Excerpts of INRI BLOG2010-03-11T09:01:22ZExcerpts of INRICopyright 2010, Excerpts of INRISPHPBLOGConversations with Jesus and Mary Paperback Book While reading this book, you may see our lives in a different way, one that challenges and one that presents options for the soul. Author Fr. Robert J. Fox chronicles the extraordinary messages from Little Mary, the conversing with heaven and sharing his own insight on the subject matter of this very special interior locution charism.
The style of the heavenly messages and the speaking and writing patterns of Little Mary herself are different. In the compiler’s judgment, and many others, including priests, religious and laity, the messages are not Little Mary’s. They are : Messages from the Heart of Our Mother.
http://www.virginmary-messagebook.excer ... tions.html ]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry080913-0824422008-09-13T00:00:00Z2008-09-13T00:00:00ZFREE CD = Contraception: Why Not, Contraception: Why Not is a powerful presentation that challenges America to rethink its contraceptive mindset. To help people understand the contraception situation better, One More Soul offers one free copy of this talk to any new customer.
Contraception is such an accepted fixture in our culture and medical practice that a serious challenge is indeed rare. In Contraception: Why Not, Prof Smith provokes her audience to give serious consideration to questions regarding the relationship between contraception, divorce, abortion, poverty, and other social ills.
http://www.contraception.excerptsofinri.com/ ]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry080913-0821282008-09-13T00:00:00Z2008-09-13T00:00:00ZThe Passion Christ & The Holy Mass Booklets http://catalinarivas.excerptsofinri.com/ ]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry080913-0817542008-09-13T00:00:00Z2008-09-13T00:00:00ZFREE Catholic BookletsAnd one more from the monthly list FREE Catholic Booklets Click HERE for more infor to order Your Free Catholic Booklets Booklet titles change monthly - Free Shipping
]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry080913-0814272008-09-13T00:00:00Z2008-09-13T00:00:00ZWords From Jesus - Free Paperback Book Volume II Special Messages from Jesus given to Jennifer
450+ pages Free Shipping International Offers USA and Canada Size - 9"x6"x1.25" Copyright 2007
The book contains information about the warnings and teachings of Jesus that provides spiritual direction for the coming days and ways of preparing our souls. It also serves as a reflection we need in order to renew our minds and hearts; all you need to do is listen with an open mind. In doing so, you¹ll receive many insights into the kind of relationship God wishes to establish with you and come to understand God's plan for salvation.
Many sermons and homilies can be formed from these meditation and inspirational messages. Topics include: Marriage & family life, pro-life, heaven, hell, sin, forgiveness, faith, love, joy, suffering, direction for minsters of the faith, prophetic insights, prophetic words.
]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry070702-0736412007-07-02T00:00:00Z2007-07-02T00:00:00ZProlife Across America - VideoBillboard Across America
Totally educational, (non-profit and non-political), PROLIFE Across AMERICA is committed to bringing positive, persuasive messages offering information and alternatives - including adoption.
http://www.prolifeacrossamerica.org/ ]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry070413-2352082007-04-14T00:00:00Z2007-04-14T00:00:00ZMore Fr Robert Altier Archive Homilies Found.
January 2002 20th How to Stop Abortion 21st Offer God Obedience!
Feburary 2002 4th King David has sinned 6th The effect of sin
March 2002 12th River of God's Grace 13th Merciful judgment 18th Mercy of God 22th Do as Jeremiah did 25th Suffering Servant Songs 30th Easter Vigil April 2002 5th The loaves and the fishs
May 2002 20th Worldly Wisdom?
