over again expexcting different results. This is known as insanity. There are now third party options, which I have chosen, that are 100% pro-life. The party that I belong to is the Constitution Party. You can check out their pre-amble and their platform. I hope that we can begin to see the light and that the current establishment is not going to change their ways. The reason for this is because we are not holding them accountable. All we are concerned with is either our political party staying in control or our elected officials retaining their senior status. I never recognized what I was doing until someone pointed it out to me. Basically, Voting for the lesser of two evils is still an evil. We as AMERICANS are suppose to vote on principle and not along party lines or candidates. If a politician votes against family values, against the protection of life, liberty and property, then it becomes our responsibility to get them out of office. If our politicians are wicked and corrupt, it is because we ourselves are wicked and corrupt and we cannot hold the politicians accountable for what they do.
I hope that we can all judge ourselves first before we go to vote at the next elections.
Voting for principle rather than along party lines will change America back to righteous nation.
Nicolas Lomas

zachbake · 8 months ago

you state that we have the three inalienable rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. well is it in the pursuit of happiness of a teenage mother who has to raise her child and drop out of school as a consequence? Is that her pursuit of happiness? She could have aborted the child, gone to school and then gone on to an institute of higher learning and done something with her life. That is what i would call the pursuit of happiness not becoming trailer trash and living off the governement for the rest of her life. and statistics show that women who get pregnant early normally become stay-at-home moms. not getting a job and not bettering society.

Robertz · 8 months ago

Pursuit of happiness does not mean neglect of the consequences of that pursuit, and certainly not at the cost of another's life. The pursuit of happiness was made by choosing to have sex. And what kind of person are you to believe that a mother should sacrifice her child's life for her own selfish idol of personal happiness? There is no greater form of happiness (besides union with God) than that of the love for and of family.

Stay-at-home moms and dads have a far greater impact for the good of society than those who have their children killed for greed. Funny how since abortion has been legal and all other forms of immorality on the rise, levels of happiness have been falling. People decide that the better way to be happy is to not be moral, ethical, decent people, yet sacrifice their happiness in the long run. A piece of paper saying you have an education is not necessary for a person to be educated. And I am willing to say that a randomly selected stay-at-homer would present far more wisdom than you seem to exhibit.

Is this your form of happiness, calling mothers who love and wishes the best for her children trailer trash? Are you going to be like the instigators of genocide throughout history who claimed it was for the best of the people murdered that they be murdered? I weep for you and how much you are missing out of this life.

zachbake · 8 months ago

i weep for how dense you people are! i am not saying that a mother should abort every child she ever has, i said that she should abort an unwanted child if she is still in her teens. My grandfather rents homes to complete trailer trash even though he knows that they will take advantage of him. he does this out of the kindness of his heart(not because of religion,which i know you will try to incorporate) and these people every time take advantage of him, screwing him out of thousands of dollars. So these trailer trash who just take advantage of the government, like they do my grandfather do not deserve to be having kids who will grow up to be exactally like them. this is why we are in such an economic crisis because we have trash living off the government. So i am not missing out on this life....sorry! do your weeping for someone who will actually buy your Bull.

Fallen · 8 months ago

Thank you.

kevinbrantch · 8 months ago

history shows that these third parties have very limited scope, in other words they may run on only one or two issues, we as the voting public must look at more than one or two issues but on the big picture.

ALICE · 8 months ago

Sorry all of you Wildcat fans. Go Tarheels. We have a saying here if God isn't a tarheel why did he make the sky Carolina Blue. God Bless and may the best team win!

Girgadis · 8 months ago

ha ha - that's like the bumper sticker I mentioned the other night: If God isn't a Penn State fan, why is the sky blue and white? This borders sacrilegious I know, but my daughter went to the Penn State/Notre Dame football game last year and someone had a sign that read : You have Jesus, we have Joe Pa People sure take their sports seriously, don't they?

ALICE · 8 months ago

I Guess.

alicerbob · 8 months ago

I woke up this morning thinking about the following: I have a recommendation to this site's manager. I was gripped by the video on website http://www.shininglamp.com/page2.html, where
Gianna Jessen, an abortion survivor from an L.A. County abortion clinic, tells her compelling story!

If this site could be expanded to include her video as a start, we could begin to focus on the broader issue, the sanctity of life and the fullness life can provide, even in the midst of what appears to be hopeless. True, Obama is the President, and true, his administration is in the process of overturning the good that the Bush administration was able to accomplish to protect the innocent babies who happen to still be in the womb. In the past, they have indeed been murdered by their mothers and their abortion providers, even into the last trimester, through butchering and incredible pain!! The head of the abortion clinics Gianna mentions is proud to have destroyed over 1,000,000 babies while earning $70,000,000 per year doing it! And this is supposed to be a civilized society! Gianna Jessen says all this so powerfully, I feel that her message deserves to be proclaimed across all rooftops, including the ones this site represents.

marcylee · 8 months ago

Thanks alicerbob. I have seen that video, and it is truly moving. She is a wonderful testimony as to why we should choose and promote a culture of life.

JILL · 8 months ago

Guess Who????????
STOP POLLUTING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

alicerbob · 8 months ago

That's good, Jill!

MA · 8 months ago

huh? I hadn't heard that in awhile and I was starting to miss it....!

John, Pittsburgh · 8 months ago

YES........WE.......CAN.........ANOTHER 3,000 SIGNATURES SINCE LAST EVENING!

BAD NEWS FOR THE STRUMPETS OF BABYLON.

Join the 239,000 people of decency by signing the petition at notredamescandal.com.

Do not sit idly by as Obama attacks the Catholic Church on a daily basis. He and the Democrat Party have been using Notre Dame as the Trojan Horse with which to destroy the Church from within.

OPPOSE Obama and his Nazi medical experiments that are re-named "embryonic stem cell research".

OPPOSE Obama's Party of Death, exporter of American tax dollars to build and operate abortion clinics on a global basis, so that Obama's Agenda of Death will be brought to the ends of the Earth.

OPPOSE Obama's Illinois Senate votes to murder even children who have escaped the wombs of their intimidated and confused mothers, only to be legally killed by staff at the hospital controlled by the United Church of Christ, Obama's congregation until it became politically expedient for Obama to disown pastor Jeremiah Wright.

OPPOSE Obama's "Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), which seeks to strip away the medical licenses of Catholic doctors, nurses and institutions that refuse to participate in Obama's Agenda of Death.

Do not be influenced by the imposters who have invaded this message board to spread doubt, lies and confusion. They decry "hate" but then exhibit the most hateful behavior they can muster for those who come on here to criticize the Abortionist-in-Chief, the great Teleprompter in the sky, who gets all the words right but none of the deeds.

Please sign the petition, and forward it to all people of good will.

gangy · 8 months ago

John,
What is this excatly that needs to be signed? and also what does Teleprompter in the sky mean? I am dumb to some words. I do not support abortions at all. Its horrible babies are being murdered ,zapped right out of the protective womb to where God has placed it. I thank God my mama chose to have me and she was only 16 herself. She is 80 now and she had 6 children. I love my brothers and sister, Kenny, Nancy, Sharon, David and Mitchell and I just wish they would all get saved. Gotta run and make 3 cakes so God BLess you all--

Jerry · 8 months ago

amiller

I want to personally thank you. To quote the words of a song from Avalon (a Christian group):

You cannot see the hands of God
or feel the grace that flows
from Him through you to those you touch
In ways you'll never know

I am not going to explain this in detail, but I know that the grace of God did in fact flow through you to me. Thank you.

God is good.

amiller · 8 months ago

Liz, Good grief! That just ripped my heart out. It might mean something coming from an honest person. Trust me , God has been good to me in ways that someone like you would probably not understand. Would you like to hear some testimony. Hold the details please. Good to see that Liz resurrected you today.

MA · 8 months ago

Wow.

Jerry · 8 months ago

Wow too. That is okay. I am at peace with this.

amiller · 8 months ago

If you were at peace then you would not have come here just to harass me first thing. You still sound just like Liz . You just can not help it. She must have a very strong personality.

Jerry · 8 months ago

Unfortunately I didn't realize thanking you would be harrassing you. Sorry. I will leave you alone.

amiller · 8 months ago

I'm sorry, I miss read it. I thought it said that you knew indeed that it did not in fact flow through you to me. Why would you say that though. Maybe I am just always on the defensive.

Jerry · 8 months ago

I can not explain it. Just be assured that God was working. Thank you.

amiller · 8 months ago

Why not?

Jerry · 8 months ago

You will never believe it. I have a hard time understanding it but lets just let it go at that.

amiller · 8 months ago

OK.

Cindy · 8 months ago

Jerry,
She said the words "I'm sorry".... That's a milestone and the first time I've think I have ever heard her say that.
I could be wrong, but that is a wonderful thing. Take it!!! :)

amiller · 8 months ago

Cindy you never cease to amaze, do you? Also, you never cease to stick your snout in where it doesn't belong.

amiller · 8 months ago

Cindy, sorry I should have said beak. See, I said I was sorry.

John, Pittsburgh · 8 months ago

LOL!

amiller · 8 months ago

I think I may have ruffled her feathers.

MA · 8 months ago

Right, and you think I say mean things?

amiller · 8 months ago

I am just doing a follow up here. If Cindy does not want me to say something then she does need to keep her beak out. She wants me to say something or she would just leave me alone.

John, Pittsburgh · 8 months ago

Huh????

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

amiller · 8 months ago

Of course you would not see anything wrong with what Jerry/Liz had to say. Proves my point.

MA · 8 months ago

"My dwelling place shall be with them; and I will be there God, and they shall be my people. then the nations shall know that I the Lord sanctify Israel, when my santuary is among them forever." Ez 37:27-28

"Over the years that I worked in Canto Grande, a slum enighborhood of Lima, Peru, many people came to visit me. I was always struck by their questions about how I could work in such a place. The slum is located on a dry, dusty, rocky terrain. To the superficial observer, it looks like a chaotic, hopeless, dead-end place. that could not be farther from teh truth. it only takes a few days there to see the hope that animates the residents' tenacious struggle for a better life as well as the deep faith that sustains them.

God promises to dwell with us and to sanctify our abode. There is no place, no life where that promise cannot or will not be fulfilled, yet it takes the eyes of faith to see it and a trusting heart to allow God's work to progress in our midst. As Christ's disciples, we are sent as educators in the faith to the people whose lot we are to share. We go, however, not so much to bring God's presence as to help peple to discover and affirm a presence that is already there so that it can grow and flourish."

Arthur J. Colgan, C.S.C.

marcylee · 8 months ago

Thanks, MA! That was great. Where two or three are gathered......!

alicerbob · 8 months ago

This is beautiful! When Christ is there with you, it's heavenly!

Cindy · 8 months ago

MA,
Thanks for that nice post.

John, Pittsburgh · 8 months ago

NOW THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!

A BISHOP'S LETTER THAT PUTS CRYBABY FATHER CLEARY'S LETTER TO SHAME

Reverend John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.
President
University of Notre Dame
400 Main Building
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Dear President Jenkins:

I wish to express in my own name and on behalf of the Catholic community of this Diocese, my dismay and outrage at your decision to invite the current President of the United States to address the 2009 graduates of the University of Notre Dame and to receive an honorary degree.

This decision of your flies in the face of the expressed directive of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in the year 2004, that Catholic institutions not so honor those who profess opposition to the Church’s doctrine on abortion and embryonic stem cell research.

I would ask that you rescind this unfortunate decision and so avoid dishonoring the practicing Catholics of the United States, including those of this Diocese. Failing that, please have the decency to change the name of the University to something like, “The Fighting Irish College” or “Northwestern Indiana Humanist University.” Though promotion of the obscene is not foreign to you, I would point out that it is truly obscene for you to take such decisions as you have done in a university named for our Blessed Lady, whom the Second Vatican Council called the Mother of the Church.

I sign myself

Very truly yours,
The Most Reverend Thomas G. Doran, D.D., J.C.D.
Bishop of Rockford

John_Patrick_Ryan1 · 8 months ago

John Pittsburg,

Notice how short the letter is. Doesn't take long to speak the Truth. The rationalizers on the other hand have to spin intricate and convoluted webs (as did Fr. Cleary) to justify their bigotry. My hats off to a Bishop who isn't afraid to speak the Truth and who obviously loves human beings no matter their age, place of residence, or condition and loves Our Lady more than the President of the University which bears her name. Hope to see the Bishop in South Bend with all other Catholics (May 16/17th).

John, Pittsburgh · 8 months ago

JPR1, I will be there this Sunday for the first demo at 2pm.

John_Patrick_Ryan1 · 8 months ago

John, Pittsburgh

Awesome. I'll be speaking after all the Masses at my parish on Palm Sunday to recruit more folks for the trip. Please pray that my fellow parishioners will be open to the Holy Spriit's promptings, get out of the pews, and join us for the trip. God bless you for joining in this Sunday's demonstration.

Linda Andrejek · 8 months ago

John,

Thank you so very much for sharing this letter from Bishop Doran with us! It is SO encouraging to hear a bishop expose evil for what it is and satan's works for what they are! satan hates the Truth to be exposed because then he loses some of his demonic power.

We have to keep praying many Rosaries that the university rescinds this invitation, and truly becomes a Roman Catholic university again! (We also must pray that every single bishop follows the example of courage set by Bishop Doran and speak out very CLEARLY against this evil.

KW · 8 months ago

This is the Bishop in my Diocese. He also wrote in the Observer:

Notwithstanding the incongruity of this invitation in view of the political administration's anti-life campaign on all fronts, it is important to note that in common with all collectivists down through history, President Obama said in his campaign for the presidency that he would do all of these things. Therefore, we can regret them as we ought, but anyone who claims to be surprised has only himself or herself to blame.

This is my statement:

All those Catholics who voted for Obama should know that the Bishops expected Catholics not to vote for Obama based on what he said in his campaign regarding life issues. We all knew!
There can be no pretending.

MA · 8 months ago

Bishop Lynch of St. Petersburg cautioned pro-life people to avoid uncivil and venomous rhetoric that ill-serves the cause of life.

Hmmmmm.......I wonder what he meant by that. :-)

Jerry · 8 months ago

GREAT POST MA!!!

John, Pittsburgh · 8 months ago

I would start listening to him if I were you.

MA · 8 months ago

You first, buddy!

JB · 9 months ago

Hello everyone,

I know that I said I was not coming here any longer, and I have done a good job of resisting that temptation, but I had to come and share this with you all today. Father Denis G. Wilde, O.S.A. from Priest for Life came to our church parish this past weekend and spoke at every mass (8 total). He is also a pianist, so he also gave a concert last night. The weekend was BEAUTIFUL!!!! He had a LOT to say about abortion. He told us the most powerful tool is prayer, but we also needed to be voices and LOUD VOICES for God's most vunerable, the unborn. He told us to stay educated about abortion and share as many facts as possible. Let our voices be heard over and over again!!!!! He quoted someone (can't think of the person right now), but the quote stated that the only way evil progresses is if good people do nothing. Father Wilde gave each member (children included) of the packed church the following prayer. The message he delivered was heard by many, and all were so reseptive : - D!!!!!!!!!!! Before each mass ended, we ALL said the prayer together. Most people were very loud with our prayers : - D!!!! Our Lord heard MANY prayers in unison!!!!

Prayer to End Abortion

Lord God, I thank you today
for the gift of my life,
And for the lives of all my brothers and sisters.
I know there is nothing that destroys more life
than abortion,
Yet I rejoice that you have conquered death
by the Resurrection of Your Son.
I am ready to do my part in ending abortion.
Today I commit myself
Never to be silent,
Never to be passive,
Never to be forgetful of the unborn.
I commit myself to be active in the
Pro-Life movement,
And never to stop defending life
Until all my brothers and sisters are protected,
And our nation once again becomes
A nation with liberty and justice
Not just for some, but for all,
Through Christ our Lord. AMEN!!!!

By: Frank Pavone
National Director of Priest for Life

Please join us in praying this prayer daily, many times a DAY!!!

God Bless all of you -

Patty in CT · 9 months ago

Hi JB!
Man have I missed you! How is everything?
We will continue to pray and fast for an end to abortion. Please keep Mike and I, and all Catholics from CT in your prayers, we're under direct attack lately...
I wanted to make a bumper sticker up that says "Christ was no more crucified by those screaming for his execution, as those who remained silent."
My two cents...

JB · 9 months ago

Patty,

I have missed you all so much too!!! I am trying my hardest to live out things I so often wrote about on this site. (Only, I was on here much too often to live out very many of them.) The temptation to come back is great, as you can see with my dialogue with Jason, but I have got to stick with only visiting when I have something remarkable to share. Otherwise, I am not answering God's call fully to do His work. The work that others do on this site, (like you, Mike and others), is so WONDERFUL and fulfilling of God's work. I am NOT condemning people on this site at ALL!!!! You are using your voices LOUD and CLEAR for our Lord. It just gets too consuming for me in all areas of my spiritual life and daily living. It keeps me from my family, prayer, adoration, works in the pro-life arena, etc. I will visit you and Mike on your other site. I LOVE reading the pieces you put up there. Thank you and know that you all are always in my prayers. We have been praying for CT too. SO SAD what our country is following at the time. God will WIN though!!! We just have to be sure to be with Him :; - D as He wins the war against satan.

God Bless -

amiller · 9 months ago

Wonderful JB!

liz2 · 9 months ago

Brilliant!!!!!! ;)
Miss you JB........

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

Hi, JB! Welcome back! Thank you for sharing this wonderful prayer and information with us!

Jason · 9 months ago

Volume and value are not synonymous. Don't be a drone. "God" gave you a mind. Think for yourself. Also, Congratulations! You are free to not have an abortion!!! Isn't that wonderful!!!

JB · 9 months ago

Jason,
Just know that you are in my prayers.

Definitions of drone:

1: the male of a bee (as the honeybee) that has no sting and gathers no honey
**I am not a male, but I will certainly be a workerr of God that has no sting. I look to God for the honey.

2: one that lives on the labors of others : parasite
**** I am a PROUD parasite of our Lord. He invites me to live off of Him, and I am humble to do just that.

3: an unmanned aircraft or ship guided by remote control
*** I am an unmanned craft of our Lord. My body is His temple. I am guided by the GREATEST remote control and that control comes ONL:Y of GOD!!!!

God BLESS you Jason -

Jason · 9 months ago

BTW, no need to explain to me exactly what it is that I don't understand about the bible and jesus and life and such and such. I'm aware of these things.

Patty in CT · 9 months ago

I think aware and insecure are comparable with you, perhaps?

JB · 9 months ago

Jason,

To quote you, "Volume and value are not synonymous." It is quiet ashame that the volume of knowledge you claim to have does not equal the value you have. God is the MOST VALUABLE!!! You will remain in my prayers as I lift you up to our Lord.

God Bless -

TheWorm · 9 months ago

JB,
Welcome back! I miss the way that you talk to people. I love how you always life them up to the Lord. I love that JB. It's really nice. ;)

JB · 9 months ago

Cindy,

God Bless you!!! I really am not back. I do keep you all in my daily prayers. Please remember me in yours too!!! What I wrote to Patty below will explain why I will only appear here every so often. I RESPECT what you all do here so much, but as I said to Patty, my calling is to get out and work outside this site more than I was allowing myself to do. Use your voices well for our Lord!!!! Continue to use them LOUD and CLEAR for our Lord. In this case, your volume has a LOT of VALUE!!!!! I truly LOVE you guys as my brothers and sisters in Christ. We have never met, but you all are my friends too : - D!!!!

God Bless -

TheWorm · 9 months ago

JB,
You have been in my prayers as well. Sometimes when I pray the rosary I think of how you explained how it should be prayed.
I'm glad you are putting your Faith in Works. You are a good soul JB.
I wish you much happiness and I know you will do a good job for this cause.
It will be nice to see you when you pop in here and there ;)

Clement Emeka · 9 months ago

This is really powerful. It contains the force of nature in it. I guess it is only heartless and mindless individual who would refuse to heed the message. "Potential"

Patty in CT · 9 months ago

Hey Ski,
I'm not trying to fuel the flames, but is this what you were talking about a few days ago???

The Durbin Doctrine’s Assault on Free Speech [from Heritage.org]


Following a premeditated White House campaign to demonize Rush Limbaugh, Newsweek aided the left’s “Hush Rush” campaign with a cover story pushing for Rush to be silenced. Now, Rush can handle criticism from the White House and Newsweek just fine. But there was also a little noticed vote in the Senate late last month that could enable the left to accomplish by government regulation what they could never accomplish with actual debate.
During the debate over the unconstitutional bill that would give the District of Columbia a vote in the House of Representatives, Sens. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) each sponsored amendments with major implications for the First Amendment. DeMint’s amendment banned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from reinstituting the Fairness Doctrine which, prior to 1987, was used by the government to stifle free speech on our nation’s airwaves. DeMint’s amendment passed 87-11. Score one for free speech.

However, Durbin’s amendment also passed, although by a much narrower 57-41 margin. And what does Durbin’s amendment do? It forces the FCC to “take actions to encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership and to ensure that broadcast station licenses are used in the public interest.” In other words, Durbin wants to bring the wonders of government enforced affirmative action to our nation’s airwaves. Sen. James Inhofe warns: “The revocation of broadcaster licenses [under the Durbin Doctrine] is a real possibility, which at the very least will threaten the willingness of broadcasters to appeal to conservative listeners.”

The true intention of the Durbin Doctrine could not be more clear. Its language is modeled after a Center for American Progress report that aims to fix “The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio.” And just two years ago, Durbin told The Hill: “It’s time to reinstitute the Fairness Doctrine. I have this old-fashioned attitude that when Americans hear both sides of the story, they’re in a better position to make a decision.”

Durbin’s commitment to squelching free speech has not diminished at all since that 2007 statement. But Durbin has gotten smarter. He knows that reinstating the old Fairness Doctrine is a non-starter so he has come up with a new but equally pernicious law that will accomplish the exact same thing. Conservatives need to wise up in the fight for free speech. The Fairness Doctrine is dead. The real threat is the Durbin Doctrine.

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

Hi, Patty,

Thank you so very much for explaining this evil censorship doctrine by which senator durbin is trying to silence Religious and conservative talk radio. This is EXACTLY what I was trying to explain to Hawk and Fallen in the posts I was submitting last week.

We must contact our senators to vote against this evil so-called "Broadcasters' Freedom Act" which is just another deceptive way of eliminating all Religious and conservative people's right to freedom of speech!

We must also pray very hard (especially the Rosary) for the defeat of all the evil that the liberals are trying (now, non-stop) to force upon our country!

Patty in CT · 9 months ago

Hey Linda,
Sorry, I thought that was Ski, thanks for the correction.
This looks bad! Again, another "slip in" by the legislation, putting the "Fairness Doctrine" at the forefront, so that people assumed it was killed, only to sneak it around the back under an alias!

Way to go, and so typical for the liberals, lying and cheating looks great on them!

ski · 9 months ago

Patty,
I looked at some pictures of the 4,000-4,500 people that came to the March 11, 2009 rally in CT.
I think it was wonderful.
I hope that you got a chance to go.
If anyone wants to see what uniting can do check out pics at:
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-catholics-...

You ladies are so correct when you say that the Durbin Doctrine is just a repackaged bill. It is just reworded to do the same thing.
Our big fight is to be very carful with FOCA. I have read that it is going to be split up and passed bit by bit. It is going to be reworded and slipped into bills. We must keep a look out and keep all informed.

Just a John Paul II said, " Do not be afraid to go into the streets and public places like the first Apostle! To preach Christ the good news of salvation, in the squares of cities."

God Bless you both.

Patty in CT · 9 months ago

Ski! Friday was awesome!

I did not go to the rally. I know that my presence is going to be needed more in the future (we have both a pro-transgender bill coming in on Thursday, and an assisted suicide bill coming in on Friday). I knew a lot of my fellow Catholics were storming the capitol on Friday so I'll probably be going up this Friday. Please continue to keep CT close in your prayers? This has been a crazy week for us here!
God Bless you too Ski and thanks for your camaraderie (sp?)

amiller · 9 months ago

Patty I am not Catholic, but I am praying for CT and all of America. You guys have been all over the conservative news lately. Sounds like you are being bombarded. My church has special prayer meetings specifically for the country right now. Your state is on the list.

Patty in CT · 9 months ago

Thanks amiller, you're in my prayers too:)

amiller · 9 months ago

Amen Patty.

ski · 9 months ago

Hey amiller,
How are you doing?
Have not been on when you have been in a while.

amiller · 9 months ago

Hey Ski, Just trying to pop in once in a while. I don't know if you saw the post at the top, but I posted to you, about the red envelope subject.

ski · 9 months ago

Thanks a bunch.
I did see.
Did you see the pics from the rally in CT with Patty?

amiller · 9 months ago

Yes, I did, those were awesome. God is working. The more the devil tries to do the more Christians come together, and the whole world is watching. You know I was thinking how the devil is actually putting God in the spotlight. Christians just have to answer the call, and it looks like they are.

ski · 9 months ago

Amen, Amiller Amen,
Let us all unite under God.
God is so good.

No, we do not take spring break. If they work hard they can be done the school year by April. Then they have the choice to take 3 and half months of summer break. Or start the next year.
I gotta go too time to start school.
God Bless you too Amiller.
I hope you have a nice spring break with you little ones.

Patty in CT · 9 months ago

Hey, it sounds like you are a fellow "rabble rousin'" homeschooler Ski? Rock on!!

amiller · 9 months ago

I gotta go. This is spring break for my kids. I hope you and your kids get one since you home school your kids. God Bless Ski.

amiller · 9 months ago

Amen Linda.

amiller · 9 months ago

It looks as though the new bill on embryonic stem cell research may be having an effect on what some Christians think of the new president in which hey helped to put into office. It could be his stance on the economy, but I am hoping that it is not. Obama's approval rating has now dropped to 57%, which is a big drop in the last few days. Let's hope and pray that Christians are opening their eyes, so that we do not make this mistake again. Maybe Christians did not know the extent of what he was capable of, and now are seeing that they made a mistake. Keep praying, for unity among Christians on these moral issues, abortion and stem cell research. Pray for unity where the devil has divided. Christians should be on the same page on these issues, and not support it in any way shape or form.

marcylee · 9 months ago

amiller, this is so true. I hope and pray that the people who voted for Obama realize what a mess they have made. All we can do now is pray that God's will be done. There is no need for embryonic stem cell research, as it has been established that the same goals can be accomplished through adult stem cells or umbilical stem cells; there is no need to kill embryos. There has always been private funding for this research through private enterprise. Why should I have to, now pay for it out of my taxes. This is ludicrous.

amiller · 9 months ago

I definitely agree with you Marcylee. Why is this necessary. It has been proven that it is at least as effective. Is obama just out to do whatever it takes to destroy life. Huckabee carries a picture of a little girl that was a frozen embryo, and he showed it on his show. It is life, and I don't understand why we will create it to destroy it. Marcylee don't even remind me that we are paying for it. That is a sin in itself. Obama will have to answer to God on judgment day for causing so many to sin, because he is forcing us to support it, by making us pay for it. I also heard today that anyone with insurance through their company, obama was considering taxing the insurance premiums, to pay for those who do not have insurance. Isn't he a generous man.

marcylee · 9 months ago

Thank God I have no insurance. I will not be contributing to this nonsense. When it's time for me to die, then I will just die. I won.t be a party to this scam.

amiller · 9 months ago

That is exactly what it is. A scam. He wants to look like the hero see, even if he has to add to the burden of those who barely afford it anyway. Guess what country is smart enough to cut taxes right now? China! Even China. France and Germany also think that obama's economic plan is too socialist. Now that is a scary thought. They are taking on a more conservative economic plan. What is wrong with our president?

marcylee · 9 months ago

Why, exactly, do so many people in this site want us to iook good in the international eye? They don't take into consideration the bondage they have put us in by voting for Obama. They have voted against our sovereignty, and voted for socialism. Have they even bothered to look at what is happening in these countries that have chosen to go after the Socialist model? These countries are all being over run by Muslims, who want to take over the world. amiller, I believe we are in for a fierce persecution, of such that has not been seen in hundreds of years, It is not Catholic or Protestant, it is Christian, and we have to know where we stand, and not give in to this socialist nonsense,.

amiller · 9 months ago

I agree Marcy. It is not Catholic or Protestant, or even republican or democrat. It is us Christians against the rest of the world. I refuse to be part of this movement of Christians who want to be politically correct. I want to be biblicaly correct and want to please Jesus no matter what.

amiller · 9 months ago

I also saw on the news today that many scientists think that it is global cooling that is happening not global warming. Has anyone else heard this?

amiller · 9 months ago

This would make more since being that we have been cooling down worldwide for the last few years.

marcylee · 9 months ago

amiller, this is what I have been talking about for days, but since it seems to be an unpopular stance on this site, people are ignoeing it.

amiller · 9 months ago

I wonder why. If you are referring to the global cooling issue. If people are worried about global warming so much, shouldn't we be addressing the global cooling problem. Maybe we don't because it can not be proved to any extent that humans could cause it, and that would not fit this save the earth religion. If Nancy Pelosi really believed what she preached, why does she want a bigger jet, that would not be so environment friendly.

marcylee · 9 months ago

Nancy only cares about flying about in a Gulf Stream 8, not about what is right for the American people; she has no regard for basic humazn life,

amiller · 9 months ago

Have you ever heard of anyone so shallow. I really honestly believe that too, that she has no regard for any basic human life. And she has so much power over the president. That is scary. I am really hoping and praying that Christians are beginning to open their eyes and see this administration for what it is. We can keep this from happening again, if Christians would follow Gods will. We have another chance in four years, and four long years to pray.

marcylee · 9 months ago

Unfortunately, so many people think Obama is the Messiah, they don't even realize what they voted for. Four years is not that far away. As you get older, you realize how short years are. And we have to look at the 2010 election, to make our voices known. Keep the faith, amoller.

amiller · 9 months ago

You to Marcylee. Four years of prayer is a lot of praying. I already think that some Christians who voted for him are having an eye opener, because of the approval rating, and the fact that the economic issues did not make it drop. It has dropped since the stem cell issue. Keep Praying.

John · 9 months ago

take a stand for life. www.choose-life.org

Kathryn · 9 months ago

Thanks for all your efforts CatholicVote.com!

God Bless you!

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

Alicerbob,

The infallibility of the Pope regarding Faith and morals in very much Biblically-based. When Jesus made St. Peter the first Pope with the words, "You are Peter, and upon this Rock I will build My Church," Jesus also went on to say to St. Peter, "Whatsoever YOU declare bound on earth, I will bind in Heaven, and whatsoever you declare loosed on earth, I will loose in Heaven."

Furthermore, Jesus, in order to reassure us of the fact that we can put our complete confidence in our Holy Catholic Church, gave us the assurance, "The gates of hell shall not prevail against It!" We can be ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY CERTAIN that EVERY single doctrine concerning our Catholic Faith and EVERY moral law that the Popes throughout the history of The Church have uttered, were spoken by JESUS HIMSELF, for He would never allow His Church to stray in the area of Faith and morals (in what was necessary for mankind's salvation).

It is Jesus HIMSELF speaking infallibly through the Popes when they speak on matters of Faith and morals.

Mark V · 9 months ago

Linda
Just a reminder. Jesus didn't die so that we could live. Jesus died so that we could be FREE!

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

Mark V,

Jesus died so that we could all live (and live eternally) AND be free! TRUE freedom, however, is only found in God's Holy Will. He made us all, so He knows what is best for us. Therefore, when one totally aligns oneself to the Holy Will of God (like Our Blessed Mother and the Saints always did), it is then that one experiences the glorious freedom, inner peace, and joy of the children of God!

TheWorm · 9 months ago

Linda,
Maybe you could share what the Gifts of the Spirit are?

marcylee · 9 months ago

The GIFTS of the Spirit are listed in I Corinthians 12--the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, gifts of healing, working of miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, kinds of tongues, interpreaation of tongues. I'm not sure these are the gifts to which you are referring. The FRUIT of the spirit is explained in Galatians 5:22, 23: love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and self-control.

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

TheWorm,

The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, knowledge, understanding, counsel, fortitude, piety, and the fear of The Lord.

Through the Sacrament of Confirmation, all Catholics receive these powerful Gifts, along with receiving the Gift of the Holy Spirit to make them strong Catholics and soldiers of Christ.

Curios · 9 months ago

Linda,
I have read many of your posts, not all, but you have a special gift. You answer your calling well. Keep up the good work.

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

Hi, Curios,

Thank you very much for your kind words! I'm really trying to help Jesus and Mary save as many souls as possible, because I don't want Our Lord's Precious Blood to have been shed in vain for anyone! I have come to realize that many people (even Catholics) have not been catechized sufficiently over the past 40 years. Because of this, I feel the need to constantly explain the Truths of our Holy Catholic Church, because She is The Church that Jesus established as the fountain of salvation for the entire world!

I also keep remembering what Our Blessed Mother said to the three children at Fatima, "So many souls go to hell because they have no one to sacrifice or pray for them." Mary went on to say that we really have the power to aid in the salvation of souls by praying the Rosary and sacrificing for sinners.

Mark V · 9 months ago

Linda
Your God is feared. My God is loved.

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

My God (Who is the One True God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) is the same God of everyone, because He is the Only God. I don't fear God, for God is LOVE itself, but I fear being separated from Him for all eternity.

This is what fear of the Lord means, not that we are afraid of God, (since He even died for us to show how much He loves us), but that we are afraid that we may lose Him for all eternity through sin.

Mark V · 9 months ago

Linda
Your post said to fear God.

Mark V · 9 months ago

Linda
If what you say is true then I hope you achieve it someday.

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

Thank you! I'm TRYING to achieve this, because I honestly believe that EVERYONE is called to be a saint! (And to take this thought one step further, I even think that if this is not achieved, one never reaches his/her true potential and fulfillment, because God ultimately created us to know, love, and serve Him, and to be happy with Him forever in Heaven - this is the ultimate purpose of every life, and it is what EVERYONE was created for).

Mark V · 9 months ago

Linda
God gave us free will, each and every human being, so they we could experience life through our own experiences. He knows we'll make mistakes. He gives us that right. He doesn't expect us to be perfect.

Curios · 9 months ago

MarkV,

Jesus died so that we can LIVE. He died so we can have ETERNAL life, not freedom to commit sin. We have freedom to follow God's laws. If we choose differently, we do not heed the reason Jesus died for us. It is our choice., but we will all have to answer for our sins. Those that fail to follow God's laws and do not repent will forfeit their eternal life. No one on this earth is more than God. No one on this earth can place themselves with more authority than God. Those that hold their earthly freedoms of choice over God's authority will condemn themselves to hell. Being free does not come without responsibilty, and that freedom should not be used without a love of God over all else.

Mark V · 9 months ago

Curios
Jesus died to set us free!

GANGY · 9 months ago

FREE TO DO WHAT?

Mark V · 9 months ago

GANGY
THAT'S FOR YOU TO DETERMINE FOR YOU! YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR DESTINY. GOD WILL SIMPLY HELP YOU STAY ON TRACK.

Curios · 9 months ago

MarkV,

Tell that to the people living in countries other than those with freedoms of the United States. Those people live without the "freedoms" you hold so close, yet they may have eternal life for living with the LOVE of God over all else. They may not have the "freedom" to choose a profession, have more than one child, buy a house, get an education, etc., but they believe in God, follow God's laws and love God above their lack of earthly freedoms. Be careful of how you make choices with your manmade "freedoms". The rights of choice you support (abortion )is not in line with God. In fact, this "freedom" for women that you support in fact kills what God has made. In effect, you are fighting God and His authority. That, my friend, is not a freedom in line with God. It is a "satanical" manmade law (freedom) that tries to fight God. God wins in the end. We must all concentrate on living inline with God and not fight for unGodly manmade freedoms that go against God. Do you want eternal life with God? If so, God has told us that heaven is pure and those that are not in line with God will not enter. The alternative eternity is constant pain of the fires of hell. At what cost do you continue to fight for the "freedom" to fight God with supporting the killing of His unborn? There has never been born a human (man or woman) with the freedom to kill God's creations of His unborn. No HUMAN has this authority over God. That is not a "freedom" as you look at it so closely to your heart. It is a sin against God.

Mark V · 9 months ago

Curios
Jesus died to set us FREE! Freedom always comes with a price. If it didn't, then it would be worthless.

Curios · 9 months ago

MarkV,

Are you saying that you are willing to suffer in Hell for the price of this "freedom" of choice to kill the unborn? That is a BIG price to pay for a very short period of time. You will be in our prayers.

Curios · 9 months ago

Sorry for the typo,

That should read, "That is a BIG price to pay for a very short period of time on this earth compared to eternity."

Mark V · 9 months ago

Curios
Are you willing to do the same for fighting for taking away the rights given by God?

Curios · 9 months ago

MarkV,

I am not the one trying to over rule God's authority. God NEVER gave anyone the right to kill His creations, the life of the unborn He created. So, we that are pro-life are NOT fighting God. We are helping God, and He will reward those that help Him. God never gave you or any woman the right to kill. You use your free will like Adam and Eve did in original sin. You use your gift of free will to follow satan, not God. Abortion is not in line with God's will, and it NEVER will be. The price you are willing to pay to misuse your free will to follow satan in his attempt to over rule God is a BIG price of eternal hell. Satan is glad to have you along, but will care nothing for you once this world is over. It is only following God and respecting His authority and laws (caommandments) that will allow you to enter the pureness of heaven. Good luck with your arguement against God and His authority. It really doesn't hold water in the fires of hell.

Curios · 9 months ago

MarkV,

You are confused on what rights God has given. God has NEVER given the right to kill to anyone, NOT ANY MAN OR WOMAN. You too easily forget the commandments of God and His authority. Satan tried to over rule God's authority in heaven and he was thrown out of heaven, thus the eternal life of hell. Satan works very hard to keep as many out of heaven as possible. Be careful whose authority you follow. Following satan leads to the BIG price you are so willing to pay.

Curios · 9 months ago

MarkV,

Jesus died to set of free to enter Heaven once again. His death reopened the gates of Heaven. Heaven is pure, and not all will enter. When Jesus prayed in the garden before His passion, He saw all the souls His death would not save. He complained bitterly about this, but it did not change the outcome. What more could Jesus have done to turn people to live in live with God? Nothing, and yet people still make choices that are against God. Satan is powerful. Fortunately, God is more powerful, and if you want eternal life, He will get you there. It is our responsiblitiy to follow God over satan.

gangy · 9 months ago

Do you read a Bible at all?? Were you not taught about the Bible ? Listen to Linda and you may just get saved--I am praying you do

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

Hi, Gangy,

Thank you for the extremely kind words! I just had the thought (and usually when a thought comes to me out of the blue, it's like Our Lord is guiding me to accomplish something), that I should invite you to look into entering the Catholic Church. You will see that the Church is indeed the Mystical Body of Christ on earth because She actually has the TRUE and REAL presence of Jesus in the Eucharist (Holy Communion). Jesus loves everyone so much that He thought of a way to remain with us during our pilgrimage through life to our True Home in Heaven - and He can be found (disguised as a little host for love of us) in every tabernacle of every Catholic Church throughout the world! Because of Him, the Catholic Church is indeed God's Kingdom on earth, as Our Blessed Mother said in one of Her apparitions.

Additionally, the Catholic Church is the One who gave us all the Bible; She compiled the Books of the Bible for us, and St. Jerome helped translate it. Also, you can be confident that God always has and always will guide the Church to speak the Truth in matters of faith and morals because Jesus Himself promised St. Peter (the first Pope) that "The gates of hell will not prevail against it (even though the devil will try). There has been an unbroken line of succession of Popes all the way back 2,009 years to when Jesus made St. Peter the first Pope! (An interesting bit of information - which clearly shows the Hand of God - is the fact that when archeologists were digging underneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, they found the tomb of St. Peter - and it was DIRECTLY UNDER THE MAIN ALTAR of the sanctuary! Jesus kept His Word even literally to St. Peter, "Upon this rock, I will build My Church!"

Please browse through the following website which wonderfully explains the Truths of the Catholic Faith: www.catholicscomehome.com It is not only for fallen away Catholics, but for everyone to learn more about the Truth, Beauty, and Richness of the Holy Catholic Church (truly Heaven on earth)!

Fallen · 9 months ago

It's pretty narrow thinking to assume that one's beliefs are the only right and true beliefs.

I'm an atheist, and I acnowledge that I might be wrong. I simply subscribe to the personal belief that God doesn't exist. I don't think negatively of people who are not atheist, and I wouldn't shove "The God Delusion" in anybody's face.

gangy · 9 months ago

How could you shove it in anyones face if you do not know about what to shove? You must be hungry for the real truth or you would not stay here--God is not the author of confusion. I respect you are atheist, its your choice, fallen is a great name for you .

TheWorm · 9 months ago

Fallen,
Do you have a copy of a bible in your house? I found this great Study Bible a few years back (haaa more like 16yrs back), but I really enjoy reading it, because it really helps you with the back stories of like who the authors were that wrote certain books. Why they were writing them. What was going on in the times. It helps put it into perspective.
So if you were ever thinking of getting one, just to check out, you might want to consider something like that. Just thought you might find that info helpful one day.

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

Fallen,

It's not narraw thinking if one absolutely KNOWS that his/her beliefs are the TRUTH. And Jesus doesn't lie - if He said that He was going to build His Church upon the rock of St. Peter, the first Pope, HE DID. I'm not going to second-guess Jesus!

This is why so many millions of martyrs throughout the history of our Holy Catholic Church shed their very blood to attest to the TRUTH of the Holy Catholic Faith.

This doesn't mean, however, that we look down upon everyone else - on the contrary - it makes us work and pray even harder for the salvation of all souls, so that everyone will come to receive the Gift of the True Faith that we have been given. (This is why so many missionaries throughout the history of the Catholic Church gave us everything to help teach others about the Truths of the Catholic Faith. This is an act of charity - this is in no way looking down on others!

Michael · 9 months ago

Back to the real issue and topic of this website?

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Life: Imagine the Potential™ is our newest campaign designed for sharing on the Internet, and for use on broadcast TV. The campaign is focused on reaching more than people who are already pro-life. Instead, we hope to reach Americans who are either indifferent, or who have not yet thought about the great potential of every human life.
In the weeks and months ahead, we will debut more commercials in our Life: Imagine the Potential™ campaign. We will be launching a larger and more interactive website for our subscribers and visitors in the next month. Stay tuned for more great features."

Time to put aside differences and old arguements folks, stay focused and pray for direction to educate and save children.

THANK YOU Catholicvote.org - you have my support!

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

Liz,

ALL salvation comes from the Catholic Church. Everyone who got to Heaven (whether they knew it or not) got there by virtue of the Catholic Church (since Jesus established Her as the Means of Salvation). We MUST preach the TRUTH (and the TRUTH is found in the Catholic Church) in season and out of season. We must not compromise the Truths of our Faith in order to "fit in" or make people feel "comfortable." This is what has happened over the last 40 years - and it is why so many Catholics don't even know the Truths of their Faith anymore. It is also why there is so much confusion in the Church over Her teachings regarding who we may and may not vote for). People have been afraid to come right out and say the TRUTH. But now, before it gets too bad, God is starting to raise up people (Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Burke, Bishop Chaput, and many others) to PREACH The TRUTH without fear of "offending" someone. (Actually, I'd much rather so-called "offend" someone with The Truth here on earth, than have that soul lost for ALL ETERNITY in hell - where he/she will be really offended - and in the pain of real fire forever)!

When I said in one of my posts several weeks ago that God could enlighten a person's mind at the hour of death to have him/her come back to him ( that you referenced below), I didn't mean that this releases us of our obligation to try to help lead them to the Truth of the Catholic Church while they are alive. We, as Catholics, are still obliged to help our brothers and sisters find the "narrow" path to salvation, namely the Catholic Church, during their pilgrimage on earth, because I assure you, one can not wait until the end of his/her life to come back to God. It may be too late by then, for the devil is also working extremely hard at that point to tempt the person to despair and damn the person's soul for all eternity. These are hard Truths, yes, but, out of charity and to help save as many souls as possible, they need to be told!

liz2 · 9 months ago

Thank you Linda
I'm grateful for your taking me under your wing. ;)
We just have different approaches, but that's ok.
We girls used to have a Hail Mary club when things got heated on the site. :) Did you know about that Ski? It helped!
Have a great day Linda, it's finally sunny and warmer here today. Gonna go out and enjoy it!

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

Thank you, Liz! It's a nice day here in the Midwest, also! Have a great rest of Our Blessed Mother's Day of Saturday! (Saturday is one of my favorite days, since it is especially devoted to Our Blessed Mother)!

liz2 · 9 months ago

Thanks Linda
I live in the midwest too, MI. I actually opened some windows today. Thanks for the reminders to stay close to Mary. My mom gave me a beautiful statue of her last mothers day that I want to put in my garden in the backyard this summer. I'm thinking spring, can you tell?

alicerbob · 9 months ago

Mark V: regarding my global warming stance, the majority of scientists around me believe it's mostly the natural cycle, not that we aren't speeding up that cycle by excessive emissions, etc., which is where I feel we need to be more responsible. If people are starving, I wouldn't worry about the emissions but would get the plants working that provide food. If people just want faster cars, I'm for limiting the emissions. If the law totally stops progress, I'm suspicious of the law and would ask the Lord for more wisdom rather than encouraging man to make increasingly more laws which restrict our freedom, our economy, our creativity, etc. which is contrary to what I feel the Lord wants for us.
Regarding conflicts of science with faith, my faith always wins out and I assume it's man that has missed the basic truth and the truth is still to be found but may not through scientific methods. The thing that has perplexed me since I was a child and taught about Darwin's theories, was "what about creation." I found Ben Stein's movie "Expelled-No Intelligence Allowed" to be incredibly fascinating and revealing.
Interesting quotes from Darwin's autobiography "Another source of conviction in the existence of God, connected with the reason and not with the feelings, impresses me as having much more weight. This follows from the extreme difficulty or rather impossibility of conceiving this immense and wonderful universe, including man with his capacity of looking far backwards and far into futurity, as the result of blind chance or necessity. When thus reflecting I feel compelled to look to a First Cause having an intelligent mind in some degree analogous to that of man; and I deserve to be called a Theist...Nor must we overlook the probability of the constant inculcation in a belief in God on the minds of children producing so strong and perhaps an inherited effect on their brains not yet fully developed, that it would be as difficult for them to throw off their belief in God, as for a monkey to throw off its instinctive fear and hatred of a snake...I cannot pretend to throw the least light on such abstruse problems. The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an Agnostic."
There is one descriptor for the atheists interviewed in "Expelled" -- that is "without hope." My goal is to always give the hope of the Gospel to my atheist friends, which is Jesus, who He Himself said is "the Way, the Truth, and the Light. The only way to the Father (Father God) is through Me" John 14:6. He is the Great "I AM", omniscient (all knowing), omnipresent (everywhere), all loving, but also the Judge, and like any good father, protects His Kids even to the point of allowing the destruction of those who put His Kids in jeopardy. If His Kids put themselves in the devil's territory, however, without asking the Lord if He is first guiding them there, there are no guarantees and they may find themselves in Heaven with Him before their time. It's like putting ourselves between gang crossfire in a gang neighborhood, don't go there unless God goes before you.
Regarding "other choices" and appreciation for good things man has created, I believe God is behind all that is good and loving (God is good, God is love) and the devil is behind all that is evil (negative, oppressive, vile, etc.) I believe the spiritual realm encompasses our 3D world and there are angels and demons all around us that we cannot see, helping us for good and manipulating us for evil, respectively, giving us "positive and negative vibes" (we Catholics say in Mass "we believe in the seen and the unseen"). The picture of an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other, talking to us in each ear describes it well, I believe. We can either choose to hear the good or choose to hear the lies. The more faith we have in our good God, the fewer lies we hear and have to put up with, unless He puts us in the midst of a spiritual battle for His own purposes. Then, it's even more important we spend time reading the scriptures and in prayer for His answers and guidance. May God revel Himself fully to you Mark V, you are clearly choosing to be a good person.
By the way, I was a pew sitting agnostic when I finally got to a point where I was yelling at my kids and near a nervous breakdown and didn't like myself much when my interior decorator friend asked me about my belief in God. I said "If he exists, he's way out there, a long ways from me" which was true. She said "Just ask Him to show Himself to you so you can believe". I said later "God, I feel stupid talking to the air, I don't know if you exist or are even out there, but if you are, please show me who you are." I have a long story from there, but obviously, He answered that prayer, Praise God!! I love You Lord!! You are such a good God!!

Mark V · 9 months ago

alicerbob
WOW! I was mesmorized by your blog. Thank-you! And I LOVE your mission of giving hope.

alicerbob · 9 months ago

TheWorm: We can worship the Most High God who is our Lord (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) or we can worship mammon (or any of lots of other gods that people make/have). Here's a good definition from Wikipedia "Webster's dictionary defines 'Mammon' as: 1) the false god of riches and avarice. 2) riches regarded as an object of worship and greedy pursuit; wealth as an evil, more or less personified.[1] Winston defines it to mean: 1) wealth, worldly gain; 2) greed for riches"

TheWorm · 9 months ago

alicerbob,
Thank you for answering. Perhaps I just feel deep down for myself, that it is in our best interest to conserve. I care very much about future generations that will occupy our planet after I am long gone.
I don't try to pretend to know when God will end this world, therefore in the meantime, I feel it's better to protect our planet if we can. Indeed I think we can try.
:)

By the way I'm Cindy. I was not sure if you were thinking my name was (Linda?)