June 2002 2nd Corpus Christi
July 2002 19th King Hezekiah - Faithful King 22nd Seeking Our Beloved 23rd Sanctifying grace 24th I formed you in the womb 31st If you repent
November 2002 14th End of the world 18th Peter sinking in the water 22nd A den of thieves 24th Christ the King 25th Two little copper coins 26th Signs of the times 28th Thanksgiving Day
January 2003 13th Call to Conversion 15th Took on our flesh & blood 16th Am I growing stronger? 29th The one sacrifice 31st The mustard seed
March 2003 18th Confession. White as snow 23rd God allows these things 30th Sinfulness of humanity
April 2003 1st A little trickle of grace 7th Humiliations purifies us 8th Bronze serpent
May 2003 18th We are the branches 22nd Die to Self and Love
July 2003 16th Our Lady of Mount Carmel 17th Take My yoke upon 22nd Era of Peace 27th Who is the Messiah? 29th Son of God is Love Himself
August 2003 1st The carpenter’s son? 3rd The Lord is near at hand 4th Five loaves & the two fish 6th The Transfiguration 7th God Obeys the Pope? 8th Loving and being loved
January 2004 26th Kingdom divided against itselt
March 2004 14th If you do not repent 18th Give Yourself to God May 2004 30th Pentecost
June 2004 10th Forgive now 11th Fast and pray 14th Your rights 20th Father's Day 25th Purified Hearts July 2004 20th Feast of Saint Elijah 21th I formed you in the womb 22th Her Love was Great Saint Mary Magdalene 25th Call ourselves Catholic 27th Focus on Jesus 29th Love one another 30th Reject the Lord? August 2004 1st Prophet Hananiah
October 2004 10th Our Lady of the Rosary
]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry061231-1015262006-12-31T00:00:00Z2006-12-31T00:00:00ZIf Only We Will Open Our Hearts
MESSAGE #2926 from the Blessed Mother - October 16, 2006 "Give your hearts to Jesus and He will truly lead you to holiness"
My daughter, Prayer is truly needed all around the world. Prayer is your protection, so please do not become too busy and neglect prayer. Pray throughout the day and take Jesus with you wherever you go. Pray throughout the day and include those souls who are furthest away from God. Please live these messages and pray, pray more.
I want to lead each of you closer to my Son, Jesus, but you must pray more. You must trust in God and believe in the power of prayer. You must have faith in God and turn to Him each new day. Give your hearts to Jesus and He will truly lead you to holiness. Do not delay, come to know Jesus now. Open your hearts and my Son will truly dwell in you. Ask and you shall receive what is best for your soul. Now, please be wise and keep your focus on Almighty God. Amen.
John 14 6-14 Jesus the Way to the Father
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."
Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."
Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.
I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Catechism of the Catholic Church CCC 1432
The human heart is heavy and hardened. God must give man a new heart. Conversion is first of all a work of the grace of God who makes our hearts return to him: "Restore us to thyself, O LORD, that we may be restored!" God gives us the strength to begin anew. It is in discovering the greatness of God's love that our heart is shaken by the horror and weight of sin and begins to fear offending God by sin and being separated from him. The human heart is converted by looking upon him whom our sins have pierced:
Let us fix our eyes on Christ's blood and understand how precious it is to his Father, for, poured out for our salvation it has brought to the whole world the grace of repentance.
Excerpts of a Homily by Fr. Robert Altier Monday May 3, 2004 "If Only We Will Open Our Hearts"
What we need is something internal that is going to change, not something external. The external things can point to the reality, but the fact is that it still has to get to the heart before we are going to be able to make any kind of change in our lives. So the Lord continually pleads with us: Believe in Me. Believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me, as He said to Philip, or at least believe because of the works that I do. Again, we will sit back and say, "We do believe." And I will respond for most of us: "We believe in our heads, but not in our hearts," because we refuse to allow the Lord to get inside and change us – because we are afraid of the change.
The challenge to open our hearts, to allow Christ into our hearts, to enter more perfectly into His heart is something that can only be done in prayer – only in prayer – and only in the silent prayer: being one in that relationship with Christ in the depths of our hearts. That is what He is waiting for. That is what He is pleading for. There is nothing lacking on His side at all; it is only up to us.