Mark V · 9 months ago

Cindy
Conserving is a great thing to do. Leaving the world a better place than it was when we were born, I think, is a priority.
I feel, however, that the global warming concepts are really way over exagerated but I feel most of the people who believe these doom philosophies are good people who want to do what's best.
We could end up spending billions and billions of dollars trying to correct a problem that nature takes care of on its own. That would be a huge tragedy, in my opinion. And I would guess that there are a very few people who would love to scare us into spending that money. And I don't consider them Liberals or conservatives but rather people with really bad intent.
Scientists (both liberal, conservative and whatever other label we put on them) estimate that human beings' actions affect the environment at a level of .03 percent. Cows flatuating affect the environment 10 times or more negatively than all the things humans do. With that in mind, we'd be much better off killing all the cows rather than spend billions of dollars. Not that I would suggest this but it does point out the inaccuracy of the global warming crisis, in my opinion.

TheWorm · 9 months ago

Mark V,
I understand that most people don't care or want to think about this subject. I realize that we don't know enough yet and it would cost money to begin to take care of this. One can not say for sure whether the problem will correct itself or not. In the meantime, do we begin to care and take things seriously after it's too late? Do we wait and say, 'hey those scientists were right' and now maybe we should start, but at that point it's too late? Don't forget the the governments of the time told their people that the world was flat. No one wanted to believe the Scientists, not even the church. I know this 'global warming' theory is not something that is causing us much problems on the mainlands. Unless you happen to live in an area where you could see some hurricanes. But the artic is where it is showing some serious facts:
Average temperatures in the Arctic have risen at almost twice the rate as temperatures in the rest of the world over the past few decades.
Widespread melting of glaciers and sea ice and rising permafrost temperatures present additional evidence of strong Arctic warming (see Figure 1).
The above trends are expected to continue during this century, resulting from ongoing increases in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (though greenhouse gases do not primarily originate from the Arctic).
Melting of Arctic glaciers is a contributing factor to sea-level rise around the world.
Warming is very likely to alter the release and uptake of greenhouse gases from soils, vegetation, and coastal oceans.
Reduction in sea ice is very likely to have devastating consequences for polar bears, ice-dependent seals, and local people for whom these animals are a primary food source.

Granted Mark for us here we could look at it like, 'Who cares of the Polar Bears go extinct"? So did the Wooley Mammoth right? So what? We don't need them right? They are just animial I guess. It just really goes to what is important to man and mankind.
To many, I guess it's not all that important. I just feel otherwise.

Hawk5000 · 9 months ago

Or we can worship no god at all. You forgot that option ;-)

Mark V · 9 months ago

alicerbob
Thank-you for your responses. As a mathematician, do you think it's possible that there is something "other" than "the Most High God" vs. your other choices you listed (booze, drugs, etc) that can bring fulfillment and joy in ones' life? As an example, I feel very fulfilled when I experience the achievements of men and women, those achievements that are almost impossible to believe, such as space exploration, the creation of the computer, a child taking his or her first step, the recognition of what teachers bring to their students, a carpenter building a beautiful home.
In other words, is it just a choice of God or drugs? Isn't it possible that's there's something else?
By the way, I'm not an atheist. I do believe that there is something greater than us and I believe that we are in and of that which is greater. And I don't believe in the Christian concept of God.
I hope you don't mind the questions and of course, you are under no obligation to answer any of my questions.

Girgadis · 9 months ago

Exorcism does indeed continue to take place. One thing to remember, however, is that exorcism deals with the physical expulsion of the demon or demons. Far worse but less sensational than bodily possession is Satan having hold of one's soul. This puts a person in mortal peril of eternal damnation. Some years ago I read a book by a controversial priest, Malachi Martin, called Hostage to the Devil. I ran it by my very holy and conservative priest friend to find out if it was something I should read or not. He had heard of Martin and thought that it was ok to read the book. It was very enlightening to say the least. What is often lost in all the sensationalism surrounding an exorcism is the enormous toll it can take on the priest, who sacrifices everything to release the person from the demon's grip. It is believed by some exorcists that demons are souls who were condemned to Hell and possession offers them a temporary way out. They will do anything not to go back. Supposedly, the 5 exorcisms in Martin's book were all audiotaped. In one way I wish I hadn't read the book because some of the things that were said and that happened were so vile, but in another way, I wish those who don't believe in the devil or Hell would read it, not to be frightened by what they read but to have their eyes opened.

marcylee · 9 months ago

How do you know if you have a demon?

Girgadis · 9 months ago

Hi marcylee

There are components to possession but one of the things I learned is that most who experience physical possession invited it in some way. Like I said before, it happens but it doesn't happen nearly as often as possession of souls. Just take a look at the world and you see that it's true. I also have a book by Father Gabriel Amorith who resides at the Vatican, or least he used to., and was chief exorcist for the church. His books are less sensational than Malachi Martin's but explain everything much better than I could. I think it's good to be aware of these things but if I had to do it again, I probably would have skipped the Martin book and read something spiritual instead. It's certainly a fascinating subject but I'm not convinced, at least for me personally, that it did anything to make me a better Catholic.

marcylee · 9 months ago

Thanks. Girgadis. I was very involved in the occult before, but I was absolved of those sins. Still, it was like I opened aportal in my soul and it is constant battle to keep these things at bay. My dreams are where I'm most attacked. But I found that if I pray the rosary, I don't get attacked.

Girgadis · 9 months ago

marcylee

Well then you are already using the best weapon there is. A demon told Father Gabriel Amoth that every Hail Mary is a hammer blow to his head. Unfortunately, and I learned this the hard way, the holier we become, the more we get attacked and you never know where it's coming from. I've learned that the time I come back from a retreat is when I'd better expect that someone is going to try to ruin it by provoking me. Some people are really adept at throwing Scripture in your face because they resent your conversion - I remind them that the devil was pretty good at that, too and do they really want to be in that kind of company? I understand what you mean about a portal being opened in your soul. There are many times when things I said or did previous to my converstion come back to haunt me. I feel contaminated by them but then I say what Father Amorth says: "I am protected by the mantle of the Blessed Virgin and there is nothing you can do to hurt me". Have a Blessed day!

Vince · 9 months ago

Let's get some new content going here.

Therese Marie · 9 months ago

" As in....???"

marcylee · 9 months ago

Type your comment here.
I think the point of this website is to discuss abortion. What other content do you need?

marcylee · 9 months ago

I did not type the "type your comment here" thing. It just showed up. Things have gotten so weired on this site in the last 2 weeks.

Vincent_Gervais · 9 months ago

My bad

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

Hi, AMiller (in case you didn't see my response below),

Thank you for your response. I would just like to encourage you to pray the daily Rosary (consisting of Our Father's, Hail Mary's, and Glory Be's while you meditate on the mysteries of Our Lord and Blessed Mother's Life - e.g. the Annunciation, Nativity, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension, Assumption of Mary into Heaven - to name a few of them. For each group of one Our Father, ten Hail Mary's, and one Glory Be, you meditate on one mystery). You can find more information on how to pray the Holy Rosary on the website I gave you earlier, www.catholicscomehome.com

I assure you - the Rosary is an extremely powerful prayer! In fact, my mother was cured of cancer 30 years ago when we were praying the Rosary for her! Also, everywhere Our Blessed Mother is appearing, She is asking us, Her children, to pray the daily Rosary! This is our spiritual weapon that will save the world from all of these herrendous crimes like abortion!

I also wanted to assure you that it would in no way be like you're letting down your parents if you enter our Holy Catholic Church. Believe me, now that your mother is in eternity, she understands everything perfectly, and I'm absolutely certain she would be in agreement of you and your family entering the Catholic Church, since she understands now that this is the Church that Jesus Himself founded to lead us safely into Heaven (complete with the Seven Sacraments that give us sanctifying grace)! Furthermore, you would be even closer to your mother if you became Catholic, because you could then start receiving JESUS HIMSELF in the Sacrament of Holy Communion - in this way, you would have a direct link to your mother!

Please pray to Mary daily (Jesus gave Her to be Mother to all people of the world when He was dying on the Cross) that She will always guide you to where God wants you!

Daniel · 9 months ago

Thanx Linda Andrejek, and I do agree with you about praying to Our Mother Mary I pray the Holy Rosary every night and ever since I could remember my dear mother, who is ill with Ahlzheimer's Disease, but when she was healthy she use to pray the Holy Rosary every night and now that she can't since Alz Disease is a very vicious disease which robs people of their minds but I told her that I was gonna be the bridge to her to continue praying the Rosary religiously as she did when I was a kid btw I am 48 yrs old I find it a very important part of my life praying it especially praying for a cure to Our Lord Jesus and to Our Blessed Mother The Virgin Mary...........Daniel

Margaret · 9 months ago

I love this ad but why didn't it run BEFORE the election. Catholics dropped the ball by not pushing the fact that Catholics should NOT vote for Obama. Now it better late than never but we need to keep pushing so people know how he stands on abortion.

KW · 9 months ago

If you are Catholic, or not, you are right, Catholics dropped the ball.

TheWorm · 9 months ago

Margaret,
Are you a Catholic? Let me tell you something. It wasnt just Catholics that dropped the ball.
It was all Christians. If you think it was just a Cathoilc problem, you are deluding yourself.

amiller · 9 months ago

52% of Catholics.

TheWorm · 9 months ago

Correction 54% of Cathoilcs.
Can you measure other churches? Since they are all so broken up?
Whatever. You are nuts too amiller to blame the Catholics.
So funny. Believe what you want.

amiller · 9 months ago

Go ahead and measure the Assembly of God if you want. See what you find.

amiller · 9 months ago

You need to only speak of the Catholic Church. The one that you know anything about.

amiller · 9 months ago

After being on this site it has shed perfect light to why God felt it necessary for other churches to be formed. Thank Goodness this is not an example of all of Christianity. The Catholic Church is like many different churches, but they all believe something different, and all call them selves catholic, and bicker constantly among each other. I would rather not have any part of anything that is so divided on what God wants.

ski · 9 months ago

The Worm,
You are a pro-choice Catholic. Funny how it makes amiller;s argument correct. You just confuse people and make them think that you are what all Catholics believe.
You and your constant garbage are the farthest from the truth of the Catholic faith.
Sorry to seem so harsh. I really am sorry.

klayman · 9 months ago

Another powerful video. I don't know if it's been posted before

http://www.priestsforlife.org/images/index.aspx

Robertz · 9 months ago

Thank you. Powerful indeed.

amiller · 9 months ago

Thank you Klayman. How can any ones heart take seeing that. Its really about more than I can take. I don't know why i torture myself, with watching things like that. It brings it to reality and makes me want to fight even harder, but i have to admit that I feel a lot of bitterness and anger, that i have to pray about. Thank you though. Where are people's hearts? And what is more important?

Gemma · 9 months ago

"STOP president Obama's ATTACK ON CONSCIENCE"

Please TAKE ACTION NOW to "protect the right of Health care providers to refuse to provide abortions and contraception if it violates their conscience or moral beliefs."

Jesus said that whatever we do the least is done to Him.

Go to the website: Susan B. Anthony List

ski · 9 months ago

Any one and every one should go and sign this list .

We must stand together, no matter how small you think your voice is.
If we all shout together think of the roar it will make.
Let our voices shake Capital Hill.
Do not be afraid.
God bless us all.

Anthony · 9 months ago

The abortion industry is seeking 1.5 billion in taxpayer bailout money.

If you don't want your tax money going to bail them out go to this link --> http://www.sba-list.org/c.ddJBKJNsFqG/b.4148019...

Fill out the information and preview the prewritten letter. After previewing the website will ask for a donation, but it is not required for the petition. Thanks

Ski · 9 months ago

Thanks for the info. I am going to read more now.
Funny, I just read an article that talks how FOCA was going to get passed in small bits, behind the backs of the American people.

Here is what it said.

Charmaine Yoest at Americans United for Life Action warns that, "Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood, and others are saying that they aren’t going to try to pass the 'Freedom of Choice Act' (FOCA). Don’t believe it for a second. If your opponent gives up the frontal attack . . . you better start watching your flank.
We are now seeing the abortion forces waging an incremental battle — working to pass what we have termed 'FOCA-by-Stealth.' They think that if they take FOCA and repackage it and pass it in pieces and under different names . . . that we won’t notice."

Read article here.

//lesfemmes-thetruth.blogspot.com/search/label/Americans%20United%20for%20Life

TheWorm · 9 months ago

Anthony,
What does the abortion industry need a bailout for? I don't understand. Are they broke?

Anthony · 9 months ago

Lets hope.

amiller · 9 months ago

They will never go broke as long as obama is the president. He has already voiced his support for them during their election.

TheWorm · 9 months ago

So what does it mean when it says they need a bailout? I dont' understand.

Ski · 9 months ago

no, they just want a hand out not bail out. :-)

Anthony · 9 months ago

If I were to hazard a guess, it means that they are insolvent and cannot pay their bills. I guess it means that either people are getting less abortions, or the abortion clinics made some poor choices in investments, etc, etc,. I would have to do some hard research to find the answer to that question, but to be honest, I really don't want to waste my time. I don't mean to sound harsh.

TheWorm · 9 months ago

Anthony,
I dont think it's harsh, I understand it takes time to sort the truth out in a lot of matters. I just get confused as to how they would be broke and a hand out if so many are killing their babies. How could they possibly be broke and need a hand out. I want the answer though :) I have a curious mind.
I always look for the truth in things. Maybe that is why people take me the wrong way. Maybe that is abrasive. Maybe the truth can be a bit abrasive. haaaa!

Ski · 9 months ago

Theworm
Did you look it up and find anything about the question you are asking?

Let me know what the answer to it is, I am curious too.

TheWorm · 9 months ago

Ski,
I really can't find how the money is to be spent. Cant find that.
In that letter, they are even hitting the peace corps.
I always thought the Peace Corps was a good thing, not a bad thing. Why would anyone be against the peace corps.
I think they are meaning that taxpayers monies are going to The Mexico City Act. That would be the only tax payer money paying for abortions. Not locally I dont see. I could be wrong though, and that is what I was trying to understand.

ski · 9 months ago

Well, I found out how PP spends it money.......

Planned Parenthood Federation of America extinguished the lives of 244,628 unborn babies — making the organization more deadly than leukemia, brain cancer, skin cancer, diabetes, car accidents, Alzheimer’s disease, and HIV/AIDS combined.

How much of Planned Parenthood's activities are paid for by us as taxpayers? In its 2003-2004 annual report, Planned Parenthood announced that it had received more than $265 million in government grants and contracts for just that one year.

This is nothing new. In the seven years from 1997 to 2003, Planned Parenthood received more than $1.49 billion from American taxpayers. Tragically, in its annual reports, the organization also admits that it has performed 1,398,574 abortions during that time period alone.

But America’s unsuspecting taxpayers have not only financed the abortion industry giant’s disturbing agenda, we have helped Planned Parenthood to accumulate profits of more than $350 million in just those seven years.
2003-2004 ... $ 35.2 million in tax money
2002-2003 ... $ 36.6 million in tax money
2001-2002 ... $ 12.2 million in tax money
2000-2001 ... $ 38.9 million in tax money
1999-2000 .. $ 59.5 million in tax money
1998-1999 ... $125.8 million in tax money
1997-1998 ... $ 42.1 million in tax money

Government grants and contracts continue to be a growing portion of Planned Parenthood’s revenue.
2003-2004 ... $810.0 million total revenue ... $265.2 million in Government Grants & Contracts
2002-2003 ... $766.6 million total revenue ... $254.4 million in Government Grants & Contracts
2001-2002 ... $692.5 million total revenue ... $240.9 million in Government Grants & Contracts
2000-2001 ... $672.6 million total revenue .. $202.7 million in Government Grants & Contracts
1999-2000 ... $627.2 million total revenue ... $187.3 million in Government Grants & Contracts
1998-1999 ... $660.7 million total revenue ... $176.5 million in Government Grants & Contracts
1997-1998 ... $554.2 million total revenue .. $165.0 million in Government Grants & Contracts

Planned Parenthood’s annual spending on public policy matters is astonishing. This is the money Planned Parenthood spends on candidates that support them during elections and money to lobby Congress to convince them to vote in favor of abortion etc. once in office.
2003-2004 ... $39.4 million
2002-2003 .. $39.5 million
2001-2002 ... $36.8 million
2000-2001 ... $24.5 million
1999-2000 ... $20.9 million
1998-1999 ... $20.3 million
1997-1998 ... $11.8 million

As a result of such financial strength, Planned Parenthood has amassed enormous influence at both the state and federal levels.

Anthony · 9 months ago

I do think that Planned Parenthood does a lot of good things and abortions (according to their financial prospectus) only makes up 3% of their budget. I took a look at their financial statements on their website, but they only have the years 2005 to 2007 listed. I think most of their problems took place in the last year, so, it would be difficult to figure out where all their money went.

Linda Andrejek · 9 months ago

planned parenthood does nothing but EVIL; any organization whose main goal is to kill babies (and even many women in the process) is VERY EVIL!

amiller · 9 months ago

agreed linda

Fallen · 9 months ago

The same reason why California needs $200,000 for gang tattoo removal or why Iowa needs money to figure out why their pigs smell so bad (not making it up).

TheWorm · 9 months ago

Fallen,
haaaa! It is so disgraceful what money gets spent on, isnt it? Crazy world. It really is.
Maybe I should do a Timothy Leary, and drop out, tune in and what not. ;)

Hawk5000 · 9 months ago

Interesting, this website does not show you what the letter says they are going to send on your behalf.

I filled in the information and the page errors out. Sounds like a letter writing scam to me.

Anthony · 9 months ago

It worked for me. I don't know what is wrong on your end. I could preview the letter and see the email addresses of the Congressional representatives that the letter was being sent to.

Possibly the website is experiencing difficulties or your browser is mallfunctioning.

Ski · 9 months ago

It worked for me too.
Try again hawk 2. Send your letter.

Linda Andrejek · 10 months ago

Everyone who votes/voted for pro-abortion candidates are responsible for the shedding of the blood of innocent, helpless babies through the atrocious sin of abortion, and they will be held responsible for this. Although God is a Loving and Merciful God, He is also Just, and there are consequences for sin. No one escapes God's Justice. That is why many in the Catholic Church are telling Catholics that they should not receive Jesus in Holy Communion if they voted for obama (until they get this sin forgiven in the Sacrament of Confession). The abortion issue must ALWAYS be the PRIMARY issue to consider when evaluating whether one votes for a particular candidate or not.

IF ONE DOES NOT EVEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIFE, NO OTHER ISSUE MATTERS!!!

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

I could not disagree more, obviously. Voting pro choice is voting to leave the choice up to the individual. If it really is a sin and god really does exist those who have abortions will have to work that out with god.

If the economy continues to tank it will have a devastating and deadly effect on the millions of people who have already been born. The people who's humanity is not up for debate.

SamT · 10 months ago

This is not about choice, it is about life. Pro-abortion or pro-life. The pro-choice name was just put on it to make the murder more acceptable.

liz2 · 10 months ago

I will add hawk, that I still cannot accept how people can place personal responsibilty on a generalized group of people for the individual actions of others.

were those who voted for Bush the second time personally responsible for the blood shed in Iraq and Afganistan?

liz2 · 10 months ago

Charity covers a multitude of sins. Without love even the greatest deeds count as nothing.
What is more important? Pointing fingers at people for past actions or working here and now to help the least of our brothers?

Mark V · 10 months ago

Linda

I didn't vote pro-abortion when I voted for Obama. There were many other issues that were important to me and I also knew that Obama would protect women's rights. The rights of human beings begins at birth, in my opinion, when a new born takes its first breath on his or her own. At that point, they have joined the human race.

Is it possible that because animals don't abort on purpose, that your religion doesn't think humans have that right? If so, it implies that humans are no better than animals, in my oipinion. I hope that's not true.

Linda Andrejek · 10 months ago

Mark V,

NO ONE has the right to take the life of another innocent human being through the evil sin of abortion. The unborn child is a PERSON, distinct from his/her mother, so, I repeat, NO ONE has the right to abort his/her life!

Furthermore, in terms of voting issues, the RIGHT TO LIFE has to ALWAYS be the PRE-EMINENT
issue. As I've stated before, if one does not even have the right to life (which 50,000,000 of our citizens have already been deprived of though the evil sin of abortion), no other issue even matters!!!

Linda Andrejek · 10 months ago

A Holy and Blessed Ash Wednesday and Lenten Season to everyone! I would just like to encourage everyone to pray the daily Rosary during this most holy season of the Church year (especially as a family). Additionally, remember to receive the Sacraments often (especially Jesus Himself in Holy Communion and Confession), fast often and sacrifice for the salvation of souls.

Our Blessed Mother asked us to pray for sinners when She appeared to the three children of Fatima, Portugal in 1917. She stated, "So many souls go to hell because there is no one to sacrifice and pray for them." We must strive to save as many souls as possible during our short time on earth! We must not let Our Lord's Most Precious Blood to have been shed in vain for even one soul! We must strive to save as many as we can by our prayers and sacrifices!

Mark V · 10 months ago

Linda Andrejek

Thanks for the thought.

Micael · 10 months ago

Hawk said,
"When the Pope starts pressuring our political leaders and supreme court justices to do the will of the catholic church instead of the will of the people and the constitution, the catholic church is crossing lines. Laws in this country must be constitutional and protect the rights of the people of this country."

reply:

The American Bishops and the Pope are already doing (their JOB) pressuring CATHOLIC political leaders and all Christians to do as Christ expects us if we truly call ourselves Christian-Catholic.

Really, such rhetoric is really quite ludicrous. An issue as abortion IS a MORAL issue, you'd think religious/moral issues ARE up to the PAYGRADE of such leaders...not a politician. Your only problem is specifically with the Pope because he has instant massive-leadership capability compare to than say a local pastor. However, each and every pastor, even an evangelical leader as Billy Graham has not only such similar capability, but an OBLIGATION to teach precisely because this IS their PAYGRADE! Hence, your singling out of the Pope for simply doing his job as spiritual - moral leader to all Catholics is nothing more than bigoted hogwash.

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

All the religious leaders should teach what they believe. That is not the point of mu comments. There is a difference between teaching your flock and pressuring individuals to make political and legal judgments based on what there religion says they should do and what the constitution and majority of the people in this country want them to do.

I called out the Pope specifically because he is the most powerful of the leaders you mentioned and has made many statements that people in power should do the will of god not the will of the majority they represent.

Charles · 10 months ago

Tremendously effective ad. How can one argue the case for abortion when presented with a case-in-point such as this. Hopefully this ad and this growing movement will help convince America that we can no longer stand by and do nothing while the truly innocent are being murdered in the womb.

Linda Andrejek · 10 months ago

To the Well-Intentioned People on This Site,

Don't get discouraged by the many extremely disrespectful comments against God and our Holy Catholic Church that are starting to appear on this site by very angry and immature people. (In my experience, whenever a lot of good is being accomplished in terms of bringing people back to God, the devil gets extremely angry and starts causing trouble). I truly believe that all of these unmistakably violent comments are the result of the anger of the devil since this site must have been pretty effective in leading souls back to God!

Robertz · 10 months ago

True. A reminder is always helpful in situations like these :D

KW · 10 months ago

Thank you Linda, it is getting a little out of hand!

Mark V · 10 months ago

Linda Andrejek

I feel like you're shoving your beliefs down my throat.

gangy · 10 months ago

Shame on you to say that to Linda, she has been an inspiration to me as a christian and I am not even of the Catholic Faith. She is only telling the truth of how the Lord is soon coming back and warning you of this. Just listen to her and others on here. Time is running out --God bless you Mark . The devil does not want anything good to happen, he is deceiving you to thinks his way is the only way. Heed to the word of God , Amen

Mark V · 10 months ago

gangy

When someone consistantly tells me that I am being driven by the devil, at some point, I'm going to react. Enough is enough.

liz2 · 10 months ago

Mark
you are one of most respectful and compassionate bloggers on this site.

TheWorm · 10 months ago

Mark V,
You always show a kind word for others.

gangy · 10 months ago

God tell us Mark to witness to the ones who do not believe , that is our job as christians to tell you how God loves you and wants you to go to heaven and we are only doing our job, he tells us to go out in the highway and hedges and compell people to come in, its hard and we get fussed at , but our reward will be great for doing Gods work. Look how many years Moses preached to the people as he was building the Ark and only his family went into the Ark. So sad, anyways I will leave you alone I have done my job, GOd said to be a witness and testimony to people and if they do not heed to wipe the dust from your feet as a testimony against them--God bless you Mark

Mark V · 10 months ago

Linda Andrejek

My appologies for my previous statement. I over-reacted. I will make amends.

Michael James · 10 months ago

Why is it that some folks who hug the middle rail say piously that they personally oppose abortion but respect and support the right of someone else to destroy the child in the womb? If there is nothing wrong with abortion it makes little sense or logic to personally oppose it but if it is a grave wrong then it makes even less sense to support the right of anyone to commit a grave wrong. It is no defense to say that abortion is legal and therefore not a wrong when at one time in this country the US Supreme Court said slavery was not a wrong but in fact a constitutional right to own slaves

Jason · 10 months ago

Fine. So from now on, if someone that is forced to have a child that they do not want, that child will be taken from its mother and placed on a plantation to pick lettuce with no pay until it reaches the ripe old age of 18. Then you can have him/her. Sounds fair to me.

TheWorm · 10 months ago

Jason,
Doesnt sound like you are in this fight for human rights. You want them to pick lettuce?

Robertz · 10 months ago

Wow, you would rather have slavery legalized again than to give up abortion?

Jason · 10 months ago

no idiot. that's the point. but if u are going to control people's bodies, what's the difference. You cannot legislate morality. If you want to stop abortion, start knocking on doors and head them off at the pass.

Robertz · 10 months ago

But you are trying to control the bodies of the unborn children. Abortion and slavery both involve controlling the lives and bodies of human beings. The baby's body is that of the baby, it is not the mother's body. Immorality is certainly imposed by the courts though :) Murder has been made illegal by legislation. So yes morality can be legislated. Thank you for calling me an idiot. It certainly helps to push through whatever argument you have.

klayman · 10 months ago

But can't we ask someone to have a month or two of inconvenience (it's only inconvenient in the 9th month), and a few hours of uncomfortable contractions? That is not too much to ask for a lifetime for another human. As soon as the baby is born she can sign away her rights and some amazing couple will welcome the baby into their lives.

TheWorm · 10 months ago

No one wants abortions do they?

Micael · 10 months ago

Hey Fallen,

How is this ad "shoving" anything, but mere100% positivity. What is so wrong with a message of absolute HOPE amidst a sea of gloom. There is not one ounce of hatred or imposition of anything, but the message of hope that exist in the story of our President Barak Obama from his very beginnings!!!

What is so offensive? Would it be more acceptable in your eyes if the sponsor was anything but a group of faithful citizens? Can it be that THAT is what makes it offensive...because of merely whom its coming from, not what it truly says.

If that is the case its nothing more than hipocritical bigotry, and I believe that is what CNN and NBC is precisely doing: nothing less than absolute censorship of the voice of US citizens because of religion. THAT is categorically unconstitutional.

Fallen · 10 months ago

I wasn't talking about this ad. I was talking about a comment someone made a while ago.

Micael · 10 months ago

Fallen,

Please explain to me how being Pro-Choice is not being Pro-Abortion. Nobody is saying a Pro-Abortionist is defined as simply one who desires to eliminate all babies inside the womb, but instead JUST an individual that ALLOWS for the killing of an unborn baby...giving that personal choice.

How is that different from those living in the 1860 saying that since Slavery was constitutional- they had no right to deny a Southern slave-owner that right even though they were personally against it. Would you consider such an individual merely "Pro-Choice" and not Pro-Slavery.

HOss · 10 months ago

The truth doesn't change with the polls or the times. How many Christian churches bear this trait today? I know of only one, and that is the Catholic Church. However, I have much respect for the Mormans, and believe they have been blessed by God. In fact, I believe many religions have been blessed by God because of the Faith and works of their followers.

True, there is no salvation outside of the Cathoilc Church. That does not mean that only Catholics go to heaven. What it does mean is that Jesus Christ is the head of the Catholic Church and he is the judge. Therefore, no salvation outside of the Catholic Church is synonymous with no salvation outside of Jesus. The Catholic Churuch does not teach that anyone is surely in Hell. Not even Judas. We make no presumptions as to the will of God. We do, however, recognize saints, whom we know to be in Heaven. That's a beautful thing.

Aborted babies and those who are miscarried, are known as the Holy Innocents. There is a beautiful shrine for them in Southern South Dakota. Just west of Yankton. Check it out.

Catholics need your prayers and help. Especially in the fight for the unborn. Thanks to LDS, Southern Baptists, and the many others who recognize innocent humanity at its most vulnerable. We will win in the end!

Michael James · 10 months ago

It may well be that the Church has not officially proclaimed the eternal loss of Judas to the fires of hell but Sacred Scripture, in the words of Jesus, states that it would have been better that he not been born. Pretty strong words from the Savior. Again, Jesus tells us in John's Gospel that he did not lose anyone except Judas. What do you suppose he meant by that?

Heather Lawson · 10 months ago

WOW! Fantastic video. I'm LDS and WOULD LOVE to join with the Catholics. You guys ROCK! Horray for the moral courage to swim UPSTREAM!

Jim S. · 10 months ago

Of course, they don't want anyone to see this. It is straight forward and to the point and may actually make sense to the millions of sheep that watch CNN and NBC.

DSBrittain · 10 months ago

Liberal Media is killing our society. Whatever is wrong with the USA, NBC and CNN is making it worse.

Fallen · 10 months ago

The conservative media lies just as much.

DSBrittain · 10 months ago

The conservative response is an organic and real response to the over zealous liberal, secular, response of the lost souls.

Anthony · 10 months ago

Name something this mythical "conservative" media lied about.

Boon Grant · 10 months ago

I paid for an abortion of my offspring 20 years ago, but only when I got married and had children years later did I realize the horror of what I had done. I pray for my own forgiveness as my third child grows in my wife's womb today. I also pray that Obama grant today's 'at risk' unborn the same chance at life that he had, that he end all taxpayer funding of abortions and that he resist saddling future generations with debt for today's political convenience.

Carl Lobaugh · 10 months ago

As an atheist I for one think the ad is GREAT! I have always believed that murdering our unborn deprives the human race of great potential. How many future doctors, world leaders, scientists, have we lost already to this Holocaust of the unborn? The person who could have cured cancer, diabetes, and any number of "incurable" diseases was probably aborted, stuffed into a "biohazard" container buried in some land fill or cremated.

DSBrittain · 10 months ago

Thank you Carl! Reason lives!!

Fallen · 10 months ago

Finally, another atheist here. Welcome!

DSBrittain · 10 months ago

Hey Fallen,
Your crap views are tolerated today because of the Christian values this country was founded on. Islam would have already slit your throat. ..............damn!

Fallen · 10 months ago

My crap views? You mean tolerance towards the beliefs and others, and the idea of a secular government?

Jason · 10 months ago

You pro-deathers are a piece of work - I won't tell you what to do with your body, but don't think I won't tell you what to do with the human being living inside of your body.

Oh the blood on the hands of all the pro-deathers will seal their eternal fate. Maybe they will be poor and helpless one day in their old age and will have a chance to experience the cruel abuse they propagate.

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

Your faith does not get to automatically make the laws of this country.

And according the religious fanatics god makes everything, so god made abortion possible and god makes all the contraceptives.

Maybe i should thank you god for making childless sex an option.

Micael · 10 months ago

SAD4ppl,

Can't you see the excuse of doing what you want to do to your body does not cut it. That is NOT your body. It is a completely separate individual that our creator has blessed you with! And as far as condoms, and contraception are concerned- the issue is not to have your cake and eat it: SEX simply for the purpose of individual pleasure (primary the male in the case of youth). Such a concept is as good as encouraging a national Pro-Bulimia campaign as a healthy way of WEIGHT control. Well just as it contradicts the natural law to vomit your food so you can enjoy the pleasure of eating, SEX outside of the order of nature contradicts our very own natures as creatures of TRUE LOVE.

"...no one should have the right to tell you what to do with your body."

By the way, that is NOT YOUR body. It is the body of Christ, the temple of the Holy Spirit, which was bought at a very dear price. (see 1 Corinthians 6:19-20),

May God bless you!

PS: We believe in teaching responsibly, but just as you don't teach 1) a 5th grader military level GUN control and hand him a machine gun, 2) Alcohol control then hand him a JW bottle, or 3) have them take a driving school course then give them a Ferrari. You simply can not presume that "education" alone, in spite of level of maturity, would prevent misuse of their God-given "talents", just as those- 17 - young girls, all having taken SexEd class yet deciding to get pregnant at the same time. Providing condoms to them would primarily serve the victimizers here those tatking advantage of 16 yr old girls and getting away with STATUTORY RAPE. see article : www.tinyurl.com/4h2h8s

sad4ppl · 10 months ago

Micael,

Putting a quote next to a bible verse holds now power. I believe the bible is a great story book, thats about as far as it goes. So to put my quote next to a bible verse means completely nothing to me!

sad4ppl

Island Girl · 10 months ago

This is a catholic site.............so why do you even bother with an opinion?

AlexaShrugged · 10 months ago

This is such a powerful video. Obama was exactly the kind of child pro-choicers think should be aborted. And now here they are hailing him as their messiah. EVERY life is precious, EVERY life has meaning, no matter the circumstances of its conception or childhood. And life trumps body, EVERY TIME.

Mary · 10 months ago

Does anyone have that YouTube link for the 12 year old girl who gives the speech against abortion? I've heard part of it and it's wonderful. Could the clip be used on this website?

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzHM11BLiR4

scrappy · 10 months ago

Another lie from hawk2.

Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOR1wUqvJS4

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

oh sorry, did i past the wrong link? my bad.

scrappy · 10 months ago

Not to worry. You probably still have time to repent.

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

no need, hell is a scare tactic born from the minds of man to control mankind.

I am free.

Jason · 10 months ago

So hawk2, do you believe that there is no consequence to your actions in this life, after you die? If so, why not be an anarchist? If you think that, I guess you probably think there was nothing wrong with slave owners and Hitler?

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

i fined it funny that you call me ignorant.

You do not need to believe in the holy bible to have morals. Being an atheist no more makes you murderer than believing in god makes a person a saint.

scrappy · 10 months ago

Do you want to be a saint?

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

Hell no, i am happy being me.

scrappy · 10 months ago

Do you have morals? If so, where did you get them?

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

Of course I have morals, some of them I got from my parents, not all. Some of them I figured out all on my own.

Civilized society was around before the bible and people lived my social and moral codes. The bible did not event morality.

Robertz · 10 months ago

God's Truth has always existed (really God exists outside of our notion of time), long before the Catholic Church put the Bible together according to Tradition 3 centuries after the death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ Jesus. After the fall of man, original sin, God began (in our notion of time) his mission for the redemption of all of mankind, to be fulfilled through Christ. Morals according to the Truth are known to man as revealed by God long before the canon of the Bible. The path is for all, but few choose it.

scrappy · 10 months ago

Indeed, free will is one of God's greatest gifts. You're free to post bogus youtube links and we're free to realize how ignorant and juvenile you are.

Jason · 10 months ago

The sick truth is the fact that pro-murder's (the abortion crowd) love to use women like the presidents mother as their poster-"child". When they have to face the fact that such a person can choose to have a child and that child grows-up to become the president...ewe they can't face that. How pathetic the pro-death crowd is.

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

We are not the ones who kept you video off the air. That was the choice of the network. Your video is not threat to the abortion laws. I hope a network picks it up.

I am more of a pro separation of church and state person then a pro death person.

Jason · 10 months ago

I'm all for making sure the state doesn't impose any one religion on me. I'm not catholic. But, just because a large number of "religious" people want to protect a baby in the womb doesn't mean that the state is supporting a religious belief. Most religious people are anit-child molester; does that mean we should scrap laws protecting our youth because it has the support of the "church"?

Why can't anti-lifers error on the side of the fact that "maybe, just maybe" this "thing" in the womb "might" just be a human-being entitled to life? What's wrong with saying that - I mean hey I would rather be wrong and say "it's" a human and give it life than the other way around.

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

I keep raising the issue of separation of church and state because 99% of the argument that abortion should be band is because god said so. That argument does not fly all on it's own.

In the early stages of development a fetus does not even have a functional brain. Brain function is not present until 24 to 27 weeks. I don't feel it is a person when it does nto even have brain activity.

When a living person is in the hospital and has a Lack of EEG activity, brain dead,that is when doctors decide to pull the plug.

JB · 10 months ago

Hawk,

You keep putting out these false numbers. Please contact some doctors that take the oath to protect life and learn that a baby has a heart beat between day 15 and day 17 after conception. When there is a heart beat, there is brain function. A heart beat can also be seen on an ultrasound as early as 8 weeks, which is only 6 weeks after conception since the time table of a pregnancy begins before conception. How does the heart beat without brain function? It can't. As I have said before, and provided you with factual information, a baby dieing of natural causes before 20 weeks is called a miscarriage. A baby dieing after 20 weeks in the womb (of natural causes) is called a "still born" because the baby is considered by the MEDICAL WORLD - SCIENCE to be viable. Now, if you want to argue with science, take it to them.

God Bless -

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

The numbers I have given are from The Facts of Life, a book written by Harold Morowitz and James Trefil in 1992. What is the source of your data?

Serf · 10 months ago

Awesome, Cuts to the Chase.
and.... to those clowns echoing "It's my body; I will do with it what I want!" be reminded you can't be a prostitute with your body, You can't take the recreational drugs you want in your body and in most states you can' even ride a motercycle without a helmet so quit the nonsense about "it's my body". all of our bodies are regulated in one way or another by big brother, get over it.

Island Girl · 10 months ago

It's amazing when you realize that Obama is pro choice. Maybe because his mother sent him at the age of 11 to live with grandparents, he feels she had a choice and chose to keep him. He of all people, should be against abortion.

Micael · 10 months ago

Hawk,

Thomas Jefferson's comments are personal comments that actually do not disagree with our argument.

But that is a side note. His letter is NOT the constitution, hence the error of placing too much importance to a personal letter written in 1802, in a land that certainly did not refute personal expressions of religion in Governmental documents and displays. (Hence the error of such a Secularist-Atheist interpretation.)

With that in mind I remind all what the first ammendment specifically does state:

“ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof... ”

Secondly, the establishment clause merely says that the State shall not establish ONE particular "religion" or denomination as its "religion" as had occured in England with the "Church of England"...specifically Anglicanism/Episcopalianism.

Actually, as opposed to what many modernist have misinterpreted the First amendment does NOT endorse a presumption for a irreligious State...it is quite the opposite it means it endorses a complete pluralistic state open to all religious expressions including the Atheist 'Religion or Irreligion (For religion simply infers to a belief system- Atheism is the belief in a Non-God) .

Hence, we see the grave error of trying to make government a complete irreligious state. For any default irreligious goverment, would be IN FACT and establisment of the atheist religion (as a Communist state) and truly be a violation of the first amendment.

This is the Crux of the Matter. As per the first amendment is written there is no such thing as a the non-religious state or for even Secularism, Agnosticism, and Atheism ARE belief systems. Therefore the government can not can should not discourage the religious beliefs of any particular individual...in fact it should facilitate the free practice thereof in all circumstances in all public arenas particularly Government- as the most Public expression of such. Americans are Atheist, Baptists, Buddhist, Catholic, Episcopalian, Jewish, Secularist, etc. or any combination of the above- Thus allowing ALL their particular expression in the public square of Government DOES NOT equate with the establishment of A particular religion, and surely does not prohibit - but encourages the free exercise thereof. ALL PERFECTLY IN LINE WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT!!!

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

This comes down to interpretation of the constitution.

So you mean to tell me that you are more qualified to interpret the constitution of the united states than it's principle author?

In the Danbury letter, Jefferson defines the first amendment as a wall separating church and state. this is why the United States Supreme court has reference this letter in several cases that have to do with enforcing separation of church and state, McCollum v. Board of Education a case where the supreme court ruled that publicly funded schools could not teach religion.

I understand that you would like to interpret the first amendment so that it would support your argument but the author has already showed that it does not.

JB · 10 months ago

Hawk,

We had this discussion days ago. Jefferson was promising his consttuents that he would protect their rights to exercise their religion without allowing the government to interfer. If you don't remember this was my explanation:

Hank,

Yes, Jefferson just confirms the the government can not and should not establish a National reiligion, not his nor anyone else's. He goes on to say that the government can not legislate laws that interfer with a religion. " I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man his natural rights, convinced that he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties." A man's natural rights are those in his beliefs in God (religion), or no belief. The government can not force a belief on that person. He was telling his constituants that he was prepared to protect their beliefs. that the government can not interfer in their religion. His wall is protecting the religion from government, not keeping moral beliefs out of government. " Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the Nation in behalf of the rights of conscience,"

God Bless-

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

I am not debating weather "moral" beliefs should be kept out of government. I am arguing that laws can not stem only from religious belief.

Jefferson also said in this letter, “make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” thus building a wall of separation between church and state."

Clearly saying that the first amendment is meant to separate church from state and state from church. Don't take my word for it. This is how Jefferson viewd it and how the US supreme court sees it.

JB · 10 months ago

Hawk,

Let us then really look at history. The Supreme Court did not interpret the Constitution in this way until after Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to pass the New Deal. He knew that parts of his New Deal would not pass the interpretation of the Constitutuion as it was at the time, so what did he do, he STACKED the court with those that would change interpretations that had held for MANY years prior. It was the only way to pass his New Deal, and look at what we have today. We have a court that not only interprets it much differently, bu also one that tries to legislate from the bench. The court case you gave earlier came after the New Deal, as was all tax cases brought up afterwards dealing with not paying taxes because of religious beliefs, Ex: the Amish cases. Actually, the SC went against the first amendment in favor of the tax amendment in their dessent. So, I guess it depends on "how the court" is stacked as to the interpretation of the Constitution. Now, you might say, that many were Republican placed. Yes, but they certainly didn't judge according to the beliefs of those that nominated them. Quite a disappointment, but a chance we all take when electing those we "think" have the same MORAL views that we hold.

Also, the largest fear for our citizens at the time of the Constitution was the fear of a government forcing a ONE religion on all. That is what was occuring at the time. One can understand why the FIRST ammendment was the FIRST. Our nation had just escaped this in England and other areas.


God Bless -

DD · 10 months ago

Three times as many black babies are aborted as white ones—a ratio that has grown by 50% over the past 15 years.

African-American women make up 13% of the female population but account for 36% of all abortions according to data from the Census Bureau and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fifteen million fetal African-American children have been aborted since Roe v. Wade.

Seven of 10 abortion clinics are located in minority neighborhoods.

Jason · 10 months ago

Very good point. That's a point the other side doesn't want people to know about.

Hawk5000 · 10 months ago

If those stats are real than people should know that. I am not one for hiding the facts.

Fallen · 10 months ago

Abortion isn't marketed soley towards black Americans. Ever think of some of the socio-economic aspects?

Robertz · 10 months ago

Read up on the founder of Planned Parenthood and why she created it. Might change your perspective on this.

Fallen · 10 months ago

That was 93 years ago.

Robertz · 10 months ago

Nothing has changed.

Mary · 10 months ago

What an amazing example of what life can bring.

Chad · 10 months ago

I love this don’t tell me what to do with my body...well its not your body it’s a baby another human life...what right do you have to kill it...If a female is pregnant heading to an abortion clinic to kill her baby who didn’t even ask to be here and is hit by a drunk driver and the baby dies the driver is charged with murder...but the doctor can kill it and its ok...how the heck does that make any sense....As long as we live in a unmoral state we will fall....They ( cnn nbc) will show sex, drugs, violence...but god forbid they show truth.

Cathy · 10 months ago

Perfectly put!!!

What about the baby's body??

AJ · 10 months ago

So are you suggesting that all the people who have gotten abortions thus far are going to hell for their sins?

firefly · 10 months ago

Sin will be counted against all people who reject Jesus.

Getting an abortion is one sign of rejecting Jesus.

It isn't too late to accept Jesus until you die, and you don't know when that might happen.

AJ · 10 months ago

So unless you repent to Jesus you go straight into the fiery depths for all eternity?

You obviously don't care to REALLY think how insane that sounds.

scrappy · 10 months ago

You obviously don't care that it might be true.

Michael Gabriel · 10 months ago

Like it or not, there are absolute truths in this universe. For example, a gasoline powered engine only runs on gasoline, no matter how much you want to believe it will run on water.

John 14:6 - Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Jesus himself makes it pretty clear that He alone is the only way to the Father - not through Buddah, Mohammed, etc.

As for acts, here is what the Bible says about our works:

Isa. 64:6 - But we are all like an unclean [thing], And all our righteousnesses [are] like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.

Our human "acts" or "works", no matter how good we judge them to be by our human standards, do us no good in reaching Heaven. Only by the shed blood of Our Savior, Jesus Christ, can we hope to be with Him in Heaven.

These are the plain facts, and hopefully you will accept Him before it's too late...

scrappy · 10 months ago

No doubt many of them are. Do you have a problem with that?

AJ · 10 months ago

What about gay people? Are they going to hell too unless they plead with Jesus to forgive them for their evil ways?

scrappy · 10 months ago

If by "gay people" you mean people who perform homosexual acts, then yes, they are in jeopardy too. All sinners are in jeopardy. Are you a sinner?

AJ · 10 months ago

Yes, I'm a sinner. And so are you.

So you're saying a Muslim or Buddhist or Hindu, etc. out there who is a great person and devoted to their God but who never recognizes Jesus Christ as their "Savior" will still go to hell despite the fact that they may perform more kind, helpful acts and be more loving and caring in their lifetime than you or any Christian?

scrappy · 10 months ago

This is what the Church teaches: (CCC 847)

Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation

sad4ppl · 10 months ago

scrappy...please seek help!

scrappy · 10 months ago

Aren't you following your conscience? This should be good news for you.

Michael Gabriel · 10 months ago

Like it or not, there are absolute truths in this universe. For example, a gasoline powered engine only runs on gasoline, no matter how much you want to believe it will run on water.

John 14:6 - Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Jesus himself makes it pretty clear that He alone is the only way to the Father - not through Buddah, Mohammed, etc.

As for acts, here is what the Bible says about our works:

Isa. 64:6 - But we are all like an unclean [thing], And all our righteousnesses [are] like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.

Our human "acts" or "works", no matter how good we judge them to be by our human standards, do us no good in reaching Heaven. Only by the shed blood of Our Savior, Jesus Christ, can we hope to be with Him in Heaven.

These are the plain facts, and hopefully you will accept Him before it's too late...

AJ · 10 months ago

Yeah, but I'm sorry to say that you don't know the absolute truth about who's going to heaven and who's going to hell. Because you possess no mental faculties that I don't.

I don't care if you're Jesus, Muhammad, the Pope, Martin Luther, Albert Einstein, Ronald Reagan, or Barack Obama, you don't know what happens to us when we die. And you certainly don't know who's going where if there is such a thing as heaven and hell.

Michael Gabriel · 10 months ago

It's true, only God the Father alone knows the names of those who are written in the Book of Life and will go to Heaven, and those who have rejected Him and, by their own choice, will have an eternity of seperation from Him in Hell.
If you believe in the Bible, and that it is the inspired word of God, then you will also find that Heaven and Hell are both real places.
I am not omniscient or omnipotent as a mere human being, but God is, and by accepting the free gift He has given me by sending His only Son, Jesus Christ, who died for my sins, I know that I will be with Him upon my death because he has said as much. I guess it is a question of faith, but are you willing to gamble your eterninty on being wrong?
Remeber, of all the individuals you listed, only one (Jesus) died and rose again by conquering death, and by His death and accepting Him as my Savior and Lord, I am assured of where I am going when I die...I hope you accept this free gift He has given, and have peace in your heart on where you will be for eternity as well.

MomGrandma · 10 months ago

This ad should not have been banned.
We all need to stand up for the beauty and dignity of each life from the moment of conception.
God Bless.

Rikki Dorian · 10 months ago

Hi All, I am an early member and want you to know I am so glad at how vigilant you are going about things without being overtly militant (for lack of a better word.) These issues mean a great deal to me, and I am not able to do much but I feel so reassured about how you handle things and are fighting the good fight. I will diligently support you in prayer and wherever I can to extend the voice of the unborn. Thank you for the beautiful and very impressive work your doing in these videos. They are so powerful. God Bless .

PEPPERPATCH · 10 months ago

Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, what color is the sky in your world? Others here have adequately answered your hypothetical " ..would it have been ok to abort Hitler," question. The bigger question re: the state owning the woman's body. That answer is no. But the first responsibility of the state is to protect human life. When a woman engages in an act that has the potential to create another body, the state should be duty-bound to protect it.

America will not reject abortion until America see abortion. Those of you who support infanticide open the link shown below and view the fruits of your labor, if you've the guts to do so.

http://www.priestsforlife.org/resources/photosa...

Jane Doe · 10 months ago

Beautiful add, spoke volumnes

Rick Janke · 10 months ago

Team Jesus,
May Christ Bless you all who work to destroy the Abortion machine of this age.

Those seeking a cure for Cancer or Aids are the same folks that support Abortion not realizing that the person smart enough to find a cure, has been executed by an Abortion.

In One Body,
Anton the Hammer

Trish · 10 months ago

No Nathan, the arguement is that because every child has the potential to become president or to fulfill their unique destiny, their lives should not be distroyed in utero due to the fact that hardship may await them ourside of the womb. Clearly being a man you cannot have the experience of carrying a child, buy if you could you would know that an unborn child is much more than an animated, parasitic, blob of tissue, neither is the child's body simply and extention of the mother's. For this reason the body of the child no more belongs to the mother than the mothers body belongs to the state. The difference between the life and death of a baby should not be its location with regard to the mother's body.

joy! · 10 months ago

"Canadians packed St. Basil's Church in Toronto on Monday.....to hear Archbishop Charles Chaput speak about how Catholics should live out their faith in the public square. He warned that in the US, Catholics need to act on their faith and be on guard against"a spirit of aulation bordering on servility" that exisits towards the Obama administration."

"President Obama is a man of intelligence and some remarkable gifts. He has a great ability to inspire, as we saw from his very popular visit to Canada...." But whatever his strengths, there's no way to reinvent his record on abortion and related issues with rosy marketing about unity hope and change. Some things really do change when a person reaches the White House.......But as Catholics, we at least need to be honest with ourselves and each other about the politcal facts we start with."

"Yet this will be ' very hard for Catholics in the United States,' Chaput warned." Chaput offered several points:

"The third point to focus on when the beliefs of Catholics are challenged is that 'it doesn't matter what we CLAIM to believe if we're unwilling to ACT on our beliefs, ' Chaput counseled. The fourth and final thing to remember, and there's no easy way to say it,..... . is that the "church in the US has done a poor job of forming the faith and conscience of Catholics for more than 40 years.' "

"And now we're harvesting the results---in the public square, in our families and in the confusion of personal lives. "

"American Catholics need to realize that many in the current generation haven't just been 'assimilated' into the American culture, but have in fact been 'absorbed and bleached and digested by it,' Archbishop Chaput asserted.'" Citing the example of 'unhappy, self-described Catholics who complain that abortion is too much of a litmus test,' he stated, 'We can't claim to be "Catholic and "pro-choice' at the same time without owning the responsibility for where the choice leads - TO A DEAD UNBORN CHILD' '"

The archbishop also addressed the "abortion reduction" argument being made by some in politics.
" 'We can't talk piously about programs to reduce the abortion body count without also working vigorously to change the laws that make the killing possible. It we're Catholic, then we believe in the sanctity of developing human life. And if we don't REALLY believe in the humanity of the unborn child from the moment life begins, then we should TOP LYING to ourselves and others, and even to God, by claiming we're something we're not.' "

JB · 10 months ago

Joy,

Let us all thank God for Bishop Chaput. He is very blessed and speaks for our Lord's unborn very well. I am thrilled that the article you posted began with "Canadians packed St. Basil's Church in Toronto on Monday". Many answered God's call, and I am sure He is pleased. I thank God for calling them to His messenger.

Another fact that was brought to my attention the other day is very SAD INDEED!!! We, as American citizens, have killed (since Roe v. Wade) more than 48 MILLION of our American citizens as declared by the Declaration of Independence in one of the first lines, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are CREATED equal, that they are endowed by their CREATOR with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Canada's population as of 2008 is 33,212,696. We have killed more than a complete existing nation. SO SAD!!! I am SURE that this has HURT our LORD MORE THAN WE WILL EVER UNDERSTAND!

I pray that as a nation we can all answer God's call to save His unborn without the NEED of Bishop Chaput and others like him. I pray that we, as a nation, love God first above all and respect His decisions and choices above all, including saving His unborn. I pray that people find strength within to fight this battle against evil FOR OUR LORD. I pray that people stop looking for others to speak, to them to teach them that abortion is wrong, and find that it is WRONG within themselves through our Lord and help the people sent by God (such as Bishop Chaput) fight for our Lord against this evil.

God Bless -

CindyPA · 10 months ago

JB
You know what I find that is interesting. Canada as a country has some of the most easy abortion laws out there. But when you look at the reported deaths in 2006 I cant find them for 2007 and 2008, but they are reported as just under 100,000 deaths.
So you stated they have a population of 33,212,696 and yet just under 100,000 abortions.
But they also have UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE.

I just wonder if that has something to do with it. They don't have to worry if they get sick, beacuse they have insurance for everyone.

Linda Andrejek · 10 months ago

Adam,

I would like to take this opportunity to clarify a very erroneous concept you presented in one of your earlier comments. Although you were accurate in your comments against abortion and contraception in your one comment by defending the sanctity of life, you were NOT accurate in another comment where you defended homosexuality, which is actually a disorder. God made them "male and female" (Book of Genesis), not male and male or female and female. God is very clear in the revelation of His Plan when creating the human race. Additionally, God knows what is best for everyone, and believe me, He always wants what is best for His children, because He is LOVE! So the way that God has so ordained everything is truly what is BEST for everyone!

Just as no one has the right to thwart God's Plan in bringing new life into the world (everyone needs to respect life), in the same way - no one has the right to promote a way of life that goes against the way God planned. People who have the disorder of homosexuality just need to get healing through prayer and the Sacraments, just as people with any disorder need to get healing. Every single person who has ever lived (except for Jesus and Mary Who never had sin or the effects of sin) has some type of disorder to work on, due to the fact that we are all born with original sin. Our job, then, is to strive to model our lives after Jesus and Mary, thereby preparing for Heaven (our True Home) by becoming as holy as possible. We accomplish this by getting healed of our disorders and growing in virtue by means of prayer (especially the daily Rosary) and receiving the Sacraments often (especially Jesus Truly present in Holy Communion and Confession).

Tony · 10 months ago

Abortion turns "Yes, we can" into "No, you won't"

Linda Andrejek · 10 months ago

Hawk,

God's purpose in instituting the Sacrament of Marriage was for husband and wife to bring new life into the world! Therefore, every legitimately married couple has the obligation (due to the state of life that God has called them to) to cooperate with God in bringing new life into the world.

Furthermore, as I've stated so many, many times already, contraception is a SERIOUS sin. It thwarts the Plan of God Who has so deigned that the marital act (which ONLY married people can engage in) would bring new life into the world.

Students need to be taught ABSTINENCE ONLY through respect of self, respect of others, and respect for their future spouse (to whom they should be able to give a complete gift of themself to after they enter into the Sacrament of Matrimony.

hawk · 10 months ago

You religious beliefs in god, marriage, contraception, and child birth are your views. Majority of this county do not agree with you on contraception and child birth.

Your faith is yours and you are welcome to it.

As for teaching abstinence only in public schools. That is just wrong. It does not work. In resent studies high school kids that took abstinence pledges had the same number of sexual partners and STD infections as student who did not take the pledge.

36 states allow parents to opt out of sexual education, and teach abstinence only at home if they choose. This should be expanded to all states.

The reality is kids are going to have sex. I feel it is completely irresponsible not only to teach kids the gravity of this choice but to give them the tools to be as safe as possible if they choose to have sex. Every one makes mistakes. By not teaching kids about the risks of sex and giving them the tools to protect themselves there first sexual mistake could cost them there lives.

Linda Andrejek · 10 months ago

Hawk,

These views I shared above regarding the sinfulness of contraception are God's views, not just my views. And God always knows what is best, because He created us all.

The other clarification I want to make here is that it IS possible for young people to observe abstinence. People who don't believe this truly don't realize the potential of young people. As I've said in an earlier comment, young people are capable of great virtue and even heroism, if only people would stop shoving sin down their throats.

Charles Banks Jr. · 10 months ago

You are simply describing the results of what occurs when you take God out of schools. Prior to 1963......a pregnancy was rare......spit-balls and talking in class were the major disciplinary problems. I remember, I was there. Things will get worse unless God is brought back into the lives of our children.

Those who claim that the US Constitution provides for the separation of church and state are ignorant of the fact that this concept and these words are "NOT" in the US Constitution. The concept was extrapolated from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist Church. Jefferson was assuring the church that another Christian denomination could not become the denomination of the United States. He was simply stating that the government was protected by the Constitution from coming under the influence of a particular denomination. Religion was never to be disallowed from our public institutions; but simply no aprticular Christian denomination was to be dominant. No more and no less.

Linda Andrejek · 10 months ago

Charles Banks Jr,

Everything you stated in your comment above is so true! Part of the reason that our country is experiencing so much moral decline is the fact that God has been forced out of so many of our educational institutions. It is also true how you stated that the founding fathers of our country did NOT intend God to be taken out of our educational institutions; in fact, they founded our country upon God!!!

Morgan · 10 months ago

Abstinence-only education doesn't work, and not everybody believes in conservative Catholic beliefs. If marriage is for having children, should two people who are sterile and unable to have children be banned from getting married?

Bit · 10 months ago

The quicker God puts an end to this world the better. We as a human race are incapable of doing anything right or just. It's all about being accountable and now we live in the most defeatest nation in the world making it ok to slaughter ourselves in the name laziness and lack of accountability. God, please just pull the plug.

Mark V · 10 months ago

Bit

There's also a lot of beauty in the world and in people. One need only allow themselves to see it.

liz2 · 10 months ago

Good grief!
God is mercy and love.
Why would anyone want to give themselves to simply a God of Justice. No His Mercy is what brings us to Him. Mercy. If we were to be tried by simply justice none of us would make it to heaven.
Mercy. Love.

hawk · 10 months ago

I am glad you are fighting for the anti abortion team.

Aimeee · 10 months ago

Bit doesnt need any counseling! Yall are crazy if your not desiring for God to destroy this fallen world and for Him to make the New Earth. Cristains will be able to physically WALK with Jesus!! Im more than ready for that.. So Bit? I agree with you!

JB · 10 months ago

Aimee,
I too look forward to walking with our Lord in PURENESS and LOVE. I do pray for God's MERCY on our nation. As an adult, I have to accept responsibility in NOT taking a role sooner in helping our Lord against this evil of killing His unborn, His choices and decisions. I pray for that mercy of our Lord, and look forward to His coming too. If it is God's plan to "pull the plug" (as Bit put it) in order to save more souls from being drawn into this evil, then so be His Will. I will follow our Lord's Will and pray for His mercy, and not His justice.

Thank you for reminding us of the BEAUTY of our Lord's coming. Living Heaven bound is the way to LIVE with our Lord.
God Bless -

hawk · 10 months ago

is this why so many christians and catholics don't give a rats but about the environment?

Aimeee · 10 months ago

What does the enviroment have to do with this? And thats absolutally not true! If we disrespect the enviroment, we disrespect God's Creation

JB · 10 months ago

Hawk,

I don't know about your area, but in our area, MANY are out daily cleaning up our envirionment and rebuilding homes and putting people in homes to help to further the quality of their lives. Can you say the same? Our Catholic Church is one of the biggest communities actually out there working to help others. We are also a community that fights for the lives of God's unborn. Without the fight for life, how can you fight for "things" to sustain life. If one doesn;t fight for life from the beginning, the fight becomes a fight for one's self. That is a selfish fight.

And while I am at it. American's DO NOT KNOW reall poverty. Yes, we have poor, but we also have many governmental programs and charitable programs out there to be used. If people don't turn to those, then that is a choice, but the PROGRAMS are there. Have you been to other areas of our world. TRUE POVERTY exisr!! I have been there, and many of my family have been there to help. These people in other parts of the world DO NOT have people nor places to go to get even the basic of clean water. If they go outside of their area, they risks being killed. Whole communities are killed for bringing unrest to their people by fighting for things such as clean water. You speak of our economic crisis ABOVE our Lord and His unborn. Open your eyes. This crisis is NOTHING complared to others. I really DON"T see God putting our economic "crisis" ABOVE the CRISIS of HIS UNBORN.

Hawk, what are you doing to help poverty? Is it just lip service, becasue that serves no purpose in my opinion.


God Bless -

AJ · 10 months ago

Human beings have always been this way, Bit.

I take it you don't study history, anthropology, sociology, etc. or else you would know that already.

If there was a God and He was ever going to put an end to the world, He would have done it a long time ago. Our world has always been a complicated mish-mash of the despicable, beautiful, profane, holy, sinful, soulful, violent, caring, hurtful, and hopeful that are in each and every living thing.

Mike Hall · 10 months ago

Liberals can't handle the truth.

Jeff Roe · 10 months ago

Amen.

Jason · 10 months ago

I believe the one element missing from this discussion is ABSTINENCE. If you are not prepared to have a child DO NOT HAVE SEX! Sex makes babies, no sex equals no babies. Keep it in you pants or keep the child.

hawk · 10 months ago

that idea is ridiculous for adults who don't belong to your faith. Birth control is totally effective when used properly.

For teens abstinence should be tought along side safe sex practices. Several studies have been done that show that kids that take purity pledges on average have just as much sex by the end of high school as those that don't.

Kids don't do what you want them to. When they make the choice to have sex they should have the knowledge to protect themselves.

Jason · 10 months ago

Sexual Education does have its advantages but teenagers should be made fully aware of the consequences of their actions i.e. disease, pregnancy social stigma etc. As for adults they should realize that if they are reckless enough not to take preventative measures they shoud bear the responsiblity of their actions. These arguments are not faith based they are common sense.

pancratius · 10 months ago

I found out about your ad from the Laura Ingraham home page, connected with the link and watched it . The ad is superb! I have sent an email to Jonathan Klein. I want to congratulate CatholicVote for such a terrific ad! Because of your ad I also made a $25.00 online contribution. God bless you. Abortion is nothing less than murder and a scurge on our nation. I wish some of our Bishops had the spiritual fortitude to not only conference with so called Catholic politicians but to give them the choice of a good confession with a public recant of their position or EXCOMMUNICATION!

Mark Simkiss · 10 months ago

CNN, you should be ashamed for refusing the ad. You should be embarrassed.

Katie · 10 months ago

how is it we can have commercials promoting abortion clinics and pills but not one to support the other views?

JANET · 10 months ago

For those of you that feel this is too one sided why don't you show both sides in a commercial? Commercial two could be a dead baby laying on a hospital floor, after a late term abortion. I live in Madison WI, we have partial birth abortion clinics here, the babies are taken at 24 weeks. Some preemies are born at 26 and 28 weeks and there fine. Where do we draw the line between abortion and murder? Can a mother who goes into the delivery room at 26 weeks decide part way through the birth the baby would be a burden and have it put to death? There has to be a line drawn and the line we have is vague and causing death to innocents. Doctors and nurses are being ask to do the unthinkable. This video should be shown. CNN and NBC have no backbone, show the video, start a debate, tell people the truth about whats happening. WERE HAVE TAKEN ABORTION TOO FAR!!! Adoption is an option, make adoption easier for qualified parents trying to have children.

NC · 10 months ago

My comment is not about why CNN wouldn't air this ad or about abortion. I would like to comment on this ad from an angle that others might not see. Sure, some fathers may abandon their kids (the reasons why, you should examine also...e.g. pushed away by the mother and/or forced out of the picture by "family" courts who are biased against fathers and by decree artificially create "single mothers") but some, like me, do not abandon their kids. I might be guilty of run-on sentences and other improper sentence construction mistakes, but I am not guilty of leaving my child, in spite of the pressure put on me by the mother, MN family court and behind-the-scenes the MN dept of human services. It sure would be nice to have an equal number of ads that depicted fathers in a nurturing way. And, mind you, these loving caring fathers could be married, divorced, or never-married. There are some good fathers and some bad fathers just as there are some good mothers and some bad mothers...and every level of parent in-between. CatholicVote Marketing department, please spend some energy and money on promoting a good image of fathers in your ads and spread the word to your marketing friends. Choosy fathers can choose Jif peanut butter too :)

joan · 10 months ago

I know so many great single dads and moms (bad ones, too). I don't think the intention of this ad is to highlight the lack of a father figure in Obama's life, rather the fact that he was able to live and because of that he had potential to be good (boat's still out on that one) and look what he became...president. I don't trust or like him, but had he been aborted, he would not be president.

TEXASkeith · 10 months ago

You have to sit there while the male enhancement commercial plays and your kid is watching with you, but to have a commercial with a real message, well that is too good for us now. Don't you know we are only interested in one night stands, light beer and porn. I would have a child today and she would have been 20 this year but the powers that be cram down our throats that a child isn't worth the hassle. Now every day I live with regret oh ya much better. CNN is just playing to the popular don't you watch the music channels and movies and the commercials now. Men are stupid don't want a family and if they do have one they are complete idiots. Just about every main stream show with few exceptions follows the same creed:one night stand, light beer and porn. How I wish It was the 1700 and all I had to worry about was a revolution. Oh wait I still do, maybe it's not to late for man kind.

joan · 10 months ago

Sorry of your past. So many are lead astray by main stream media- seems like you found your voice, hope it helps others make more enlightened, selfless decisions. However, I disagree with how you feel about men. Not all are bad, granted they all do seem to go through a period in their teens and twenties that the more girls they get the better- I was drugged, then raped, so I know first hand the hate you feel, but not all are bad and now as a mom, it's my job to teach my boys how not to be. Hard thing to do in this world today.

TEXASkeith · 10 months ago

Adam you are transparent, come on you hate God because he is there, you want to put your thumb in his eye but you fell what is right and wrong, you know there is a difference in putting on a condom and aborting the living. No one said this was a complete religous thing it is a matter of right and wrong. There is more evidence that Jesus Christ walked among us than there is you exist. Believe what you want, but this abortion issue has some hidden meaning, it is population control plain and simple. Back in the 80's during a lecture a professor from an european country stated that the promotiion of abortion and homosexuality would come to pass in an effort to control the populas. I didn't believe it at the time but look around. This statement is not meant to offend the gay crowd I am just repeating what I was told over two decades ago. The only chid I have ever been blessed with was put down like and unwanted dog, I didn't have a say in the matter but I live with it every day. I am not a catholic I don't belong to organized religon I follow my gut and it tells me we are in for it. In a way you are right abortion isn't going anywhere soon we are a bunch of spoiled rotten emotional kids with no impulse control and stuck on stupid.

joan · 10 months ago

Socialism is happening now through the control of the media, education, government, and financial institutions. Socialism definately promotes sexual freedom and laziness as a means to ensure there is a lessened likelihood of people interfering with the new world order/government. Abortion and homosexuality ensures some population control, watch out because the other way they control population is through national healthcare.

Adam · 10 months ago

Socialism can definitely promote laziness and excessive liberation. But religion can promote bigotry and exlusivity. After all, religious people were the main opponents of the idea of interracial marriage only a few decades ago (see Loving v. Virginia, a famous Supreme Court case). Throughout history, Christians have done so many horrible things in the name of their religion it would make you want to vomit.

There are two sides to every coin, my friend.

And just so you know, homosexuality isn't a conscious attempt at population control. Gay people are physically, emotionally, and mentally attracted to people of the same gender, just like you're physically, emotionally, and mentally attracted to those of the opposite gender (I assume). Your love for your husband/boyfriend/whatever is no deeper or more "correct" than a gay woman's love for another gay woman. In case you weren't aware of it, gay people aren't trying to be anything but themselves. GOD made them the way they are, and they're simply following his "will" and "plan".

David · 10 months ago

Adam,

Socialism not only can but DOES promote laziness. It propagates one of the great ills in our country - unwillingness to be responsible for one's self. Socialism itself removes choice from the individual in fact and confers it on the government (as though they somehow know best???) That one element of socialism makes it a great evil.

Some religions do promote bigotry and exclusivity. To lump all religion into that bucket is dishonest and lazy on your part. There is ample evidence shown by the fruits of millions who practice their religious beliefs that religion does great good in our country and in the world. I reject any attempt to paint religion as evil and socialism as good. Those who portray good as evil and evil as good are actually fulfilling prophecy!

God has established standards of morality. He has made it clear that homosexual conduct violates that standard. If you have attraction to members of the same sex, perhaps that is your "thorn in the flesh" that you are to contend with in this life. You are expected to live a sexually chaste life. Sex within marriage (between a man and a woman) is good. Outside of marriage, it is taboo. That is the standard. It is your choice if you will live up to it.

Adam · 10 months ago

Keith, I'm just copying and pasting what I said earlier to Janet:

What about the millions of LIVING children that are impoverished, malnourished, are poorly educated, live in horrible conditions, have crappy parents, and will grow up to become violent and/or a drug/alcohol abuser? It's ridiculous to focus exclusively on one kid (who grew up to become Barack Obama) because there are STILL millions of children out there and NOTHING is being done by YOU or anyone else to help them. Why don't you and all the Christians/Catholics start adopting and/or helping those kids FIRST, rather than spending all your time preaching about how abortion ruins life? Millions of lives are being ruined RIGHT NOW as I type this! So start a movement to fix THAT, then afterward you can continue this movement to prevent abortions (and I will fight alongside you).

Vic · 10 months ago

Yes but if you have a morality that says the unborn don't deserve to live, how can you help those that are living? A narcasist society will not care for much but itself.
However, you are out of touch. If you really knew how many christian organizations are out helping poor, abandon, helpless people (not just children) you would not write such things.
Many poeples lifes have been better from help they have gotten. But so much work to still do. So come and figh alongside us. We need all the help we can get.

Adam · 10 months ago

And I think that's a great question. However, the difference between you and I is that you believe in moral dualism ONLY (i.e. that life is simply a conflict between good and evil, light and dark, right and wrong, etc.). And that's your choice to believe that.

And my choice is to NOT believe in that. I just can't convince myself that you religious-folk have the moral grounding to determine who is (or what is) moral or not. Religion has led people to take the wrong side and do ugly things far too many times in the past. You say you're concerned about preventing narcissism and atheism and maintaining people's fundamental rights, but what about when segregation was being debated only decades ago and religious groups were on the side of segregation?! And today, religious people certainly don't care about gay people's fundamental rights, do they? Christians are just as contradictory, narcissistic, and fundamentally flawed as the rest of us, so, therefore, how can any of YOU fight for the rights of the unborn when you demonize so many of the living? What if through your efforts you save a kid from being aborted and that kid grows up to be gay? You would simply believe he/she will go to hell (unless they repent to Jesus) and you wouldn't feel any weirdness or remorse -- all because you've convinced yourself that your system of belief/thinking is the only one that's right! And you consistently apply your inflexible system of beliefs to real life, which is NOT simply a dramatic battle of good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, etc.

So to answer your question, I believe I can support abortion (or rather just allow it to continue) and still have enough morality left to help those who are living. You alluded to the fact that I'm being contradictory and hypocritical in doing so, but Christians and other religious believers are also contradictory and hypocritical through the battles they choose to fight and those they choose to ignore. So I have the choice between being a hypocritical religious person or a hypocritical non-religious person, and I choose to side with the non-religious because they at least acknowledge that life isn't filled with certainties and that life isn't black/white.

P.J. · 10 months ago

I don't care which side you are on, when TV decides not to air "opposite" viewpoints then it is obvious they have become an organ of the radical left.

Karen · 10 months ago

Incredibly powerful! Shame on CNN and NBC for not being willing to air it.

AD · 10 months ago

Liberals are for abortion, but in doing so forget how they came into the world.

JANET · 10 months ago

CNN you are cowards for not showing this commercial.
SHOW THE COMMERCIAL!!!!!!!!!!!HAVE SOME GUTS

Sylena · 10 months ago

The Catholics have a lot wrong with them and their less then noble history at times, but one thing continues to stand true - they bring out the best in the worst times by showing those with faith the face of God in the reality of the present. Hold the line. Jesus is coming soon to relieve us our posts.

Ian · 10 months ago

Good point and well done!!

I am not sure that even with this the folk being part of the killing industry will get it, but every child that is saved from this brings joy to the Father.

What was the official explanation for the CNN rejection?

Please keep it up!

Thank You · 10 months ago

Way to coop the Obama Campaign message and turn it around on itself. The message leverages all that capital spent branding the Obama campaign. Whatever your politics, this should be a case study in Marketing classes on how clever advocacy can be accomplished on the other guy's dime.

AmericanSoldier · 10 months ago

Sad that the president chooses to ignore his own life history in supporting abortions. Such is the case with liberals who claim to support all views and lives - just ignore them both, right?

Sara · 10 months ago

I often have wondered over the past months if the person who God really intended to be President at this time was aborted. This is a great reflection on the cost of taking the life of an unborn child.

Morgan · 10 months ago

Excuse me, but the people of the United States (or rather, anonymous electors) chose the President. I don't think that, if God were to exist, God would specifically favor the United States over all other nations.

Jimmy · 10 months ago

Excuse you!!!!!

Where did you come up with the notion that the US is favored over all other nations?

Our great constitution recognizes our right to "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". Without the right to life, everything else is irrelevant.

Morgan · 10 months ago

I wasn't saying anything about abortion. I'm pro-choice but I can see some points in the pro-life arguement. What I was talking about is the notion that somehow, the USA is favored by God somehow.

Anne-Marie Apaliski · 10 months ago

Quotes from Ronald Reagan... "I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born" Sept 21,1980 "Freedom is not something to be secured in any one moment of time. We must struggle to preserve it every day. And freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction". Jan 15, 1983 "If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under". Aug.23, 1984 God Bless Ronald Reagan. FYI... ACLJ.org is a great christian site for political info. in Washington Politics, a team of christian lawyers fighting the unjustice... team up with Jay S. !!!

Kelly Kirtley · 10 months ago

You need to air this on Fox news. They are just as much your target as CNN watchers. If Christians and Catholics voted 100% their conscience Obama would have lost, easily. We need to find ways for Catholics to STOP shelving this issue when voting. I think you have better chance of converting luke warm christian/catholics then the Godless crew at CNN and Today show.

William Straw · 10 months ago

Yes I agree, FOX is the number 1 cable news show. Need to try them.

Linda Andrejek · 10 months ago

Mark,

Once again, not only is the use of contraception a mortal (serious) sin, but it is also the most SELFISH act in the world!!! It causes one to think only of one's self, rather than anyone else. It also thwarts the Plan of God Who has so ordained it that the marital act (which only those who are married are allowed to engage in), would bring new life into the world. And since God knows what is best for everyone, to thwart His Holy Will, brings very evil consequences. Just look at what happened when Adam and Eve thwarted God's Will - death entered into the world. God did not create us to die originally - death is a consequence of sin! There are always consequences for one's sins! That is why if one is truly concerned about his neighbor and society, he would do all in his power to discourage people to sin, and instead, encourage them in virtue!

Mark V · 10 months ago

Linda Andrejek
I'm happy for you that you are fighting for what you believe in.

CindyPA · 10 months ago

LIz,
I can't agree more. This was a good run, but the ad is not gaining traction. If it would of, I would have been happy that the life issue was out there getting promoted. But it's being rejected. I would like to see it advertised, as I see that as beneficial to pulling at the heartstrings of the public. No one that has a heart wants to see more abortions. We need to reduce them. Eventually stop them. But we need to start a campaign that gets people thinking about it. Ads can do much good. I think that is the way to get the message out there. You have to get your message out there first. Peek the publics minds and prick at their hearts and then move it into the political scheme. It's smarter in my opinion if you go about it that way. I think it would suit the greater cause better if they went with that approach. But who am I? Just some stupid mom, with three kids, that had a baby at a young age, and remained married, and kept it all together? What do I know about choices? What do I know about raising a baby when you are not ready? Who am I to think these things?
Just kidding.

Marilynn Pavlov · 10 months ago

This is EXCELLENT, simple and powerful.
Thanks
Marilynn

Michelle · 10 months ago

I just wanted to compliment you on this amazing video. I've watched it several times and each time it brings tears to my eyes, and I didn't even vote for Obama. This has got to make pro-abortion people, who for the most part support Obama, think twice, unless they are as close-minded as they accuse conservatives as being. I'm sorry it didn't make the super bowl, but with youtube it will reach countless people anyway.

Bobby · 10 months ago

WOW!! I don't even like the man and this is very powerful!

You guys have been putting out some great stuff latley!! Keep them coming!!

Now we just need the non-Catholic Christian community to start pumping stuff out too!

Let's bring America back to its Christian roots!

beau bromberg · 10 months ago

we all need to support pro-life people for congress

Sara · 10 months ago

I respect Obama for who he is, but when it comes to Abortion, he has lost my respect. Why support abortions if your wife didn't do it?

CindyPA · 10 months ago

I respect your point of view there.

TheSterlingJoe · 10 months ago

A clever way to turn the table aganist the kool-aid drinking people. This will blown their mind by the revelation of the truth. You have my support all the way.

RD · 10 months ago

I am a pro-life Democrat and love the ad !

CindyPA · 10 months ago

YOu didnt vote for Obama did ya RD?

Morgan · 10 months ago

I must say that I also dislike Obama being seen as some kind of messiah. Sure, he's our first president after Bush, but he's not all that freaking great.

CindyPA · 10 months ago

..lol...

josiahdan · 10 months ago

WOW, Who are we as humans to have the right to terminate a life? It's not about judging, it's about educating and giving options, like adoption, to women who are in that difficult position. Not pressuring them into terminating their child's life becuase of the "population control" world we live in today. We are heading in the direction of the one child only policy of China.

Brian · 10 months ago

I saw your ad. I needed to respond because of it's content. It's misleading in nearly all areas. Your organization only supports pro-lifers who believe in eliminating abortion. But your organization does not support pre-natal care for the length of pregnancy. You do not support free health care for the child until adulthood. You do not support family planning education for the mother. You do not support free health care for the mother for 1 year following the birth.
You do support hypocrisy.
Using President Obama's image is insulting to his mother, grandmother and his immediate family.
The commercial is however well constructed.

L · 10 months ago

Thank you!
HYPOCRISY is the word...
I wonder how it would look like with Bush, Cheney...and other similar embryos ;-)
HUH

pev3 · 10 months ago

Please share these facts and spread the word. I am convinced that prochoice people just don't realize these details about the "choice" they are supporting.

Here are a few abortion facts that many people are not aware of:

Abortion is legal the ENTIRE 9 MONTHS
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Abortion is legal for ANY reason. In fact, only 4% of abortions are due to the health of the mother; 3% are because the baby MAY have a health problem, and less than .5% of all abortions are due to rape. Almost 93% of all abortions are for social reason, i.e. CONVENIENCE. Reasons include feels unready for child/responsibility, may interfere with education or career plans, parent/partner wants abortion, relationship problems/single.

There was no ultrasound technology in 1973 when abortion was legalized. This technology has opened a window to the womb. Scientifically, we now know that from the earliest stages of development, the unborn are distinct, living and whole human beings.

•At conception, an unborn baby has 46 chromosomes, 23 from their mother and 23 from their father. They have their own distinct DNA.
•At 21 days, the baby’s heart is beating.
•At 40 days, brain waves can be detected.
•At 8 weeks, at a little more than an inch long, all body systems are now present that will be found in a fully developed adult.

An unborn baby is sensitive to sound, touch, heat, light and PAIN. An unborn child has less legal protection from feeling pain than commercial livestock.

In a slaughterhouse, a method of slaughter is deemed legally humane only if “all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical, or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut.” (Section 2 of the Humane Slaughter Act, 7 USC 1902).

By contrast, D&E abortions, performed as late as 24 weeks (well after the child begins to feel pain), involve the dismemberment of the unborn child by a pair of sharp metal forceps. Instillation methods of abortion (performed even in the third trimester) involve the replacement of up to one cup of amniotic fluid with a concentrated salt solution, which the unborn child inhales as the salt burns her skin. The child lives in this condition for up to an hour. In neither of these techniques is the unborn child provided with any form of anesthesia.

Since 1973, there have been over 50 MILLION abortions. While we are at the lowest rate of abortions since 1974, there are still 1.2 million a year. There are 3, 500 abortions per day.

Abortion is no longer referred to an option for a “crisis pregnancy”. It’s now called a "reproductive right" and a choice for an “unplanned pregnancy”.

We know all life comes from God. There are no unplanned pregnancies in His eyes. He has a plan for every life he creates. Over 50 million babies have been killed and their purpose in life will not be fulfilled. Many of the women and men involved are hurting from the choice they made.

How can we ever expect peace in a country that accepts the violence of abortion as a choice?

jenny · 10 months ago

"There was no ultrasound technology in 1973"

That can't be right. Barack Obama was born in 1961 and they're using his ultrasound in the commercial.

DS · 10 months ago

Jenny:

You are missing the point. That is not Obama's ultrasound. But if they did ultrasounds in 1973 this is what his would look like. The unltrasound clearly shows a human baby. And, that is what Obama was when he was in his Mother's womb.

DS · 10 months ago

pev3: That was great!

I don't get it.. I don't know why any Christian would have voted for Obama. He told us in the campaign what his plans were and now he is doing them. FOCA will pass for sure.

Roger · 10 months ago

What are you afraid of? The name at the end could be anyone's name: Bill Gates, Mother Teresa, Tom Brokaw; the accomplishment could have been President of NBC, Secretary of State, Olympic medalist. Every life is precious, and your decision to not air this ad is a grevious error. I'm not surprised that the ACLU is silent on the matter though, but rest assured, the Christian community cannot be. There will come a day when the programming bosses at NBC, CBS, or ABC wil not be able to prevent the TRUTH from being declared to all the world. In an age of inclusiveness, tolerance, and equal access and protection, I find it hypocritical that you could show ads for many other offensive products, opinions, and philosophies, yet not air an ad that honors the scaredness and potential of every person. If you have the courage, remedy this mistake.

David King · 10 months ago

Right on! I wish that some prolife millionare would pay to have this add aired during the Super Bowl!

Lori · 10 months ago

I know that your name is probably a popular one, but I am wondering if you are from Manhattan originally?

Carol · 10 months ago

"Right to Choose" means either a live baby or a dead one.... choosing isn't really the question. So what if I "choose" to skin someone alive? "Choose" to torture a prisoner? "Choose" to kill baby seals? Some choices are deadly.

John · 10 months ago

Right on, Carol. Even if a mother chooses to end her own unborn baby's life without going to an abortion clinic, it is murder. So why the contradition in the law? Does this mean in the future that a person can choose to kill another person without consequence?

William Hall · 10 months ago

Excellent. Keep up the great work.

Jennifer · 10 months ago

Praise the Lord that God is raising up a voice against abortion. Life is a precious gift. We are made in the very image of God. Let us continue to speak up and fight for the unborn children. Let us be salt and light of the earth. God bless you!

Brian · 10 months ago

Oh please stop with this christian rhetoric. You nor any of the followers have the right to say anything about a woman's rights...None. The pro-life banter is only a cause for inflicting your beliefs and behaviors on someone else. support pre-natal care for the length of pregnancy. support free health care for the child until adulthood. support family planning education for the mother. support free health care for the mother for 1 year following the birth.

Sue · 10 months ago

Wow! This is GREAT! I would like him to see this. This is a powerful ad.

shari/larry n · 10 months ago

this is a wonderful ad. we need to remember that God appoints and allows the leaders of our country to be in power. so we need to pray to God that he will change the heart of pres obama and he could be the greatest president in our history if he would listen to the voice of God and stop abortions forever in our country and let us return to our heritage of being a Godly nattion. God bless you and all who read this statement.

Blacksheep · 10 months ago

What an impactful and thought-provoking message from the Catholic Church. While I may not agree with other aspects of their doctrine, I am fully supportive of their efforts, in this video, to speak on behalf of those that can't speak for themselves.
I am ashamed to live in a country where one is publically "stoned" for eating meat, harming a dolphin, or attempting to pray in a public place - by the very people that have no issue whatsoever with +5,000 per DAY murders of innocent children.
I fear for the future of our country, and for the blood that is on our hands.

MJS9 · 10 months ago

What a creative and thought-provoking message

Naturally, the Culture of Death won't permit it to be aired during their high-pagan ritual

Deacon Mike

Jamie Noel · 10 months ago

I see nothing wrong with the video and it should be allowed. I did not vote for President Obama, however, it was not solely based on his support of abortion. I didn't care much for his policies and I have concern for a man that has so little experience to run our country. I wish him nothing more than success. I just can't stand with anyone who supports the killing of unborn babies. Call it choice. Call it termination of birth. Every child should have a chance to live, regardless of the circumstances.

Since Roe v Wade, we have killed over 30 million babies who would now be paying into Social Security for those of you preparing for retirement. There are consequences to be paid for unethical decisions....and we are seeing them.

vadnick · 10 months ago

Sadly, to correct what you wrote, abortion has killed over 50 million children since RvW. Over a million per year. Most people are surprised to hear that... even Pro-Lifers... but that is the truth.

CathyL2 · 10 months ago

I think Jamie Noel may have been referring to the fact the 30,000,000 aborted babies would now be old enough to pay into Social Security. The other 20,000,000 would still be protected by child labor laws.

DS · 10 months ago

It is actually almost 50 million and counting!

publiusnj · 10 months ago

Bob Hannan contends:
"Abortion, like war, should be an absolute last resort. NOBODY WANTS ABORTIONS!!!!!!"

Actually this is NOT true. Barack Obama WANTS abortions as he showed by overturning the ban on giving money to international family planning organizations that advocate Abortion.

Liberals often wring their hands and say that they don't want abortions but that it is a right guaranteed by the US Constitution. Well, even if that dubious legal proposition were true, the US Constitution does not address--much less require--that we give aid to women overseas who want abortions. By overturning that ban, Obama is showing that his support for Abortion is something he wants to do rather than something he feels commpelled to do by his reading of the US Constitution.

moi · 10 months ago

the catholic chuch is a cult. when catholic gay priests stop molesting poor boys then i'll start listening.

Cayle · 10 months ago

Im sorry to say but all churches are cult. Cult means a group of people worshiping or doing one thing. I am not catholic but that does not mean anything. I will respect there belief. You should at least do that too.

Paladin · 10 months ago

So, let me get this straight. You then wouldn't believe a mathematician who said that 2+2=4 if you found out he was a bad man, correct?

There is a difference between a message and a messenger. If the former is the truth, it is not somehow invalidated because the latter cannot live up to it. Your argument is a false one; it is simply a way to avoid dealing with the real issue. You are very intellectually sloppy.

Ricky Vines · 10 months ago

As St. Thomas who say, "It is not who said something that mattered, but what was said.". Then again, in the Little Prince noted the human tendency to perceive the message with the messenger. In the case when our message is Christ or the Love of God or Respect for Life, then the messenger needs to be aligned to the message.

Timothy O'Riordan · 10 months ago

Whether the mathematician is a child-molestor or not does not change the fact that 2+2=4. However if a murderer preaches "Thou shalt not kill", although it does not take away from the fact that killing is wrong, I would say it certainly invalidates his ability to preach.

Mark Welsch · 10 months ago

Are you really pro-life, or just anti-abortion? Are you working to end the death penalty in Nebraska? The pro-life movement needs your help in Nebraska to end the barbaric practice of killing those who kill. We can lock the killers in prison for life without parole.

Bobby Driscoll · 10 months ago

I used to think that was the right thing to do too, but then I realized that it is the taxpayers who end up paying for these people to live in these prisons (and consequently bear a heavier burden). Of course, the reality is also that most of these convicts end up leaving these prisons as hardened criminals after their time is up only to commit more crimes or they get out on parole. Then there are those who are sent to prison for only a few years, for "white collar" crimes, who commit greater crimes and instead continue to rob people of their money and destroy millions of families in the process. So which is right and wrong? That seems to be the question of every argument throughout all of the existence of humanity.

Michele · 10 months ago

There is no argument, Christ would never accept death penalty. If u support death penalty, then you will be damnes forever, I will pray for your soul, because it looks me like u lost your faith

"Don't Kill"

Bless u, may the Lord forgive you

Shaun · 10 months ago

That is the worst argument I have ever heard - it is prolife to protect the life of the criminal who takes innocent lives, but somehow wrong to stand up for the life of the innocent children?

Paladin · 10 months ago

Are you really pro-life or just anti-death penalty?

GracieJ · 10 months ago

In reply to Joey: Yes, indeed, Jesus first, then others, then self. I do not know your age; however, may you always be as strong in the Lord as your response implied. May you always hear the Lord's guidance in all things. Let us hope and pray there are countless more believers out there who will stand for God's Word.

Pat from Maine · 10 months ago

This is an awesome ad!!! God Bless you and your organization for what you are doing. It's just too bad NBC won't air this ad during the Superbowl but where there's a will, there's a way so keep on pursuing the networks to put this ad on the air. Fox News is a great one to air ads that are pro family, pro life, pro God !

Heather · 10 months ago

Absolutely beautiful ad! God has plans for each one of us...whether is works for us or not huh?

Carol · 10 months ago

Awesome!!!! We should see more commercials like this. This is what "Life" is really about.

Jesus SAVES · 10 months ago

Abortion is MURDER!!

hawk · 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing your opinion.

Jesus SAVES · 10 months ago

Not a opinion!! THE TRUTH
Read the BIBLE

IF not one day when you stand before God you will wish you had and remember me offer you the TRUTH!

Morgan · 10 months ago

Read Nineteen Eighty-Four, it's THE TRUTH too. It's what the neo-cons will turn our country into.

2nice2u · 10 months ago

Read Fleeced. Read more. And try to keep an open mind.

hawk · 10 months ago

I have read the story book "The Bible" several time. Has some good parts, some bad parts. Thanks for the recommendation tho.

Thanks for sharing your opinion.

Mark · 10 months ago

There's that arrogance again.

hawk · 10 months ago

Oh what that thing called a different opinion? get over your self mark.

JB · 10 months ago

Please all on ths site,

Pause a time and say an Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be for Hawk. Pray for Hawk's conversion to our Lord.

Hawk,

Our Lord is waiting for you with open arms. Live heaven bound, not earthly bound : - ).

hawk · 10 months ago

I have been baptized twice in my life. And after many years of reading and going to church I have decided that god does not exist. Maybe you would be better off praying for some one who thinks it will do some good.

amiller · 10 months ago

hawk, how sad, to not have any hope. what made you decide that God does not exist. Praying for someone always does good whether you think it does or not.

Pierre · 10 months ago

Great ad!

N. SIRAGUSA · 10 months ago

THIS IS AWESOME! PLEASE ALLOW THIS TO BE VIEWED! IT WILL SAVE LIVES. THIS COUNTRY HAS MURDERED 51 MILLION UNBORN BABIES!!! THIS MUST STOP!!! PEOPLE PICKET AGAINST THE WAR AND HOW MANY LIVES ARE LOST (YES, IT IS HORRIBLE ALSO) BUT NO ONE IS SPEAKING UP FOR THESE GOD GIVEN LIVES!! BUT FOR A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE...CHRISTIANS! LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT WE CARE FOR THESE BABIES!

Diane Patterson · 10 months ago

I think this ad is genius! I think every effort should be made to air it as much as possible!

ryan · 10 months ago

Morgan,
It is not just possible that life begins at conception it is scientific fact.

ELAINE · 10 months ago

YES MORGAN LIFE DOES BEGIN AT CONCEPTION--CONCEPTION IS LIFE--THAT IS GOD'S WAY OF MAKING A BABY--I LIKE YOUR COMMENT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

Morgan · 10 months ago

It's also a "scientific fact" that homosexuality is a choice. *sarcasm*

Mirebelle · 10 months ago

An embryo is not a baby and pregnancy is defined as begining when the fertilized egg attaches to the uterine wall, typically within 72 hours following conception. I believe you know not your scientific facts...

Mary · 10 months ago

Actually most medical textbooks call the beginning of "life" at conception, not attachment.

JoElla · 10 months ago

A brilliant commercial. BRAVO! Simply put, every life is precious and deserves a chance to pursue his/her life, liberty and happiness.

ELAINE · 10 months ago

AMEN YOU ARE SO RIGHT--GOD IS JUST SITTING WATCHING ALL THESE KILLINGS OF SWEET BABIES FROM HIS HEAVEN

frederick j. monroe · 10 months ago

How do we expect GOD to give us HIS BLESSING<and HIS PROTECTION, IF we demand HE leave us alone.(NOTE) jeremiah chapter 1: verse 4-5 says the LORD - I NEW YOU BEFORE YOU WERE BORN.. FREDERICK J. MONROE. MUSKEGON < MICHIGAN.

Dar · 10 months ago

Wonderful, now how could anyone deny that life starts at conception and continues to develop? Well done, I am so against abortion. If this video can't be shown to the millions who need to see it, what does that say about our Country - pretty loud and clear....

Steve · 10 months ago

Just wanted make sure you get the record correct and tell the truth only.
He is not our first African American President. Let us not disrespect his mother by saying that.
He is our first African-Caucasian President or Caucasian-African President.
Now that is the whole truth and yes the child starts in the mother-pro-Life.
Ad is absulutely fantastic.

Cathy · 10 months ago

I give thanks to God always for you.

This brilliant video shows the simplicity of the truth and should be a reminder that the truth is on our side.

The media is powerful and has led to the brainwashing of our society. Because of it, many Americans are pro-abortion. Through regular airing of videos like this, the media can be used to turn the tide in favor of our unborn children and their mothers.

DBurdick · 10 months ago

You're right on Cathy!

Stacy · 10 months ago

Brilliant! THANK YOU.

kellie rodenhaber · 10 months ago

John 10:10 Says "I have come so that they might have life, not to steal, KILL, and destroy!"
That is exactly what this ad is trying to say also!

John · 10 months ago

Too late.....54% of Catholics and just as many so-called " Born Again" Christians voted for Barrack Hussein Obama/ Barry Soweto/whoever this guy is. Not a beep was spoken prior to November 4th by any Catholic Bishop or Cardinal on what this guy was all about. Nothing was said in the churches of Obama's support for abortion, infanticide and against parental notification. How many religious Blacks voted for Obama? 95, 96, 99%?
The Church wants it both ways and history shows that playbook does not work.

Elaine · 10 months ago

Well said!

MikeinCT · 10 months ago

Actually John, many did speak up. Many bishops pointed out the policies that we cannot support, as was chronicled on this website (in their old format of blog posts/ commentary). Many priests in parishes did speak out.

Unfortunately, not nearly enough.

Ronald123 · 10 months ago

Excuse me, John.... Archbishop Chaput was very clear, also the bishop from Texas, and there were many others... but there were priests and "intelligent" ppl like Kiemec (or whoever he is) who would rather listen to the media and to entertainment elite rather than their own bishops... that's the problem.

Richard · 10 months ago

John, I agree that the Bishops and Parish priests need to be vocal from the pulpit. We need this because most of our politicians are corrupt and do not represent us. Our parish Priest gave a speach from the pulpit last October about abortion and received a standing ovation. I was disappointed that this past weekend (1/25/09) he did not speak from the pulpit (they did have information in the bulletin) about the Freedom fo Choice Act (FOCA). This bill will take us back 20 years on abortion. I encourage everyone to ask their parish priest and Bishop to speak from the pulpit about the most important subjects that impact people. Trust me, the people want to hear this since our politicians refuse to represent us on these subjects. They also need to speak out about corruption in politics, encourage the people to vote for honest people, they do not have to endorse anyone. We cannot change things for the better unless we remove the corrupt politicians from office. This is the most important thing we, the Priest's and Bishops can do.
Call your Congressman and two Senators and demand they vote "NO" on the FOCA bill.

Dan W · 10 months ago

John,

I am not catholic but I am engaged to a Catholic that goes to a more conservative Catholic Church. I attend mass with her 2-3 weeks/month and I can not think of a single mass leading up to the election that I attended in which Obama's platform was NOT addressed. It was made very clear that a vote for ANYONE, not just Obama, supporting abortion rights was a vote against God. More people need to contact their Bishops and Priests and push them to address this more often. It is too easy to avoid this subject at a lot of churchs because it will ruffle the feathers of some members of the parish. But it should be the other way around, where not addressing it should cause members of the parish to question what parish they attend, who they listen to regarding their spirituality, and who they are willing to trust in their Faith journey.

brenda · 10 months ago

The church is not allowed to speak for or against any candidate. The church guides us to our moral obligations to make the right choice.

Patty · 10 months ago

Hey John,
One small correction: many brave Bishops spoke out against Barack Obama, there were several postings on this site as to clue American Catholics in (which most ignored or decried bitterly). Many Catholics turned their back on life (along with the rest of the country) to vote for their nation's economy over the rights of the unborn. It's sickening but remember that 6:10 ratio applies to Catholic Americans as well.

The Vatican even spoke out against the Democratic Party saying it was becoming "the Party of Death". Pretty strong sentiments I think...

rto · 10 months ago

Psa 127:3 - “Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.“

John S · 10 months ago

No matter, what your opinion. This is nothing but truth. The way you see it and what you do with the truth is your opinion.

This is a simply brilliant way of showing the truth.

What you do with it rests in your own heart.

ann stewart · 10 months ago

Would be great to see this on all mainstream tv. stations. Will sign the petition. Outstanding. Ann Lake Placid, NY

Sue · 10 months ago

Brilliant in so many ways. How can anyone argue with the truth?

Michael · 10 months ago

In response to "Beleive in God", this is an amazing rationalization. There is no way that God would want you to have an abortion, He loves us even before we're in the womb. If you're unable to care for a child, then take the loving option: put the child up for adoption.
May God bless!

M. Jukes · 10 months ago

A President that among his first acts was to provide funding for murdering children in the womb in foreign countries.

Socrmomann · 10 months ago

The YouTube ad is indescribable. It's moving and uplifting while being apolitical. This should be an ad during the Super Bowl!!!

Doug · 10 months ago

The Catholic Church should sponsor a commercial featuring this video during the Superbowl.

gemcity7 · 10 months ago

I think the Catholic Church should sponsor a commercial featuring this video and have it on TV not only during the Superbowl but all the time. I suppose the cost would be prohibitive, but wouldn't it be wonderful to see it shown quite a few times?!!!

Angela · 10 months ago

It sickens me that the leader of our nation considers an unwanted, unborn child inconvenient and disposable, yet he cares about how the world sees the way we treat terrorists.

CindyPA · 10 months ago

Donate to the site so this video can run on more tv ads. It's a clear way to get this message out, and it seems to have a positive effect. So if you can, dont forget to donate.

sue_seelie · 10 months ago

Gene, did you not cast the first stone by saying that we need to look at the corruption 'on the other side of the aisle'? Please don't take'cast the first stone' as hostile dialogue. As I said to Cindy, we only have two parties to choose from. They are both corrupt in their own way. I see that, like Obama, you have chosen to demonize Rush. I have a mind of my own and use it. I also pray daily. How can I care about the direction my country is going and ignore the politics? This website is called CatholicVote.com. It worries me that so many people are calling dissent 'fingerpointing' or 'hateful'. I accept that Obama won and the Democrats have increased their numbers in congress but I will not stand in silence as they push an agenda that I don't agree with.

bridg · 10 months ago

We must also build a culture of respect. That is sorely missing in the commentary, at times, here.

I hope everyone who visits here, will keep praying, forming a moral conscience, and most importantly, keep God at the forefront of everything they do, everything they think and everything they say. Daily. Peace to all.

AveMaria · 10 months ago

Well said bridg ~ while most of the commentary on here is decent and good, I am sometimes quite surprised and saddened at some of those with lack of respect and blatant mean-spiritedness. We all need to come together to support the culture of life, and prayer is clearly needed everywhere.

Peace:)

Henry · 10 months ago

Let’s stick to the facts and see. In 1954, U. S. Congress violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by gagging the moral voice of the Nation, the Church of Jesus Christ, replacing it with the National State Church of Secular Humanism, through the IRS 501 c3 Tax-Exempt Code. The National State Church of Secular Humanism has brought continual corruption, fraud, suppression of freedoms, and free speech. For the first time ever, Americans parents will not discipline their children for fear of loosing them to the State. Treasonous judges have thrown out God, the sanctity of life, and plain horse sense. The people have been reduced to socialized likeminded automatons, embracing ideological materialistic indoctrinations and mass propaganda such as multiculturalism, diversity, tolerance, safe schools, safe sex, same-sex marriage, gay rights, choice, and peace, disseminated through the state-controlled public indoctrination centers, and the mass media. A single party controlling the federal government has become a reality.

Today, the love of many has become cold, many Americans are immoral, infantilized narcissists, addicted to instant gratification, whose mind conditioning comes in part through media and entertainment twisted pornographic indoctrination. Schools and universities have become the wellspring of socialism, political correctness, open-borders, sexual confusion, universalism, and hate, hate God hate Christianity, and hate-morality.

Behind radical feminism, same-sex marriage, gay pride, and the overall degeneration at all levels of society throughout America lies a renewed Communist revolution, it disguises itself as Multiculturalism and Political Correctness. Separation of church and state, pornography, easy divorce, open borders, sex disinformation, abortion, gay pride, same-sex marriage, speech censoring, the devastation of the traditional family, and the introduction of hate crime law.

MzMaryT · 10 months ago

Well put Henry!

Henry · 10 months ago

Thank you

liz2 · 10 months ago

Henry,
What may I ask is wrong with multi-culteralism, diversity, tolerance, safe schools or peace? You have a very pessimistic view of life, may I add even a tad bit paranoid. Despite all of our problems, we still are a great nation made up of good, decent people trying their best (for the most part.) I read alot of positive comments on this site regarding this ad, which I agree is fantastic. And yet there are these negative doomsday posts by catholics who should understand that we ought to be embracing our crosses, recognizing the face of Christ among us and not focusing on finding the devil everywhere and in everybody. And yes, I believe the devil is real, and I know evil is strong, but Jesus Christ is Lord. So maybe you should go outside, take a deep breath, look at the stars and be at peace knowing you are a child of a Father who loves you very much. Peace be with you.

Henry · 10 months ago

You need to take some lessons in reading comprehension 101

liz2 · 10 months ago

God bless you. Why don't you pray for me and I'll do the same for you.

CindyPA · 10 months ago

That was a very thoughtful Post Liz. Too bad it doesnt look like they have ears to hear it.

YOUR APPROACH IS ALL WRONG · 11 months ago

Todd - speak with your parish priest.

Sail1993 · 11 months ago

SC,
Once again you miss the point. You can not be both pro-choice and pro-life. The middle ground does not exist. You are either for protection of the unborn or not. You argument for Choice could easily be extended to other issues as well.

I consider stealing wrong, but if someone wants to do it, it's their choice.

I consider selling illegal drugs wrong, but if someone wants to do it it's their choice.

I consider murder wrong but if someone wants to do it it's their choice.

I consider rape wrong but if someone wants to do it it's their choice.

I consider abuse of a child wrong but if someone wants to do it it's their choice.

We have laws on the books against these very things. Some issues, like abortion do not tolerate ambivalence. They demand absolutes. In many issues there are gray areas or levels of crime. Stealing a candy bar should not result in the same penalty as stealing a car. There is no gray area in abortion. Once alive, now dead. If the laws against the above were removed from the books you'd stand up and say, "What they hell, are you people crazy? We need these laws!"

Can I also assume that if you were to witness any of the above crimes (with the possible exception of stealing a candy bar) that you would call the proper authorities and report the crime, thereby causing the perpetrator to incur punishment?

If you truly feel that abortion is the taking of a human life you have a moral and civil obligation to demand that your voice be heard, that we stop the murder of innocents.

Why do I ask that someone look at the result of an abortion? Because people should know what they vote for. We don't have public executions, and if we did I would think that anyone with a conscience would demand an end to the death penalty. (Except for the truly blood thirsty type) I truly believe that most people who support abortion have never seen the result of one. They quickly turn their eyes away and say, "That's disgusting! I don't want to look at that." If they were to actually see a partial birth abortion, I cannot even imagine the reaction.

Call me dogmatic, call me crazy, I really don't care anymore. I've been putting up with the likes of you since Roe v Wade and Doe v Dalton. I saw pictures of an aborted baby before these decisions were handed down. I was just a teenager at the time. The picture of a bloody dismembered corpse has never left me. And I will stand up and be heard, I will vote, I will try to influence legislation, and most important, I will pray. I will demand that my country respect human life. It's my moral obligation, my civil obligation, and my civil right.

So take your apathy and your ambivalence and go away. Go post your amoral crap somewhere else. I'm sure there's a site for those who say they respect life but won't support it. This is a Catholic web site in support of saving human life. Leave those of us who really care about human life to fight the fight. Maybe some day we'll be fighting that someone doesn't euthanize you.

Sail1993 · 11 months ago

My apologies to everyone else here for my outburst. Sometimes I cannot control the disgust I feel about this issue.

Mary · 11 months ago

Sail1993, thank God for that feeling of disgust ~ it is what will motivate more people like myself who have done what we've been told for so long, "sit down, shut up, and just pray". I was 9 when Roe v Wade was passed, and my older cousins went to the extreme end of the spectrum, getting arrested for chaining themselves to fences outside abortion clinics, etc., thus I shied away from it. But now, as a mother of two young adults myself, I cannot stand by and watch this infantacidal freak of a 'president' do as he pleases to those most innocent and helpless among us! I completely understand your disgust, and have had outbursts myself, but please don't apologize for it - we've done that for far too long in the Pro-Life movement! I truly believe the Holy Spirit is moving on the citizens of this country, and worldwide, and that is what you are seeing rise up to fight this monster once and for all, and that's a good thing!

God bless,

Mary

Audrey · 11 months ago

This is not a Catholic presidence but it is God's. He says in jeremiah l:5 that before He forms us in the womb, He knows us and the plans He has for us.

Cathy · 11 months ago

Concerned, I agree, most Catholics did not seem to be clear on Obama's positions regarding abortion. Even more disturbing is many Catholics do not understand what the Catholic Church teaches in regards to abortion, contraception, sterilization and pre-marital sex. Why, in this day and age, with the great influences in our hedonistic culture seizing the souls of so many, do pulpits remain so silent? Don't we, as Catholics, deserve to know in truth what the Catholic Church teaches? Catholocism is not a cafeteria of teachings from which we pick and choose, it is a feast of wholesome integrity and we, Catholics, should hunger for it all. Unless we are clear on the teachings of the Church, even president Obama's clear agenda will be made to sound good by certain Catholics who seem to have a vested interest in pushing his agenda's forward.

JB · 11 months ago

Cathy,
I understand your frustration in the lack of education of the part of some Catholics. But, at the same time we as Catholics have to put into the Church as well. Our priest and bishops can not do it alone. Many Catholics that even attend weekly mass are there for their hour of mass only. The priest can only do so much in that hour. We are called on by our Lord to teach each other His Word and Laws. We are called on by our Lord to sow so that we can reap what we sow. (A CLOSENESS WITH OUR LORD) Myself included, far TOO LONG have we sat back and let the Church struggle, hoping that every parishoner were giving it our all. But sadly, that has not been the case. Our Christian schools, including Catholic schools have slacked off with accurate Catholic teachings for years now. I do see that changing in our area - GOOD NEWS!! Our daughter's religion class is of the MOST difficult on her schedule, but she loves absorbing our faith. She is very fortunate to have a husband and wife team that actually live the teachings of our Church as they teach the teachings of our BLESSED Catholic Church. Our son's religion teacher and head of the religoun classes have made sure each of their students understands the BEAUTIFUL Sacrament of Reconciliation and know their prayers before they can receive the Sacrament. Some parents thought it was harsh, but they did a WONDERFUL job of explaing the IMPORTANCE of these teachings and all that has been lost in recent times by not following through with this important education. Not one child dropped out, and out of about 160 children all but a few are ready to receive this BEAUTIFUL Sacrament. The remaining few will continue to learn and will receive the Sacrament when they are ready.

Our Lord did warn us about criticism of Priest. Our Lord's revelations to Mutter Vogel :

"One should NEVER attack a priest, even when he's in error, rather one should pray and do penance that I'll grant him My grace again. He alone fully represents Me, even when he doesn't live after My example!" (page 29, Mutter Vogel's Worldwide Love, St. Grignion Publishing House, Altoting, South Germany (29. 6. 1929).

When a Priest falls we should extend him a helping hand THROUGH PRAYER AND NOT THROUGH ATTACKS! "I myself will be his judge, NO ONE BUT I! Whoever voices judgment over a priest has voiced it over Me; child, never let a Priest be attacked, take up his defense." (Feast of Christ the King 1937)

"Child, never judge your confessor, rather pray much for him and offer every Thursday, through the hands of My blessed Mother, Holy Communion [for him]." (18.6. 1939) & nsp;

"Never again accept an out-of-the-way word about a Priest, and speak no unkind word [about him] EVEN IF IT WERE TRUE! Every Priest is My Vicar and My heart will be sickened and insulted because of it! If you hear a judgment [against a Priest] pray a Hail Mary." (28. 6. 1939)

"If you see a Priest who celebrates the Holy Mass unworthily then say nothing about him, rather tell it to Me alone! I stand beside him on the altar! Oh, pray much for My priests, that they'll love purity above all, that they'll celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with pure hands and heart. Certainly the Holy Sacrifice is one and the same even when it is celebrated by an unworthy priest, but the graces called down upon the people is not the same!" (28. 2. 1938)

Mary, Queen of the Clergy, pray for them.

Please join us in reciting a daily Hail Mary for the Pope, for your Bishop.

A PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
By the late John J Cardinal Carberry

Keep them; I pray Thee, dearest Lord.
Keep them, for they are Thine
The priests whose lives burn out before
Thy consecrated shrine.
Keep them, for they are in the world,
Though from the world apart.

When earthly pleasures tempt, allure --
Shelter them in Thy heart.
Keep them and comfort them in hours
Of loneliness and pain,
When all their life of sacrifice
For souls seems but in vain.
Keep them and remember, Lord,
they have no one but Thee.
Yet, they have only human hearts,
With human frailty.
Keep them as spotless as the Host,
That daily they caress;
Their every thought and word and deed,
Deign, dearest Lord, to bless.

Remember...

If the priest is a saint, his people will be holy.
If the priest is holy, his people will be good.
If the priest is good, his people will be fair.
If the priest is fair, his people will be mediocre.
If the priest is mediocre, his people will be bad.
: -Anon.

He who honors a priest honors Christ; he who insults a priest insults Christ.
St. John Chrysostom


If I saw an angel and a priest, I would bend my knee; first to the priest and then to the angel.
St. Francis of Assisi

0 Mary, Queen of the clergy, pray for us; obtain for us many and holy priests.


I guess my long winded point is that our Priests, Bishops, and Pope need us in our prayers and help. Our Lord wants us to be there with them, for them, and help them.

God Bless,

PRAY -- FAST ---- SAVE GOD"S UNBORN

DS · 11 months ago

Cathy:

I don't know what Church you go to, but my Pastor spoke about abortion for a year before the election. He was very detailed about what happens through partial birth abortion. I think that there are too many Catholics that do not attend Mass every week, so they are ignorant about all that the Church Teaches. I do however hope that the Bishops become more outspoken about those so-called Catholic Politicians who continue to receive the Eucharist and continue to vote for pro-abortion issues.

It is true that there are more Democrat politicians that are pro-abortion than Republicians. My Pastor told us it would be a sin to vote for Obama because of his views.

Cathy · 11 months ago

DS and JB,
Indeed you are blessed! I do pray for our Priests, Bishops and our Pope daily! I belong to the Catholic Church. I attend mass every Sunday, along with a lot of pro-abortion Catholics, who call themselve pro-choice who just want to agree to disagree. My intention is not to criticize, but to challenge the fact that so many Catholics are pro-abortion and see nothing wrong with it. There is a great difference between hearing the teaching of the Church from me than from the Priest. While I did not make it to the March for Life in Washington, I intend to go the March for Life in our state capital next week. Please pray that I keep that intention.

Thanks and God bless you!

Eric · 11 months ago

Elections have consequences, when you vote for a Democrat this is what happens. HELLO

Jason · 11 months ago

This is not what happens when you Democrat. Don't bring parties into this important issue there are many Pro-Life Democrats; just as there are many Pro abortion Rebulicans.

Lance · 11 months ago

So which pro-life democrat did you vote for this year?

Ellis · 11 months ago

Precisely.

Christina Ann · 11 months ago

I remember when I was struggeling with the election... Honestly I liked Obama, but I knew the whole time that he was for abortion and that is what layed on my concious. I even cried when he became President elect... that fact that he was the first black President was touching! I even went to other priest about it and asked a few if it was wrong if I voted for him... The truth from these priest is that they told me that it wasn't wrong if I voted for him, even if I didn't agree on abortion...
However for the last year in 1/2 I have been praying for the end of abortion. And the last month I have been praying the rosary as well.... I fought this issue through out the election and I PRAISE GOD for giving me the strength and wisdom to give my vote to John Mccain...!!!! Praying for the end of abortion and giving my vote to Obama would go against my beliefs as a Catholic. I am proud to say that I loved Sara Palin and how she choose to keep her baby with special needs!!! She and John gave all they had to try to beat evil, and so did I!! It may seem now that we are loosing but be patient, because in the end Gods people with him will stand in the end!!!!

JD · 11 months ago

Yea, those prayers really seem to be working.

Ed · 11 months ago

WRONG. This is what happens when you vote for a Democrat. If you deny that, then you are in total denial.

DS · 11 months ago

Sorry Jason, Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Kerry, Kennedy are all Democrats and four of them proclaim to be Catholic. Did you every see the total list of all of the Democrats and Republicans and who voted Pro-abortion. The divide is overwhelmingly clear.

Merrilea · 11 months ago

One day he will meet his maker and have to answer to Him about the lives that were taken because of his actions. Only God has the right to give life and to take life , and one day America will have to answer . In fact , God's hand and protection is being removed from our Country. God forgive us. Merrilea

Linda · 11 months ago

I think you may be confused or twisting the truth. It isn't a woman's privilege to choose life or death for the child she carries. Does the child have a voice in this? Do you think he would ever say, yes, please brutally end my short existence now. Maybe we sometimes get so far into "politically correct" that the real issue is blurred. This is life, human life that a woman participated in creating. That bears some choice and responsibilities at that time. Too many have lost site of the privilege of bring a new life into the world. What a wonderful gift. For many it's become an inconvenience . All the pretty words from Obama doesn't change the fact that pro lifers are refused the choice not to fund someone else's abortion which we are against. Where's our voice in this? It makes me very sad that I am going to be forced to fund something that I vehemently oppose.

Matthew WM · 11 months ago

Please, I urge everyone to pray for this nation, for it's leaders, and for the entire world's leaders. We are even commanded to do so in God's Word.

In Christ,
-MWM

Linda · 11 months ago

Great video. I think this should be shown to President Obama. Maybe it will enlighten him. His mother chose life and inspite of all odds being against him, he rose to great heights. In addition to praying for an end to abortions, writing to President Obama, Congressmen and Senators I would like to suggest that we each spiritually adobt a baby who is danger of abortion. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen suggest this years ago. You don't have to join anything, register, receive mail, phone calls or emails. Just say this simple prayer every day for nine months. "Jesus, Mary, Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the baby I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion." Write it or type it, hang it up where you will see it every day. Mine in in the medicine cabinet. You can name your baby or babies if you like. I was trying to think of a name and the Lord provided me with two names. If I'm in a hurry and forget to pray, the Lord reminds me later in the day to pray for my babies. What a spiritual adoption does is makes it very personal. You will think of them as your responsibilty. If we can't change the law, we can change hearts through prayer. Then it won't matter what the law is. Women will choose to keep their child. Remember to pray for the mother and father of your baby as well. They also need help.

Sail1993 · 11 months ago

Excellent idea, adopting a baby. Thank you for sharing that.

And don't you worry, I'm sure the Obama camp is well aware of this videos existence

johndaddoc · 11 months ago

The unborn baby is the most helpless and innocent human being alive. Jesus said it is better that a man have a millstone tied around his neck and be dropped into the ocean than to offend one of his little ones. God will judge us all if we do not fight to prevent this slaughter of the innocents. Can there be a more crucial civil rights battle than that we come to the aid of these little children who are losing their lives simply because their existence is an inconvenience to others. `Fetus` is a filthy epithet that is more heinous than any other name ever called someone to dehumanize them.

GHU · 11 months ago

NEWS FLASH:

Obama signs the reinstatemant of the Mexico City Policy. With the current economic crisis isn't it nice to know YOUR tax money is going to other countries to murder unborn children!

JB · 11 months ago

GHU,

Our family WILL NOT be supporting this act nor FOCA (If Obama signs it) with our tax money. My husband and I have discussed this for a while now, in the case that Obama's heart is not converted to our Lord and would do exactly what he did today. We will fill out our tax returns and in the blank that reads, "OWED TAXES", we will be putting, "ZERO - Conscientious Objectors".
The definition of a conscientious objector is: One who on the basis of religious or moral principles refuses to bear arms or participate in military service.
We are claiming religious and moral principles against the WAR ON OUR LORD"S UNBORN, and we will not participate any donating our tax dollars to aiding the military of abortionist. We DO NOT think that we will be alone. We PRAY that others will be strong enough to join our fight. Yes, it will most likely end up in a law suit, but we will fight this to the end!!! We will pick up our cross and follow our Lord as we continue to fight for God's unborn!!!

Pray ---- Fast ------ SAVE GOD"S UNBORN




conscientiousobjection conscientious objection n.

Carm Powell · 11 months ago

this is the most powerful 20 seconds i have ever seen..thank you! please show this on superbowl! i will try to help

Madeleine Wirth · 11 months ago

so true. if only more people understood..... no... if obama understood more. maybe he just really doesnt understand his position and how his actions influence everyone else's..post this everywhere.

john r. · 11 months ago

Very powerful. Incredible video. I almost cried the first time I watched it.

sylviadody · 11 months ago

Awesome. I am praying often and very upset about the new President's decision. I have written the White House and asked "How can you say, "God Bless America" when you have a law that kills children and you
are responsible for just making it easier? I will receive no answer. May God have mercy on us.

Sylvia Smith

GHU · 11 months ago

JB....Good for you! Many more Americans should fight this unlawful use of our tax money especially if FOCA is signed into law!

Bob · 11 months ago

Awesome video!!!!! I so wish it could play for the super bowl!!!!

Lori · 11 months ago

This gave me chills! I REALLY hope he sees this and it makes a difference in his decisions!

Lori · 11 months ago

Took my breath away! Brought tears to my eyes. Pray that our President finds it in his heart to do the right thing.

Rhonda Godwin · 11 months ago

Madness is correct, Flor. We will come down in history as the most seriously schizophrenic society of all time, I've no doubt. Following is food for thought from Chas.Moore, former editor of the London Times:

"This week, I received an invitation to the opening of a new gallery in the Museum in Docklands, an offshoot of the Museum of London.
The gallery, which is in an old sugar warehouse, will be called "London, Sugar and Slavery". "Discover," says the invitation, "how the English sweet tooth, consumer boycotts and the Notting Hill Carnival are linked by one of the great crimes against humanity"

On the same day as I opened my invitation, Dawn Primarolo, whose name sounds like a brand of margarine, but is actually the health minister, was telling the Commons Science and Technology Committee that there was no justification for lowering the limit for abortion below the current 24 weeks.
In doing so, she was going against those who argue that medical advances now make it easier for children born before 24 weeks to survive.
As if timing it to undermine Miss Primarolo's position, Millie McDonagh, who was born in Manchester aged 22 weeks, celebrated her first birthday the following day, photographed with her mother in the newspapers.
I found myself wondering how abortion will be viewed by museum curators, teachers, historians and moralists 200 years from now.
As the slavery exhibition shows, something that one generation accepts readily enough is often seen as abhorrent by its descendants – so abhorrent, in fact, that people find it almost impossible to understand how it could have been countenanced in a supposedly civilised society.
How could people not see that Africans should not be bought and sold for the convenience of our trade or our domestic life? We reserve particular scorn for those who sought to justify slavery on moral grounds. We look at the moral blindness of the past, and tut-tut, rather complacently.
It is not hard to imagine how a future Museum of London exhibition about abortion could go. It could buy up a 20th-century hospital building as its space, and take visitors round, showing them how, in one ward, staff were trying to save the lives of premature babies while, in the next, they were killing them.
It could compare the procedure by which the corpse of a baby who had died after or during premature birth was presented by the hospital to the mother to assist with grieving, with the way a similar corpse, if aborted, was thrown away.
It could display the various instruments that were used to remove and kill the foetus, rather as the manacles and collars of slaves can be seen today.
It could make a telling show of the propaganda that was used to promote abortion – the language of choice, control of a woman over her own body – and compare it with less happy information about the infertility caused by abortion, or depression or about the link between breast cancer and having an abortion before the birth of the first child.
It could show how women, vulnerable and often alone, came under pressure from the medical authorities to have an abortion without being offered help with the alternative.
The museum could make a pretty devastating contrast between the huge growth of rights for the disabled, which began in the late-20th century, and the fact that the disability (or even mild deformity) of a child was always grounds for abortion.
Just as, today, we are invited to glare at the Georgian portraits of fat, bewigged English sugar planters or pro-slavery politicians, there could be a rogues' gallery of pro-abortionists.
Here Marie Stopes, the great advocate of abortion and pioneer of "sexual health", who was also in favour of sterilising "half-castes"; there Lord Steel of Aikenwood, the leader of the Liberal Party, whose 1967 Abortion Act produced more than seven million abortions in 40 years.
How about a picture of Dawn Primarolo, accompanied by her words this week, and juxtaposed with photographs of children born before 24 weeks, who grew up and led full lives?
In many ways, I accept, such a museum of the future would be extremely unfair. We anti-abortionists should not paint all those who disagree with us as callous.
Many of those who support abortion have a deep concern about the horrors of an unwanted child, not realising that the culture of abortion is one that promotes unwantedness.
Others worry about world population growth. For reasons too long to explain here, I think they are mistaken, but I would certainly not want to argue that this automatically makes them haters of the human race.
We should be conscious of how genuinely difficult some of the situations of a pregnant woman can be. We should think more of help and less of condemnation.
Much better, as the late Cardinal Thomas Winning did, to give practical assistance to hard-pressed mothers who do not abort their children than to attack the clinics attended by those who do.
And although I cannot think of any good arguments for slavery, I think there is something priggish and unhistorical about the approach of the Museum in Docklands, which seems to be jumping into a pulpit rather than spreading information.
An anti-abortion museum in 200 years would be less educational than one that simply told the whole extraordinary story.
But the reason I throw this argument into the future is that, with the passage of time, abortion, especially late abortion, is slowly coming to be seen as a "solution" dating from an era that is passing. It will therefore be discredited.
Partly it is the effect of technology. My wife and I still have the video of the scan of our twins at about 18 weeks. You can see heads and limbs. That was in 1989. It bears the same relation to the technology today as do silent, black and white films to modern Hollywood hyper-realism.
Nowadays, it is even more visible and undeniable, as it was not to the first generation of people who had legal abortions, that what you are removing is human – human, though usually not in independent form, like you and I.
It is also visible that this human entity is alive, and therefore that, by removing it, you are taking life.
You may say that this physical image should not make a difference to the moral case, but in practice it does. The famous anti-slavery image was of a black man in chains, on his knees, saying, "Am I not a man and a brother?"
It was powerful because it used the physical to make a direct moral appeal: this person is essentially like you in body and soul, so why do you deny him the rights which you demand for yourself? To see a foetus in the womb is to experience the same appeal.
If you want to do people wrong, you must first undermine the idea that they are people. The Nazis called Jews rats. The Hutu in Rwanda called the Tutsis cockroaches. Pseudo-Darwinian views promoted ideas about racial purity or mental or physical health which allowed those who lacked these qualities to be seen as "inferior stock".
One of the good moral trends of our time has been to reject this way of looking at things. Instead, we insist, in the great debate about what it means to be human, that weakness is not a disqualification, but, by a famous Christian paradox, a strength.
Abortion runs against this trend, and so civilisation will eventually reject it, as once it rejected slavery."

GT · 11 months ago

This is in response of:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
- The Bill of Rights, 1st Amendment. "

The First Amendment was clearly understood and explained by the man who wrote it and the man who first applied it as law. Fisher Ames wrote it. John Jay applied it as law while he was the first Chief Justice of our Supreme Court.
Fisher Ames, the same man who wrote the First Amendment, also wrote that the Bible should always remain the principle text book in America's classrooms.
John Jay, original Chief-Justice U.S. Supreme Court, said it is the duty of all wise, free, and virtuous governments to help and encourage virtue and religion.

*** ...There is even more... ***

President Abraham Lincoln reminded the nation of that great truth contained in the Declaration of Independence when he said, "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." He reaffirmed faith towards Almighty God as Creator of mankind.

In the Declaration, the Founders established the foundation and the core values on which the Constitution was to operate. The Constitution was never to be interpreted apart from those values expressed in the Declaration. Those expressed values are of God and from God.

The Constitution of the United States of America was penned by the man who was head of the committee which created the final wording. That man, Governor Morris of Pennsylvania, was also the most active member of the Constitutional Convention. He spoke 173 times. He also advocated that "education should teach the precepts of religion and the duties of man towards God."

An early House Judiciary Committee affirmed the Founder's lack of pluralistic intent when it declared: "Christianity ...was the religion of the founders of the republic, and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants."

" You do well to wish to learn our arts and our ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. Congress will do everything they can to assist you in this wise intention." George Washington

" Let...statesmen and patriots unite their endeavors to renovate the age by...educating their little boys and girls...and leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system." Samuel Adams

"History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion...and the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern." Benjamin Franklin

"Only one adequate plan has ever appeared in the world, and that is the Christian dispensation." John Jay, ORIGINAL CHIEF-JUSTICE U.S. SUPREME COURT

"The United States of America were no longer Colonies. They were an independent nation of Christians." John Quincy Adams

187 of the first 200 colleges in America were Christian, Bible teaching institutions. Entrance to Harvard required strong knowledge of the Bible.

Noah Webster wrote the dictionary with Bible verses explained so children could understand the words of God and know the truth of Jesus Christ. Webster even wrote a translation of the Bible for the American speaking people.

"The Jubilee of the Constitution" by John Quincy Adams explains the Constitution as dependent upon the virtues proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence. That's why the Ten Commandments are inscribed in stone on the Supreme Court building. Those men saw the law of God as the basis of all law for all men always, never to be changed! How can we withhold God and His truth from our educational classrooms for children today? One Nation Under God. United we stand together with Christ.

God Bless

flor · 11 months ago

Whoever put this together... All I can say is wow wow wow

I have been posting this everywhere... facebook, email, myspace...

He just signed the lifting of the ban for the overseas abortions... We need to pray.. This is only the beginning of this madness.

He signed the paperwork quietly... The bible says that whatever is done in darkness, will come out into the light.

If you don't agree with this, then get off this site and let us fight for these babies lives.

Its funny that if you are in a car accident and the woman is pregant and maybe the other person was intoxicated, and both the mother and the child are killed, they will charge the intoxicated person with 2 counts of manslaughter HMMMM..???? So.. If you want the baby and it dies, then it is valuable, BUT if you don't want it and it's murdered, then it' a right? Shame on People.

What if you were on your way to get an abortiona and you both died because of a drunk driver? What would the charges be? Interesting situations. Im just trying to prove my point... WE ARE ALL VALUABLE TO GOD, AND HE KNEW US BEFORE WE WERE IN OUR MOTHER'S WOMB.
Pastor Flor Hull

Mkurlich · 11 months ago

I LOVE this video!
I must have watched it 20 times by now. Gives me goose bumps every time.

Question: What piece of music is played in the video?

Robin · 11 months ago

How simple and yet how powerful!!! Will President Obama see this?

Mary · 11 months ago

I sent it to the White House! ...not that he will ever see it.

jjbouvier · 11 months ago

"Above his pay-grade"???? Then he should resign and go home to South Chicago...

He is the President of the United States!!! He is at the TOP pay-grade... Seems, among
other things, he is clueless!

delores whitaker · 11 months ago

Amen to that! Something the media is blind to apparently....

delores whitaker · 11 months ago

On abortion of course

Jihadist · 11 months ago

He's from Hawai'i, you nit-wit! Hawai'i is his home! Why don't you go where ever the Hell your people come from!

weak · 11 months ago

This video rocks for sure, it's profound. I know of someone who was conceived in a random bed room at a Halloween party. He wasn't aborted, the couple decided to marry, suffered a bad marriage for 8 years with affairs here and there, and then divorced. The mother was and still is an alcoholic and the father has a trail of mistakes behind him too. He lived in seedy neighborhoods, trailer parks with just his mom. One home was so bad he complained about going to bed because his bedroom was in the icy cold and moldy side of the house.

The kid made it through high school with horrible cloths and weird ideas, a typical social reject. He made it through university struggling to hold a decent GPA, constantly looking for love from the wrong girls, always hurting, blaming, reclusive, shut-in, suicidal, suspects himself of being gay, hyper spiritual, under spiritual, all over the place. He complained that nobody understood him and he felt deeply guilty at the same time. Yet there was always at least one friend who thought his virtues outweighed his faults. While many were convinced he was a loser, a select few were in a completely different frame of mind. These friends were those who listened to him when he was confused and scolded him for having very poor taste in girls.

One day he realized he really has nothing to lose. He got these stiff-upper-lipped management types off their asses swing dancing and to his surprise got the job. When out dancing, he would dance with women of all types shapes sizes and age and treated each one the same. In a pub where some of his religious guy friends were discussing their server's low-cut top, he engaged her in a completely goofy conversation and made her smile for the first time that night and taught everyone at the table, the men and the women, an important lesson. When a Christian friend admitted he was gay, this kid didn't flinch an iota. Fear wasn't there, instead he made a point of highlighting the reasons he was a friend to him.

He bought a series of books and sought out mentors with integrity and gradually cleared-up a lot of misconceptions. He had 6 prayer warriors praying over him and was released from incredible emotional pains. Over the course of a two year period he learned about self-respect and began to extend this to others. He discovered hockey, paddling, surfing, snowboarding, rock-climbing, mountain biking. Inspiration struck him like a lightning bolt and has begun working on a major 5 year project designed to inspire and educate young minds in the fields of chemistry, engineering, mechanics, physics, geology, and psychology. He recognizes potential in brilliant but invisible people and invites them to join him on this quest, yet he can sniff out a thief and can put up a barrier if he must.

He always wanted to fall in-love, but a broken family has made it nearly impossible for him to understand what a healthy relationship looks like. At the same time, he has a strange and unpopular resolve to walk away from situations that have felt very wrong even if it meant passing up a passionate kiss or even sex. He listens to his father in heaven and though he sometimes whines about it he accepts and believes in the abundant life and rich plans his maker has in store for him.

So you see my mother could have aborted me, but she chose not to. CHOSE, she exercised PRO-CHOICE and CHOSE to fight the good fight, and my father was always there for me though he has made innumerable mistakes. So the next time I hear about someone enabling dead beat fathers to get away scot free, or a woman's right to a good life, I want to vomit because this is weak, weak weak weak. I love contributing to the lives of those around to me simply because... I exist.

Oh and my spelling is better than yours :)

RRRTexas · 11 months ago

To "weak":

Remember that The Lord is fond of choosing the weak to confound the proud and the mighty. I think you have great strength and courage. May the Lord bless you now with the healing of your mind and heart so that wholesome loving relationships may abound in your life. May the Word of the Lord in Psalm 121 console you and bless you.

CatholicDads · 11 months ago

Very inspiring. Wrote "Your Child's Potential" because of it (http://catholicdadsprolifeprayers.blogspot.com/).

Peace,

Christopher Lawrence
http://www.CatholicDads.org

jim · 11 months ago

Not Correct. A women has the right to not get pregnant.

Tamra · 11 months ago

Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in America. 78% of their clinics are in minority communities. Blacks make up 12% of the population, but 35% of the abortions in America. Are we being targeted? Isn't that genocide? We are the only minority in America that is on the decline in population. If the current trend continues, by 2038 the black vote will be insignificant. Did you know that the founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, was a devout racist who created the Negro Project designed to sterilize unknowing black women and others she deemed as undesirables of society? The founder of Planned Parenthood said, "Colored people are like human weeds and are to be exterminated." Is her vision being fulfilled today?

Blessed in Georgia · 11 months ago

I found this ad to speak to the heart and I don't find it confusing as to what Obama believes. We all know he is pro-abortion and he even stated during the campaign, that if his daughter made a "mistake" she should be able to have an abortion. How can any Christian say they are for murder? I pray that one day in the future, when we view this ad, Obama WILL BE a pro-life leader! In the meantime, sincere prayer IS THE ANSWER to change all hearts that are not full of the light of TRUTH.

By the way, Fr. Corapi, our present day "John the Baptist" has awesome videos that can be viewed on www.youtube I highly recommend "Death Wish" and "The Election, the 11th Hour". Share them with friends so they may reach anyone "on the fence" about defending LIFE and how your conscience should be formed. We are in the midst of Spiritual Warfare and we will prevail!
May our Loving Mother Mary protect us! Peace to all! God bless!

Pauline · 11 months ago

Beautiful. Too bad he doesn't think of this when he supports abortions.

Melissa · 11 months ago

This ad REALLY get's the point across ~ Hopefully Obama and his cabinet will re-think their views on
abortion in America with this powerful ad.
May God bless this country ~~ For they know not what they have done .
--- We need prayers now more than ever.

Carol Sennott · 11 months ago

I read all the critiques of this ad. It may not be perfect but at least it's a concise pro-life message on a popular media. I found it anti-climatic but maybe that's because I'm not a Barrack supporter. Frankly, I'm tired of seeing his face almost everywhere. What I find more compelling is the story of the mother who decided to go ahead with the pregnancy of her fifth child after bearing four children with abnormalities. That child turned out to be Beethoven. Let's face it, all life is precious. I ask Carol who commented below: Why would a society that accepts abortion as a means of birth control have the compassion to care for unwanted to children who are born? What do we teach our children as they grow up in our world where we readily eliminate life when that life is inconvenient. The thoughts go hand-in-hand.

PMACK · 11 months ago

What can we do to get this to air during the superbowl? Does anyone have a few millions $$$ they can donate?

anne · 11 months ago

This ad is magnificant. We must support this group with our money. I hope to send in a little every month.

JLD · 11 months ago

OUTSTANDING! HOPE THE NEW PRESIDENT SEES THIS.

DJ Oronzio · 11 months ago

Awesome! The message resonates without any combative langauage. And so true! Thank you.

Thomas Demuth · 11 months ago

We all need to pray to our Lord. This is a fantastic commerical and with our Lords and Blessed Mothers help maybe it will touch the heart and soul of our new president.

Linda · 11 months ago

Wow - you've got some inspired thinkers to come up with this! Is the sonogram Obama's? I don't even know when that technology was developed. Also, I'm not a fast reader so maybe the pace was fine for most folks, but I didn't catch the word African until my second viewing. Can't wait for the other ads!

Christy · 11 months ago

Excellent! Keep up the good work in putting the truth out there!

Ron · 11 months ago

Excellent! This needs to be seen!

Lisa Julia · 11 months ago

This has got to be the most powerful ad i have ever seen for our cause....i am literally in tears...literally.
I am going to link this on my facebook page.
If any of you are on facebook search for 'lisa julia photography' i know there are many pro-lifers out there. Let's stick together and fight FOCA

Jackie Griffith · 11 months ago

WOW. The Holy Spirit is truly working through you. This is awesome, full of hope, and the TRUTH. God Bless you for the openness and courage to keep doing God's work. President Obama needs to see this, I will pray that it cuts to his heart and that the Holy Spirit will enlighten him to do the right thing.

Frank · 11 months ago

This is very inspirational

Alladdin · 11 months ago

ditto! i wonder if they have them on mars....and i dont think they had ultra sounds in Kenya where he was born!

Jerry · 11 months ago

Only U.S. citizens can be president

Jaime · 11 months ago

Why was it removed?

Frank · 11 months ago

It's back up now. I'm not sure why. But, you can see that the URL is different. Did they change something in the movie?

rdc · 11 months ago

I see nothing but black when I play it. What am I supposed to be seeing?

CatholicVote · 11 months ago

That can happen when your provider blocks embedded YouTube videos. If you have a Facebook account, you can visit the CatholicVote.com page on Facebook. We have the video there, too. Just type "CatholicVote.com" in Facebook search box.

Bart · 11 months ago

Another awesome video!

Mike B. · 11 months ago

Outside of all the stupid comments. I was wonder if this was an ad against Abortion, or against teen pregnancy, or to reduce the number of lowlife boys that don't take responsibility for the child they made.

Babs Stilley · 11 months ago

I love it! Very positive and makes a great statement! Thank you!

pam · 11 months ago

This is an awesome ad. It shows how much potential EVERY life has.

Laura · 11 months ago

all i get is a VEgas video... what's happenin?

David · 11 months ago

I too am unable to view the video . . . I'll try again later? Or is there an updated link?

Marcy · 11 months ago

I had to play this video twice to be sure that it was a clear statement about NOT having an abortion. I felt it wasn't clear in that regard. It would have been a more effective ending had the last frame read, "Choose LIFE instead of abortion. Imagine the possibilities!"

pm · 11 months ago

don't like the commercial quite wasting money

MikeD. · 11 months ago

I believe that this add does a good job of getting the point across. Well done!

Elayne Stewart · 11 months ago

Will Obama change the law to make all who are responsible parents provide for their children and get them off the streets. There are still parents who want children, is this TV commercial to help us realize we have a problem. Who is it meant for?

Allen · 11 months ago

Why would we even present a President Elect on this site that is Pro-Choice. Not impressed at all.

John_Holecek · 11 months ago

Great ad. Keep up the wonderful work

Diane Garvin · 11 months ago

Very powerful, well done ad ... keep it up ... hope this will make President Obama think twice when he appoints US Supreme Court Justice (s). It doesn't matter that its not ACTUALLY ultra sound of Obama in the womb, for Heaven's sake!The point is there are millions who have used those same excuses to abort.... and Obama simply personifies it, and the potential of any life under even the most difficult circumstances ... The message is packed w/ meaning... and the ultra sound shows a real baby.

Sharon · 11 months ago

I tried to view the video and it says that it has been removed by the user.

Margo La Barr · 11 months ago

Whether the imagine of the LIVING unborn child is that of Obama or not, THE Message is Clear to any thinking individual who is willing to look at the TRUTH, rather than his or her own selfish reasons for denying the FACTS!!!!

J.E.Wiseman · 11 months ago

I think it is good, very timly, and hopefully it will give pause to really think about what you are doing if you abort a child. Someone who only God know what achievements he/she might have risen to. The love lost.

Tim · 11 months ago

Thank you for all that you do. I pray that this will inspire others to crusade for life.

Carol · 11 months ago

I support the concept of this ad. I do however, feel that this is not the ultrasound of President Elect Obama. Having had a child just 6 months prior to his birth.... We did not have ultrasound routinely done (if it existed) in 1964. Please correct the wording.... It will make a difference... and perhaps the biggest difference is in the President Elect, as he will see it.

Juaquin · 11 months ago

I think it is awesome and it speaks to the exact people that need to be reached. perfect.

Manya · 11 months ago

VERY powerful...great job.

steve · 11 months ago

where is da video

Dave · 11 months ago

it's good thing he wasn't President before he was born. there'd be no hope.

rhonda · 11 months ago

come on Mr. Pete I think we are all smart enough to know that ultrasound is not Mr. Obama, But if his mother whom was single at that particular time, by a black man would of made the decision to have an abortion if it was legal as it is today. History would not be, being made toorrow. Do you get that. Mr. pete?

Mary · 11 months ago

So very true and appropriate for this day--hope it is seen and appreciated by all Americans. Mary

Mary · 11 months ago

I cannot receive and when I sign up I get Invalid site !!!

Ton · 11 months ago

I can't see the video.
Is there another way to view it? I do not have a facebook account.

Jessica · 11 months ago

OMG....that brought me to tears! Beautiful! I wish it could be played on more stations than BET. God Bless!

Mary · 11 months ago

I just sprinkled "Hpoly water on My PC now it works !! Another miracle.!!!

Mary · 11 months ago

OOPS That is HOLY water..Sorry

MNovak · 11 months ago

It was a good video.

Tim · 11 months ago

can't open but I am assuming this is about Obama's Kenyan citizenship teh US SUpreme Court will hear the arguement on. Go to www.obamacrimes.org, it is not a negative site as the title might suggest.

Vince · 11 months ago

The irony is good, our God is a God of paradox and irony!

Patrick · 11 months ago

That seems to be pretty picky. Anyone who would argue that it is decietful because that isn't actual footage of Obama in the womb is only going to undermine their own side because they are missing the point of the video and getting caught up in silly little details.

Prolife Feminist · 11 months ago

I want to add that those of you who are concerned that the ultrasound isn't actually Obama...well..of course it isn't..that is SO not the point...and i do not think the last frame needs to have the text altered. It's subtle....but no way is it 'too' subtle. Anyone with half a brain who sees this will see the meaning behind the symbolism. It's powerful and to the point...Even my kindergarten-aged child would be able to 'get' the message here.
It pulls the heartstrings and puts a real face to 'any' ultrasound image....that is what powerful advertising does....and it works here..it really works.

Melissa · 11 months ago

The same can be said for so many men and women who have made an enormous impact on our world. The list of men and women running through my head, as I watched this , was growing with ever passing second. As Christians, the first life we need to look at was the life of Jesus. It would be very cool if Catholic Vote did a similar ad for various history makers. Frederick Douglas was born a slave and his incredible life is a testament to the human spirit and potential in all of us.

Debbie B · 11 months ago

This should get some of those Washington "Brain Trusts" thinking. God is truly using your creativeness and talents to get His message through,

sarge70 · 11 months ago

The ad will send a message to those who spend enough time getting involved. It's amazing how the truth stings some people. Unfortunately the people who would learn the most by it don't even bother to watch any news programs or get involved in any meaningful way in America. How sad!!

Lina · 11 months ago

awsome video....the sad part is that barack is pro-choice

Stacey · 11 months ago

Someone please send this to our new president!

Florence · 11 months ago

I can't get it even when I try Facebook.

Jim · 11 months ago

Inspirational! Imagine the cure for cancer, and a solution for a host of social, economic and political problems may have been stricken from the womb. We have been given free will, sometimes our choices are incorrect.

Kathie · 11 months ago

WOW! This is great! But I agree with Alladin, I don't think there were ultra sounds in Kenya back then.

sarge70 · 11 months ago

The ad is very compelling and truly drives home the message. It's too bad the so-called progressives will just rationalize and avoid the truth at all costs. To agree with our way of life diminishes their lifestyle and lack of morality becomes very obvious. To ignore the truth makes them feel better about what they have become. The other unfortunate aspect is that too many of the liberals don't bother to watch news or even get involved in anything meaningful. To them it's all about MTV, celebrities, sports stars, clothes, and other meaningless bling.

Nick France · 11 months ago

Bravo! Please God, let President Obama see this video and meditate on it.

P. Benard · 11 months ago

WOW!!!
I loved it. Thank you for showing the things I feel in my heart. Who ever thought of this video has the Holy Spirit working in them. Again, WOW!!!

DD · 11 months ago

Is this an add supporting Obama or is it against abortion It is very pro something

Mary E. Cusack · 11 months ago

I had to go to Catholic vote.com in order to view this very powerful video. It is precisely on subject and should
be an awakening to all the citizens of this country. Life is worth living as Bishop Sheen would say. Thank God
for all your good work.

Dave · 11 months ago

kinda makes you go: hmmm, what if his mother's father had not wanted her to be 'punished with a child' as he put it during his candidacy?

Barb_V · 11 months ago

I just told my office co-workers about this ad. One person, though he is pro-life, agreed that it is a remarkably powerful ad but was unsure if the inauguration is the appropriate time to show it. I disagreed; I feel with the huge audience and the historical occasion that it is, this is absolutely the perfect time to show this message. We pro-lifers need to become bold in our message...at cocktail parties, at work, on television, everywhere. We always seem to be so concerned about being politically correct and concerned about offending others. I believe that that is why our country is in the mess that it is in. Now, more than ever, we need to make our voices heard! Let us pray for a conversion of heart of our new President.

Jim · 11 months ago

Inspirational! Imagine a cure for cancer, solutions to a host of political, and socio-economic problems may have been lost in the womb. God has given us free will, but we continue to make poor choices.

Bill · 11 months ago

Good add, powerful, but let me rmind you Obama is NOT African-American, he is black, but of som other nationality. Niether is mother nor father are from Africa.

Pam · 11 months ago

AWESOME - it brought tears to my eyes. Pray for the conversion of our incoming President and Vice President.

Dave · 11 months ago

DD - the message I get is that even when you apply the circumstances that most people use to justify an abortion, you must acknowledge that if Obama's mother had used that justification, Barack would not be making history on Jan 20th. People need to understand a baby in the womb is not potential life, it's a life with potential.

Susan · 11 months ago

Beautiful message, full of hope and promise. The country needs to see this, and it is very appropriate to begin with the African American audience. God's will be done, and may a little child lead us back to Him.

LU · 11 months ago

I think the target audience is also middle class white liberals. These are the people who pushed the abortion issue in the name of poor African Americans. They are also the people who fawn over Obama because he is Black. These are the people who never see the hypocrisy of their views and will say it is each persons choice. They are also the people that cry over the rights of the prisoners in Guantanamo. The point is - why not show this on ABC or CBS or NBC???????? Is it money? The ad is great. This is the ad, absent the religious angle, which should be shown in history classes instead of health classes, along with Gerald Ford's story!!!!! He was an adopted child who became President.

Jim · 11 months ago

This world is full of many wonderful surprises. For the most part they are happening right under our very noses. The Holy Spirit works in so many ways. I really feel that we just need to give people an opportunity and they will show their hearts.

maria · 11 months ago

this is a most powerful video clip what would have happened eh? pro-abortionists think about that!!!!

whit1569 · 11 months ago

that is brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MikeinCT · 11 months ago

I love it. Thank you for all your hard work during this past presidential campaign. Keep up the fight for life! See you at the March!

Katie · 11 months ago

Thank you for this video! I posted it to Facebook so others will view it.

Al · 11 months ago

Its a shame he doesn't know when life begins. His comment on FNC interview when asked when he thought life began was, "I'm afraid that answer will have to be left to someone with a higher pay grade than mine to answer.

Steven Ertelt · 11 months ago

Nice new video Brian. We at www.lifenews.com support you and have a story today on this!

Anita Frickey · 11 months ago

Whoa!! What a statement--very powerful! We are praying!
Blessings!

Eileen · 11 months ago

Awesome, power-packed inspirational message in less than 45 seconds ... way to go! God Bless lets keep up the good work and continue to fight the good fight. I am linking it on my facebook page as well as emailing it to all my contacts.

Marie · 11 months ago

The Catholics voted for abortion. I am happy that Obama survived his mother's pregnancy, but Obama spoke about not assisting babies who survive abortion. Obama stated that he didn't want to punish the mother who wanted to kill her baby. I don't get the Catholic Church using this video as a moral compass.

Renee · 11 months ago

Very well said, Marie. I agree 100%

Shawn · 11 months ago

not all Catholics voted for abortion. Not all people do what is right. This video is not a moral compass, but rather is the light house. It is not a tool in the hand for people to mis-read or misuse, but rather it is the beacon on the shoreline merely stating facts--here is the shore ... here is the dignity of life. Just because people ignore the dignity of life (both catholic and otherwise) doesn't mean it shouldn't be proclaimed.

Jennifer · 11 months ago

The Catholic Church uses the Holy Bible as a moral compass. I don't think anyone can argue with that.

Colette · 11 months ago

NOT ALL CATHOLICS voted for Obama.

46 percent of Catholics did not vote for Obama (according to the New York Time exit poll, 54% of Catholics voted for Obama). A landslide, this is not.

Next, despite this unfortunate 54% of Catholic voters, the Catholic Church has a clear position against abortion. One "seed" the video may plant in mothers contemplating abortion is, Obama defeated the odds, maybe the child I am carrying will too.

pcr · 11 months ago

Were do you get saying that Catholic voted for abortion. I don't know a single true Catholic who believes in abortion and I know a lot of people. You are not understanding the point in this video.

The message is that Obama's life could have easily been lost in abortion and look at him now. He should be thankful that his mother did not believe as he does. Oh yea, abortion wasn't legal when he was born so he had nothing to worry about.

Just imagine all of those babies aborted and who they could be now. we might have lost the scientist that was to cure cancer or aids. Only God knows.

I know at least 2 people in their 30's whose mothers were considering aborting them and decided not to. You bet they cherise their lives everday.

Maria · 11 months ago

I am Catholic and did not vote for Mr. Obama. I voted for the candidate who spoke out in defense of GODS' unborn. I was too young to speak out when Roe vs. Wade was passed but I am old enough now to make a statement and stand up for HIS children. If this video saves just one unborn child it was well worth it.

James Leitten · 11 months ago

Wonderful !! If that doesn't hit home the sanctity of Life nothing will. Great job. Hopefully people will stop & pay attention to what is being said.

Ann Lowery · 11 months ago

Thank you for allowing "the obvious" to be clearly implanted in our hearts and in our intellect. As a body in Christ, let us not forget to offer our prayers for this new President of the free world.

Ron Doty · 11 months ago

Hypocrisy exposed! Just like all those gun totin' congressional leaders who have a right to self defense, but would deny us the same. Just like Al Gore and his idling SUV Limo warning us our cars will destroy the world. Just like Congress investigating Madoff's Ponzi scheme while it raids the Social Security Fund. Just like. . . .

Rick Gonzalez · 11 months ago

Excellent and hard hitting with the facts! How will we know if this add is effective? May God bless you!

vickie · 11 months ago

Its what is real...its important to say what you mean...if You trust in God then obey His commandments, don't just talk the talk, walk the walk.....If you believe in God then dont kill his children. Also, do what He would want you to do, abstanince until marriage and then stay that way and raise your kids, esp the dads. Too many young black men dont know who their fathers are and have NO examples of relationships between two people who are married, therefore, they continue the example they have been shown....and it goes on and on and on. Identity crisis ensues causing the gang structure to take the place of the family.

dlvandd · 11 months ago

The most powerful ad in a long time - where were these ideas during the elections

Elizabeth · 11 months ago

It is wonderful to see the Church is speaking out -

Lydia · 11 months ago

The messeage it delivers is powerful.. Well said

Steve · 11 months ago

It is obvious that the Fidelis Center for Law and Policy is America's leading Catholic public interest law firm. All Catholics should support you with their prayers and money. Keep up the good work.

Terre · 11 months ago

The best modern day approach for our cause I've seen. Thank you so much to the people and agency who thought of and created this message.

Shawn · 11 months ago

All too often national organizations will degrade or despise someone because of their views and so, in the name of proclaiming the Gospel and defending life, they will use an approach that isn’t loving. Often these approaches repel people instead of compel them; they make them distain Christ because of judgmental Christians. Your commercial is above that. It in no way compromises the truth, and at the same time celebrates the goodness and dignity that is in the adversary to our goals. Well done. Keep up the good work.

grace · 11 months ago

Powerful!! May God use it to bring conviction to this backward nation and to our new President!

pete nelson · 11 months ago

How can I download this and send it to my friends? There are many who will not watch the inauguration who need to see this too.

Juaquin · 11 months ago

Pete,
I was abel to cut and paste the link into an email to send to family and friends.
http://www.catholicvote.com/
It seems to work.

JeanetteZ · 11 months ago

Insperational and moving. All human beings, every race, and every gender has the potential to be great no matter how they were conceived. I hope this add will save the lives of many unborn children and give purpose to the life they may achieve.

God Bless,
JeanetteZ

vickie · 11 months ago

one more thing...who raised barrack obama....really...I think not his mom..she probably was too young..and his dad....well, lets just say...his birth was probably an accident and...then he was given to one of the grandmothers to raise...as probably that grandmother didnt want her flesh and blood being adopted. so, the influence on barrack to get him this far was his grandmother...so....if you voted for barrack...laud her...she got him this far..his veiws and values...He is still married and has children and works for a living supporting his family. His values came not from his mother or father..but his grandmother...who was she....???

M Dickerson · 11 months ago

Please, people, check your facts before you make a public statement. Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii. He, of course is not the fetus in the video, but for those whom it needs to be spelled out, it is making the observation that had his mother, under circumstances as they were, chosen to abort her baby that we would not have him as our president. It is an example that every life aborted changes the way the world is. That everyone is important and should have the chance to make their place in the world. And for those who will be born into less than acceptable homes, it gives those of us who care an opportunity to make a difference as a grandparent, a neighbor, an adoptive family, and many other creative ways. Have a open mind and heart when it comes to abortion. It is today's holocaust and it will be looked upon in history as such. There are things we are not meant to manipulate. Help an expectant mom today by donating to a crisis pregnancy center. Check out the Gabriel project. They will do whatever it takes to see that a mom has help with a pregnancy....even if she has been kicked out and is homeless. Sorry that this is so long...but seems appropriate on MLK day to speak of the "dreams" we have or peace in our society.

mnelan · 11 months ago

It's powerful and true unfortunately I believe individuals will see something different it could be considered bias and taken in a different contact. I will continue to pray for our new President and his cabinet for their conversion to the truth which is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Hope to see you at the March on Thursday. You Sister in Christ.

M Dickerson · 11 months ago

FOR peace in our society...sorry!

Nancy Hansen · 11 months ago

God bless you!! This is one of the most hard hitting, yet poignant ads I have ever seen. Had Obama been a legislator in those days, Obama would have abortioned himself. We will pray he sees your ad and sees his folly. As a Methodist, I applaud your uniting all voters who pray for a loving and just society. Please don’t forget your Jewish friends. During the election, I sent mine all your emails, which they loved and passed on. Your timing and venue are perfect.

pcr · 11 months ago

Were do you get saying that Catholic voted for abortion. I don't know a single true Catholic who believes in abortion and I know a lot of people. You are not understanding the point in this video.

The message is that Obama's life could have easily been lost in abortion and look at him now. He should be thankful that his mother did not believe as he does. Oh yea, abortion wasn't legal when he was born so he had nothing to worry about.

Just imagine all of those babies aborted and who they could be now. we might have lost the scientist that was to cure cancer or aids. Only God knows.

I know at least 2 people in their 30's whose mothers were considering aborting them and decided not to. You bet they cherise their lives everday.

Obama'nation · 11 months ago

Nice Video. Very predictable, though.
How Ironic that Obama is the Most Pro-Abortion President ever. I've read the transcripts from the Illinois Senate where Obama voted against providing medical care to babies born Alive due to botched Abortions. Babies that had been left in Dirty Laundry rooms to die, while Obama was too concerned that providing medical care for these babies would lead to Roe V Wade being Overturned. So don't bother to comment back how this is a SO CALLED "Right Wing Conspiracy". I've read the Transcripts.
Well? At least when Obama's President "We won't have to worry about paying our Mortgage, putting Gas in our car, and feeding our Kids". America is in a State of Delusion. Hollywood and the News Media have already written the script for their Messiah, the Greatest President ever in the History of the United States, Maybe in the Universe. They won't be happy untill we all Bow down to the Alter of Obama and the False Utopia that they will present to us. There is Nothing Obama can do Wrong. All that is Bad in the World will be blamed on Bush and/or Christians.
Just Pray FOCA will Not get passed. Our God would NOT be a God of Love if he was not also a God of Justice. After 52 million Abortions God's Cup of Mercy is coming to an end. America will REAP what it has Sewn. Murder, Violence, Greed, and Entitlement.

rhonda · 11 months ago

marie, all catholics do not support abortion, just like all baptist or lutheran.ect, do not accept abortion. That is really an unfair statement. I hope you can understand that and come to agree all of us are human, having said that. Through prayer all christians can defeat the injustice of killing thousands of innocent babies.

Olivia · 11 months ago

One word.....AWESOME!

pcr · 11 months ago

Were do you get saying that Catholic voted for abortion. I don't know a single true Catholic who believes in abortion and I know a lot of people. You are not understanding the point in this video.

The message is that Obama's life could have easily been lost in abortion and look at him now. He should be thankful that his mother did not believe as he does. Oh yea, abortion wasn't legal when he was born so he had nothing to worry about.

Just imagine all of those babies aborted and who they could be now. we might have lost the scientist that was to cure cancer or aids. Only God knows.

I know at least 2 people in their 30's whose mothers were considering aborting them and decided not to. You bet they cherise their lives everday.

Christal · 11 months ago

Although his life and upbringing was that of troubled, and rags to riches, I do not believe this video is appropriate for a church to be running. It seems to promote that unwed mothers and fathers that run from their responsibilities, is approved by the church, all because one man made it to the White House. I am not saying that all unwed/fatherless children well turn out less or bad, I am stating I feel this video is not appropriate for encouraging the youth to abstain. It merely shows that one can achieve in life if one works hard to do so. But I do not believe this is the right video to be using for this.

Victoria · 11 months ago

This is saying that each life is a gift and each person has a destiny or a place in the world as part of God's plan. When a life is aborted or killed, we don't know what God's plan was for that life, and we are instrumental for not fulfilling that potential. In this case, a potential for greatness, if his parents chose to have him aborted, if it was such a situation.

Christal · 11 months ago

Hello Victoria, I do not get a chance to get on this site often and just saw your reply. I believe all life is a gift from God, that each person God puts on this earth has a destiny and place in Gods plan, but...I still feel and will always feel that the words stated in the video seem to encourage the youth not to worry about becoming pregnant and encourage fathers that it is ok if they run from their responsibilities, because your child could become the next president.

Abortion is not the answer. What is the answer is to teach our youth what Gods plan is to abstain when you are not married, not feel willy engage. God has a plan for all of us, abortion in not part of that plan, but neither is promoting unwed mothers not to worry about how many unwed children they have because one of them could be president one day.

In my opinion, and that is also my right, this video is not about abortions, it is about one mans life. I believe that the church could come up with a video that could better state this, as I have seen the others that have made that are far better.

Each one of us will view this video in many different ways, this is just what I see in this video. I have read many remarks that everyone has made to this video and many are viewing it in different way also. I have already heard the horror stories/remarks of "yea, so I am not married, one of my kids could be president too". This is very scary to me to hear, as more youth will view this as "so what" I'm unwed.

As I said, abortion is not the answer and it never will be but teaching to abstain should be just as important . One more note and then I will quit.....No one man or woman can be used as an idol to promote Gods word. There should be no man used for an idol and that seems to be what is going on here. Remember, killing is wrong, therefore abortion is wrong, but so is using idols for promoting Gods word. This man may now lead this country but he is no idol.

Thank you for your time in listening.
God be with us ALL

Victoria · 11 months ago

Powerful. Hit the nail on the head- bull's eye.

lumal · 11 months ago

AMAZING!!! It brought tears to my eyes. I wish we can see it i all TV stations.i

Sharon · 11 months ago

RIGHT ON! Keep up the good work!

Tom · 11 months ago

Wonderful add. It shows that all life is special, not just life that is wanted. At the time Obama was in his mother's womb, abortion was regulated at the state level. It is estimated that the year before Roe vs. Wade decision, there were roughly 100,000 abortions. She could have aborted him, but didn't.

It makes a good point without putting people in the corner. He doesn't become President if he had been aborted. Simple and strong.

vickie · 11 months ago

wow obama nation...you feel as my husband does...we always vote republican because of the standards and values....we believe in democracy, and the dems believe in a socialistic form of gov. leading to communism. i think that we fought against that for so long, I remember as a child it being a major thing. we have fought to keep our country democratic..however, with obama...it was important to keep him alive, after all we wouldnt have been intro to socialism. it promotes the killing of babies I mean after all, a womans body is her own, not her babies who is a non person. its ironic how, she can kill her own baby, yet if someone were to attack her and she live and her baby die, he would be convicted of murder of a non person. we are in a battle now for the SANCTITY OF LIFE..period....babies now...old people later...remember TERRY SHIAVO....a woman who was alive breathing on her own, and her husband used our gov. to murder her through starvation. I will never forget that. so, killing babies, the elderly, handicapped, what next....obama lives, and in his case, abortion was an option but he lived...and the next best person raised him.

Obama'nation · 11 months ago

It's also Ironic how Liberals will hold Vigils for a Mass Murderer, but Came out in DROVES so an Innocent Woman like Terry Schiavo starved to Death. That was Another Sad Day in this Country. That, also, happenned when the Republicans were supposedly in Charge. So much for them.
BTW, Don't Believe in Democracy. Democracy Ultimately is Mob Rule and a Failed form of Government. That is why our Founding Fathers gave us a Republic, based on democracy, but where minority opinions can be heard.
Believe in Jesus Christ, not Politicians. Jesus is the Way, The TRuth, and the Life.

Mitzi · 11 months ago

This is perfect! I love the message. I heard once that a reporter asked Mother Theresa if God loves us so much, why hasn't He sent us someone with the cure to cancer and AIDS? Her reply was along the same lines as the video: "He did. You aborted him." I don't know if that story is true, but the message is! Thank you, CatholicVote, for getting this out.

Obama'nation · 11 months ago

I heard that Mother Theresa was once asked by a reporter what she thought about abortion? Her response, "What do you think Jesus thinks of Abortion?" The Reporter was stunned.

Ultimately, when ever we do anything we should be asking ourselves what we think Jesus Thinks about what we are doing.

Remembering Mother Theresa's Response. When someone asks about Abortion in instances of Rape -
"What would Jesus think of a Son being Killed for his Fathers Sins?"

In cases where the Mothers Life is in danger -
"What do you think Jesus would think of One giving up their Life so someone else may live."

margret · 11 months ago

It is sad that this has to be shown to any Christian - for ALL Christians should not have voted for Obama or any other political figure who favors abortion or freedom of choice. We will reap what we sow...we are in for very hard times my friends. This is just the beginning... How dare we deny God His will, how dare we tell Him that we are better than He. How dare we!!!!!!
To all Catholics - mail in the postcards handed out at Church yesteday...the only way we can make our voices heard is to get involved and make some noise...God Bless America...we need it now more than ever!!!!!

Andrew Nelson · 11 months ago

I wish it would have said This child "could" become instead "will". The fetus on the screen is not in fact Obama, but it has the same potential. It could do the same as he has done. Great ad, otherwise!

Mike Drabik, Toledo, Ohio · 11 months ago

I really appreciate this video. Lately I've been feeling very, very, very angry with my fellow Catholics over their vote for Obama. I consider it (and still consider it) to be a Mortal Sin.

Your Video, though, has found a way to get not only past, but through the great evil.

I've been pursing a kind of 'slam'em and bam'em way since Nov. 2nd. I've even told these Catholics to 'hit the road' or to 'get out' if they won't follow the Church's teachings on life. And if they won't leave - then to give them the ol' 'Catholic Shun' - treat 'em as if they aren't there - refuse to even acknowledge their presence at all.

Your video has me rethinking and reconsidering where to go. I still believe that no compromise has got to be the way, but I now have some hope that trying to get the truth across doesn't not mean using harsh ways nor does it have to be mean becoming unfaithful to the Lord if gentler ways are used.

St. Francis De Sales in his native country of Switzerland had to confront Catholics who had listened to John Calvin and left the Church. Many who tried to bring them back used methods that caused more division Some how he found a way that helped slews them of want to come home and without using the 'slam'em and 'bam'em' tactic.

I'm going find a Novena to him and ask for his help and some place I have his "Introduction to the Devout Life" stored. I am going to have to dig it up and read it in full.

Thanks for again.

Lisa · 11 months ago

This is a great video to share with Obama supporters. It gives such a clear case and point for life. Every life is valuable and will make a difference in this world.

Maria · 11 months ago

Awesome video! Gets right to the heart of the matter. Thank you for all of your hard work in fighting for GODS' unborn. May GOD bless you all!

genenrita · 11 months ago

Obama should be grateful his Mother was pro-life and thank his grandmother for raising him. I wonder what influence his wife has on his current pro-choice views.

Gene

pj · 11 months ago

This is very powerful. I wonder if President Elect Obama every thought that he could have fallen into the catagory of abortion. This doesn't appear to have been a subject of choice by his parents, since they both committed to helping create him. But, I guess if this is one way to get the message out to others and possibly him....go for it.....

Myron1981 · 11 months ago

What a great video!! Definitely needs to be seen on ever station. Would love to link it on my facebook.

Laura · 11 months ago

FANTASTIC! To the point! I hope the eye's that see this will get the full knowledge of the message.....

Zanya Ruiz · 11 months ago

Impressive add, very powerful, at the beginning of the add I felt I wasn't sure what was going to happened to that baby..I was afraid It was going to be one of those adds that shows you parts or the whole abortion process, which is horrible and to be honest I didn't want to have to actually watch the graphic details, but then as we can see the baby actually lived to fulfill an unexpected destiny against all odds.. I pray Mr Obama helps give that same chance to many children that don't get a chance to see such better endings.

Marian · 11 months ago

I am so happy you guys exist. This is a wonderful ad and a perfect venue.

Pat · 11 months ago

Wonderful and very moving video. What God creates, He has a plan for, even for future President's

Greg · 11 months ago

Touch Down!......how much will it take to run this ad during the Super Bowl?

CK1REP · 11 months ago

INTENSE and brilliant!!!! Thank you for the most informative ad I've seen! A reality check for those who JUST DON'T GET IT! BRAVO!!!!

Marcella · 11 months ago

Very good pro-life video, I hope it changes hearts to defend the unborn. I doubt it will influence Obama in any way. He is not a man of godly principle. If he was, he would not have run for President . The evidence proves that he is not elligible because he is not a Natural Born Citizen which is a requirement to be President of the USA according to the US Constituion. For all we know, he might not even be a Naturalized Citizen and is possibly an illegal alien. see www.Obamaforgery.com and www.Obamacrimes.com for more information.

Patricia · 11 months ago

Powerfully done, as was your pre-election video - excellent work. But I wish this one were more explcit.

In addition to the 'broken home' and the 'struggling single mother' references, go on to say something like ' X-number of babies like him are aborted every year/day/hour in America ... their mothers saying they can't afford to have them/don't want to raise them alone/aren't ready to be a parent ...' OR 'His chances of being aborted were 1 in 4.'

In the current political and social climate, I fear it will be easy for most viewers of this commercial, as is, to concentrate on Obama's triumph, quickly bypassing the now-common broken-home and single-mother history. The radical Obama abortion agenda about to befall us and the diabolical support he garnered from Catholics and so many others who paid little attention to his anti-life agenda cannot be underestimated nor, I fear, spoken to softly and vaguely.

Keep up the great work.

PS · 11 months ago

Great job...... It is amazing!!!! I have goosebumps just watching it!!!! FANTASTIC!!!!!

J9495 · 11 months ago

This is just GREAT!!!!

Al · 11 months ago

I wonder if Obama understands that half of all African American children are aborted. He had a 50/50 chance of survival from the moment of conception. Add that to the chances of survival of young African American men, and the fact that he made it to the presidency is a miracle. If he could only see this miracle, I wonder if his views would change.

CK1REP · 11 months ago

This ad has got to be put up during the SuperBowl when millions of people are watching!!!! It would have an unbelievable impact on people!!! Imagine the potential!!!!

Mari · 11 months ago

Totally agree!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW... my heart has sooo many feelings all at once after watching this.....
Yes, this has to be God inspired!

Tana · 11 months ago

WOW! Powerful, way to turn the issue of Life into one we can all wrap our arms around.

Danks · 11 months ago

It would be great to run another commercial but this time show a crack head on the street holding a revolver with one bullet left in a nice neighbor hood.

Linda · 11 months ago

This ad needs supporting everyone! Let's keep this going out there far and wide.

Dayne Miller · 11 months ago

An absolute stroke of genius, inspired by God Himself! It's impact reaches to people's soul rather than to their defenses. Congratulations!

Dayne Miller

Mary · 11 months ago

Brilliant!!!! Ohhhh Greg that is a wonderful idea... the Superbowl!!!

pforrester · 11 months ago

I have uploaded this to both of my blogs and facebook.

rafernandez · 11 months ago

Moving and convincing. I hope it reaches the hearts of our goverment officials. You are doing our country a service that can only be realized in our future.

George · 11 months ago

A person's family history can be a very emotional thing. While everyone is entitled to seeing both sides of a situation, you are taking a very personal part of someones life and making a judgement on that descion for the world to see. This ad would be better if I felt it was endorsed by the man who's life you are commenting on.

KatieSilverSpring · 11 months ago

I would disagree with you, George, Obama made his family part of his campaign, every aspect of it. There were photos of him tossing the lei into the ocean in memory of his mother, he spoke of his single mother early on. That judgement on that decision that you note is one the world needs to see in the context of what would/could have been. They didn't pick a random politician or otherwise famous person who had never spoken of his origins and make the commercial.

Me · 11 months ago

Your right! All images in the media of this man should be removed. As each and everyone one of them "is making judgements" and that's not right. Especially images of him smiling with his wife, it comments on the idea that one man and one women are happy in a committed, publicly monogamous relationship. And that is a judgement, we can not have any of that. Please disregard the fact that this comment I am make is a judgement also. But of course I am exempt from this rule because all of you reading this are just figments of my imagination and I have created you, because I determine my reality. There is no truth all truth is relative. . . and I have philosphers to prove it. nanny nanny boo boo.

jb manning · 11 months ago

This is awesome

the new president cannot complain, he is being complimented - at the same time he is basically being nailed for having positions on the right to life that denies others what he has, life, and opportunity

very well done, my compliments

Tim & Josie Lucas, Riv., Ca. · 11 months ago

This sends a great message. We all must continue as Christian Catholics and Brothers of Knights of Columbus, to pray for conversion of others that are lost and give up the sanity of life, and help those who are lost. We need to continue to send our next President of the U.S.A. the message not to pass FOCA as well as our Vice President, which is Catholic the same. They both say they are Pro-Choice. We need to pray for the Christian Catholics that voted for these to candidates into office. Thank CatholicVote for the great message, and getting the message out to others. This message needs to be sent to the candidates too.--- May Christ's Christmas Light continue to burn in all of our Hearts, Minds, and Souls---

Sarah · 11 months ago

Did you mean the sanctity of life?

Gloria · 11 months ago

Wonderful. Hopefully, inspiring to at least 1 pro-choice person.

Carol · 11 months ago

Wonderful!!! Funny, I was just earlier today wishing I could speak to Barack Obama and ask him, "Suppose your mother had chosen to abort YOU?"

Teresa · 11 months ago

I agree, this is Brilliant and hopefully will give all something to think about, including our new soon to be President. Thanks for your wonderful creative ideas

tiredmom · 11 months ago

BRILLIANT!!!

twe · 11 months ago

Break for his conversion.

Brian · 11 months ago

I wish you guys would put your videos on god tube or use something other than Youtube. Many of us who work at churches or other Catholic institutions have Youtube blocked and cannot see your videos. Thanks for your consideration. God bless

twe · 11 months ago

Oops...I meant to say--Pray for his conversion!

KatieSilverSpring · 11 months ago

This is outstanding! I want to hear/read the comments after it shows! I am so impressed

B. BOWERS · 11 months ago

AWESOME! Thank you!

Coletta · 11 months ago

My prayer is for President Obama and his wife, Michelle to embrace the miracle of LIFE IN THE WOMB. In addition I feel compelled to pray fervently for our Congressional and Senate Representatives to choose life not destroy the most vulnerable of all humans the precious unborn children.

Marleen · 11 months ago

How can you forward this to the new president, who has been given tlife and opportunities, and to his cabinet?

mlpozomd · 11 months ago

Bravo! Bravisimo!

abranson · 11 months ago

Thank you everyone at CatholicVote.com and may God bless your efforts! We need this message, this voice, to be heard in our culture.

Barbara · 11 months ago

George, he is the president elect. Tomorrow he will be the President of the United States. What could be more public then his life. He was born under those circumstances, was given life by his mother and faced difficulties as we all have, and has become the leader of the most powerful country in the world. Thank you to his mother, his grandparents, teachers, friends, wife, children for the man he is and the potential he has to do good things for this country and the world.

JoAnn · 11 months ago

Great job!! James Robison was born from a rape and he is a great man of God and minister of the Word today, God can make something good from something bad, He is God not Obama, can't believe people are looking to man, man can't give peace only Christ can give us true peace. Wake up America, the end is near and we are sitting idle thinking this can go on forever, like sheep being led to slaughter. It has been named sheeple during this time in history. People look to God and not to man for your salvation.

Janet · 11 months ago

Absolutely brilliant! Keep them coming.

Christine · 11 months ago

What a powerful message. May the Holy Spirit penetrate hearts and minds with the need to protect life.
God bless you for your work.

S Appling · 11 months ago

This is the most powerful pro-life video I've seen. I absolutely love it.
I also like the logo, Life, imagine the potential.

Cherene · 11 months ago

CatholicVote.com: You nailed it, drove it home, hit the ball out of the park with this one.

Sure, if you're reading this in English, thank a soldier, but if you're reading this at all, thank your mother.

Thanks Mom.

Peggy · 11 months ago

AMEN to this great ad. May it touch billions of people and make it's impact on them. I Pray for Change!!

GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA AND OUR NEW PRESIDENT!

Eileen · 11 months ago

Let's all pray that Obama himself sees this ad!

Betty · 11 months ago

This is the way to go! Wonderful. Much more effective than praying outside Planned Parenthood. While it is good that good people do this, I worry it turns more people against the Pro-Life cause. This type of gentle reminder will pierce their hearts much more effectively. I will make a donation as often as I can to promote more of these videos. This concept is so exciting! Thank you.

Anne Keehan · 11 months ago

Betty, if you have not been a part of 40 Days for Life and praying outside Planned Parenthood, please don't demean its effectiveness. I urge you to go to their website (I don't have it but you can search 40 Days for Life) & read the wonderful things that have happened because of these prayers. This movement has grown exponentialy in a few short years and prayers and witness are our most powerful weapon against the evils of abortion. This video is also powerful and will reach a different audience & I commend the Catholic vote site.
Anne

Betty · 11 months ago

Anne, I am aware of 40 Days for Life and I am not demeaning the effectiveness of praying outside Planned Parenthood. As I said in my post, it is good that good people do this and I am happy if it helps mothers considering abortion. We need to reach more than women seeking abortions now. We need to reach those who think "I wouldn't have an abortion but I think others should be able to if they want to." We need to make people think of the unborn child and that child's right to life. In the past I really do think the Pro-Life movement has focused heavily on "protests" and we need to focus more on a positive message to reach many more people. The ones who can put an end to this terrible tragedy for the unborn are the ones who are apathetic and also those in power to effectively end abortion on demand. By all means, praying in front of the abortion clinics should not be discouraged. I just think we need to reach a larger audience. I guess I believe in the old saying, "you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar." We must reach all people--the religious and non-religious alike. And especially, I think, the non-religious. They will respond to this type of message much more readily than seeing the demonstrations at Planned Parenthood on the news.

MAH · 11 months ago

Obama is talking about all of us having to sacrifice...what more of a sacrifice could there be to than keep your baby in the face of all the "pro-choice" supporters out there.

Helen S. · 11 months ago

Thank you SO MUCH for carrying the message. Finally, I can relax and enjoy the inaugural knowing that God's business has been taken care of.

Lola Peterson · 11 months ago

Amen.

MMG · 11 months ago

May God use this add for the convertion of Our new President's heart.

God bless

Ken · 11 months ago

Well done!

Debbie · 11 months ago

Couldn't have put it out there any better than that.....Hopefully it will sink in!

Mary Feldman · 11 months ago

In my church, an anti abortion film was shown yesterday. TImely .......It was four months too late. What a bunch of hyprocrites.!

Carmen Andrade · 11 months ago

Where were you mary feldman? with your head in the sand? it's your responsibility to stay informed, in touch, up to date and in prayer. Don't blame anyone. What did YOU do?

Mary Feldman · 11 months ago

BS

Joanne · 11 months ago

Mary, I don't think your mother thought it was BS. Lucky for you she didn't !!!!

David Murotake Ph.D. · 11 months ago

Truly outstanding message... Truly inspired!

Gail · 11 months ago

Youtube said you removed the video. What happened?

Sharon · 11 months ago

WOW !! This is great. It should be on all the stations, what an impact it would make

Jan · 11 months ago

I love your videos. They go right to the heart of the "right to life" movement. I'm not Catholic, but I am a Christian and therefore very prolife!

Lacie · 11 months ago

WOW! Gave me goosebumps. I'm sharing this with everybody I know.

barbie · 11 months ago

Thank you for posting this on YouTube. We as Christians, must start using our resources with the Media, and not keep "preaching to the choir".

Carolyn · 11 months ago

Barbie, AMEN!
Time to preach about the consequences of our decisions and not just about our being saved by grace.

marla · 11 months ago

WOW! A very powerful message! Lets all pray for our new president, our country and the safety of all our children, born and unborn!

Carolyn · 11 months ago

Maria, the only way i could or can pray for Obama is that God will touch his heart and CHANGE him for I certainly DO NOT agree with his policies and, in no way, will give up my beliefs to become one of his cult members!!

willie coller · 11 months ago

It is the commandment of God to pray for leadership because he is not God and can't change anything without help from others,If we pray in agreement and trust the only true God and follow his word according to how to submit to authority and then he can hear his people and heal our land. I think alot of people praise the Pope and worship him, I stay focus on the Lord Jesus Christ and realize that others lend to some people that give them hope and God will judge their hearts if their inspiration had become a God. Let us pray for all people and God rule over every matter including just loving each other.

Julie · 11 months ago

Wow, must be good because my computer is so slow in downloading it.

Bill Prihoda · 11 months ago

This is a great ad, but it needs to be accentuated through a very forceful political message. I am concerned that it is too subtle, and believe me, Obama will bank on it! Being a far left liberal who supports more government, he already thinks that the American public are a bunch of rubes; too stupid to make our own decisions. If you really wanted this add to have some clout and force behind it, it needs to be more literal on its it's real message. Get the message out that if Obama is truly all about racial, economic and social justice and fairness, he should fight for the rights of the unborn and against abortion so that these kids could have the same rights, and the same chance to meet their potential that he had when he was in his mother's womb.

Joanne · 11 months ago

I agree!!

MGD · 11 months ago

Too bad the video was taken off the internet - I didn't get a chance to view it - it's already off.

Jan Marie · 11 months ago

OUTSTANDING PR!!

Peggy, I too thought it 'out of step' praying in front of abortion clinics and publicly said so one day to my college roommates ..as I had chanced to pass an abortion clinic on the way to class one day. There were many people (mostly women..holding rosaries..and I thought they were giving "us Catholics" a bad name. That was years ago. Since becoming more involved with the pro-life movement (and to my shame) I've come to know women who now thank those praying in front of the clinic. They credit the presence of those in prayer changing their minds as they show pictures of their children!!! With tears they now thank those 'judgemental
protesters' Now, I may be annoying prayer presence. But I'll do it to save a life. We can all play a part.
I must say though,.....this ad is EXACTLY what needs to be said. HOPE! Christ is our Hope!!!!

Fatima · 11 months ago

Very powerful video. God bless....

Rudelle · 11 months ago

Utube says they removed the video

Fr. Bud · 11 months ago

I justg saw the video: 1:45 P.M. CST Jan. 18, 09

Rudelle · 11 months ago

it is off utube....any other way I can view it?

B in TX · 11 months ago

If I am not mistaken, President Ford was another unborn child that could have been aborted.

PatM · 11 months ago

The ending of the ad surprised me and I pray the message will reach the hearts of all who need it.

Jennifer Rhodus · 11 months ago

WOW! I pray that someone sends this directly to our new president elect and that God touches his heart. Then TRUE change will happen -- in his life and the life of this country!

PD · 11 months ago

This is a very powerful ad and I appreciate so much your making it and putting it on BET.

Susan · 11 months ago

Fantastic.....lets hope many show up this year for the March for Life this Thursday in Washington, DC

Joanne · 11 months ago

Excellent!!! God IS hearing our prayers for the unborn and I will continue to pray daily for them as well as the elderly of our great nation. While I do not have the same political, or moral philosophy as our president elect I will pray that his heart is softened and that the Holy Spirit will enter his mind and lead him in the direction of our Lord and Saviour. All peoples of our country will be affected by his decisions, believers and non-believers as well. God bless our country, our President-elect Obama and President George W. Bush as he leaves office.

Connie · 11 months ago

Awesome. Let us pray the Holy Spirit will impact this message upon our new President as he influences new legislation. May God use our new President in ways even he had no ideas before. Even though I didn't support him before, he is now our President, and I pray for him and wish him well, and may God bless him.

Bob Fletcher · 11 months ago

Escellent. I pray that our Great American's will follow their forefathers in protecting the freedom rights of all. Is our new President a symbol of God's will forf Pro-Life?

gloria · 11 months ago

It is difficult to see this commercial and not be touched. I had a hard time holding back tears. I am the youngest of 6 in our family. My father also left. I often wonder if I would have been here had it not been for my faithful mother. I became a nurse and all of my brothers and sisters have made their contributiions to society. I am so grateful for my mother's faith and commitment.
Gloria

R.Rizzo · 11 months ago

God Bless the WHOLE WORLD. NOT just the US!

We should let people use their free will, and not try to legislate one religion's views, lest we want this to be a religious State. I am fine with other people having their own beliefs, even those that do not agree with me. After all, didn't Christ teach tolerance, above all?

I find this ad rather intolerant of others' beliefs. We should not try to legislate our religious beliefs, unless we first amend the Constitution, to disallow freedom of religion.

Sue · 11 months ago

Do you believe the church that life starts at conception? If you don't fine. If you do, then the unborn child is a human life. Would Christ want you to protect human life and defend it? If someones beliefs allow them to kill innocent people why can't they? When did murder become freedom of religion??

Greg Lilly · 11 months ago

No where in the Bible will you find Jesus mentioning the word "Tolerance". Fact is He stated "Let anyone harm the smallest of God's children, and it would be better that he have a millstone tied to his neck & be tossed into the sea!
What does it mean to "disallow" (reject) freedom of religion? Also you will not find ANYWHERE in the Constitution where the term "separation of church & state" is used!

undisclosed · 11 months ago

We can only hope that Obama see's this message, it will be the only way it will hit home; only problem is, Obama is not African American, he is a mutt.

Vicki · 11 months ago

This add needs to be on more networks than just BET - Everyone needs to view it and contemplate its message!! God bless!

Liz · 11 months ago

great work, Fidelis!

CarolBG · 11 months ago

I t is hardly intolerant of others' beliefs. The message is simple, Life is Precious.

Rd · 11 months ago

I'm sorry, but I do not see that this has anything to do with religion. This is a great video!

Jenny · 11 months ago

RRizzo,

Christ preached Love above all else, not tolerance. That is a liberal misnomer promulgated by those who would twist the Creator's words to use against the most helpless of His creatures: the unborn. Get your theology straightened out.

Sal · 11 months ago

Being Pro-Choice does not mean that someone is not pro-life. but you conservative always have a way to twist the truth. same thing with Iraq. If someone said that they did not support Bush, you twisted it and said that one did not support the troops., I do have one question for you??
How many AID's infected and drug adicted children have you adpoted??
I'm a Soldier of Jesus Christ and God the father, but I do not beleive in religion
I do not know where you got that I was a Catholic

Tracy · 11 months ago

This is awesome! Thank you CatholicVote.com!

carofaye · 11 months ago

you know i would feel better if Obama would embrace his whole heritage and not just his africian in this election and historical win he is not just african american he is bi-racial and i feel like he only looks toward one side of his heritage so i feel he will do nothing to help me.
as for the commercial i feel it is not accurate unless we know for a fact that his mom entertained thoughts of not giving birth to him. i am very pro life but i also don't think we need to ride on someone elses coat strings just cause we can. he is not catholic i am not really sure exactally what his beliefs are.
i agree this should be sent to Obama directly and see if it touches his heart.

MC -left coast · 11 months ago

The "button" to the PSA should have been that his Mother could have chosen to abort but chose "life" instead. |Encourage your sate senators and representatives to vote NO on the new bill"freedom of choice act" a terrible 'bill' that will send infanticide statistics through the roof.

Jo Anne King · 11 months ago

As a former Director of Development for Ohio Right to Life, I saw the positive results of state wide pro-life commercials and I commend your use of the internet and the positive message you send. God bless your work. Every one should pray that the Holy Spirit enlightens minds and hearts to protect the unborn and their mothers and the constitution of our great country.

sylvai · 11 months ago

Looks good, I like it Imagine the lives you can save

Stacey Ann · 11 months ago

RIGHT ON!!!!!

Mary · 11 months ago

Please let us pray for our new president that the holy spirit enpowers him and leads our country with goldly wisdom

Mary Sullivan · 11 months ago

Very apt. I will be marching on the 22nd.

Mary Sullivan

Jim · 11 months ago

So where are they hiding his mother? For that matter where are they hiding his father? Does somebody not want us to know the entire truth? I'm for anyone taking the bull by the horns and making something of themself but I need to know who he is. I'm not trying to find out something about him that I do not like, I'd just like to know who he is. There is something lacking in the background of anyone who does not want you to know his parents. I support the man and will stand behind the Commander and Chief of our nation no matter what his background may be. The people of The United States are free to choose their leader. God Bless the United States of America. I'm behind our leaders.

John Rigali · 11 months ago

The concept of this commercial is an excellent one, and its production is flawless.

Since President-elect Obama is its object, though, the message that I get from the commercial is this: "Just imagine: if you choose life over abortion, your child could grow up to be one of the most prominent American politicians to oppose Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life and human dignity."

The President-elect advocates contraception education and once said, in reference to his daughters, "I don't want them punished with a baby." Hear it for yourself at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbZJYWjkAPo.

As both a Catholic and a supposed relative of the President-elect, I am saddened the selection of him as the commercial's object. I fear that the message of this commercial will be misconstrued or lost by many.

Loretta Delaney · 11 months ago

I agree with your last paragraph. It leads one to believe that Catholics support our new president . When in fact he is going to advocate and help kill millions of unwanted babies. Maybe he should support abstinence!

wandavrv · 11 months ago

That ad made goose bumps run all over me! Love it! ! HOORAY ! ! So good! ! !

rfrom · 11 months ago

Why is wanting to protecting children intolerant. Killing them is tolerant? Why should babies be treated as property. This country already made that mistake. It seems to me that aborting a baby is taking away a person's right to be whoever they want to be. A child is a terrible thing to waste.
We HOPE people will see the error of their ways and we want CHANGE to protect the most innocent and helpless among us. We pray that all people across the world respect all life.

Jane · 11 months ago

.Wonderful commerical, it says it all. Our culture is so quick to throw away life. Continue the great work!

dewglo · 11 months ago

I wish you much success in the endeavor to protect the sanctity of human life. While I am not Catholic by religion, I do not believe abortion is a solution either. Maybe with all of our collective prayers, Barack Obama and this nation will begin to see the holocaust that abortion has caused and the USA can stop murdering our innocent unborn children. I myself have an adopted child who would have possibly been aborted; her birth mother chose life. My daughter is the greatest blessing of my life. Thank you for your stand on abortion; keep up the great work. We as Christians simply must pray for our new president to be guided by the hand of God into Godly decisions for our country. Pray without ceasing. Thank you.

Kathy · 11 months ago

Awesome commercial - well done

Joe · 11 months ago

Let us pray that both of the Obamas see and understand this!! Excellent work CaholicVote.com

Jane · 11 months ago

My goodness! this gave me cold chills! Amazing!

Congratulations!....Let's hope it does some good!

Jane Widen, London, OHIO

dbagels · 11 months ago

MORE, MORE and MORE!!! Uncensored education of the public.

Stephen Newton · 11 months ago

It's very good, but maybe too subtle?

bridg · 11 months ago

Kudos, Fidelis!!

m · 11 months ago

I just tried to see this video on YouTube and it has been removed....I wonder why? Is it that the OBAMAniacs don't want this aired on the eve of the annointed one's inauguration?

John · 11 months ago

AMAZING! I've sent this to EVERYONE I KNOW. God pulls good out of any situation, and you all have done an awesome job at letting Him inspire you to do such good in the world! God Bless all of you efforts.

lee · 11 months ago

wonderful!!! Do another one insinuating that if his mother had aborted him, history might not have been made January 20, 2009. Wonder how black males will react.

Mari · 11 months ago

Wow! Please share it with Obama!

ken · 11 months ago

Truly wonderful. Keep up the good work. I hope our new President takes the time/opportunity to view this video and then see how he views abortion and the fact that he might never have lived.

Arlene · 11 months ago

Obama will not succeed with his beliefs in abortion and infanticide. As a Catholic, I could never vote for a person who would be willing to destroy a life.

Greg · 11 months ago

This ad is neither about attacking others beliefs nor about legislation, it is about hope, even in difficult circumstances. Now where have I heard the word "hope" before? It appears Sue thinks we should never state our beliefs least we offend someone. My question is how can someone truly exercise their "Free Will" if they never hear all of the messages? It also our responsibility as Christians to be sure people hear the Christian story. This is true because the Christian faith has been revealed to us by God and it's primary purpose is the salvation of souls. If by doing that we make the world a better place than well and good, but that is not the primary purpose.

I would conclude by asking the question I heard recently on television, "If the embryo were not human and important than why would God have chosen to come to us by this very means?" He could have come in any number of grand and glorious ways, instead he chose the humblest possible Was He trying to tell us something?

Shannon · 11 months ago

Good thing abortion was still illegal when Obama was born.

Bethany McGregor · 11 months ago

WOW!! I hope President-Elect Obama sees this and takes it to heart!

Lisa · 11 months ago

Amazing!

Jeff · 11 months ago

Excellent! This is persuasive Christian influence which speaks to the truth without beating people over the head.

Fran · 11 months ago

Wow, what a great message! I pray this message will break through the blind eyes and deaf ears, and inspire someone who has not taken the time to think.

diane · 11 months ago

That is an amazing ad...gets the point across beautifully!!!

Joanna · 11 months ago

Praise God.............that is awesome!!.....Life is so precious to God and should be to all His children. Let us continue the fight to protect it.

Jeannie · 11 months ago

Praise the Lord, this is great

Rosalind · 11 months ago

Magnificently focused and understated and most pointed! Bravo!

Donna · 11 months ago

This is a very profound statement, but to air it only on BET sends the wrong message to blacks. It could cause a backlash similar to the Mormons advertisements against gay marriage in California.

Abortion has become a political issue in campaigns. That's all. No one is ever going to turn around Roe vs. Wade. Ronald Reagan didn't do it, and the two Bushes didn't do it. They promised and had their chance.

The advertisement might change an individual, but not the law. That is good, for abortion is a moral issue between the individual and God.

M b S · 11 months ago

A strong message. Will pray that it touches the hearts of those in power and all those who view it.

Catherine White · 11 months ago

I love this. This is so wonderful !! Our prayers are answered. Great job taking a liberal pro-abortion President and showing how his life was spared.

I cant wait to share this.

Sister Rosemarie · 11 months ago

powerful! what genius and creativity to turn something negative around. Thanks.

yar · 11 months ago

Why is it so hard for any person with a minimum amount of reason, not to know that almost all abortions are for convenience.Remember, murder by any other name is still murder.Every time an innocent child is aborted a life is taken.Since Roe ,approximately 50 million. You do not have to be religious to understand how horrible abortion is.

artin · 11 months ago

timely and very well presented
brief and clear to the poinr

Tom · 11 months ago

I am pro life for the last twenty five years. Sadly I encouraged a niece to abourt a baby twenty six years ago and I had a girlfriend take a pill 45 years ago to abourt. God forgave me. Now we need not only Obama but Nancy Pelosie, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton Diane Fienstien, Harry Reed and a host of others plus most of Hollywood to see this. We can make a differance one person at a time. I am proof of that. Read Gods word that he left for us, pray and act on those prayers, don't think others will do it for you. Then watch what happens. John 3:16 is the greatest testimony.

Lyn McDonald · 11 months ago

Best vote for LIFE ever! Thanks

Tillie Bryan · 11 months ago

Powerful presentation. God bless the USA.

Edward J. Batcho · 11 months ago

You all just don't get it. Obama doesn't care. He stated, "Why should my daughter be punished with an unwanted child." You see he considers unwanted children a punishment rather than a creation and gift of God. It's a great ad, but it won't work on Obama, fact is he won't even see it. The only thing that will sway his point of view is a logical presentation of why abortion is wrong without any religious or moral connotations. See his book, THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, the opening chapter. A presentation such as: There are now 50 million less citizens, working and paying into social security, 50 million less ideas on how to save energy, boost the economy, find cures for diseases, etc. And now when a child looks back he can only think, wow, I lucked out, I'm here only because my mom happened to want me around for some reason, but hey wait, there is a bully at school, why not get rid of him, surely the Supreme Court will approve sooner or later of exterminating all the unwanted in society, just like Hitler, after all he only exterminated the 'unwanted' and undesirables, and when he was done with them, decided that the 'Jews' were undesirables, but he only managed 6 million, we've done much, much better at 50 million, and like the Germans of pre WWII, we sit and say and do nothing, and when the Supreme Court decides the elderly are no longer needed and allows their extermination, we will sit and say nothing, and when they decide to exterminate all prisoners, because they are a waste in society, we will sit and say and do nothing. Oh, don't kid yourself, it'll come, way down the road we will be there just like Germany was, and wonder, what happened, how did we get here?

Kris Cardiff · 11 months ago

Edward,

I agree. I'm sure you already have done this but read up on Margaret Sanger. She started planned parenthood to get rid of the "Unwanteds", especially African-Americans. Research where most planned parenthood facilities are located. In prodominently black areas. Heck, the first one was opened in Brooklyn, NY.

Its good to see so many educated people out there that know the truth of things. Thank you and God bless.

Tom · 11 months ago

Prayer is our direct line to God. I agree with your opening statement but we need to pray that his eyes will be open, his ears unpluged and his heart softend and that the Holy Spirit will speak to him. If that is "Gods will" then it will happen. We all need to trust in God, after all he did give us instruction on how to pray. " Our Father whom art in heaven". Blessings.

Miriam · 11 months ago

I was faced with an unwanted pregnancy and I chose adoption. My daughter found me when she was about to turn twenty two. She has a wonderful life. She is married for 9 yrs. and has two beautiful daughters of her own , ages 4 yrs. and 8 mo. She is also the Director of Special Education in her school district.

To bring my daughter to term and place her for adoption is the most difficult dicision of my life but given the same set of circumstances I would do it all again.

I gave a beautiful loving couple a daughter. I gave the world an amazing soul, sister, mother, wife, friend and administrator.

I gave my family the chance to know and be apart of this wonderful girl and her family.

Please, never stop fighting to end abortion. I won't!!!

Beverly · 11 months ago

Your work is beautiful...but I fear many who see this will think it is an endorsement of Barack Obama...Obama needs our prayers...as does his wife...

Freda Morisse · 11 months ago

Fantastic.....this is the best I've seen. Now we must continue to pray that the minds and hearts of those who see this will have a change of heart to embrace life at all stages!

Blastus · 11 months ago

Powerful. Even the liberal mind should understand this.

Olivia West · 11 months ago

This ad says so much in just a very few words.

MARY · 11 months ago

GREAT!
NOW IF ONLY YOU COULD GET SOME GOOD PREIST THAT BELIEVE IN THIS MESSAGE.
3 OUT OF OUR LAST THREE PREISTS BELIEVED IN PRESIDENTS THAT BELIEVE IN A WOMEN'S CHOICE TO CHOOSE...DISTRAUGHT KIDS WERE CONFUSED WHEN THE REPLY CAME BACK...IT'S ONLY ONE ISSUE!
oBVIOUSLY THEY MUST HAVE BEEN ASLEEP WHEN HEARING ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF LIFE...BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD ALL THREE THAT DO NOT FOLLOW MY BELIEFS AND PREACH EVERY sUNDAY...AND WHY ARE THE NUMBERS FOR CATHOLICS GOING WAY DOWN...LOOK IN THE MIRROR.

THIS IS GREAT SPENDING MONEY ON THIS ...BUT THE CATHOLIC FAITH HAVE TO DO SOME MAJOR OVERHAULIN!
CHANGE WITHIN THEIR OWN FOUR WALLS. BACK TO BASICS AND THE CATHOLIC RELIGION IN MY AREA DO NOT PRACTICE OR WANT TO INSTILL A CATHOLIC EDUCATION, HOPE, CONSERVATISM, VALUES A MESSAGE TO THE YOUNG, (INSTEAD OF DRIVING THEM AND THE PARENTS TO QUESTION THIER CATHOLIC RELIGION)
IT STARTS FROM THE TOP DOWN...
OUR YOUNG NEED SOMETHING AND CATHOLIC PRIESTS / CHURCH HAS RAN THE YOUNG TO SEEK ?

Kathryn · 11 months ago

Fabulous idea; extremely moving. I think it must be aired on some of the other networks. Do you need financial help from the readers here to be able to accomplish that?
God bless you all at CatholicVote.com, and God bless America!

Bill Case · 11 months ago

The ad is classy, to the point, 100% positive about life and its potential, with nothing negative. Viewers should quickly relate to the message. Thank you and God bless you. Bill Case

Kris Cardiff · 11 months ago

I'm not a fan of most of Obama's ideals, including his stance on abortion, but putting politics aside - that is a terrific commercial. That says it all. Most of the arguements supporting abortion all shut down by one final comment. You never know - we may have already were supposed to have the first African-American President.

Joan · 11 months ago

I think that this commercial is the silliest thing I've seen in a long time. I understand what you're trying to imply, but it doesn't work! And besides, I surely hope he doesn't grow up to be a Barach Obama!

Sandy · 11 months ago

Way to go Catholic media! All through the campaign and the election process of this man...........I have prayed for a turn around in his beliefs regarding life and life issues. It is only through prayer anything can be changed!

Sis Denise · 11 months ago

Yes this is very good. We do have to pray for our new President and huis family and all those who are around him. It's through our prayers that will turn a nation around ours. USA. Amen God Bless you all keep up the good work.

Isabel · 11 months ago

Wonderful !!! Hope it gets the message across...

051647 · 11 months ago

AWESOME!!!!!! let us pray that his heart and mind are opened to the WILL OF GOD.

conservabear4life · 11 months ago

This says what I cannot put into words. The value of all life to make a difference

Charles · 11 months ago

This was well done. I hope it gets wider airing.

anabel · 11 months ago

great and inspiring!

GKF · 11 months ago

I had the impression that Obama does not personally believe in abortion. However, he acknowledges that others have a differing belief about when life begins. His belief is that life begins at conception which most do. As dreadful as abortion is, it should be a personal choice. Is the anti abortion group equally strong in promoting family preservation and giving moral and monetary support to the single mother? Or is part of the campaign to promote adoption as a loving choice? It is not a loving choice for the baby or natural mother!! K

Kim · 11 months ago

As dreadful as ..murder is... "it should be a personal choice." Are you listening to yourself? No one has the right to do what is wrong.

GKF · 11 months ago

Yes, I am listening to myself. I do not believe in abortion because it is
the taking of life. ..murder. I do not believe in murder and capital
punishment. If there are those who believe that life does not begin at
conception, then abortion is not murder in their belief system. There is
not a total agreement among the world's population about the beginning of
life.

Splash · 11 months ago

The potential of human life is an interesting approach to a topic which can be weighed down with scriptural or doctrinal quotes to those unready to hear them. Even Jesus did not simply quote scripture and preach at the people. He met people where they were at, ate with them, told parables, and people were intrigued to listen, if not believing or agreeing with him. If God could do it that way, why can't we?

Let us pray for our new President, our country, and for the peace of the whole world.

ExcitedForLife · 11 months ago

Wow. I am so excited to have this air on television! This is very well put together, may God bless the people that will see it!

al garner · 11 months ago

Great we need more! Pray for a change of heart and that our Cardinals and Bishops and Priest listen to the Holy Father and back this up! Not worring about stepping on some politicians feelings or the wealthy peoples wallets. ABORTION IS A MORTAL SIN - FACT!

Edward & Sandy Trandahl · 11 months ago

This ad gives me the chills. It is beautiful. What more can a person say? --Sandy Trandahl

This ad goes to the heart of the matter. It reminds all of humans of their importance from conception. --Ed Trandahl

Donna · 11 months ago

I think this is just another slam at Democrats, for you think all Democrats believe in the right to an abortion. Not so. I don't, but I DO believe in helping the poor. I believe in having services for the less fortunate and giving help to the middle class.

Republicans are for the rich and big business. Look what they have done to the economy and the number of middle class Americans that are being effected by their greed and dishonesty.

Republicans are judgemental, critical and hypocritical. I believe Jesus admonished "the hypocrites" and said, "Judge not; least ye be judged."

DrEarl · 11 months ago

After your string of personal judgements about Republicans, you say "Judge not:; least you be judged"!? That's a bit bizzare.

kevin · 11 months ago

If you check your facts you will find that people who make over 250,000 per year voted for obama 56% to mccain 44%. also if you check a wealth breakdown of bush's last election 13 of the wealtiest income states in the country voted for gore. so don't give me that bs that the rich are for republicans. also you still have the pro death party behind the democrats. also you will find the republican state give a larger percentage of their income to the poor than the rich democrat states.

kevin · 11 months ago

more from kevin-if you check the facts the economy did not go south until pelosi said in jan 2007 that now that the democrats control both houses of congress everything would be fixed in the first 100 days.
if this is their fix, i can't afford any more fixes.

Jingdelr · 11 months ago

Type your comment here.

Please tell us how to send this to President elect Obama. He might reconsider his position on Freedom of Choice Act.

Katie · 11 months ago

"Nothing is impossible with God!"--St. Gabriel (Book of Luke)
Keeping that statment in mind, it's marvelous to hear (read below) that one priest is leading the way nationwide for Masses to unite together for massive graces for Obama's conversion starting on Inauguration Day!
I think its safe to say that St. Gabriel knew what he was talking about.
Let's keep at least a mustard seed of faith on this, and when you go to your Masses, unite them all to Fr. Hampsch's Masses being offered and all those uniting their Masses with his and yours for Obama's conversion.
"If we don't try, we don't do, and if we don't do, why are we on this earth?"--Jimmy Stewart


Father Hampsch leads campaign for Masses for Obama's Conversion

From: "Claretian Teaching Ministry" <ctmorders@aol.com>

Campaign for Masses for Obama's Conversion

Please let us know.....

Please feel free to share this idea with others and let us know which churches and where are participating historylinks@ndsupernet.com

Also, if you want to be kept up-to-date on the progress of this idea, just drop me an e-mail at: historylinks@ndsupernet.com

Dear YOLANDA,

The following email was received by Father John Hampsch and he wanted to share it with all of you.

WHO: A few faithful Catholic lay people and priests. (Anyone can do this: stay-at-home moms, singles, retired people, students--anyone--and we can have a huge impact on our country's future.)

WHAT: Have a Mass said on Inauguration Day for our new President's conversion. Consider that St. Leonard of Port Maurice said that one Mass offered before death may be more profitable than many after it, and St. Anselm affirmed this.

WHEN: Tuesday January 20, 2009 Inauguration Day

WHERE: Throughout our country in as many Catholic churches as possible.

WHY: Because offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for an intention is very powerful. Please see my story below.

HOW: Simply call your local parish and ask to reserve January 20th for your intention. The usual stipend is $10. (Many priests will be glad to offer the Mass for this intention without the usual stipend--just ask. I have had the best response by simply writing a personal letter to all the priests I know and asking them if they would like to participate.) If January 20 is already taken at your local parish, you may choose another date or contact a nearby parish. Also consider having Masses offered at local hospitals, nursing homes, monasteries, etc. Consider retired priests who may be offering private Masses. There is no limit to how many Masses you can have offered on any given day. You may also have the Mass listed as a "Special Intention" if you prefer.

But now, let me share the inspiration behind this idea. A young friend of ours owns a shop. One day a gentleman came in and said that, as a Jew, he was offended by the crucifix that she had hanging there. They got into a long discussion/debate and when they parted she said, "You pray for me and I will pray for you." Later she shared this story with her family and her younger, teen-age sister decided to have a Mass offered for the intention of this man's conversion. Six months later the shop-owner was entering the cathedral and this man was leaving the church. He said, "Do you remember me? I am becoming a Catholic." This story of one simple act inspired me and helped me to realize the profound impact of a Mass offered for the conversion of heart.

Here's what we have after eleven days- 36 Masses in 12 States and Washington DC: Just imagine what we can accomplish if all of you forwarded this email to all of your friends.

May God Bless You with a wonderful New Year
Bob Sanders
Claretian Teaching Ministry

email: rmsanders27@mac.com
web: http://claretiantapeministry.org

MEL · 11 months ago

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST AD THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED!! GOD BLESS ALL

Sandy · 11 months ago

This is a wonderful opportunity. Thank you

Kim · 11 months ago

The humanity of a human embryo is not a matter of opinion or a dogma of faith...it is a FACT OF SCIENCE. Pick up any textbook on embryology and you will see that at the instant of conception, when the egg and sperm unite, all the material for a new life is present. It just needs time. And if there is any question still in your mind, shouldn't we err on the side of caution and give the child the benefit of the doubt?

Lina · 11 months ago

THIS IS AN AWESOME AD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marcia Davenport · 11 months ago

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never seen a more pointed add! I pray God will change His heart. God bless you

His word will not return void. It's Gods promise to those who belive.

Gwen · 11 months ago

Type your comment here.
Wow!! This was well done! Anyone should be able to understand this! It has nothing to do with Republican or Democrate as someone recently stated but rather the right to life. Just think, maybe the person who could have found the cure for cancer was killed? You know what if?

Dorothy · 11 months ago

Congratulations. Anything will help, if enough people see it and understand. that without God, we are nothing but bits of sand. Thank you

Jerry Notaro · 11 months ago

Increadibly Great.

Jackie · 11 months ago

Fantastic! It is only unfortunate that the Catholic church endorsed this man.

Kitty · 11 months ago

What is the source of the information in your statement? I am a practicing catholic and I have never heard the church endorse any candidate. However I do know that many bishops and priests and even the Holy Father promote the cause of life ( from conception to natural death) and ask that as catholics we consider a candidate's postion on these topics as our first priority before voting.

Will · 11 months ago

The video is fantastic.

However, the Catholic Church most certainly did not endorse Obama or any other candidate. That said, too many Catholics voted either in ignorance of or despite his pro-abortion stance.

Thanks to CatholicVote and others for working to inform the the voters. When the voters change their actions, the candidates will follow.

Julie · 11 months ago

The video will not finish loading on my computer. Anyone else have this problem? Why can't I find it on YouTube?

Katie · 11 months ago

Hey Julie, just click on the lower right hand corner of the screen where it says YouTube, and you will go instantly to YouTube to view it.

Also, FYI for everybody else. Go to Zamzar.com, and for free, after viewing this on YouTube, (let it load 1st and watch on YouTube) then have Zamzar pick it up for you (simple easy instructions on their site) and you can convert this file to anything you like and they will email you a link to pick up this video at their site whenthey have converted it for you (for free) choose the "save" option when pickinig it up at Zamzar.com and keep it on your hard drive, you can then attach the video as a .wmv to anybody's email and send it out! A good way to to get the word out ASAP! :-)

rickA · 11 months ago

Was finally able to access the ad. Not impressed. The immediate reaction is "Isn't that wonderful? -- that the child with disadvantages grew up to become president!" But it does not encourage, suggest, or even vaguely intimate that it could have been otherwise because of legal abortion. It adds up to more "Oo-oh! It's Barack!" without informing the viewer at all, especially failing to inform re his pro-abortion views and (apparent) agenda." I thin you wasted your money.

Chuck L. Oskvarek · 11 months ago

At first viewing of this, If President-elect Obama doesn't get it, then he shouldn't be the President....PERIOD!

Mary · 11 months ago

PLEASE SHOW THIS TO BARACK OBAMA!

Diane · 11 months ago

The video does not load on my computer.

Todd O · 11 months ago

Absolutely Brilliant! This ad transcends politics and gets to the heart of the message - literally.

Mary E Rimkeit · 11 months ago

A wonderful ad. I hope his daughters see it.

Ted Schmitt · 11 months ago

The jingoistic hyphen American ID of USA citizens should be outlawed. Regardless of our ancestry, we are Americans, red white and blue irrespective of color of birth. This being said, lets look again at the finals of the BET message and read, "The 1ST American of African descent" God bless Catholic Vote.com and God be with President Obama.

Marlee · 11 months ago

Wow! What a powerful message. Exccellent... I pray it is well received by all.

momleake · 11 months ago

This is the most powerful ad yet on abortion. Nice work, I hope and pray it will have the needed effect. Marianne Leake

Kat · 11 months ago

What would have happened if HE had been aborted? Years ago there was a cartoon with only 2 panes: the first showed a child kneeling in prayer next to his bed asking God "Please send us someone to cure cancer, diabetes, MS, MD and all other illnesses." The 2nd pane showed the child still on his knees and the 'voice of God' answering: "I DID send those people -- but they were aborted."
With Obama being so in favor of the Freedom of Choice Act, where would HE be if it had been in force when his mother was pregnant?

Sharon Dragan · 11 months ago

I think it is a good start, but I would have preferred something a little more direct, such as "Protect Human Life - Because we ALL deserve a chance to be great ". I am afraid some people will equate the reference to "potential" with the misplaced argument that the unborn baby is only a "potential" person. Some people seem to have a problem with recognizing that the unborn are "persons". However, every person that I know who has changed from being pro-abortion to pro-life says that they have done so because of the one fact they could not get away from: that abortion destroys HUMAN life. P.S. How about showing babies in the 3-D color ultra sounds? I showed pictures like that to my kids in my relig. ed class and they all immediately identified them as babies. I just simply said, "this is what you looked like while your mom was carrying you". Good work, though.

Marco · 11 months ago

This is fantastic, They all need to be reminded that they will be held accountable for their wrong doings as well as the good they have done in their lives. I would love to see more of this and truths like this on the television, radio, internet and advertisement everywhere throughout the world.

bev jackson · 11 months ago

Great ad, I just think you could have made it even better by doing a version on Jesus Christ.

Vince · 11 months ago

This ad is amazing. Why stop at BET network? Imagine the impact if it ran on FOX, ABC, CBS, and NBC! This is a powerfully short ad.

bird18ie · 11 months ago

With the talk of Obama possibly signing legislation on stem cell research tomorrow afternoon I wish your first ad would have been on the evils of stem cell research with embryonic cells. That said, I am all in favor of ads to get our country thinking about life from conception and I back anything you do in that direction.

Stemmy · 11 months ago

Why do you think stem cell research is evil?

monarch · 11 months ago

It's not stem cell research as much as the embryonic stem cell research, there is a difference. With Adult stem cells-the adult has agreed to donate them and no one is killed. With embryonic Stem cell research a new human is created in a petrie dish (like they do for an IVF procedure) and then when the stem cells are harvested, the new human is killed in order to procure the cells. Also there hs been nothing produced from Embryonic stem cells whereas Adult stem cells have produced viable results.

Colleen Hammond · 11 months ago

KUDOS!!! Perfect ad considering the audience.

vcincodemayo · 11 months ago

Could you imagine if his mother had an abortion ? This ad speaks volums for LIFE ! Let's all pray that President Obama takes the side of all our unborn.

Shaw · 11 months ago

Great add especially for all of those liberals that are non-prolife Barack Obama especially gerat add and I hope that one day politics will not play a role in a decision like this. Maybe it will even change Baracks opinion and view on abortion. Life is important and you never know what their potential could be.

L. Sears · 11 months ago

Since your target areas are the black communities, I believe this may have an impact. I would have liked to have seen a comment after the last scene such as "Every life is precious-encourage your elected officials to support life."

MARILYN STEC · 11 months ago

IS THERE ANYWAY TO GET THIS VIDEO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA??? Jesus said: judge not, least ye be judged. Jesus also said: that by their fruit you will know them. There is a major difference between these two statements. Judging involves making an opinion, which usually involves tearing down a person, which Jesus said not to do. But, when you call something as it is, without commentary, that is NOT judging. For example, as a senator in Illinois, Obama voted that babies born ALIVE after a botched abortion, are not to receive medical treatment, but are left to lay there till death. This statement shows no judgment, but states what is.

k · 11 months ago

Absolutely inspired! Thank you.

Melanie · 11 months ago

cleaver way to make the point.
I applaud your creativity.

American Citizen · 11 months ago

I think they should make a commercial for each president from George Washington forward. Our new president hasn't endured anything new. There are millions of success stories to be told.

Faribanks Mom · 11 months ago

WOW!!
I hope Obama sees this... And Michelle ... over and over and over again.
And all those Pro Choice Catholics and other Christians who, "don't want to impose their 'Religious beliefs' on others!"

This shows the nonsense of the above statement. LIFE is an inalienable right having nothing to do with "Religion."

THardy · 11 months ago

Why in the WORLD would you be proud of this? This Muslim turned Christian who is not even a United States Citizen and would kill an unborn baby in a Chicago minute is being praised by the CHURCH? It's enough to make me sick to my stomach. A waste of my donated money.

Anthony · 11 months ago

This in my opinion is not in praise of Barak Obama. It does say , consider how lucky you are that your mother did not abort you (Obama) and see you are now President. So what gives you the right to sign into law death warrants for the innocent and unborn.

terry darraugh · 11 months ago

I emailed this to my whole address book. very powerful especially on Martin Luther King day.

maggie · 11 months ago

awesome

Rosemarie · 11 months ago

OUTSTANDING!!! and I posted it to my profile page, after I sent it to all my friends..God Bless.

pegsaindon · 11 months ago

If he were prolife, Obama would be "da man". One note. He is not actually African American. Although his skin is "black", Obama is 1/4 Black African; 1/4 Arab African; 1/2 Caucasian American. That makes him the first bi-racial President in American History.

d4life · 11 months ago

You are absolutely correct; but the media only wants to focus on his black ancestry.
I wonder if his brother and uncles and aunts from Africa will be at the Inauguration.
The media hasn't done any interviews with them, have they?

Mahabs · 11 months ago

To d4life: I saw his brother on TV, they did interview him very briefly (I just can't remember if the interview was right before boarding a plane from Africa to the US or at his arrival here in the US). Mr. Obama's brother from Africa is excited to see his brother's presidential inauguration.

kpeasley · 11 months ago

I find your website lopsided with a crushing load for 'life', although this is important, but it needs a balance, which you do not even try to attain. Prophecy is exact when it is said,

“Through the two great errors, the immortality of the soul and Sunday sacredness, Satan will bring the people under his deceptions. While the former lays the foundation of Spiritualism, the latter creates a bond of sympathy with Rome. The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.”

These subjects need to be addressed by this website as well as your thrust on ‘life’. The Roman view needs to express its view on these important subjects as well.

Rosemarie · 11 months ago

Maybe you should go watch a partial birth abortion, I know you would feel different!!! If not for Obamas Mothers choice he wouldn't even be here!!!! Rosemarie, retired Nurse
P.S. if you do go watch one-bring a vomit bag..

KPeasley · 11 months ago

I never said that I was against killing babies. Read my statement. And I don't understand why you need to be so nasty in your comment.

d4life · 11 months ago

I'm sorry you feel this way. It seems that you, along with some other Protestants, have a deeply held animosity toward the Catholic church. I actually felt this animosity yesterday when I spoke at the First Alliance Church about pro-life and was told by the lady who invited me that they couldn't use the bookmarks I had offered which reads "A nation that kills its own children is a nation without hope" because it contains a photo of the author of those powerful words, Pope John Paul II.
Now that 36 years of legal abortion has killed over 51 million little unborn American boys and girls, isn't it time for all Christians to work together to stop the killing? There is no other issue to "balance" this atrocity.

kpeasley · 11 months ago

I never stated that I was in favor of killing babies. I just stated that this website needs to address a more varied source of issues. And there is no reason why you need to be so mean in your response. Your the one that can't read!

d4life · 11 months ago

Well, kpeasley, most of your comments were directed specifically at
"Rome" (the Catholic church), hence my reply.

We who are pro-life have heard your argument for 36 years that we
should "address a more varied
source of issues." This seems like an effort to divide our focus. We
choose to focus where the need is greatest.
In order to really make a difference, one must focus every ounce of
energy
and passion on the issue which is doing the most damage to the fabric
of our society.

I believe that if all Christian churches had, soon after the 1973 Roe
vs. Wade decision, focused all their
attention on overturning that evil decision, we could have stopped the
killing long ago.
We would now have 51 million more Americans under the age of 35 who
would be paying into Social Security, boosting the economy and perhaps
one of them might have found the cure for cancer.....
Yes, I'm proud to be a single issue person
and I commend Catholic Vote.com for their zeal for this cause in
support of God's gift of human life.


Catholic Vote.com
Diane Marcella
Life ~ what a Beautiful Choice!

Katie · 11 months ago

Ikpeasley, see you are quoting a PLAGERIST of the 7th Day Adventist, calling herself a prophet--Ellen White. How truly sad you fell so hard for a plagerist & false prophet.
FYI to all--BEWARE of false prophets Read all about her plagerism here:
hhttp://www.bible.ca/7-WL-exhibits-Great-Contro.htmer plageristic deception!.

Katie · 11 months ago

Link correction: http://www.bible.ca/7-WL-exhibits-Great-Contro.htm

kpeasley · 11 months ago

It is evident that your attitude comes from the wrong spirit. I find it very humorous that when individuals get nasty in their comments they are the ones that we all need to be careful of. What comes out of the mouth is what is in the heart. We can disagree, but we need to disagree in the Spirit of Christ. And NOT with a nasty, belligerent attitude which shows what spirit your heart is driven to.

monarch · 11 months ago

Just curious, What prophecy do you refer to? I've never heard of or seen this before. I once had a firend in High School who claimed that by the year 2000 all peoples would be Mormon, well that obviously didn't happen. So I can't say I believe this either.

kpeasley · 11 months ago

The statement that was quoted is a statement from the book The Great Controversy, p. 588. {Page 160.1}. This would be considered a statement of the future. But unfortunately some individuals would discredit this statement with a nasty reply that shows where these ones are coming from. I understand what you mean about being careful in what you believe and read. Don't condemn until you have studied this out for yourself. Do not be influenced by the nasty comments but search it for yourself. www.preparingforeternity.com

Jimwwwalker · 11 months ago

Absolutely brilliant! Simple and Powerful!!!

People have to see to believe sometimes and this medium is wide open for this message - here and now!
Congrats!

Liza · 11 months ago

We need to organize and get this video to the youtube top videos list. Maybe then they will see it!

cygross · 11 months ago

Type your comment here.I think this ad would open the eyes of Obama if he viewed it. This should be sent to Pelosi and Dick Durbin. Somehow, we have to get people to understand and admit that this is a human being inside the womb of a woman.

bernie · 11 months ago

send this to obama and let him have the much needed change of heart he needs for the oval office!

anonumus · 11 months ago

yeah~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Liza · 11 months ago

We need to organize and deliver this message to everybody we know. Let's get this video to the top viewed video on YouTube!

d4life · 11 months ago

Great commercial and should make your target audience really think about the value of
one human life. I do hope you'll continue to target the African American community with
the very powerful statistics which show that abortion is actually Black Genocide.
You can get those statistics from National Right to Life or here in PA from the PA Pro-Life Federation.

This commercial is a very effective way to open the door to this audience.
Frankly, I had to put myself in their place to grasp the effect.
I was put off at first because I know how passionate Obama is about supporting all abortions - which is killing large numbers of African Americans. I wonder if he even knows that?

Helene · 11 months ago

The ad would have more impact if there were some indication that Barak Obama is a big supporter of abortion.
He would not be alive if his mother chose his policy!

Mahabs · 11 months ago

To Helene: By God's mercy and grace, when Mr. Obama sees this commercial he will realize that he would not be alive to become the new USA President had his mother aborted him. This is what the commercial conveys. Let us offer our disappointments at the foot of Christ Jesus at the cross and pray for a drop His cleansing blood on those blinded by the so-called Pro-Choice. God bless.

kitty Selig · 11 months ago

You should have spent more time and money on your Catholic Congregation. When Catholic won't follow Church principles and voted for him, what does this mean to anyone who believes in abortion. This ad is not going to change anyone. This is a waste of your money and time.

Kitty Selig

Mahabs · 11 months ago

To Kitty Selig: This ad needs our follow-up by praying that at least one pro-abortion individual will be converted to proLife after seeing this commercial. God works wonders all the time. He worked wonders in me and my life. In Luke 15:10 our Lord Jesus said: "....I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

dmrufenacht · 11 months ago

To K- Selig: This add speaks to more than catholics. It does not matter what denomination of the church of God that one belongs to whether or not you belive in pro-life. This add speaks to every one!!! That is the best part of it!! So apparently you don't believe in the saying, Put your money where your mouth and mind are ! That is what this website is about as well as ALL, MCCL WCCL and every state in the unions pro-life organization. if people did not support these organizations, with money and prayer . I do not want to even think about what life would be like here on earth. Re- think what you said here!

Anthony · 11 months ago

There is a good idea, statistically, of how many black babies will be killed by Planned Parenthood over the period of one year. Use this to show Obama that one of these hundreds of thousands could be president just like him and should have their God given rights to do so and not be the victim of a powerful signature!

sybilll · 11 months ago

To be pro-choice, one has to first be born. Ah, the irony.

glconrad · 11 months ago

This should be sent to every democrat in senate and house.

This should be sent to every abortion clinic in the US and Canada.

jonathan · 11 months ago

the video no longer works. it was removed from youtube by the user. is it posted anywhere else?

Tricia · 11 months ago

What a terrific ad.

Pray for Obama's soul and heart. Pray that God changes his and the others now in charge of our nation.

Marian Madere · 11 months ago

Give babies a chance, someone wants them. Your mother did.

Anne · 11 months ago

Brilliant!

Susan · 11 months ago

Powerful beyond belief. Kudos to CatholicVote.com.

Elizabeth Cerda · 11 months ago

Awesome!

Rebecca · 11 months ago

Wow!!!

cameocafe11 · 11 months ago

This could have really had a strong pro-life message by simply adding- " Please, Barack give others who seem to be disadvantaged like you were, the same chance to become who God created them to be ! " STOP FOCA NOW!!

BullShark · 11 months ago

That would have been perfect!!!! Great point!!

dmrufenacht · 11 months ago

I agree. maybe it should play down Obama being so famous and play up the bad choices like FOCA.

Red Sanders · 11 months ago

Maybe an effective message - but I'm so sick of Obama mania in news articles, TV shows, etc. that I wish I hadn't watched it. TV is off for a few days, and if this continues, possibly the Internet too. This is not the second coming of Christ, for God's sake.

Susie · 11 months ago

Awesome....words just can't describe the power in this message. I hope & pray it changes the minds of those who believe it's alright to murder the unborn. thank you for your efforts.

Renee Zettek · 11 months ago

I will what ever I can to spread this video far and wide. I will pray for the success of this extremely powerful ad. The money needs to be raised so that a commercial during all prime time shows can be shown. Many single moms have raised very productive humans. And even if a child grows with problems, God will provide. The child always has and always will belong only to God. Abortion is MURDER. I only wish that the so called Catholics would of thought about this before their pocket books. They voted for the love of money and NOT the love of LIFE or their LORD. 54% of Catholics voted for Obama. They better repent and wake up to what they have done. And now join us in fighting this FOCA Bill that their newly elected hero wants to sing into law. Causing mass MURDER called Abortion/Choice Rights for all.

LarryZ · 11 months ago

Wow!!! This hit home to me as a great ad! Looking at past comments, I do not understand Kpeasley's prophecy, as Rome has already made the point that Life is precious. THardy really missed the point, and needs to review the ad again, and see that it means the next abortion could be a future President. And lastly, I also agree with L.Sears that the ad "could" use a statement at the end, but it sure is powerful as is!!! Keep up the great work!

2walkonwater · 11 months ago

Exelent message !
GOD was mercifull to you Mr Obama ...may you have spiritual ears to hear what THE SPIRIT is saying .

May we trully be one nation under GOD .

Mahabs · 11 months ago

This is wonderful. I pray, hope, and trust in Christ Jesus' name that the great majority of those who sees this commercial will be touched and be awakened from abortion to pro life, including Barack H. Obama, Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, Joe Biden, and justices of the Supreme Court.

d · 11 months ago

this is by far the best one ive seen great job

glourigan · 11 months ago

This ad is extremely powerful.

Jamie Conrad · 11 months ago

What a powerful message!! I love it!!

Ruben Esquivel · 11 months ago

Now there should be a bumper sticker made saying: Smile Obama your mother chose LIFE

dmrufenacht · 11 months ago

Very good idea! send that idea to ALL American life league for pro-life, or MCCL, or your local prolife organizattion. There should be a bumper sticker saying that! I would love to have one to post lots of places. Maybe even a Billboard!!!

RZOOK · 11 months ago

What a great idea!

Rody Churches · 11 months ago

I wonder if Mr. President Barack Obama could give someone else the chance to life, like his mother did, we pray for such things. This FOCA does not show that, we pray he has a change of heart or heals it at the very least.

Joey · 11 months ago

Well thought out, this personalizes abortion. Just as Planned Parenthood target advertises economically challenged urban areas , Pro Life resources must be expended on advertising in urban areas. I expect that this ad played over secular TV with a large urban audience, will reach many who have not heard the truth about abortion.

Diane · 11 months ago

All I have to say is YES!!! and WOW!!!
Great job and point well made.

dmrufenacht · 11 months ago

Helene Obama is a big supporter of abortion. Where were you druring the election campaign? ? He has voted against or declined to vote every prolife policy there has been in his time as a senator. His comment about not wanting his daughters to have to live with the consequences from a one time mistake, refering to a pregnancy, Also shows he IS a supporter of abortion. I hope his whole family and the Democratic party see this and that they all experience an epiphany in thier beliefs system.
Dolores from St. Paul, MN

dmrufenacht · 11 months ago

Great Job, Very creative, Well done! This should turn some heads and hopefully some minds to the truth of God and Jesus teachings. Even if some one is not christian or jewish, but believe in a higher power than THEMSELVES, they should know that it is wrong to kill a human being at any stage of development ! Keep praying everyone for Obama and his followers to have an awakening to the truth!

Cliff Russell · 11 months ago

True, valid, wonderful message that should make anyone considering an abortion choose life instead. FOCA must be defeated. This video will help deuse FOCA.

Brother Robert · 11 months ago

The commercial is great! But, we have a hard time understanding why one would want to air it on Black Entertainment Television. I understand that black Americans have the highest ratio of abortions, per capita. Nonetheless, I don’t think we should perpetrate the concept of a white America and a black America, any more that we should accept the idea of Italian-American Entertainment Television or Irish-American Entertainment Television. We are all Americans! There isn’t such a thing as White Entertainment Television, is there? The bottom line is that the airing of the commercial should transcend all artificial barriers, and be broadcast on regular broadcast stations for the teaching of all of God’s children!

dmrufenacht · 11 months ago

I agree with Brother Robert i hope this is not going to be the only day it is broad cast and not the only station. i needs to be seen not only nation wide but world wide for those countries who think we are giving up our cause and beleive Obama is the answer to world problems. No one can solve the worlds problems accept for God , our all mighty Creator.

shawn · 11 months ago

Awesome! Brings keeping all life sacred into perspective.

felicia volpe · 11 months ago

BEAUTIFUL, absolutely beautiful. It makes me sick to think this ad should have run prior to Nov 4th!!!! Please for the love of God scream our message to my fellow catholics - without their vote this man would have NEVER gotten elected!! I am ashamed of them!!!

Bret Schanzenbach · 11 months ago

Wow. Nicely done.

Ginger Buringame · 11 months ago

Unbelievably beautiful....... We need to continue to pray that FOCA will die a supernatural death in the house and senate. God reigns. No matter our opinion of Obama, whether we voted for him or not, this is NOT about him. This is about sanctity of life from the cradle to the grave. Keep praying.

Michelle · 11 months ago

/Wow!!! This is simple, yet powerful. Barrack Obama truly is a poster-child for life, even though he chooses to be unaware. I'm forwarding this on to my friends and family. I pray for a conversion of heart from the Obama Administration and the demise of FOCA. This video certainly will make all who see it stop and think and re-think. Thank you for your efforts!!! I am hopeful that with your quiet, yet loving work, this time in our history could be the begining of the end of abortion.

Theresa Lawson · 11 months ago

To Kitty, Firstly, this is an AWESOME video clip...short and very much to the point. Secondly, you are correct in saying that many in the Catholic Church voted for Obama. But, many did not, seeing the truth that he is staunchly pro-abortion. They chose to vote for LIFE. Unfortunately, for all who voted for Obama and their pocketbooks, as well as for those of us who voted for pro-life candidates, we will all have to suffer the consequences of this choice. God will give our nation just exactly what we have asked for...this nation will become one of upheavel and violence between Christians of all faiths who believe in the right to life and desperately work for a Civilization of Love and Life, and those who oppose these principles. Let everyone pray that the time of great suffering is shortened by the merciful intervention of the Mother of Life, Mary, Jesus's own precious mother. Remember, she, too, faced an unplanned pregnancy. She, too, was poor and unmarried. She KNEW firsthand, what it was like to be in that position. Had it not been for the intervention of God in these affairs (sending an angel to St. Joseph in a dream), she would have been stoned to death by the Jewish community (a punishment given in cases of adultery/fornication). Catholics and non-Catholics alike should all recognize that in her they have a wonderful intercessor before her Son, as well as before the Father and Holy Spirit. We are more blessed that we even know!

dawnha · 11 months ago

Fabulous! Air it on ALL the networks, it speaks volumes!

Pattie · 11 months ago

This is a very powerful add. Thank you for your thought provoking message. I wish they could show it during the Super Bowl and the inauguration. Keep up the good work. I will certainly spread the word.

Sally Martin · 11 months ago

THIS WILL NOT IMPRESS SOMEONE LIKE OBAMA. HE IS TOO SELF-CENTERED AND POWER HUNGRY
TO WORRY ABOUT SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS AN UNBORN LIFE. THIS IS A REAL TRAGEDY,
AND OUR COUNTRY HAS ELECTED HIM TO HELP KILL MORE INNOCENT LIVES. GOD HELP OUR
SINFUL NATION., IF HE HASN'T ABANDONED US ALREADY. Sally

RZOOK · 11 months ago

Wonderful!!! This is what it's all about. It doesn't matter who we are, what color our skin is, what political party we represent or what religion we embrace. The TRUTH is that life is sacred. Thank you!

Sarah Klecka · 11 months ago

A wonderful, wonderful comercial!!!!!!! I hope people will take heed that children are much more important in our society than money!

Joanne · 11 months ago

Great, will make impressions to think about.

Gwiggs · 11 months ago

For a man who's voting record supports infanticide he is very lucky his Mother did not agree with him. :)

Sally · 11 months ago

SOMEONE LIKE OBAMA WILL NOT BE IMPRESSED WITH THIS AD - HE IS TOO SELF-CENTERED AND
POWER-HUNGRY TO WORRY ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE AN UNBORN CHILD! HE DOESN'T WANT
HIS DAUGHTERS BURDENED WITH AN UNWANTED BABY REMEMBER? GOD HELP OUR NATION
SINCE WE HAVE ELECTED THIS KILLER AS OUR PRESIDENT, IF HE HASN'T ABANDONED US ALREADY!

Elizabeth Warynick · 11 months ago

This ad is wonderful....we need many MORE like it to make people REALLY THINK about the Life Issue!
Too bad Mr. Obama can't see it......let's pray that he does!

Notanun · 11 months ago

Incredibly well done with a visible respect for the intelligence and compassion of the American voter--The absence of any sort of qualifying or "educational" verbal comment makes the video even more powerful...I've forwarded this to all my contacts regardless of their party or church affiliation. This video encourages true conversation/discussion as opposed to (in spite of some of the commenters here) heated, off-putting rhetoric. This ad is something of which to be truly proud. Thank you

wolfefarms · 11 months ago

a Super Bowl Advertisement that actually would make a difference! I will continue to donate to EWTN and I hope my money can not only feed the hungry but pay for TV time such as this presentation. BET is, on the negative side, RACIST. We do not have a WHITE TV Network or a NAACP for NAAWP. We all have the same FATHER and we are all brothers and sisters; Catholic, Islam, Jewish or Atheist. White, black, red, yellow , tan, or purple!!!!The fact is abortion is murder. PERIOD! And may the next president after this one be a practicing Catholic-

Bamm-Bamm · 11 months ago

Personally.....God will neither honor a leader nor a people under the leadership of such a pro-genocidal monster.

May God have mercy on this country due to the folly of its voters! We deserve nothing but wrath.

And as an evangelical, I don't want to hear one of his followers claim "they are washed in the blood of Jesus" and voted for this man. I have had to straighten more then a few of his "followers."

Joanne · 11 months ago

May God richly bless and reward all those who are responsible for this compelling ad! (See Psalm 41:1)

Mahabs · 11 months ago

Amen.

Mary Cahill · 11 months ago

Very appropriate and hopefully eye opening for people who do not believe that every life is important and deserves the right to be born.

Adryana · 11 months ago

Good video and I understand what you are trying to say HOWEVER, Obama is strong pro-abortion advocate, he said"is above his pay grade" to say when life begins! and he has never endured hardships. ALthough his father abandoned him he did have a stepfather who raised him and loving grandparents. They had money, food, welath, traveling. He was not raised as an African American becsue he is NOT an African AMerican. His father was African from Africa. His mother a White from the USA. We donot even know if Barak Obama was really born in Hawai or in another country since there is a lot of dark background in all his life. ANd he NEVER did activities or any type of social life with the African AMerican community. It was Michelle , his wife, who asked him to get himself identify with the African AMerican community and who brought him into her church (REV. Wright's church) to make him a TRUE black.

KATHLEEN · 11 months ago

tremendous ad.
i just love it.
ALL LIFE IS SACRED......LOOK AT WHAT WE WOULD HAVE LOST IF HE WAS ABORTED.

yankeedoodledandy · 11 months ago

Even though I do not support abortions, we would have lost some one this country has little use for. That would have been great.

dmrufenacht · 11 months ago

It is tempting to think that way! I have to admit I did briefly have that thought cross my mind ,but then I thought wouldn't it be even a more powerful of a message to the world if this Young Evolving Politician, President Elect, were to by the grace of God change his beleifs about abortion and change the world by becoming pro-life.! We must trust in our Lord God almighty, and keep praying for the good in the world and this man to be shown to us some day. That Miracles Can Happen!

yankeedoodledandy · 11 months ago

Yes, that's all true, but you must remember he is not only a left wing liberal, but an ego centric as well. If you do not know how he got elected to the IL senate in the first place you should do a little research on it and you will find that he will do what ever is necessary to get what he wants. This man is nothing that he presented himself to be in the primaries.

Dana Albers · 11 months ago

but two wrongs do not make a right! remember - God is sovereign, He has allowed Obama to win the election. what then, is required of us, as His followers? we are to pray for our new president - pray for His repentance, pray fervently that he will hear the convicting voice of the Holy Spirit. only God can change hearts - and He is fully capable of changing Obama and making a miracle in the process. it is not up to us to determine life or death! I detest Obama's policies, humanly speaking it would be easy for me to despair deeply. but it is up to us now to be obedient to what God requires of us. Do not give up hope!

Joseph Reich · 11 months ago

WOW!

lourdes · 11 months ago

Right On!!!
Let Us Pray!!!!

Nasako Madsen · 11 months ago

SPLENDIDLY POWERFUL! I am forwarding this add to him and his administration. May God bless America, and may God bless and change the heart of Barak Obama to come to see the image of God in the unborn. This is a beautiful message of love, faith, justice, and HOPE!

Martin · 11 months ago

Brilliant. Well done. The message could not be plainer. Very elegantly put.

Brooks · 11 months ago

I wonder if Obama thinks that his mother was punished with a baby?

"If my daughters make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby." ~ Obama

Leigh · 11 months ago

Thanx for this comment. Perhaps he needs to think about your question in choosing to pro-choice!

Thomas Simpson · 11 months ago

I knew where the ad was going soon after it started, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. While I didn't vote for Obama, I am thankful that an African American could be elected president in my lifetime. I pray that he becomes a great president.

Loretta · 11 months ago

WOW!!! Very Powerful!!!! It sends the right message loud and clear!!!!!! Lorettta

babytwiggy · 11 months ago

Let us not focus on how someone voted in the past election..Let us pray for our brothers and sisters that they receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Let us pray for conversion. Let us pray to end abortion. Remember the Holy Spirit can renew the face of the earth. Let us pray, pray pray...

St. Michael the Arch Angel protect our unborn...Amen

Beautiful commercial...

King Jesus's servent · 11 months ago

Dear President Obama, As my new commander and chief. I welcome you to your new job. Remember the parable about the prostitute woman at Simons house, she cryed on Jesus feet and wiped the tears with her hair and didn't stop kissing Jesus feet. While in Simons heart, Jesus knew what he was thinking."If you only new this woman and the bad things she has done, you wouldn't let her near you"! Jesus knowing what he was thinking in his heart said, Simon let me ask you something. A master has two servents one owes him 50,000 gold peices and the other 50 gold peices and he says to both of them I cancil your dept. tell me Simon which servent loves his master more? Simon replide the one who owed his master more. Jesus said, you have judged right Simon. Jesus said, when I first came in to your house you did not wash my feet. But this woman has not stoped washing my feet and you did not kiss me. But this woman has not stoped kissing my feet. So I tell you her many sins have been forgiven. The forgiven much, love much. Jesus knows your heart to. A man is the head of the family and we are suppose to choose life. Look at Adam, he let Eve get in the way of his happyness. Don't let evil get in the way of yours! Would you let one of your daughters kill there baby? I know as a man myself the answer is no. God puts all governments together, the question is? Will you be a blessing from God or a curse?

Bob Dougherty · 11 months ago

who wrote this? "Jesus knows your heart TOO" not to. Happiness, not happyness. "kill their baby?" not kill there baby? If you are going to send things out under your web site, please use correct English. Thanks, Bob Dougherty, not a Catholic Voter, but a pro-life supporter and we do have one Catholic daughter and three Protestants daughters and a Protestant son.

Bob Ryan · 11 months ago

But an abortion supporter nonetheless which is the reason this Catholic and, I believe, many other Catholics, voted against him. Couldn’t you come up with a better example?

Debby · 11 months ago

I did not vote for him but now that he is my president, I will back him and pray he can handle the job and will try to do the right things. Adryanna, below had a good coment.

Pat Haymaker · 11 months ago

That is awesome!

denis wahl · 11 months ago

Obama's choice would not have been to allow my life to continue during my Polio in the 50's. It would have been much easier for Obama to let me die in a common Polio hospital based upon any ordinary mother's 'easy choice'.

I thank my mother had fought for my right to live or I would have been dead in childhood. Now I'm almost 70 and past president/vice president of three major corporations and now an active 10 year volunteer of the nations 2nd largest national wildlife refuge.

Helen Bair · 11 months ago

Dear President Obama,
Give our unborn Americans a chance at life. Stop all abortion NOW!!

Eileen Lake · 11 months ago

Everyone deserves a chance at life. Each and every life is important to all and impacts each and every person.
I bet Obama is glad his mother chose life.

Ryan · 11 months ago

WOW THAT IS GREAT -- I hope he will change his policy on abortion - doubtful - God Bless him, his family, his half-brother, the Office, and America -- I hope I am wrong about him...

Nadine · 11 months ago

Amazing.....open peoples hearts and change their minds! This is powerful!

Raquenel Romo · 11 months ago

Please reconsider your view on abortion Mr. President. You were considered worthy of life... and priviledge with the great responsibility to be the leader of a great nation. We need other's to come after you to step up to do the same.

carla rose · 11 months ago

AMEN: My children understood immediately the message when they watched this ad and the tearful looks on their faces said it all (that they could have been killed should mommy or daddy had chosen.) What message of life or love does that give them?

wookie58 · 11 months ago

Great Commerical

nick · 11 months ago

wow! i loved it.Maybe if he sees it, it will change his mind. And matbe if all chatholics were to email him, that might make a big diffrence in his way of thinking.

Jean Weymier · 11 months ago

Very Powerful. It sends the right message. God Bless every one of you who made this happen.

Judy · 11 months ago

POWERFUL AND INSPIRING!! This message of TRUTH can not be denied, debated or ignored. You've done an outstanding job of bringing HOPE to the foreground during our most challenging times.

Leigh · 11 months ago

Not sure why Obama would be pro-choice with this humble beginning.....

G. A · 11 months ago

Yes, abortion is murder and needs to stop. However, the ad should TRUTHFULLY state .."First African/American president that wants to CEASE the opportunity for the UNBORN to "ENDURE."

Lois · 11 months ago

This is a very good commercial...although I believe there are Catholics who voted for him believing he is prolife when the EXACT opposite is true, and this may cement their confused minds.

Neil Sullivan · 11 months ago

Wow! Says it all

Katrina · 11 months ago

This should open the eyes and heart of Obama and change his views of pro-choice. A child should not be murdered at any time. Life begins at consception. What if he had be aborted? Would we have a black president ?
Very powerful. God Bless America!!

Ashford James · 11 months ago

I am very disappointed by this YouTube video. Obama's parents were married but because of financial circumstances, his father was not about to stay but he was always communicating with the mother and son. If you are an America and white, you very privileged, if not, you damned by American bias culture. Obama does not support abortion only on extreme condition when no other option is not available. My family have been Catholics as far back as I can trace it , this ad is very shameful to see that it was posted by the so- called Catholics. It is just a disinformation. What have you done to stop homosexuality and injustice in American society against racial minorities which are actually ruining American society and family value. Most of Americans with European ancestry commit abortion, I mean young one and wives. I am a conservative Catholic and I know this for sure. It is a pure hypocrite to accuse Obama. It is just a racist subterfuge in the name of Anti abortion. You cannot tell any body that you do not have sex including the people you relate with. As long as you have sex, conception is possible and you cannot have sex for two years and no conception, unless you use contraceptive pills which kills babies.

Dana Albers · 11 months ago

You are deeply mistaken in your comment here, there is no 'disinformation' - Obama supports absolutely no restrictions on abortions - he went on record during the campaign saying that the first thing he would like to do is sign the Freedom of Choice Act which would nullify and void any and all abortion restrictions, including the heinous partial birth abortion. In addition, his voting record while in the Illinois legislature supported infanticide. Go to the National Right to Life site to get the facts and documentation of these documented facts. And please understand the stance that the Catholic Church has taken and stood upon without wavering - that life begins at the moment of conception and that ALL life is sacred to our Lord!

Mahabs · 11 months ago

To Ashford James: Dana Albers is correct. I too have seen the video of Mr. Obama's speech to Planned Parenthood Audience. He promised Planned Parenthood and all supporters of Pro-choice or Pro-abortion that one of the first things he will sign as President is FOCA. In that same speech, Mr. Obama also said: "I don't want my daughters to be punished with a baby if they made a mistake." Mr. Ashford James, I'm also urging you to go to the National Right to Life site. FOCA, if put into law will not only kill infants at every stage of development in the womb, but will also remove the rights of Catholic hospitals and other Christian hospitals to refuse abortion. This CatholicVote commercial is not discriminatory at all against race or culture but is sending a message to every individual who is pro-choice or pro-abortion that they must give life a chance no matter the difficulties because (Life is given by God and) those who have been aborted could have become good public servants or doctors or nurses or scientists or computer programmers or firefighters or peace officers or US soldiers, etc. Most of all, this CatholicVote commercial is sending a message to Mr. Obama that he should not sign FOCA into law. God bless us all.

Mary · 11 months ago

The clip wouldn't run for me but I'm sure it's great. I'll catch it on TV

Beth · 11 months ago

This is SO great! I hope other networks follow in the footsteps of BET!

Eva · 11 months ago

This is a wonderful Truth, thank you

Dana Albers · 11 months ago

It has great potential, however i agree with G.A. - with my added words that it should read, "First African/American president who wants to CEASE the opportunity for the UNBORN to "ENDURE," as he was allowed to do." I think it is important that he be exposed at every turn re: his position on life - he is in no way, shape or form pro-life and many, many christians are deceived with regards to this fact. God help our country starting tomorrow, and thank you for your continued efforts toward forwarding the pro-life cause.

Lee henson · 11 months ago

Do you that Obama's grand father was a Catholic before converting to Islam and Obama is a baptist Christian? You should leave Obama alone, you are all hypocrites.

Mahabs · 11 months ago

To Lee henson: Why do you sound so irritated? Isn't it that the great majority of American Voters elected Obama to be the next President? No one is putting down Mr. Obama, only his support of Abortion. Our only subject matter here is Abortion and LIFE. Please, go to the National Right to Life (nrlc.org) site and read about his undeniable support of FOCA; watch and listen to his speech to the Planned Parenthood audience. You could go to the Library of Congress site as well and there too read about FOCA. Moreover, let us be very careful about name-calling. Most of us, including you, may have spoken and acted as hypocrites at one time or another, either knowingly or unknowingly. None of us is sinless; only our LORD Jesus committed no sin. It is right to fight against the legality of abortion. Abortion may be legal but Abortion is WRONG in more ways than one, whether you are Christian or not.

Liz · 11 months ago

...Amazing...end of story.

phumm · 11 months ago

Excellent! I hear it will be shown on the BET channels during inaugural coverage.

Mary · 11 months ago

absolutely beautiful

Smart Catholic · 11 months ago

Incredible!! I will forward the link to everyone I know!!

Ashford, obama's biological father was already married to a woman in Africa, with whom he had children. He did abandon obama to be raised by grandparents (and for awhile, a stepfather).

You obviously voted for him, don't you know the truth about him, too? I researched his life and policies and chose not to vote for him.

Love the ad!!

kathryn · 11 months ago

I love this perspective! I had not thought of it and maybe Barak Obama has not either! I hope the Lord falls on him and changes his heart!

BostonSean · 11 months ago

I got more excited and hopeful from watching this spot than I have from any other pro-life media I can remember ever seeing. It's really powerful.... and I'm a cynical, cynical guy, so it takes a lot to get me this excited. I think this needs to run nationally, and when I finish writing this I will search the site to see whether it's taking donations.

I disagree with Dana. I think the sheer power of the positive message would be compromised by turning it into an attack on Obama. The man has already been elected; there's no need, and very little to be gained by detracting from the positive energy of the ad.

However, I do expect a huge backlash from Obama's people - or, if it's too dangerous for him to challenge such a positive message, maybe just the abortion lobby at large - who will make any number of claims, such as, this is a violation of his privacy; how dare they use his mother's choice as propaganda; his mother was better situated than most of the impoverished single mothers in this country; and any number of other cunning ways to attack the ad. You heard it here first.

Cook · 11 months ago

Although I see the point of many here, as I also do not want to see any babies aborted, BUT, I have to say in cases of rape and incest, how can you expect the mother to go through with a pregnancy ? Do you not hear of babies being found in trash cans or babies being killed on the news? This would happen much, much more if abortion was abolished. Of course these awful things happen now, but the numbers would increase in alarming amounts if there were no choice for the woman. Are there woman out there who are careless and get pregnant when they shouldn't ? Of course......are there teens, and those on drugs and those who "sleep" around? YES....YES....YES... But, in cases like I stated above in rape or incest, these should be the exceptions. I am just stating my opinion as everyone here on this site has been doing.

Wade Rogers · 11 months ago

To use a legal term you are "begging the question." Does life begin at conception or not? If it does, then the taking of human life is murder, period.

Mahabs · 11 months ago

To Cook: In rape or incest cases, there are Adoption agencies. Rather than killing the innocent baby through abortion, the baby can be put up for Adoption. You must also do a bit of research and you will discover that out of the millions and millions of infants murdered through abortion, only very few were aborted due to rape or incest. The one great problem with Legal Abortion is that it makes it so easy, so casual, so instantaneous to decide and choose abortion. Most people are law-abiding citizens that I'm certain that when Abortion becomes illegal it would take a lot of thinking and weighing on the part of the woman, man, teens, and parents of teens before deciding to illegal abortion--surely, keeping the baby will be the final decision in millions of cases. Finally, on the legality of abortion, let us not fuel the fire by condoning abortion in one case or another; hence; let us not cause others to sin some more when sin has already been committed, like in the case of incest. Abortion is a great sin against God and against neighbor (the baby in the womb). I've seen a ProLIFE bumper sticker that says: "It is easy to be Pro-choice when you're not the one being killed."

bk · 11 months ago

In our new president's face, if you will, a little below the belt. No pun intended, but message is loud & clear. I am pro life & someone has to be on the front lines like Fidelis. Though I do not always agree to their tactics, Fidelis are/is the front line of this crusade. BK

M Schmit · 11 months ago

Marvelous!!! Couldn't be more powerful--as well as TRUE!!!! Thank you and keep them coming.

Karen Reynolds · 11 months ago

I am LDS and not Catholic, but I applaud your commercial. Thanks so much for allowing me to preview it.
Karen Reynolds Midvale Utah

MGold · 11 months ago

A. James should check the FOCA provisions to understand where Obama stands because he has promised to sign this into law after he is elected. Racist? I hardly doubt it. If anything Catholics are trying to stop the destruction of the black race. Go to Atlanta and see for yourself how many black girls are herded into the clinics to terminate their pregnancy, mostly by their boyfriends who gather around outside, laughing and joking while their girlfriend is violated in such a horrific way through abortion. At least 95%. Sometimes their mothers usher them in with their heads held high. Somebody has to speak up for not only the innocent unborn child but also for the young girls who are being used and then abused. I'm glad I can say I am Catholic because the Church is the most outspoken on this issue regardless of the criticism.

Donna · 11 months ago

AWESOME! This is NOT how I expected the ad to go! Excellent!

CindyPA · 11 months ago

I like it. I think it's got a good message. Should make people think and it does it in a good way. It's not targeting people to be against one another, it's forcing people to look at things in a positive light. The possibilites of life. That's the true message, and I think this will make people think. I am not a hater of Barrack Obama. I am excited for his Innaguration tomorrow. I do like life though, and I think this is a good message.
The thing is, it is up the THE PEOPLE to force the issues that are important to them. Politicians will move toward what the people want. So you better start focusing on changing hearts and minds on life, and not trying to play politics. Get the people to think about this issue of life and maybe things will start to change in the future.

cafritz · 11 months ago

Awesome!!

zeek kropf · 11 months ago

wow absolutely powerful just like the last pro-life ad I have seen from the catholic church. I simply stand and applaud You and your organization .

Pat Rutter · 11 months ago

They are refusing to show this video..."this video has been removed by the user? That's what I get! I think you are being sabotaged~ My friend, Kathy, just sent this and it will not show....Ticks me off that they can rule the internet with their bigotry. pat r.

Rex · 11 months ago

If you would say that this does not have racist understone, why is it that most Catholics voted for Mrs Clinton during the Democratic primary election. She was actually more pro abortion than Obama because she considered it a woman right, and women should do what ever they want with their body. You never attacked her even when her husband was the President, you never came up with any vicious ad about their belief. During Obama's election campaign, He said that he does not support abortion but would like other option than abortion only on extreme cases if alternative was not available. He also said that if he becomes president, he would need opinion from people to reach a fair common ground that abortion. You never gave credit for that, you people chose to continue to be hypocrite. I am a catholic, I do not support abortion but I know that most of abort the unborn because you all do have sex even out of wedlock. Shame on you.

joberg · 11 months ago

I didn't take this as racial... I saw it as the possibility of the eternal greatness of a child given the opportunity to live and become what G-d has planned for him/her...
"I have not lost sight of my plan for you, the L-rd says, and it is your welfare I have in mind, not your undoing; for you, too , I have a destiny and a hope." Jeremiah 29-11
What a blessing Obama has received because his mother assumed her responsibility (which I am sure his grandmother did also.) My blessings to him and I pray that he will experience this video... It really pays tribute to his mother and grandmother... Two very blessed women... and a truly blessed
child...

Michel Newbury · 11 months ago

How do you know who voted for whom??? I am a Catholic and did NOT vote for Clinton! I feel very strongly about the abortion issue as well as the Gay Marriage issue, just because some catholics you know vote differently don't put the blame on ALL of us!!! What make s a Catholic different from anyone else, Baptism, gives a person the right to call themselves Catholic. Being a Catholic means leading others to God by word and example, being critical of others does not lead to God. The only person you must worry about is youself, follow your conscience, let others follow (or not follow) their own.

Mahabs · 11 months ago

To Rex and others who may be uninformed about FOCA: This CatholicVote ad is sending a strong message to Mr. Obama to stop FOCA and not to sign FOCA. Rex and others, please go to the National Right to Life (NRLC.org) site and read about the "Freedom of Choice Act." In that site you can also open the video of Mr. Obama's speech to the Planned Parenthood audience as part of his presidential campaign. You must know that FOCA is like a "death warrant" at all stages of growth and development of the baby in the womb. FOCA will also remove "democracy" from ProLIFE hospitals--FOCA will force many hospitals, incl. Catholic hospitals, to provide abortion in spite of their opposition in performing abortions, and Mr. Obama said to Planned Parenthood that FOCA will be one of the first things he will sign into law as President. Rex, there was no FOCA to sign into law during Bill Clinton's presidency. In addition to stopping FOCA, this ad is saying simply "No" to abortion. You must also know the fact that Mr. Obama prevented BAIPA from even getting a hearing in Illinois while he was chairman of the next Senate Committee in 2003. BAIPA stands for "Born Alive Infants Protection Act," which stated that all live-born babies were guaranteed the same constitutional right to equal protection, whether or not they were wanted. Mr. Obama prevented this to be heard before the Illinois Senate Committee. Other good sources of information and facts is the Priests for Life site, Jill Stanek site, and the Students for Life America site.

I also know for a fact that many abortions are from married couples who are supposedly Christians and Christian Catholics. I know a number of them and I know of one Catholic married woman who had three abortions in the mid-late 70's. These women are now very regretful and repentant of those abortions. They didn't know any better then and were uninformed and ignorant about the fetal development and about Abortion's brutal procedures. They are haunted by their abortions and that is why in ProLIFE, we say: "Abortion Hurts Women." We are all sinners, Rex, we commit a great sin one way or the other, but God is merciful to those who truly repent, and we are not being hypocrites by fighting for LIFE and trying to help save a baby from the snares and dangers of abortion. Many women, men, and teens became ProLIFE because they are repentant sinners of abortion, directly or indirectly. God enlightened us to act on behalf of the poor/hungry, the innocent and defenseless: "Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.' Mathew 25:40

God bless.

Gwen · 11 months ago

This website is a disgrace to the Catholic people! There is so much ignorance and hatred on the posts! I do NOT want to be a part of this, and I will pray for you as well as the President! As a Catholic, I know that pro-life is about more than abortion, it's also just war, poverty, contraception, capital punishment...why are you promoting disunity? This is a time that we all need to be coming together to work for change. So many lives are lost each day to abortion, to starvation, to war, to capital punishment, (many who were innocent). All I ask is that you reflect on the message, and listen to the message that God would have us send.

georganne · 11 months ago

simply phenomenal!

Andrea · 11 months ago

I think it is really something that a major part of Obama's message is equality. He stood there on election day and said that hope won. "Whether you are black, white, hispanic, gay, straight, etc. we are all Americans." But if you are a baby...watch out! We wouldn't want you to be born and punish your mother!

CS · 11 months ago

What a shame that Barak Obama's views on abortion are the polar opposite of what your commercial espouses. Your organization would be far better off by concentrating on promoting traditional family values.

Brigitte · 11 months ago

That was brilliant. Let us pray it will make a phenomenal impact for our pro-life movement especially this Thursday for the Right to Life March.

Marie · 11 months ago

Great Ad, got right to the core issue. However, he is the first Black American. Dr. King would not like this to ba a "Separatistst America." We are all just Americans. Amen

dc · 11 months ago

The commercial is great but the white race is the race that mostly needs to see this.

Sr Patricia · 11 months ago

I think this is a wonderful ad.... no matter who is President.. whether he or she is pro-life - what matters is the individual person who makes the decision for abortion. It's their vote and their understanding that we need to pray that the Holy Spirit will open their hearts. I believe this ad is a step in the right direction. We had a pro-life president and he couldn't move the agenda as far as it needed to be done.. we must always work person to person.

The President of the United States is not a dictator.. and no matter how small our voices may be... we have the right and privilege to voice our opinion. I hope we can do it with kindness and mercy as Jesus would.. not cutting people's throats verbally because people are misguided and misinformed about the real facts of abortion. This ad is such a positive. sensitive and powerful step in the right direction. Yes!

Dan Brock · 11 months ago

Good JOB! Somebody was really thinking. Hopefully, we have enough people with enough intelligence to go the next step and realize that their chidl could have the same potential.

stephanie · 11 months ago

I am not catholic. But I am pro life and think this is a great commercial even though I did not vote for Obama and will not watch the inauguration. Funny how the only people who are Pro Choice are alive to say so.

Mahabs · 11 months ago

To Donna: Republican voters does not believe that all Democrats are pro-abortion, only that most Democrats are pro-abortion, just as not all republicans are pro-life, but most republicans are pro-life. This ad is trying to reach the hearts of anyone and everyone who is pro-abortion and not only the Democrats. I myself was very impressed with Mr. Obama during the primaries but changed my mind about him after learning the truth that he is pro-abortion. I feel that the issue of LIFE and respect for LIFE comes first before the economy. There will always be bad economic times every now and then, but we must stop and think that perhaps our economy's condition in these times has become this bad as a Karma because the USA has killed around 48,000,000 innocent, defenseless infants in the womb since 1973.

Cathy · 11 months ago

Wow....Good point. I agree that LIFE is more important than the economy and feel it is sad that we are more concerned with America's economic situation than its morals.

Michel Newbury · 11 months ago

Exactly!! If we take care of the MORAL issues of our country the rest will fall into place!!! How do we expect GOd to smile kindly on our country when we pass laws that are in complete oppostion to HIS 10 Commandments?? Abortion, Gay marriage to name a few.

Kathy · 11 months ago

I so totally agree!!!!

Anne · 11 months ago

Great!

Florence · 11 months ago

Would have been really powerful if the 3D ultrasound technology had been used instead of the outdated "blob" ultrasound technology. Why not use the BIG GUNS in this war on the pre-born? Their lives depend on it.

Scott · 11 months ago

Rex,

Check your story. Obama has never, ever opposed abortion when it comes to a vote. He is the ONLY Senator to vote against outlawing partial-birth abortions.

Awesome video. I'm not Catholic, but I sure thank God for the unwavering stance of the Catholic church.

Pat Rutter · 11 months ago

WOW....This will flip the scales....This is spine tingling. But.....it's the truth, HELLLLLOOO!
A total surprise and stinging reality at its best. Who ever came up with this idea....
is genius. Yes...this finally played after a long while. PR.

Doris Schieppe · 11 months ago

I am a Pro-Life Catholic and very aware of the number 1 most liberal senator who will, God forbid, be our Pres. He voted 100% for all the abortion causes and laws and left-wing agenda including not saving the babies life even after it lives from a botched abortion. The Catholics in this country need to do a lot of repenting and soul searching as they along with the Christian right - lost this election to a man who doesn't respect life of the unborn.. Also I am sick and tired of hearing the first Black Pres. - he is half white and if he wants to be described by his color then he is the first black/white Pres. Also interesting now it isn't a crime to mention his middle name - after the election - Hussein, which he wants to use at the Inauguration. Who's the hypocrite here????

Colleen Dunn · 11 months ago

But.....will he pass the FOCA? This will be a true test of who he is!

CoCo · 11 months ago

dc is correct. The white communities are the ones who need the anti-abortion videos. With 70-plus percent black babies being born to unwed mothers in the U.S., I don't think there are many abortions taking place in those neighborhoods.

And it's going to take an astronoical amount of prayer to get obama to change his mind about abortion...he has too many dollars in campaign contributions holding him to his pre-election promises.

Matt85237 · 11 months ago

African American girls and women have 35% of the abortions performed in this country although African Americans represent only 12% of the population of the United States.
http://www.nbccongress.org/features/abortion_si...

But no one is arguing with you. All people need to see this message too.

http://deliberateengagement.wordpress.com/

virginia schweers · 11 months ago

Some still won't get it!!! Further explanation needed for message intended regarding pro-life. Some will not see past this one individual.

March29 · 11 months ago

As others have commented: I surely hope Obama will see this video, and change his mind about
abortion. He made the statement that he felt a young woman should not be punished by having to have
a baby. His Illinois record as a senator clearly reveals his beliefs concerning abortion , even to setting aside
an abortion survivor, to let it die. I could not vote for Obama , as I felt then I would be guilty of assisting in
in infantcide. The video was very good and I am happy that his mother choose not to have him aborted.'
His childhood was better than many because of loving grandparents.

Stella · 11 months ago

WOW!!! How very powerful!! Our New President has to ponder and wonder and if nothing else, it will make him think, what if his mother had chosen a different path for his life.

phumm · 11 months ago

Lee- Hypocracy is the human state. But some of us are forgiven.....

Cathy · 11 months ago

Wow. I am so glad it is being noted the potential that a human life holds. A friend of mine once said that when it came to abortion she always thought the baby being murdered could have been the one who could have cured AIDS….we never know what impact today’s children will have on the future, but if we don't give them a chance to live then we will never know.

Katherine Luna · 11 months ago

Fantastic-how ironic that Barack Obama is pro-abortion-I am sure he is grateful his mother decided to give him
life.

Mary Ann · 11 months ago

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! I am an adoptive mother of two children. They have brought me and my husband joy that is unimaginable. One child came from Calcutta, India, the other child born of a Mexican immigrant. One attends college and will be graduating next year. The other will attend college in the fall . Both children are staunch pro life advocates. Both are active in their schools and their communities. They have touched many people lives in positive ways. Both have witnessed to the joy they experience by being alive and the gratitude they feel for receiving the gift of life. The choice would be unanimous,If only we can convey to others the benefits of Adoption. Recently my daughter had a fellow classmate tell her she was pregnant,she planned to abort the child. The young woman had a list of all the reasons she should abort the baby. My daughter explained: " Once the question arose whether I should live or be aborted. Do you believe I had the right to live? The young woman was unaware of the fact my daughter was adopted. She was taken aback and asked many questions. So far she has NOT procured the abortion.( Please pray for this young woman)
We can argue about laws being changed but we need to change people's hearts. I believe this ad is the beginning of doing just that. God Bless You and may many fruits flow from these works!

Kate · 11 months ago

I hope this reminds Obama and everyone to thank your MOM for saying YES to your life.

JOAN · 11 months ago

WELL DONE ---THEY NEED TO WAKE UP--I SAY THE ROSARY EVERY DAY FOR THE PRO LIFE MOVEMENT,AND FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CONVERSION -----TO SEE GODS GIFT TO MANKIND --BABIES!!!

Dan · 11 months ago

I can't imagine how simpler the truth can be told. This does capitalize on the moment available to people who treasure life. Brilliant use od ad power.

Linda · 11 months ago

There are hundreds of thousands of infants and children who are raised by a single "parent". Nonetheless, the majority of them become harsh, dysfunctional, unsociable, illiterate, volunteering to become involved with drug and alcohol abuse, commit crimes and end up in prison. Most of these go on to blame everyone else for the bad choices and mistakes they themselves make.
President -elect Obama whose father was a black Muslim living in Africa, and white mother was raised by both her white parents in America, was actually raised by his mother's parents. Fortunately for them, Barry or Obama (whatever they referred him to) grew up to be alot less troubling for them than their daughter, to become an average decent young man with good qualities and great ideals, which he put into action and strove to become his own person.
Children come from broken homes because of the many self-serving greedy politicians who have constantly changed the rules and undermined the very core of the "family" and the individual roles each represents within the "family" structure or being. Politicians who for years have turned around the very existence of fatherhood, motherhood, and once happy childhood, by badly reconstructing the onset of jobs and salaries in the workplace, so that both parents were forced to go out and earn enough wages to be able to afford a decent home and lifestyle for their children. These children became "latchkey kids", and had to be trusted to go home after school, do their homework, their daily chores, and care for their own needs.
It wasn't that long ago, when dads worked, while mom stayed home and took care of the house and children. Families throughout America back then always seemed to know where one of their neighbor's kids were, and everyone knew just about everyone else in the neighborhood. Why? Because housing and jobs were stable, and so were the children, and except for a very few, the majority of those kids grew up to be good citizens, and parents of their own children.
Many kids who were Catholic, like me, went to Catholic Schools, and learned what our parents had learned before them....to love and honor God and the Blessed Mother and Saints. We were on many occasion allowed to view religious movies in school, were taken by the nuns on school buses to see an Opera, or taken to a Science Fair, but always brought to church to confess our sins. We all studied latin and religion, and how to respect our elders in every sense. We were given counsel, but never analyzed, and more important, we were taught to remember that each of us is different in different ways, but that we should never be cruel or show disloyalty or disrespect to someone else who is different, be it color, size, or anyone who has far more or less material-worth than we had.
The Catholic Church has had its own share of "change", and helped to bring about the loss of many of their flock. They've changed all the old beliefs to suit their own. Now we no longer hear the mass said in the traditional Latin. We must "shake hands" to socialize during the Mass in Church. The traditional organ and choir is replaced by quitars and tambourines, and what was once "reverence" in not shouting or speaking loudly in God's house, is now replaced by boisterous noise, people, and music. Pictures and statues of the Saints and holy relics are almost nil, and it seems sometimes that going into a Catholic Church feels more like an alien church.
Baptizing any child within the Catholic Church itself is a turn-off now, because I don't believe the church should require any parent to attend Catechism classes beforehand in order to baptize their child. In fact, I believe the Church should be happy to baptize anyone who wishes to be baptized within the Catholic Church. How else can more Catholics enter and those who strayed come back to the faith?!
Catholic Schools should be opening up to all children, and made more affordable for parents who want their children to be educated there, including single parents. The Church should go back to the traditional Mass and begin educating children, encouraging them to learn to love the faith, and once again set a precedent to the entire world to bring back RELIGION in school, asking parents to help make that possible and stand by the Church and its beliefs, if it means marching all the way to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. to protest loudly and get the attention of all the Politicians and Leaders!!!!
The Holy Father in Rome should help America's Catholic Churches by building more churches and schools, and encourage those nuns remaining, to once again wear the habit, even if it means creating alot less heavy fabric material for over and under the garment, so that nuns can be comfortable, regain the respect of the communities again, and can and will hope to encourage school-age young women and men to choose the vocation, and start to process the teaching nuns and priest's ministry all over again.
Nowadays, not only have the politicians in the world helped to disorganize, redefine, and destroy the meaning of "family", but the Holy Mother Catholic Church and Diocese has also helped do that, and the Church must set an example by bringing back its lost sheep, who have lost their way to Church on Sunday.....like me.
Before this election, Church Leaders, including other Church denominations, were adamant about this man Obama not winning the Presidency because he claims that he is indeed FOR "abortion", which abortions in this country occur too often, however, only the coming together of all denominations in this country can and should stand against abortion, and help instruct young men and women what abortion really means.
I did NOT vote for President-elect Obama, but I hope and pray that his grandparents, who obviously did not believe in abortion, taught him the meaning of family values, honesty, and integrity, and that he does good by all Americans for the good of every American; regardless of what color or religion they are.

Sandy Noser · 11 months ago

You are a very thoughtful person. I am in accord with all you said with the exception of aborting the fruit of a rape. The incidence of pregnancy by rape is rare. I would ask you to study the diference of the mothers ( both pregnant by force) who gave up their babies. The ones to abortion and the others to adoption. The mothers who kill, rarely recover emotionally or spiritualy. The mothers who see it thru seem to have time and grace and help to recover fully. When an abortion is committed the mom becomes full of secrets and shame and it is very hard for her to forgive. I think the only thing more violant for a woman to indure than rape is abortion. To kill the baby of a rape victim is to violate her twice. I am reminded of someting my own dear mother used to say " Two wrongs don't make a right ".
Lastly, we need you in church. Come back to the Sacrements . You have a lot to give and you' ve no idea what you' ve been missing.
Sincerely,
Sandy

Walt · 11 months ago

I dare say that the issue of abortion is a fire that seems impossible to quench regardless of the final outcome. I would not be classified as pro-life (by those that draw up the lines of demarcation) in my consideretion of the case of rape. I am convinced that should my wife, daughter, or mother be impregnated under the brutal, degrading, mentally destructive and GOD FORBIDDEN circumstances as rape, I am left with no alternative but to terminate that pregnancy as it has neither sanction on earth nor in heaven - in which case I am bound neither by heaven nor earth to support the development of this foetus. I am saddened by the much ado that is made about the unborn (that we dont have) and so little care and consideration given to the parent (whom we have) - no concern as to whether the parent will ever recover from the ordeal of rape, much more 9 months of perpetual agony. There is merit to the pro-life voice, but there are points where the choice is individual. I am afraid that much of this issue is being fueled by clergy-men divorced from the experiential realities of family relations (being sworn to celibacy), and men/women having no idea about the kind of trauma endured by victims of rape.
Finally, to simply state that the "taking of human life is murder" is unjustified on both religions and civil grounds. States reserve the right to end the life of persons deemed to be too great a threat to human society, individuals are justified where their lives are threatened and in self defense, terminate the life of the aggressor, and the Bible speaks clearly to an UNCHANGING God's sanction of termination life in the past, and in the future - Will we convict HIM of murder?

Jan · 11 months ago

Walt, Do some research. Of all the abortions performed in the US, less then 1% are due to rape and I would venture to say that less then 1% are due to saving the life of the mother. I worked in OB for many years and never saw an abortion done for either of those reasons. If they were done for those reasons only, we would have millions of productive people walking this earth instead of dead in lab refuse where I had to send them. I know dozens of people that donate baby/maternity clothes regularly to Birth Right , volunteer serving the homeless meals and working at our local domestic violence shelter. All or them are pro-life. The pro-choice people I know donate to Planned Parenthood. Jan

sharon · 11 months ago

why??? was this video removed???

Bill · 11 months ago

Beautiful

Lisa Phillips · 11 months ago

If only everyone could look into the eyes of a child and see what a miracle God has created....

Johnita Jackson · 11 months ago

Amazing , Why can't appear on every network??

Lynn · 11 months ago

Very powerful! All children are a precious gift.

joberg · 11 months ago

I didn't take this as racial... I took it as showing what a child may become if given the chance to
life and P-Elect Obama is a perfect example of what G-d had planned for this tiny baby. It pays tribute to his mother as she assumed her responsiblity as did his grandmother. He was loved...
"I have not lost sight of my plan for you, the L-rd says, and it is your welfare, I have in mind, not
your undoing; for you, too, I have a destiny and a hope." Jeremias 29:11-12 Knox translation.
I pray that Obama has the experience to view this video... and will realize that to whom much is given... much is required... He has been devinely blessed and I pray that through the Holy Spirit
he will change be a leader of blessings for other unborn children.

Alpha_Omega · 11 months ago

"He's been divinely blessed"...why is it everyone thinks that Obama being elected is GOD's will? We have freedom of will & if the unbelievers outsmart the believers in Christ, then why is that GOD's will? Obama & his cohorts outspent McCain 3-1...true conservatives didnt even vote. They sat this one out. Now, we REAP WHAT WE SOWED. We let the satanic/demonic evil doers outthink, outsmart, out DO us. "ALL EVIL NEEDS TO PROSPER IS FOR GOOD PEOPLE to do NOTHING!!!" That's what happened. The homo-controlled school system has taught our children SECULARISM, POSTMODERNISM bs, while we home school our kids thinking GOD's will is ALWAYS done. If that were true, then why did our Lord, Jesus Christ pray "they will be done on earth as it is in Heaven."? Satan was given authority, from Adam's sin. Christ restored that authority, but FULL fruition of that will only be manifested at the Lord's return. In the mean time, GOD has given all us true believers the MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. Who we elect is up to are deligent acts of responsibility. May GOD almighty guide us all to do HIS WORD, HIS WILL.

Scott · 11 months ago

Awesome!

JustinS · 11 months ago

CatholicVote...Keep up the good work! I hope this video is just the start of what we can do when we stand together for life, regardless of race, religion, or sex. God Bless you all and may He especially touch our next president, taking away his heart of stone and giving him a heart of life. Now that would be "change."

Susanf53 · 11 months ago

For people who are fighting the pro-abortion holocaust, we understand exactly what is being said. But for those who don't think about abortion or are lethargic about the issue it will not be understood as to what the underlying message is about. The pro-abortion people will either get angry, not get it, or just snear. The others will only think it's about a black man becoming President for the first time, which is a good thing, but they won't have a clue what the ad is really about, which is a bad and very sad thing. Keep doing what you're doing. May God bless us all.

DiGuiesppe · 11 months ago

The commercial will hit home with many people. Obama's views on abortion disturb me greatly. All races need to see and think about your message. The only fact that I take issue with is the referral to Obama as the first African American President. In reality, and the truth is, Obama is the first BI-RACIAL President. That fact makes your commercial even more effective. Everyone seems to want to put emphasis on the 'black' part of Obama's heritage. Come on, he is half caucasian also, and that has contributed to the person he is today. He didn't get my vote but I still pray that God keeps Obama safe and that he may do good for our Country.

Mary · 11 months ago

I could not get a copy of your ad for tomorrow. Please let me have it.

John Whittet · 11 months ago

Once again the TRUTH shows why we are ALL God's image and likeness! Oh how powerful is our Faith in the Lord!

Joan · 11 months ago

Brilliant!!!!

Rachel Monahan · 11 months ago

Wow! This is powerful! I hope Obama sees it and it makes him realize the potential of other unborn children..

Hopeful in Hawaii · 11 months ago

Dynamic!!!! I will pass this on to many "catholics" who thought that the economy and the war was more important than voting for the life of the unborn child.

Prof.H.McCaffrey · 11 months ago

Fantastic !

How many geniuses, healers, artists, philosophers and good plumbers have been aborted just this year ?

D.B. · 11 months ago

Amazing. I am sure this story could be told in other fieilds of importance like science, music and religion. Think of all the couples who are unable to have children whos lives are made more joyful because of adopting a child.
I hope Obama sees this and takes it to heart.

citizen · 11 months ago

Hate to break your bubble, but Obama is not an african american, he is bi-racial

Alpha_Omega · 11 months ago

Having an African-born father & a white american mother makes him African-American. What's your definition of Afro-American?

Bill · 11 months ago

He is bi racial but his father is not fom Africa, L do believe h is from Indonesia or the Phillipines.
But not Africa.

Alpha_Omega · 11 months ago

Bill, obama's father was KENYAN, his step-father, his mom's second husband, was indonesian. This is one reason why obama isnt a citizen of USA. His mother had to renowns their US citizenship in order for them to live in Indonesia. When she returned, she & Barry(obama's real name) never became citizens again.
If obama wanted to eliminate all the talk of citizenship, he would have produced a VALID birth certificate, but there is none. What we are about to witness is the degradation of our CONSTITUTION!!!

janice · 11 months ago

yes you r right! but why does Obamma call himself an african american?

slimrdhd · 11 months ago

I can't pull up this ad.

Alpha_Omega · 11 months ago

FIRST, WHAT A POWERFUL VIDEO!!! Second, I agree totally...SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE ADDED UNTO YOU. Yes, we need to prioritize what is most important in an election, but with the media bombarding society with their liberal agenda, most folks, including Christians/Catholics, get brain-washed into believing the propaganda shoveled down their throats. Without a true knowledge of the Word of GOD, we are defenseless to DISCERN MORAL from IMMORAL. GOD gave us all freedom of will to decide...it's NOT HIM punishing us, it's us REAPING WHAT WE SOWED. Our GOD is a loving, kind, & GRACIOUS LORD!!! that grants free-will decisions on our part. DO THE RIGHT THING!!!

Marilyn · 11 months ago

Great message!

C.P. · 11 months ago

Thanks goodness his mom did abort him - otherwise history would not be made. The record should be made straight that he is bi-racial - not just African-American. In fact, I think all this racism could best be served it we just say we are American - nothing else. I consider myself first an American and then an American of French descent. May God Bless our new president.

DDonna · 11 months ago

It's beautiful!
My only concern is in regard to the use of the word 'potential' at the very end, and my concern only has to do with the fact that those promoting embryonic stem cell research refer to the embryo as potential life vs. the life it already is.
It is very tasteful, beautiful and it says it all!

Ray Wilson · 11 months ago

What did I miss? Every time I watched, there was hardly any text or image much before "potential" showed up on screen. Lots of black screen with meaningless music -- then the fetus, the message about facing difficulty, then "potential", then Barack. Then a long slow shut down sans music or message.......

Are other folks seeing something else???

DDonna · 11 months ago

Doesn't seem like you are seeing the entire ad, or that it is all 'showing up' for you.



The word 'potential' only shows up on the very last slide, as I mentioned, right at the end.

Ray Wilson · 11 months ago

Way too much non-visual lead-in and technically dragging exit.
The music doesn't support any particular thought formation.
It show what pro-lifers know about life and potential in the womb, but we're the choir.....

pete · 11 months ago

you're wrong ray. you have missed it completely

Jeannine · 11 months ago

Genius! I wish it could be played during the Superbowl.

Great job.

janice · 11 months ago

oh my gosh!! that was excellent! I am so excited about this being aired during the inaugurtation. It will make so many people think. Even Barrock Ogbama!!!!!

bex · 11 months ago

Wow WHAT A COMEBACK FOR FOCA!!!!!! Can anyone out there get this before the new CIC for his very eyes to see and his heart to ponder?

Diane at Te Deum Laudamus! · 11 months ago

Simply brilliant without being inflammatory or condescending.

We need to get some funds in to Catholic Vote and buy some TV air time with this!

MrsRoche · 11 months ago

This is awesome!

Carolyn · 11 months ago

What a great video, but I am so sad that Catholics are now on the defense. Where was our unanimous offense before this election!

SDuke · 11 months ago

Whats a digrace is some 40 millon human beings murdered in the womb. The ignornace and hatred is is cultivated on the side that enables this abomanation to continue. Is it hatred to shout basic human truths. If you catch someone stealing are they not theives. What is this disunity you speak of? This add makes people think . It is not hatefull. It is reallity. Why is it hatefull to shed the light on truth. Obama voted to deny medical attention to babies that were delivered alive during bothced abotions. Mind you by every measre of every law in the country those are American citizens entitled to all the same rights you are, the most important being life. We are in a cultural war and its time to figure out what side you are on . Keep praying and remember God comands us to do right and do right by others especially the ones can't fend for themselves. I think Jesus would be proud of that commercial
God bless

o · 11 months ago

if you think obama will change his thinking because of this commercial think again and pray for our country that he is as he says he is and not where the money came from to get him where he is at this time and space.

jim_luvs_Jesus · 11 months ago

This commerical is made so that Obama and others who are pro-abortion will "think again". One of the pitfalls that leads humans to advocate abortion is that they cannot see the "possibility" that an unborn child has the potential to be a human life that will learn to love God and be with Him in heaven. God wants all who believe in abortion (as an answer to their dilema) to "Think Again". The hopeful believe in pro-life.

Supports_Life · 11 months ago

Having trouble bringing up this video...but I totally support "Hopeful in Hawaii's" comments regarding those who thought the economy and the war were more important than voting for the life of an unborn child. Supporting Life if first...everything else will fall into its' place. I pray that our new president and those who share his thinking...will have a true change of heart and mind.

Joe · 11 months ago

As long as mankind continues to be arrogant, he won't care what God says about the sanctity of all life, and we're going to keep heading down the path to hell. God won't be interested in hearing excuses. We had better start humbling ourselves before Him while there is still time.

ballyaromas · 11 months ago

What an outstanding, creative idea! I recall something in Scripture about how kind words can "heaping burning coals" on your enemy's head. Not to say that Mr. Obama is necessarily "the enemy", but his outspoken support of abortion certainly is a serious problem for Christians and other people of good will who are committed to the defense and sanctity of human life. What an excellent way to develop a solid pro-life argument, using his own story to exemplify the dignity of each individual.

Kathy Raimondi · 11 months ago

How powerful and at the same time how ironic that Obama disregards the sanctity of human life despite the reality of this truth. The potential of each unborn child of God is limitless. Amazing ad - so proud to be a small part of Catholic Vote.

Theresa · 11 months ago

Could not get the video to come up. would like to see it.

Nina · 11 months ago

You need YES to be a president, but, first, you need YES for the life...
This commercial is brilliant!

William Miles · 11 months ago

WHAT A STRANGE PARADOX THAT THE PERSON IN THIS AD WHO ESCAPED ABORTION GREW UP TO BECOME THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD AND IS AN AVID SUPPORTER OF ABORTION ON DEMAND INCLUDING PARTIAL BIRTH. SO....WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE AD???

jim_luvs_Jesus · 11 months ago

the POINT: It is a mistake to abort any child for reasons given each day like: 1. Children from broken homes have no decent future. 2. A child without a father to raise him is doomed to poverty. 3. A child raised by a single mom cannot succeed. It implicity "begs" the question of "how many potentially important figures in the world were aborted because someone thought only thought of themselves or that they should play God"?

Disgusted · 11 months ago

Isn't there a better use for the money being spent on this commercial? Perhaps helping out families who are struggling with unemployment, no medical insurance, not enough food? Why do pro-life groups focus on this one thing instead of the quality of life for those already here?

jim_luvs_Jesus · 11 months ago

Jesus had a reply for those who bring up this arguement. Mt 26:11 The poor you will ALWAYS have with you; but you will not always have me. This commerical will bring people closer to Christ by getting people to "rethink" their position on abortion. The abortion issue cannot be separated from other social justice issues.

pete · 11 months ago

get a grip, disgusted. why don't we all just stop everything, and stop working, and stop our tens-of- million-dollar-inauguration ceremonies and train rides and concerts and everything so we can pay someone else's bills. what, so instead of spending a little time and money for a commercial that will reach millions and millions of people all over the world in a positive way, someone should take the couple thousand and help out a family for a day? why not do both, which is exactly whats going on. go back to mars disgusted what are you a freshman in high school? good effort with the thought, but leave it to the rest of us.
pro-life groups focus on the lives of unborn children because it is the foundation of any and all "quality of life" concerns.

Disappointed · 11 months ago

Interesting that Obama is pro choice. His mother could have chosen differently.

Tom · 11 months ago

Isn't it amazing how we criticize other countries for genocide and yet we abort over 1 million lives a year, and more than 50 million to-date? The message of the ad is thought provoking and on target; however, where was all this energy before the election? It seems to me the Catholic Church lobbied for Obama, in spite of his very pro-abortion stance, and now launches a "marketing" plan to cover up their actions. And, to make matters worse, the pro-abortion leaders of Congress, namely Pelosi and Reid, are sadly enough, Catholic. Throw in Biden and Kennedy (including Carolyn if you wish), and the Catholic track record in the pro-life race is severely handicapped. The Church is derelict for not attacking these folks publicly.

Maureen Sabo · 11 months ago

Powerful........

ML MCLESTER · 11 months ago

I HOPE SOMEONE SHOWS THIS TO THE NEW PRESIDENT ONCE HE IS SWORN IN. VERY GOOD VIDEO.
THANKS.

Ray Boyden · 11 months ago

Despite the obvious political implications, this is a great video. Keep up the good work.

janis lovecchio · 11 months ago

While this is a thought provoking ad, it is misleading - which tends to be the style of Catholic Vote. Barack Obama's mother was not a single, pregnant woman. She was married when she became pregnant and gave birth. She became a single mother when she and Obama's father divorced in 1964 when he was two years old.

Alpha_Omega · 11 months ago

Janis L. Obama's mom got married BECAUSE she was pregnant. After meeting his father in a russian language class at U of Hawaii, she got pregnant and then married with her families objections. Her folks were devote Marxists, educated their daughter in a marxist school, so she was very much a non-conformists. After having her child in Kenya, she flew back to Hawaii & had a "live birth" certificate recorded.
The purpose of the video was NOT to say the unborn would be obama, but that any aborted child CAN HAVE THE POTENTIAL to be a President. I pray for Almighty GOD's intervention in our countries affairsm in Jesus Christ's name...AMEN?

Nic · 11 months ago

It's not misleading. It's using the same style as the election ads talking about change and hope for the future. You take the truth and you apply it.

This is a good commercial because it shows that no matter our own involvement, each human life has its own direction and its own path to take. It all culminates when it is directed to who they really are in Jesus Christ, but still.

Not misleading. Simply stretched, and I will bring you proof of equivocated ads on both ends of the party.

pete · 11 months ago

janis janis janis go back and find where the video says anything different from what you just said. it is only forty seconds long. pay attention next time. and if its not too difficult, write down everything from the video while it is playing so you can review how "misleading" it really is. get bent janis.

honestly, don't embarass yourself. rewatch, and apologize to the makers of the fine video.

Olive · 11 months ago

why are you so antagonistic and condescending? how is that constructive? "get bent"? that's a fine way to portray the Catholic side of this debate. Thanks for that. I'm embarrassed for you.

Leyla S.C · 11 months ago

Abortion is the enemy of hope

Fr. Kevin Gillen · 11 months ago

A powerful message.

gt · 11 months ago

Always amazed that it is always said the first black american president. Did his mother have nothing to do with his birth. He is the first bi racial president. And abortion applies to all races as being wrong.

Anna · 11 months ago

What complete SHIT! You just don't get it! Obama IS the problem; along with his Socialist buddies and the so called Catholics that you tend to support! Is it any wonder why Church attendance is down? We are witnessing the next "fall of Rome"!

PS: Obama is NOT an American; he was born in Kenya and is a citizen of Indonesia.

joberg · 11 months ago

/Anna... who has the records of Obama's birth... or maybe the ques. is who suceeded in hiding the recores and/or changing them... anyone have any answers,,,

Mary J Quinn · 11 months ago

This will certainly open his eyes. Let's hope he understands the meaning behind it.
Let's hope he does not sign in FOCA. It is barbarick. We've taken five steps forward as a nation who fight for the rights of others in their innocent form. Let us not take 10 steps backward by implanting FOCA. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist Preacher who not only stood for the rights of the Black American but for the innocent and the unborn as well. He was a pro-life advocate. Let us hope that Senator Obama can see the light and have the vision for the rights of the innocent to have a choice to live. We must stand for them and support their right to a life before they can do it on their own. Just the same as how we hold our childs hand before he can walk alone. Bravo for a very important video/commercial with a strong impact for our future.

Jayne · 11 months ago

This must be brought to the new President's attention. Imagine the impact as he realizes that "but for the grace of God"!.

Angelica · 11 months ago

lt's pray for a pro life CHANGE!!!

Tom Williams · 11 months ago

POWERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tammy · 11 months ago

omy gosh... THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Anita · 11 months ago

I liked the commercial. It gives food for thought. At least for those who think at all. I am the mother of a large family and abortion is something that I simply cannot tolerate, no matter what the sacrifice that must be made to have and rear children. Shame on America for it's hardness of heart. It's not about religion although I'm happy to say that I believe most people of all religions are against abortion. It's those who are so ignorant of religion so as to say that Jesus was all about tolerance who don't understand the evil of killing our unborn babies. Who speaks for the babies? It's a woman's choice to nurture and protect the life within her, not to endanger that human life at any stage of development.

jim · 11 months ago

when will the church support women priests - we are witnessing church closings all over the place in NY - please leadership do the right thing and allow women to be priests!

jim_luvs_Jesus · 11 months ago

Look at what "women priests" are doing to the Anglican/Episcopal Church. They are pro-abortion. If you deviate from the teachings of the Catholic Church, you invite every imaginable compromise the will lead to the elimination of the "Fullness of Truth".

DoTheRightThing · 11 months ago

Jim, I think you missed the point of the video, which shouldn't surprise me.

How would women priests be the right thing? This is not the solution; see the Episcopal Church and its current meltdown from not following the faith. The Catholic church is the only true Church- the right thing to do is listen to the Magisterium, not make up what you want.

jim_luvs_Jesus · 11 months ago

AMEN!

Alpha_Omega · 11 months ago

You mean PRIESTESS...don't you? Don't you think GOD would have stated in HIS Word instructions for appointing women as priests if that was HIS will? I dont see it anywhere in the Bible. There are instances that woman carried out GOD's will when there wasn't a believing man to do it....Mary's response to Gabriel...etc, etc. We are ALL one in Christ, niether male nor female...which means holy spirit has no gender. Woman dont have to feel inferior, we just have different ways of serving the body of Christ.

Katjack · 11 months ago

Very strong! I love the message!!

mcjsarf1 · 11 months ago

To me, the message simply means that "EVERY LIFE HAS UNTOLD, POTENTIAL". Might fear, or guilt allow the viewer to read other religious or political messages into it? Sure, yet Reason should allow each viewer to see it for what it is.....the PROOF that the Gift of Life gives to all whom the spark touches.....POTENTIAL.

Each of us is infinitely better off for the spark of life that became Obama. We are also infinitely better off for the person who does the lowest of labor for us and others. The lives of the meagerest of immigrants or poor person loudly proclaims the Mystery of Love..... that is each of us!

Delfina E. Perez · 11 months ago

I like this commercial. It's short and very much to the point- the great potential and purpose of every human life,from the moment of conception. I ,too, am very disappointed that Obama is not pro-life. I will pray for his and million others for their conversion on abortion. There is no meaning to life if the innocent unborn are allowed by society to be murdered. Who is next?- the poor, the disabled,the elderly?

Ann · 11 months ago

Excellent! Gets to the point that we are indeed killing off our future leaders by abortion. Including future doctors, priests, lawyers, scientists, mothers, fathers etc. Give life a chance, from conception to natural death. Life is precious!

Marge · 11 months ago

This is really powerful, I pray people who need to see it, do !!!!

Ken Yarmosh · 11 months ago

An incredibly powerful presentation. May God bless every child from the moment of conception and protect our nation from the curse of this wretchedly depraved crime against our Lord and all humanity.

mcjsarf1 · 11 months ago

It is interesting to see the angst of men about the abortion issue. It is not unusual because there is a man involved in every one. Maybe not a MAN, but a man.

Donna · 11 months ago

Absolutely brilliant and powerful!!!

believer · 11 months ago

wow! one of the best ads about pro-life I have seen... Long ago I was trying to think of creative ways to make people see how wrong they are in supporting abortion... but this ad exceeds my expectations! I hope they place it on tv... especially in televised events that millions of people watch like the Superbowl or the Presidential Inaguration... They should air it! Can this ad be aired? I think we have the right is freedom of speech, right?

Julie · 11 months ago

Thank you for doing such a great job with these commercials! I am so proud to be Catholic and known for our support of all life.

Ann Vittoria · 11 months ago

Whoa! That's a great way to get the message across on NO for Abortion. Great video!!

Samantha · 11 months ago

SNAP!!!

Mary · 11 months ago

How ironic that the subject of the ad isn't Pro Life himself. Maybe if he sees it he will be converted.

jim_luvs_Jesus · 11 months ago

That makes this ad all the more powerful! The conversion of Obama will speak more to Hope & Change than any other issue.

Barb, RN · 11 months ago

AWESOME. Point well taken! No abortion - because it is POTENTIAL LOST! I don't want to be forced by the government's choices to fund such a horrible procedure, but fear that if hospitals, women's centers, doctor's offices accept government funds (medicaid, etc.), we'll be forced to do this or be penalized....so unAmerican!!!

Darlene Walker · 11 months ago

Well said! Thank you for your clarity and excellent comment.

Deb Pasno · 11 months ago

I absolutely Love it.

jim_luvs_Jesus · 11 months ago

Pro-Life is critical to America!

Sharon · 11 months ago

Beautiful commercial. I'm glad to see it is free of politics. I think a grave error was made when abortion was interjected into politics. It creates division, it doesn't unite people together to realize what the miracle of life is all about. Again, a very powerful and beautiful ad.

sharon raska · 11 months ago

Also a beautiful commercial.Big mistake when politics became a part of abortion.Politicians need to stay out of making laws and decisions on these issues. This commercial is positive because it promotes life in natural and truthful way.

joberg · 11 months ago

After reading some of the responses... such as Obama's birthplace (if this is true) and the fact that his parents were married, which doesn't make a lot of difference... his mother still could have chosen to abort... And the fact that he is considered to be bi-racial and not an African American... it makes your researchers look incompetent... I think the video is moving... but the facts in written words must be exact... truthful and clearly stated... to keep the video from being discredited..
Please... please... correct mistakes and have more opinions before approval...
These videos cost plenty... so we want them to be powerful without inviting comments that will discredit them...

pete · 11 months ago

So Obama "is considered to be biracial and not an African American"? shoot! i guess you should let everyone know he isn't the first black president!
you kook. you can't discredit an invitation to think differently. go back to mars.

Deb · 11 months ago

This video will not be discredited. No one in the liberal, biased media refers to Obama as bi-racial even though we know he is. He has, and always will be, considered the 1st black president. If you have not noticed, all of elite actors/athletes that are bi-racial; Tyra Banks, Haley Berry, Derek Jeter, etc., consider themselves black. Never do they refer themselves as bi-racial or white for that matter.

This ad will make many people think....

Mary Ellen Atchison · 11 months ago

This is the best commercial I have ever seen! I pray that all our people will hold it in there hearts,and know love is the hero!

john · 11 months ago

We must all pray for his conversion and also the conversion of all who are pro choice

Judy · 11 months ago

So very intelligent ! I wish it would air on all networks!

Jerry · 11 months ago

Excellent!! Keep up the wonderful work.

Sharon Taylor · 11 months ago

Truly AMAZING!

Deb · 11 months ago

Powerful stuff! I love it!

Dan · 11 months ago

Great and true...all we ask for is the truth.

judi · 11 months ago

Keep up the fight!!!!

Barbara · 11 months ago

WOW! I hope this makes a great impact on the upcoming legislation about FOCA.

Darlene Walker · 11 months ago

This is well done. It is clear and to the point. Without asking the controversial question of when does life begin (?), it shows the value of a person. Yes, the child may suffer. Indeed, most people do suffer things we would wish they wouldn't have to go through, but that does not negate their value. No matter how you or I may have voted, we cannot deny human potential.

pete · 11 months ago

yes we can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tiredmom · 11 months ago

Wow!

..would be great if it could actually get on as as Superbowl commercial as well!!!

Rosa · 11 months ago

A few points:
Because of the shameful atrocities committed during slavery and Jim Crow, most African Americans are bi-racial to some degree. Many European Americans who have ancestors who have been in this country a while are bi-racial, also, although we don't talk about that, do we? So Mr. Obama is as African American as your neighbor.

What if Mr. Obama's parents hadn't had sex that day? They might have missed her fertile time, and then he might have never been conceived! Oh my gosh, has he ever thanked his parents for having sex? Have you? If not, are you an ingrate? Should we all go and have sex right now, because if we don't, think of all the doctors and lawyers and safecrackers and artists and mass murderers who won't be given a chance to live. It truly boggles the mind.

If a fetus has a deformity that makes its head so large that it will die soon after birth, that its little face is so deformed that its ears are on top of its head, and that, during birth, it may kill the mother as well as itself, is it really wrong to mercifully kill that fetus so that the mother can live?

Scientific studies by unbiased researchers (that's important) show that women who have abortions do pretty well unless they are bombarded by people telling them that they are killers, etc. Women who put their babies up for adoption are a psychological mess.

If a fetus is a person from the moment of conception, and it gets a soul at conception, what happens when it divides into twins a while later? Does the soul divide? Sometimes the embryo divides into twins and then goes back into one still later? One soul, two souls, one soul? Did one soul die? Should we have a funeral?

If a woman has a miscarriage, why don't all these pro-life people have a funeral? If my mom slipped away, even quietly and painlessly, I'd do something. In fact, I'd do a lot. Same with a child of mine. We even have had funerals for our pets. But I don't see folks bringing a casserole over when somebody has a miscarriage.

Barbara Bush was very pro-choice. The Republican Party had GW hush her up so they could get the conservative vote. I believe Betty Ford was pro-choice, also. We don't talk about that. And one of Ronald Reagan's favorite and most influential authors was a Christian Socialist, Harold Bell Wright.

The Catholic Church used to have penances for abortions based on the time and the sex of the fetus--longer for boys, since some are more equal than others. The penances were not as severe as for some sins. Thinking on this has evolved, and can keep evolving.

American Catholics are a volcano. Some day we will rise up against this, and Rome won't know what happened.

Deb · 11 months ago

I've added you to my prayer list Rosa.

margie · 11 months ago

Some FACTS for you, Catholics do have funerals for miscarriages, we send sympathy cards and a donation to the family, less than 2 percent of the 1.5 million abortions are for fetal abnormalities or the life of the mother, we did not elect Barbara Bush-she did not sign legislation, and as for eliminating Catholics, is that a threat? so is your idea of tolerance, to tolerate only your beliefs?, thats communision or obamaism.

Darlene Walker · 11 months ago

Stick to the point. This is not the place to debate abortion, but if you have to, let me ask: Are you a Christian? Are you a Catholic Christian? Are you just a cynical liberal? Must you be sarcastic?
Tragedy happens, but we believe God is sovereign. We believe God is in control. Faith is something you should not try to question because of the whole concept of freedom. You are free because I am free. I am free because you are free. So vote, but don't deny people the right of an opinion. The biblical stand is, "Thou shalt not murder." We believe the Bible because we believe it is from God.

jim_luvs_Jesus · 11 months ago

To fight against the Truth taught by the Roman Catholic Church is the same as building your house on a weak foundation. Your house will collapse (or perhaps your volcano will explode and no longer exist).

A child born disfigured has no less value in God's eyes.

Zero of the Internet · 11 months ago

"If a fetus has a deformity that makes its head so large that it will die soon after birth, that its little face is so deformed that its ears are on top of its head, and that, during birth, it may kill the mother as well as itself, is it really wrong to mercifully kill that fetus so that the mother can live?"

If it is a threat to the mother you can abort, but it must be a sure thing like a tubal pregnancy. It's called 'double-effect.' Look it up sometime, it's something you so called pro-abort 'Catholics' don't want to talk about or know for that matter.

You think you can hold ground because we allow 'innocent mothers' to die due to pregnancies that cause death. And guess what, research just came out by unbiased researchers (that's important) that women who have abortions do, in fact, come to regret their abortion within a month or so.

Good luck with your volcano theory. Rome's built on a rock that won't be moving anywhere. Not for women priests, not for gay marriage, and certainly not for abortion. I can say that with certainty as well since it's all written down in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, something I highly doubt you've read Rosa. All in all, Rosa, enjoy your time in hell. Unlike other Catholics here, I'm not afraid to tell you where you'll be headed soon. >8D

(Also Jim, Protestant's suck. :D)

Ray Wilson · 11 months ago

Could almost throw a dart at Rosa's points to see which one to answer. All easy targets. Lets go with Barbara Bush. No one hushes up Barbara, and no reason to. Both George and Barbara were publically pro-choice, and George eventually learned better. Then so did Barbara. That happens. It happened to me and my wife. It's what we call an open mind ....

Kim · 11 months ago

Rosa,

You have been sadly misinformed about the Catholic Church and the effects of abortion on most women.

We do name and bury babies who are miscarried.....and pray for the new little angel in heaven. Their little spirits perhaps did not have to be born to find the way back to God.

The bottom line is, all life is precious. I work with many severely injured, handicapped , deformed and disabled individuals. In all I can see their adversity as moving them further along their path to heaven......most later recognize this themselves as well.

Sarah Klecka · 11 months ago

As far as the Church goes, I think Jesus said the gates of hell would never prevail against it. I am Catholic and proud of it. But I am also proud of all of my Christian friends. We must always love the sinner and hate the sin. I voted against Obama, but I pray he will find the truth in his heart during his time in office. This issue is too deep to get into on this page, but I only pray that God's truth will always reign in the United States of America. Because if it doesn't, we will all pay the price.
God Bless You and may God Bless America!

Bart1954 · 11 months ago

What is your position on doctor assisted suicide and euthanasia? It is coming.
If a woman is raped, it is a terrible, terrible thing. However, there are many couples who cannot have children that would gladly adopt if they could. There are people who have been born deformed over many centuries. We have a young man in our church who can only mobilize himself by using his chin to move himself in a mechanized wheelchair because of his extreme deformities. Guess what? He went to college and received his B.A. and Masters degrees. God gives life. There is no other choice.
Yes there have been many autrocities in our nation. Not only against the Black Americans, but Native Americans as well. These things God will hold us accountable for during our judgement as human beings and the lives we lived here on earth. I'm not real sure what your point is here. The discussion is about abortion.

Mahabs · 11 months ago

To Rosa: As Ray Wilson commented, your points are easy targets. Let me pick your second point: Abortion and Pro LIFE issues are not about whether to have sex or not to have sex. You must realize that there are people who engage in sexual intercourse but still unable to conceive. I personally know some married women who, in spite of wanting a child of their own, can't get pregnant even with many years of sexual relations with their husband. Abortion and Pro LIFE is about the baby that is already conceived. You cannot decide an abortion when there is nothing there to abort. The decision to abort or not to abort comes only after discovering of a pregnancy, an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy. Rosa, I hope you are not trying to say that your parents should have aborted you. Had they aborted you, you would not have gotten the CHANCE to learn to breathe on your own, to learn to be breast-fed or bottle-fed, to learn to eat table food, to learn to grab objects, to learn to drink from a cup, to learn to sit, walk, talk, run, play with toys, hug/embrace, read, write/spell words, shout, laugh/giggle, tie your shoe-lace, to learn to cross the street, to learn to throw a ball/to catch a ball, to learn to ride and pedal a bicycle, or the CHANCE to know and feel the caring love and affection of your mother or father when you were physically hurt badly or were running a high fever as a little girl (or little boy), or the CHANCE to be held tenderly in your mother's arms with her humming or singing a lullaby to put you to sleep; or the CHANCE to learn to drive a car and get your first driver license, or the CHANCE to go to school and graduate from Kindergarten to Eighth Grade to High School and even to college/a chance to receive a diploma. Had your parents aborted you, you would not have gotten a CHANCE to ENJOY your favorite foods/fruit, your favorite drink, dish, movies, vacations, hobbies, music, clothes, shoes, purse, sport, color, flower, games, scent/fragrance, friends, car(s), your favorite TV program, radio station, your favorite teacher and politician, your favorite celebrity and artist, your favorite concert or play, your favorite holiday, your cell phone, CDs, your favorite hair style, your favorite store, restaurant, etc, etc; or the experience to snuggle in your warm cozy bed during the cold nights, the CHANCE to wear a rain-coat or jacket and use an umbrella during rainy days, the CHANCE to look upon in amazement of a beautiful sunrise and sunset, the CHANCE to experience having a crush on someone or having a puppy love, the experience of a first date or a soft first kiss, the experience of taking pictures and/or the pleasures of looking at pictures/posters/paintings/sculptures, the experience of a refreshing cool bath or shower during hot, humid days, to enjoy a toboggan slide or skiing or simply have fun playing in the snow, etc., etc.; plus, you would not have gotten a CHANCE to learn to use the computer and post your comments here had your parents aborted you. ALL THESE IS WHAT WE CALL "LIFE," Rosa, which you and I have been given a CHANCE to see, touch, learn, experience, enjoy and appreciate in many ways, and are still enjoying right now. :-) The CatholicVote Ad and the issue is about giving every child in the womb the CHANCE to continue to grow and develop to full term and be given the right to a CHANCE to LIFE outside the womb, whether it is a problem pregnancy or not. You and I were given that chance. Why deny it from millions of others?

I might also point out that of the estimated 305,000,000 people in the USA, I can almost be certain that only a few thousand became safe-crackers and murderers (including abortionists). There is no justification of the 48,000,000 abortions performed since 1973. While the estimated population of the country of Canada is under 34,000,000, here in the USA, in a matter of only 35 years, there have been about 48,000,000 infants killed through abortion (a holocaust).

The Legalization of Abortion deceives, ruins, and robs women, men, and families of the right to LIFE outside the womb and the right to the pursuit of happiness. Christian or non-Christian, Abortion is WRONG.

Loreta · 11 months ago

Not everybody is a Barack Obama. Do not generalized and let woman decide their own decisions!

jim_luvs_Jesus · 11 months ago

In God's view, everyone is precious...including Barack Obama. Everyone eventually makes their own decision...except the unborn child who is denied that opportunity.

balloonatic · 11 months ago

It's not about who everybody is or is not. It is about who they could be. Life is always the best bet.

Mb · 11 months ago

The termination of a life is not our decision. It is God's decision. The point of the ad is to show that if his mother didn't chose life, HIS LIFE, then history would not have been made. Abortion is a delicate issue, but the ramifications outweigh the simplicity of "let women decide their own decisions." I have volunteered at a center that helps women deal with the aftermath of abortions. No one ever bothers to report on the emotional aftermath of an abortion. And why doesn’t the media report on that? Because if they did, they would discover that of the 45 million abortions since Roe v. Wade, most women have suffered greatly. Until you have come face to face with a woman who has acted upon the "my body, my choice" so called "freedom" YOU Loreta cannot be the one using the fallacy of generalization in saying let women decide their own decisions.

This is a historical week: we celebrate everyone's freedom to life, liberty and equal rights with MLK day. Then Thursday marks the anniversary of Roe v Wade where those same rights that were fought so hard for all, are allowed to legally be taken away from the unborn. Ironic, huh?

I'm Catholic..I'm pro-life..and I vote. This is a great website and great commercial that reminds us as Catholics, our first priority is human life and to vote pro-life ALWAYS! Thank you Catholicvote.com for your great work!

Margie · 11 months ago

My dear sister in Christ, when I was a child, I learned a very important lesson: my freedom ends where another person's doorstep begins. A child's life is God's decision. A mother who destroys her child is defying God. Of all of the eggs and sperm that are created, only a special two make a unique life. Life is not about choice; it is about accepting God's will, not ours.

dearsinc · 11 months ago

WOW, what a powerful message....this could have a profound impact on anyone who views this....including the new President !!!! Thank you for all you do and the message that you carry to everyone....rd

KIM REID · 11 months ago

This is absolutely wonderful. There is no better word. Congratulations on encapsulating the entire message in a few words and a picture that speaks 1,000 words. Bravo!!

Tiredmom · 11 months ago

You will be in my prayers - as I'm sure the prayers of others from this site.

And yes, there are many of us who do have funerals and offer condolences and sympathies when someone miscarries. The child is given a name, and counted among our children. Just because something doesnt get mainstream media attention, does not mean it does not exist.

Izzy · 11 months ago

we must pray so that God this people and special our new President, that we already cause enough killing all ever the world, and I hope God have pity on our country and specialty those who has the power to destroy or to do good, and choose to kill. I hope they don't sign FOCA (So We can say GOD BLESS AMERICA)

christina · 11 months ago

let women make their own decisions? okay lets first remember that we are all not dumb and know that sex is meant for formation of a child. so women do have a choice; to keep their legs closed. do not sit here and say women have the choice to kill a baby. the first sign of life is growth and from the union of the egg and the sperm, the embryo is continuously growing till the child is born. did your mama kill you? no. also, would you hold a gun to a child's head and pull the trigger? no. women and men from middle school sexual education courses, know that sex, whether protected or not, can lead to pregnancy. its called common senses. thank you.

concerned · 11 months ago

there are many people, especially young people, who do not understand the science in forming a child- particularly when only abstinence is taught to them. And I cannot think of a more ignorant and insensitive way to word your opinion than saying, "keep their legs closed". And what about when "their legs" are forced open by rape? I'm pretty sure the choice to use common sense isn't present in that situation.

bsmith267 · 11 months ago

This should be sent to Barack Obama asap. It is profoundly moving-it could even move him...

proenternallife · 11 months ago

God did not change the hearts of millions of people that voted for Obama, but god will change Obama's heart on abortions. Thy will be done, otherwise.

DFHanchon · 11 months ago

I like your comment that abortion is the enemy of hope. Your ads are well-done and provoke thought, not an invitation to controversy. I hope our deeply-held reverence for life will invite discussion at a deeper level using the means of an ad that moves beyond the terms established as either "pro-choice" or "pro-life." Time to move beyond the sound bites!

TKaplan · 11 months ago

That was simply amazing!!

Isabella Virgilio · 11 months ago

Thank you, I highly approve of this type of message. It makes sense and does not incite either side. It makes a person really stop to think about what matters and that is the pro-life message!

Gehrig · 11 months ago

Brilliant! The contrast between the message and subject are truly inspired. I would love to hear our new Presidents comments on this...or is that above his pay grade as well?

Frank R Serna · 11 months ago

Powerful, I wonder if Obama ever thought about that!!! Or, I was born now you can kill the unborn. Sad, but he'll never see that. Obama's conversion: God can convert but man must say yes. Hitler didn't; Stalin didn't; Mao didn't; Pol Pot didn't.

Frank Serna

Janice · 11 months ago

This is so good and so very true. All human life has great potential. Thank you for your thoughtful, truthful portrayal.

cynara · 11 months ago

Brilliantly perfect! Go get 'em!

Earl Wade · 11 months ago

Thank you great job and well done. Our new President will not be a friend of God and we must pray for CHANGE in his heart. Change cannot occure without until it occures within.

Our once great Nation is not only due Gods wrath but it is over due. How can we murder over three thousand babies per day and expect God to bless this Nation and its people.

Instruct with meekness those who oppose themselves.

Amen

Sheila · 11 months ago

I am enraged that this man stated he will make it his business to sign the FOCA Bill as one of his first matters in office!! Thank you @CatholicVote.com for this concise and powerful video.
As for the comments from "Rosa"...I feel very sorry for you...now and in your eternity.

Pat T · 11 months ago

I looked at it and it's okay BUT the one you had before the election was a hundred times better. Do you know IF his mother considered abortion? Or was it just not an option in those days. I know that you want to reach a large audience but I see it as riding on the coat tails of someone who now believes in abortion.

Linda Lawandus · 11 months ago

Forty years ago this year I was newly married, four and 1/2 months later I gave birth to a baby boy that lived two hours, a nun came to me to tell me the baby was baptized before it died, My doctor told me not to ever have another baby. I didn't listen, I got pregnant again a few years later. I gave birth at five and 1/2 month pregnant this time the baby boy lived 7 hours. I was told I had a physical problem with being able to go full term. I then put in for adoption. It was a very long wait for a child, due to abortion in Western New York. I still didn't give up. I got a new doctor who had a new procedure to suture the womb and at five and 1/2 months pregnant , I gave birth to twin boys. One died three and 1/2 hours later but the other son held on for thirty-eight hours. There was no fancy equipment in those days that helped keep the babies alive. It's ironic that New York State sent me all their birth certificates. I finally after waiting seven years adopted a beautiful baby boy. I was told I was one of the longest couples to wait to adopt a child again due to abortion. My faith in God still intact continued to try to have children. Three years after adopting I was pregnant again seven and 1/2 months later, I gave birth to another beautiful baby boy who, was called a miracle baby by all the nurses in the hospital. My son was 6 and 1/2 lbs, 21inches and I still didn't go full term, now he's 27 years old, served in the Air Force, is married and has his own new baby girl. Four years after his birth at eight months pregnant I gave birth to a five pound baby girl. She is now 23 years old and studying to be a Physician's Assistant.
If FOCA passes the bill numbered S.1173 in the Senate and H.R. 1964 in the House. You can read the text of the bill online by visiting the Library of Congress at http://thomas.loc.gov. searching by bill number using the above bill number.
Oppose FOCA , contact your state officials today. Oppose RHAPP. Go to www.nyscatholic.org where you can identify and contact your state and federal elected offcials. Click the "Take Action Now" button.
Both FOCA and RHAPP state that the goverment may not "deny or interfere" with the abortion decision at all. These bills could compell all hospitals to provide abortions even Catholic Hospitals. Both FOCA and RHAPP declare that the goverment "shall not discriminate" against the fundermental right to abortion in the provision of benefits, services or information. If either bill is enacted, goverment regulatory agencies could deny operating certificates, funding or other benefits to entities that choose not to promote abortion, on the grounds of "discriminating." It's time for all Christians to stand up for our beliefs before it's to late.

Patti · 11 months ago

God Bless you Linda. You know how precious every baby is.

carol Deucher · 11 months ago

This is a great message and so true. You are on the right track; we must be people of hope because that is our heritage as Christians. No matter what happens this is the time to stand tall and just speak the truth from our hearts which have only love.

Michelle · 11 months ago

Better than any 30 second Super Bowl ad, if it saves one life it has already paid for itself.

Mahabs · 11 months ago

Amen.

Bart1954 · 11 months ago

Show a real YouTube video about Barak Obama called "Obama & Live Birth Abortion/Induced Labor Abortions/Infanticide Pro Life Anti-Abortion! He told Planned Parenthood that his first act as U.S. President is to sign the FOCA (Freedom of Choice Act). He is the Herod of the 21st Century. A killer of inocents!!!

Dave · 11 months ago

Fathers getting plastered again. This is not just a matter of fathers leaving their children, it is also a matter of obnoxious mothers driving the fathers away, etc. etc.

Pray and demand that fathers get their just rewards. There are millions of great, loving fathers!!!

MRStep · 11 months ago

Beautiful... and the outcome caught me off guard - excellent impact. Good work!

Blessed Virgin Mary, please pray for us - that we may defend, uphold, and protect the dignity and sanctity of human life at all stages and times forever!

In Jesus's name I pray!
Amen.

budnotu · 11 months ago

President Obama supports the killing of children , when he was a senator in the state of Illinois he was the only senator to vote against a law that would mandate that children that were born alive because of a botched abortions were entitled to medical assistance. He also said that if one of his daughters got pregnant he would not want to burden her with a child. The truth must be told, and how about attending a so called christian church for 20 years where his minister preached hatred against jews, whites and America "Not God bless America God damm America and that we deserved 911 the chickens have come to roost. Words spoken by his spiritual mentor. Please God have mercy on us for we know not what we have done. For the sake of the children we must speak out if not we share in the guilt and we will be judged.

Mrs. Downhome America · 11 months ago

The "right" to an abortion has given us the worst abortions in the developed world. Filthy clinics and operating rooms, infdifferent staff, and poor follow up care. State agencies cannot perform their watchdog functions because this proceedure is a "right". I help rescue the unwary mothers butchered in these shoddy facilities. We should stop killing babies. We should also stop killing mothers. The passage of more federal abortions rights laws will only weaken regulators trying to protect the public. We need to clean up, not shut up. There is no excuse for a billion dollar a year industry that is virtually unregulated.

CIS · 11 months ago

Breathtakenly powerful. This video reminds me why we must never falter in our efforts to speak for those who cannot. I am proud to be a Catholic, and have faith in God that our country will overcome this evil. Thank you for this beautiful masterpiece, and keep up the wonderful work.

JOANNE · 11 months ago

IF YOU BELIEVE IN ABORTION DON,T RECEIVE OR ADMINSTER COMMION IT IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO JESUS

yvonne · 11 months ago

WOW!!!! This is incredible. What a powerful message. I pray it softens hearts and opens eyes.

Brittany · 11 months ago

How exactly does this go together. Obama supports abortion and partial birth abortion and the killing of any unwanted child. This commercial makes it look as though he is a supporter of life and that, that support lead him to be the first african american president. Sorry but Obama has nothing to do with Pro Lifers or any moral Christian beliefs. This commercial is a joke!

CIS · 11 months ago

Brittany,

The ad is entitled "Imagine the Potential." The ad has nothing to do with Obama's political stance on abortion and partical birth abortaion. Instead the ad calls viewers to "imagine the potential" of every single unborn life. The child featured in the commercial has the potential to grow up and be anything, including the first African American President of the United States.

Hope this clarifies the message for you :)

Diane · 11 months ago

It's a really powerful statement directed at all of those who insist that a baby who will be born into a broken home, with a struggling single mom and an absent father, is better off aborted, since his or her life would be so difficult and so much of a burden on the mother and ultimately, on society. Obviously, Obama's very existence is a rebuttal to this twisted way of thinking . . . a simple and brilliant ad. I am thankful for my Catholic brothers and sisters and for the creativity and love that went into this piece. Well done!

Marty · 11 months ago

Please read the following...
Q: Where does the Roe from the early 1970's actually stand regarding abortion stand these days? A: Frankly, she opposes abortion. See one site's message at http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01... . The mere fact that Obama was merely given a chance in this world is relevant enough? All should be given that chance, yet (if he can) he'll eliminate that possibility from many others via FOCA .

We're supposed to separate church & state, yet we who disagree with abortion will now be forced to pay for it?
What's the next step if the FOCA goes through?

Sincerely,
Marty

buddy larsen · 11 months ago

Very powerful. You have done something good here. Bless you & your work --

vote4life · 11 months ago

My only concern with this video is that viewers might be led to believe that Obama is pro-life. He isn't. In case you have been hurt by abortion, please check out hopeafterabortion.org.

sybilll · 11 months ago

I agree. The message to most Obama supporters will be missed, as they will just gush over Obama in a Gucci suit in the end.

Catherine Mena · 11 months ago

Excellent, beautiful and concise, it carries the message!

Anne · 11 months ago

WOW!!! Way to take a support of abortion and prove to the world that all babies should be saved because we never know what they will become!!! We keep praying that Catholic Vote will touch more lives.

Pamelazite · 11 months ago

This is the type of ad that should be shown more often to convince people to be Pro-Life. I am both Pro-Life and Pro-Choice. We have to understand both sides. God bless our new president. He and we will need a great deal of guidance.

Mb · 11 months ago

please explain how you can be both pro-life and pro-choice? Is pro-choice...meaning that you choose life?

JIMMY D · 11 months ago

you can't be both pro-life and pro-choice. PRO - CHOICE IS P.C. FOR PRO- ABORTION!!!!

Bart1954 · 11 months ago

Pamelazite. How can you be pro-life and pro-choice? This strikes me as very strange. Kind of like parital birth abortion. Apparently the mother in this case can't make up her mind so during delivery she changes her mind. This is the problem with our most of our society today. They don't want to offend anyone so they sit on the fence. In this case you are for life or not. It is black or white. Not both.
World Wide Abortion Statitistics through October 2008:
USSR/Russia (combined)-337 million
China-323 million
Japan-68 million
US-50 million
Worldwide-961 million
I would dare say that within this number somebody died that could have found the cure for most diseases we face, greater technologies, great writers, great doctors, garbage collectors, postal workers, missionaries, ministers, presidents, world leaders. Need I say more.
Please take a stand against abortion. Praying that you will.

mom24 · 11 months ago

great commercial. great message. however... this man doesnt believe in the message that is being preached. I agree, it makes it look like he is prolife and he isn't. all this does is make people more ignorant about his stance on moral issues... and strengthens the likelyhood of furthering his re-election in four years. personally wish you had picked a different person to center this around who really has lived a calling to see innocent lives saved insted of one with a woeful disregard.

Bart1954 · 11 months ago

You got it. Pardon my english.

JEWELRYGRL · 11 months ago

THIS IS AWSOME!!!!! I LOVE THE ENITRE COMMERCIAL. WE CAN ONLY PRAY FOR OUR NATION NOW AND WHAT IS IN STORE FOR US. REMEMBER TO PRAY ...WE NEED ALL THE PRAYER WE CAN GET!!

MWW · 11 months ago

Powerful Message!

Mardee · 11 months ago

WoW!! very good... Do you think the abortion point will enter anyone's mind? I hope so!!

mommy x4 · 11 months ago

It was ok, but not great. You should have added that our new president does not feel life is worth protecting. He should that God everyday that his mother was not pregant with him post 1973. We should continue to pray for all struggling making this difficult "choice".

mommy x4 · 11 months ago

Sorry, Typing fast... I ment to say he should be thankful to God everyday.

jon g · 11 months ago

yes .............it makes you think that he is pro-life...............he is pro-self

bobby · 11 months ago

Wouldn't it be great if just one % of what is being spent for this Giant Fiasco...............be spent on educating people about the value of human life????
May God bless this guy............may he give him strenght to do something and not just point fingers and blame on those who tread before him.

Bart1954 · 11 months ago

I just watched this video again. He should be grateful he got a chance. I wonder how many potential presidents we have murdered. I don't get it. Let me say it again, HE HAS STATED THAT THE FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION HE WILL SIGN INTO LAW WILL BE THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE ACT. Your first video was outstanding. I am sad to say this video does not convey the real story.

Patti · 11 months ago

Bart writes, "He should be grateful he got a chance." That is the point of the video exactly! Obama got a chance at life even though his father abandoned him and he was raised by a struggling single mother. The point is that his mother did not abort him, why shouldn't other babies be given the same chance?

Special Dark Chocolate · 11 months ago

Wonderful Irony. Today, on MLK, Jr. day, we did not realize that the quote, from I Have a Dream "...all God's Children..." meant only those who that the mother, the father, the State, the Congress,. the President, and the Supreme Court deemed worthy of the Dream. Very similar to the power the slave owner has over the slave, ironic.

Lisa · 11 months ago

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Love Catholics!!! And pro-lifers too!!! :)

Mrs. M · 11 months ago

Disgusting. By putting Obama in this you are making him look like he supports life. Your add is misleading and will only serve to reinforce the mistaken idea that Obama is pro-life. I hope you consider ditching this add before more danage is done.

Next time if you want to use Obama in a pro-life add, show what he stands for - it's not life.

Robert · 11 months ago

I agree with this comment. The ad will be misinterpreted. It should be clearer what Obama stands for.

Rosco Brown · 11 months ago

why does some #^%$&*% always bring the race card to the table?????????????

Mike · 11 months ago

Awesome????? The Catholic church has long been known for it's supposed right to life view. I wonder why they are favoring a man who will sign the Freedom of Choice Act in his first hundred days.

Mrs. M · 11 months ago

The Catholic Church didn't make this add. Catholicvote is a private organization, one that won't get my vote if they continue with this add.

Frank · 11 months ago

we need more pro-life adds like this!

bridg · 11 months ago

ditto! lots and lots more like this. Catholicvote knows what it is doing and does it in the perfect manner.

Patti · 11 months ago

Mrs. M, why won't Catholicvote get your vote if they continue with this ad? Is it because you are pro-abortion, or because you misinterpreted the ad?

MJF · 11 months ago

They are not "favoring" a man who will sign FOCA. This ad is intended to reach supporters of Obama's who may be pro-abortion. One of the common arguments of pro-aborts is that a child should not have to suffer through a "broken home" or a bad family situation, and are better off being aborted. This ad shows an unborn baby and stating facts about it that these people use to support abortion. It is showing these people that the same argument could have been applied to Obama. It makes them think what if his mother chose abortion? He wouldn't be here to be President today. Makes them rethink their position on why it's okay to abort babies. Not supporting Obama and his position at all, but using him and his own family situation to eliminate one of the arguments they make about supporting/favoring abortion. Congratulations, Catholicvote.org! Keep up the great work!

ClearEye · 11 months ago

Good job. PILE COALS ON HIS HEAD. He's changed a lot of his campaign rhetoric so far. Let us hope and pray he will abandon his foolish promise about FOCA.

Alan · 11 months ago

Your ad is a wonderful mix of reality and challenge, and what a way to spin such a dramatic sadly opposed newly elected president. Great Job and keep up the good work!

barbara · 11 months ago

Obama is a HUGE abortion supporter. He even voted to cease aid to live infants of a botched abortion. He wants to keep abortion legal in case one of his daughters "makes a mistake" I applaud the effort of this commercial- so many people who were interview on their voting plans did not even know what he stood for. I am afraid this may go over their heads. I am going to remain positive and pray it does not.

Frank · 11 months ago

im guessing the video was not made for the choir, thats why some "catholic" or "Christians" may not like it. its not hard-core enough for them(bloody fetus).

I do however think, it speaks very strongly to Obama supporters, who will get the message loud and clear. the choir is missing the point...ha ha but who cares...very clever video.

Martin · 11 months ago

Frank,

Apparently you're not part of the choir. The simplified message is (comparable to) "Obama got a chance, so why is he trying to eliminate the same for many others via FOCA?"

If you have to guess regarding this video, you're sure not getting the point.

Martin

nancy · 11 months ago

I've signed up twice and can't enter your site. You make it too hard to gain access.

Mike McCabe · 11 months ago

Awesome! Great message! Even though the next president supports abortion rights??!!

Grace · 11 months ago

The ad says a lot but I was wondering why you are targeting just Black TV??? The problem of unwanted pregnancies is not limited to Black girls. Why not target Lifetime and WE (Women's Entertainment). I think you are sending the wrong message. You should be talking more about education and options when an unwanted baby is on its way. I do not believe in abortion but I do think the only way we can eliminate abortions is through education. Government will not change Roe vs Wade. The Republican Party says they are pro-life but have not used the presidency to do anything about it and they have had the last eight years to try. The Democratic Party is Pro-Choice but President-Elect O'Bama did state that he believed in options and education. Time will tell - won't it!

Levi · 11 months ago

I love it! =)

Chris · 11 months ago

Wow! I thought this was great and have watched it several times. It highlights the hypocrisy of his stance - should his mother's struggle have been worth his life? His support (and other proponents) of abortion suggests that rearing an unplanned child is a fate worse than death. I hope it helps women realize that the life they carry has great potential and that great sacrifices can have great rewards.

Informed and Free · 11 months ago

Well.....this ad is slightly disorienting and sends a mixed message. I understand the point you are trying to make here, but SOME may take this advertisement as an affirmation of his presidency. In fact he vowed to all Americans that he would protect the right of mothers to kill their own children and to deny medical attention to children who survived an abortion. I don't think many who voted for him know this fact. Perhaps the last line of the ad should say "......Please ask our new President to change his mind and respect life too."

coller · 11 months ago

we all need to be very careful of the judgement that some are handing down before the spot light comes in our houses. The churches and can be in our very own house. Pray God do the judging and the changing of every heart including abortion, same-sex marriage, hatred, drunk drivers that is killing innoncent people and drugs that is wiping out people before the family could think about reproducing. All is very important to me and the bible said that all was important to God. There is no little or big sin so lets pray for the sins of the nations and not just a mere man and the the cabinet vote. God is not surprised and he is waiting for us to turn to him and stop our own missions and get on his and we will see the whole Government change. coller

Jane · 11 months ago

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! excellent!! By uplifting OBama the point is made so much more strongly than with cutting up and negative comments. great job.

bridg · 11 months ago

"And I want every child to have the same chances to learn and dream and grow and thrive that you girls have."
~Pres. E Obama in Sunday's Parade magazine

I love this new video. I hope Fidelis' next video will use Obama's own words to send the message home.

Denise · 11 months ago

Great idea!

Shirley Hall · 11 months ago

Inspired andAmazing insight! IBeautifully done. Thank you! I hope he gets the message. I am so appalled at the story of the baby who was born alive and lived for 45 minutes at the Christ hospital with no attention except a nurse who cradled him. And I am appalled at Obama's voting record on this issue. We all need to sincerely pray for him or I believe our constitution is going to hang by a thread. He is already limiting criticism of himself on the airways. How does he do that in America? I keep wondering if NBC,ABC,CNN and Fox news are be threatened or paid off to be quiet. They say one person can make a difference, but how?

Alanta Rose · 11 months ago

I thought he suported abortion because he got a woman pregnant in high school

jessica · 11 months ago

Prayer is awesome, and of course we need to pray for our country (and the world, if we really think about it). But God needs us to help make the prayers a reality. We need to be supporting (through our actions, our legislation, our communities) the women who are and will be raising their children in the toughest of situations. We need to have the resources available for the women (and men) to raise their children so abortion doesn't even cross their minds. If there are the resources available, who would want to go through the pain of abortion?

Our actions (not only in regards to abortion but about the health, nutrition, education, etc. of the children) will be the ones that change our future for the better!

Denise · 11 months ago

I agree. I feel that each one of us who supports the pro-life cause should also support the alternatives to abortion and the women who chose life. Our local crisis pregnancy center in Atlanta is staggering under the financial pressures of meeting the tremendous needs. Women are hearing our message and responding but the resources offered are dependant on the support and faithfulness of the pro-life community to fund them.

Patti · 11 months ago

Yes, we should all support the crisis pregnancy centers, but, the government should also be giving as much money to the pregnancy crisis centers as they give to Planned Parenthood. Just this past weekend our church held their annual "baby shower" where they collected gently used/new baby items and clothing, along with items for moms to be donated to area pregnancy centers.

BarbarA Flood · 11 months ago

Great idea

James Brown Jr. · 11 months ago

Why only the BET?
No white folk watch that channel

deeverva · 11 months ago

Wow! I really liked it! I hope many others will appreciate it the way I did! It sure hits home!

Denise · 11 months ago

Is it true that President Obama's mother considered aborting him? If not, couldn't this be harmful to the cause? If it is true, maybe this will inspire him to give the unborn the protection they need.

James Brown Jr. · 11 months ago

Anything to save a life,and put this on durring the super bowl and explain it to the folks who just do not get that it IS ABOUT ABORTION

tara · 11 months ago

beautifully done. not drawn out, right to the point. short, yet says so much. i love it. The point of the film is to say life is worth saving. No matter what. We could be killing a baby who can be the one person that has the ability to cure cancer etc.....It also shows that if Obama's mother aborted him, he would never be making this historic stance tomorrow. I do not like Obama, but I am glad his mother never did what he supports.

Yolanda Thompson · 11 months ago

I do not understand that the mesage talks about him not taking a stand on the matter. If he is so for it, why not just come out and say it like it is? He dont know what he is doin yet either till tomorow.

JIMMY D · 11 months ago

How can B.O. claim to be a Christian and PRO-ABORTION.

leonna · 11 months ago

I agree with you and shame on the 56% of Catholics that voted for him.....

Mike J.Kowalski · 11 months ago

what is the bet station? I never herd of it/try ABC, CBS, CNN,and the other national stations,not some local station

Nicole Mullen · 11 months ago

WOW!!!! This is Amazing!

S.M. Alliousis · 11 months ago

"According to the Financial Times, a ‘Super Bowl’ type audience is expected to tune in to coverage of the Inauguration of Barack Obama tomorrow."

No, I dont think so, sports fans do not waste a day "waiting for a 5 min. play"
We look for a fast paced, fair,game...no one feeds aline of B.S. and we can cheer,drink beer,swear and enjoy ourselves.Who whant to see fat Opra and jessie cry again.....think twice.
I do like the commercial though.

leonna · 11 months ago

I just pray that people will finally get it!!!! Very powerful!!

Vicente Lozano III · 11 months ago

Great Ad! It drives home the point of what might not have been if President-elect Obama's mother had chosen abortion. I didn't vote for Obama precisely because of his stance on abortion, but now that he will be our president I shall honor him as such and as the gifted, intelligent man that he is. I will pray for him and your efforts to compel pro-choice advocates including President Obama to think deeply and thoroughly on the consequences of abortion. None of this should be "above his pay grade." God knows how many precious lives we have lost because of abortion perhaps including future gifted leaders, writers, scientists, and saints. Keep up the excellent work!

akafroman · 11 months ago

Awesome video, you should partner with Priests For Life-- https://www.priestsforlife.org/welcome/index.htm

tckgtb · 11 months ago

Wonderful! Keep up the good work.

Marjory · 11 months ago

Absolutely a wonderful commercial. All of us must pray he gives other unborn children a chance. After all his mother gave him one and God wanted him to be born.

sharon · 11 months ago

excellent

Ron · 11 months ago

Excellent!!

laurie · 11 months ago

Im sorry but what am missing..........I dont get this one????

Dianna · 11 months ago

Laurie,
One of Obama's reasons that he claims he supports choice is because some women's defense on this issue is that she can't afford to bring a baby into this world, or that it would be from a broken home, unwanted, unloved, possibly to be abused, and their list goes on..... But just look at a child's possibilities even in those circumstances....

Nicole · 11 months ago

AWESOME! Maybe it will provoke thought by those that voted against life and for Obama. I hope you send it to him - maybe it will remind him of how grateful to GOD and his mother he should be!! We need to pray for his conversion....he needs our prayers! With God, anything is possible!!

Adrienne Doring · 11 months ago

You all are AMAZING. Keep up the great work.

Jane · 11 months ago

I really do sometimes thank the Lord that Wisdom is a gracious gift from Him. I participated in a MLK march in a small Texas town on Sunday. The people started singing not "We shall overcome", but "We HAVE overcome"...What??? My prayer was that Mr. Obama would by some measure of wisdom actually be like Martin Luther King, Jr. But how can he when the most precious gift of all, life, he does not even embrace? The video raises the most significant of questions. Thanks.

J B · 11 months ago

What a great video! Do you think he will ever get it? I pray he does and I pray everyday for our country, to change their hearts on this issue. I was a single mother, thank God I believe just like his mother must have!

Maria Teresa Fernandez · 11 months ago

I understand the purpose of your commercial, and I do believe in the right of every human being to have a chance to be born, but is it necessary to always show the fetus? I will think that if we're trying to convert pro-abortionists to pro-life showing babies and children in their parents arms laughing and being happy could be a better way to reach them. It's just a thought.

Mahabs · 11 months ago

Indeed, it is very important to show the baby in the womb (fetus) so that those who had no clue will see the very tiny, beautiful human being in a mother's womb. Many people think that the first months (1-4 months) of pregnancy is only a "glob of tissue" and not a human being. Someone who may be 4 weeks, 5 weeks, 6-14 weeks pregnant right now and is thinking of abortion may change her mind after seeing the commercial.

Patti · 11 months ago

To Maria Teresa Fernandez, you need to quit seeing human babies in the womb as mere "fetuses." They are living, breathing human babies.

Pammy · 11 months ago

This is the most awesomest (if that's a word). God Bless you who were involved in the production of this. I think it should have been followed up by his FOCA stance and then the question of "Why is President Obama sooo into killing babies then?"

Jen · 11 months ago

I agree with one of the previous comments... this ad should definitely be played on more than one network. I think BET is a good start, though. This is excellent work! Very moving.

Martin · 11 months ago

I am sure the father of President elect Obama, came into this country because of the economic hardship in his country of Kenya, and today Obama his son, has achieved a historic giant stride. If Mr Obama from Kenya were aborted because of economic hardship, our new president-elect will not be existent today to achieve what he has achieved. Economic hardship is not a substantive reason to excuse abortion. People still survive hungry times.

Jim · 11 months ago

While I do not support nor agree with the Socialistic position of Obama and his followers, this video does support the fact that each of us have great potential and the act of aborting one single child could have far reachng ramifications on our society.

Jeff D · 11 months ago

I have just been advised of this new site by one of the officers of my regional Secular Franciscan Order fraternity. After viewing the ad, I had to take the opportunity to express my thoughts on it. I think it is an outstanding announcement.

During what seemed like an endless campaign, filled with what seemed like nothing more than the usual "sound bite" material (on both sides), Barack Obama emerged the winner and President-elect with almost nothing known (at least on my part) about the man personally.

The fact that he was "half white" and the rest of his personal history was virtually ignored. The ad is one of the most effective I have ever encountered in stressing the pro-life message, and makes Barack Obama's abortion support even more of a mystery.

I have taken this opportunity to register with the Catholic Vote website, and look forward to a productive relationship with same. Keep up the outstanding work.

Peace and good,

Jeff Ducummon, SFO

RR · 11 months ago

Absolutely awesome, concise and precise.

Cammy Gonzalez · 11 months ago

Great commercial!!!!!!!!!! Where does this air? On regular TV? I hope it does, let the people think about it, abortion would've killed the first African American president of the USA. Let's pray for his conversion and for all the unborn children. God Bless. Cammy.

sybilll · 11 months ago

On BET tomorrow, from another link I saw earlier. Playing often, they say. During the inauguration. God Bless Catholicvote.com, and God Bless BET for taking the $$$, and actually airing this ad.

Dianna · 11 months ago

All I can say.... Is wow..... How brilliant.... Hit them with there own defense... and lame reasons why they believe in abortion. I was ready for another great video.. and you did it again!

George B Vieto · 11 months ago

This NEVER happened to a former Miss Universe, Miss America and a former Olympic figure skater.

Paul · 11 months ago

OBAMA !!!!!! Yeah!

judy1234 · 11 months ago

Have you ever heard of the Born Alive Act?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Obama voted against it 3 times and the nurse that held the precious little baby after an attempted abortion until in died in her arms because of this bill that Obama voted against, this nurse had no where to go for help for this baby. This case was taken to the states supreme court. Please I beg of you, see what this man is really made of.

patricia · 11 months ago

Could never get the ad to load?????

Scott Mc Alister · 11 months ago

People are sure that this man will save the world and the states eh?
Well in Scotland we believe in wot we see....he wants to give people the right to kill babies, and calls that freedom.I call it murder, and people go to jail here not like OJ Simpson.
Lets hope you elected a man who has a concience and not just an eloquent speeker who is a liar, murder and fills you with false hope. God Bless the USA and open your mans eyes to the truth...he will have to answer to a power greater than he................someday

Nathan · 11 months ago

Thank you Scott! I soo miss Scotland.. I cant wait to go back and show my wife your wonderful Country! Rest easy my friend, OJ is now in Jail! And just so you know, most American women allready have the 'right' to kill thier own babies... funny how those same people are not willing to support our soldiers choice to die defending our freedom, while achieving freedom for someone else. They are willing to kill an incocent child, thier OWN child in fact, and yet condem a grown MAN for CHOOSING to put his life on the line for someone else less fortunate than himself. I cant make sense of if myself.
God bless you Scott... have a pint for me, yeah?

Gina M · 11 months ago

It's awesome and powerful! Thank you!!!!

SAM · 11 months ago

I am pro-life and did not vote for Obama. i think those who are pro-choice are mis-guided and wrong, but no more sinful than i am. Some one made the statement, "Obama will not be a friend of God..." I think we are ALL friends of God...no.... we are all CHILDREN of God. Yes, even those of us who are pro-choice and even those of us who have had abortions. We need to continue to fight for what we think is right and to speak up but always with humility and compassion. Let's remember that when Jesus walked the earth he was more repelled by those who were SELF-RIGHTEOUS than he was by those who sinners (tax-collectors, thieves, and murderers). That's who He hung out with!!! Please, we will do more harm than good if we start making statements about who God is friends with. None of us is worthy to be His friend!

By the way....I love the commercial! It probably won't over turn Roe V Wade but I guarantee it will change some viewers heart and that's what we really want! We want to change hearts more than we want to change laws!

Nathan · 11 months ago

Very, very well said SAM. You have hit the nail right on the head. You keep listening to God, just keep listening.
Love in HIm,
Nathan

Dorothy · 11 months ago

very well said
thank you

Lee · 11 months ago

Nicely put Sam - just the way Christ would be proud of.

Joan Pernicano · 11 months ago

God bless you and your good work. This is awesome. I can't wait to see more. Have you thought about doing any commercials with 4D pictures of babies? Those pictures are incredibly detailed. We knew what our first grandson looked like way before he was born!

Chiji · 11 months ago

Yes indeed! Life - Imagine the potential! Just one act of abortion, could change the course of history forever. Imagine how many lives have gone through abortion in the last hour, 5 hours, 10 hours, 50 days, 3 years, 5 decades. Imagine what history would have been if these lives were given a chance. Now, the fierce urgency of now, is another chance. I pray God changes his heart, because he has a heart that started to count it's beats from the very womb of his mother. Obama can change. Obama will change. No challenge is too great for God. We have come this far. We will achieve our pro-life dream. Now is the time, to even be more life-active.

Dr.George Hodata · 11 months ago

This shoud run as an ad on ALL networks, because this is the first time that almost all time will stop in schools,workplaces and homes.....you need to make sure that people know what a person stands for. I agree that he can talk but can he walk the walk with a clear and equal view on killing children. Lets pray that he changes his mind or sees the light. Like everyone wants him to be like Lincoln,JFK, and MLK jr.....let him ak for guidence not to kill babies. All men ARE created equal, and so are babies.

Sam Zuweder · 11 months ago

He should state that he is greatfulthat his mom did not kill him

Martha Murphy · 11 months ago

I like your ad! How about a series of ads with pictures of famous people and the line: "I was once an unborn fetus - and someone gave me a chance to live. How about you?"

What would really be good would be a card with a mirror and the saying: I was once an unborn fetus and my mother gave me a chance."

steveabril · 11 months ago

awsome ad... it hits home...

Willian Pastorinni · 11 months ago

good luck. people just want to see obama rest on the seventh day.
They don't believe, they don't care. Only that he is elected.look at how many fools are lining up with no place to go tomorrow in DC. They will be sent home and claim they were there big deal.I pray every day that the knuckle heads will see the light. Place your hope in God and pray the new president sees the truth. His momma did

James · 11 months ago

The add is just as confusing as statements made by the USCCB. You need clear adds. Some believe even more now that Obama is pro-life!!! Nice add but the education system has really let many people down. I'll get a few more person opinion but so far the only persons that understand it are those that have been following politics and search out facts for themselves. Do show the add to those not involved in pro-life and ask them what it means/says to them. You will be floored at some of the answers.

sybilll · 11 months ago

Good point, the feel good name of Pro-Choice is misleading. And, I also think the message will be lost on Obama supporters, when they see him in a Gucci suit at the end. They will just gush.

jmdhuck · 11 months ago

Beautiful...simply beautiful. And I am not an Obama supporter.

Barb · 11 months ago

Great ad!! The sad thing is that Obama himself would have supported the termination of this pregnancy.
Could also have listed many other people who began life as illegitimate children raised by single mothers and turned out to make major contributions.

Beth · 11 months ago

I'm a democrat. I loved the ad! It brought conscious to this momentous event and it wasn't an "anti democratic" ad! There are so many Democrats that do not support abortion. Thanks for remembering us!

Z. popolinsky · 11 months ago

After 4 years we will have been to the moutin top.......................we might push someone off. because we have seeeeeeeeeen

Sundai Sloane · 11 months ago

Thank you so much for this ad campaign - it is brilliant - what better way to respond to the Obamas of this world.

Angela Horkey · 11 months ago

"One picture is worth a thousand words. . ."

Patrick J. Conboy · 11 months ago

I wish we could play this on a jumbo screen at the inauguration tommorow!! We can win this battle. I am proud to be Catholic! God bless " Catholic Vote.com ". Patrick & Marit Conboy, Laguna Niguel, CA

Agnes Kung · 11 months ago

Excellent. You grasped an excellent opportunity. Hopefully the spirit may move many. This is a very positive ad. Keep up with your good work.

Bern · 11 months ago

They say Australia will never get rid of Abortion while America has it. Well if we see this increase in the US what hope has the Great Southern Land got. Thankyou for your courage to stand up for all the unprotected ones whose lives can rendered to a garbage bind depending on what they see on the ultra sound, then again it saves the lives of many others.. Brilliant ad, keep up the great work because you are setting the standard for the rest of the world to follow. Even your great ad makes us here in Australia realize that we must continue the fight for life in a more professional manner. Thanks guys, you are in our prayers because this is a world issue that affects all of us.

Dorothy · 11 months ago

how powerful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eileen Peden · 11 months ago

That was excellent and extremely creative in thought. Thank you for stepping out in a creative and powerful way to get the message of life across to those who may even be contemplating abortion. It is time for the Church to reach across, not only the aisles but across the denominations to bring for the message of Life. This is the year "09" when the "Church" of the Lord Jesus Christ must transcend denominational barriers and work together in God's vineyard to usher the world into His Kingdom. God bless you.

Carolyn LeTourneau · 11 months ago

What a powerful ad! It is compact, simple and truthful but packs a wallop! If anything should give someone pause, this is it!

Kay Rice · 11 months ago

This AD is very powerful and inspiring. I hope and pray many will view this Ad. If it inspires one person to keep their baby, then Praise God.

daniden · 11 months ago

Hmmm. It's pretty good, but I agree it could send a mixed message....I think it needs to be clearer where exactly Obama stands on this issue. Makes you wonder though....did he ever see an ultrasound of his own unborn little girls? I wonder if he thought they were just "fetuses" and not his precious children. All I can say is, I'll be praying for this new president and our nation, more fervantly than ever......God help us.

Ariana · 11 months ago

Powerful the will of God that is, President-elect Obama should give thanks to God everyday that he is alive and well and had a mother who cared enough to give him life. Now, it is his turn......

An absolutely brilliant ad I am going to spread this around not just to all our catholic friends and famioy but to people who believe in pro-choice.

Ariana

Dana · 11 months ago

I'm speechless. I love this. I'm a pro-life Black Catholic who did not vote for Obama for several reasons, however I still recognize the importance of his election and I believe that much good can come from his presidency. I pray for his heart to be converted to protect all life, especially the unborn.

proenternallife · 11 months ago

Dona, I do agree with you. It's god's will. God did not change millions of voters heart. But he will change one man's heart and that is the President. I too voted for life and my heart was broken to pieces for the unborn. But Thy Will Be Done. So, let's pray for Obama. God Bless you!

John De Gree · 11 months ago

AWESOME!

Fred Galvez · 11 months ago

this add YES .. plus 1000 more to echo echo echo the beauty of life ~~ *

Laura · 11 months ago

Great point.

I am not Catholic, and cannot even claim myself as Christian, though raised that way. I voted for Obama this past election based on the fact that I thought he was the "better" choice for our nation. But that's not what I came to say.

I don't think I'll ever understand why religion seems to almost be required in order to practice human decency in this matter. I have absolutely no problem with people having casual sex. I don't care who you are, Catholic, Atheist, or anywhere in-between, but when did our global society get to the point where casual sex is actually MORE important that human life. I can't seem to understand that. It speaks volumes on the decay of humanity, no matter where believe you'll go afterward.

Fred Galvez · 11 months ago

ohh gee ! hop back on the christian bus ! Catholic bus is a good one !! hookup with that abundant life , Laura ~ dont settle for seconds or trinkets ! Peace *

Laura · 11 months ago

If only it worked like that. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Joe · 11 months ago

Laura,

God Bless you! You have insight that a lot of Catholics and Christians unfortunately do not have.

Fred Galvez · 11 months ago

why just knock knock knock and you'll find ! .. search for truth - add lots of sincerity in your quest and the light 'll be right there ! HEY check it out ! go for it ! dont settle for less ~ frga@msn.com wishing all New Year Blessings *

Keith Heyne · 11 months ago

Powerful add, but did he really have it hard if he went to Harvard?

Fred Galvez · 11 months ago

umm, but I think the point - who knows where life leads ? for instance Beethovan's parents were blind and syphillic - why should he live ? what did he have to look forward to ? .. so say the abortionists

Chrissy · 11 months ago

Good comment Fred. But you are mistaken on one point. Beethovan's mother was syphillic; but it was his brothers and sisters (all six of them) that were born either blind or retarded.

Fred Galvez · 11 months ago

thankyou for the correction ! : ) God Bless you ~

Angela · 11 months ago

WOWWW! Absolutely brilliant!

Fred Galvez · 11 months ago

Yes ! and the powerful Phillip Glass music wonderfully maximized the visual ! good choice ~

Klassen · 11 months ago

Too sad that this new President promotes the slaughter of preborn children in the womb.
Abortion kills children.

Jennie Cantrell · 11 months ago

I remember holding a sign up with a babys head in a jar. It was from one of the aborted babies that had been thrown in a dumpster. I was holding up the sign in front of a Planned Parenthood clinic that didn't perform abortions but gave referrls to one of their other clinics. The people passing by would turn there head away to keep from seeing the sign. The point is, we don't want to face the fact that this is reality and it's not going to go away unless we stand up for these future babies. People need to know what's going.
Im wondering if our future president know's the actual procedure. His decision to allow all abortion precedures including particial birth tells me he's turned away. Please pray for our future president. In Jesus

Jennie Cantrell