He continues to plead for us so that we can be one with Him as He is one with the Father, and that we would be brought into the intimate life of the Most Holy Trinity through the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ. That is His desire for each one of us if we are only willing to open our hearts and allow Him in, and at the same time to enter into His heart and be able to love Him and allow Him to love us. That is what He is desiring. If we are willing to get on that way, to walk the Way Who is Jesus Christ, to accept the Fullness of Truth Who is Jesus Christ, then and only then can we have the fullness of life that He promises, and that Fullness of Life is Jesus Christ. ]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry061211-0540232006-12-11T00:00:00Z2006-12-11T00:00:00ZEmergency Abortion - Dr. John Willke with a Life JewelThis is Dr. John Willke with a Life Jewel: The terms “emergency contraception” and the “morning after pill” are used to describe a way to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. We are told that, if taken within 72 hours after unprotected sex, pregnancy can be prevented. This is a falsehood. The most likely thing these pills will do is to cause an abortion.
These chemicals are simply a six- fold dose of birth control pill. If ovulation has occurred, fertilization will likely result, but the pills will harden the lining of the uterus and not allow the one-week-old, tiny, developing baby to implant in the womb. As a result these pills directly result in killing this child and this is quite simply an abortion. By promoting these drugs they hope to blur the line between contraception and abortion and make abortion seem less ugly. This is Dr. Willke.Life Jewels]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry060929-1425062006-09-29T00:00:00Z2006-09-29T00:00:00ZLook at the Cross - Tue, Feb 1, 2005 http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.c ... ilies.html
Tuesday February 1, 2005 Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Reading (Hebrews 12:1-4) Gospel (St. Mark 5:21-43)
In the first reading today, we hear the beginning of the twelfth chapter of Saint Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews. It is a reading that maybe we should cut out and hang on our refrigerators and keep with us as a constant reminder to us of the situation as it is. We are reminded, first of all, that we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses, all the saints, all the martyrs, all of those who have lived their faith and have not backed off when it came to giving witness to the Lord. Therefore Saint Paul says, Let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race. This is precisely what our call is, to get rid of sin in our lives, to be holy, to overcome everything that is going to lead us away from Christ.
And then he tells us we must keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, Who is the leader and the perfecter of our faith. We have to make sure we are keeping our focus on the goal of where we are going; otherwise, in the hustle and bustle of everything that goes on, we will be getting knocked around and turned and twisted and we are going to lose the direction that we are heading. But if we keep our eyes fixed on the Lord, it does not matter how many times we get knocked around, we are still going to have our eyes fixed in the right direction and we are still going to keep moving forward.
Then he tells us what is the most important for us because he knew, of course, from his own life how much he had suffered for the Lord, and he knew how much the people who were going to follow Christ were going to suffer for the Lord. So he tells us about Our Lord’s attitude: For the sake of the joy that lay before Him, Jesus accepted the Cross, heedless of its shame. It did not matter to the Lord what He had to endure because the joy that He was looking forward to was that all of us would be united with Him in heaven. That is what He wanted. It was not a matter that He could go to heaven, because He is God and even in His humanity He was in the Beatific Vision already. And so it is not a question that there was something He was going to gain, but the joy that was before Him was the joy that comes when you love. He loved us so much that He was willing to endure the Cross for us so that our sins could be forgiven, so that we would be able to go to heaven, so that we could have eternal life.
Then Saint Paul goes on to remind us of the opposition that Our Lord faced, and therefore tells us that He did this in order that we might not grow weary and lose heart. Again, looking at the Cross gives us the courage to persevere in the race, to continue to struggle forward. In case we get despondent and think, “I’ve had enough!” – Saint Paul kind of anticipates it – he said, In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood. So when have you had enough? When you are put to death for your faith. Then you do not have to worry about struggling in the race any longer; and until they put you to death, you have to keep going and there is no pulling back.
Sometimes we try to be like the woman in the Gospel reading today that sneaks up behind Jesus and we want to be a follower of Jesus in secret. He did not allow it. In front of the entire crowd of people, the woman had to confess the situation; and in front of the whole world, we have to confess our faith. If we are going to be true Catholics, it is not something that can be hidden under a bushel basket or under a bed. There is no hiding the reality of who we are. If we are members of Jesus Christ, we have to live the life of Christ, and that is not something that we can hide away. It is something that must be lived in our day-to-day lives, and it is to struggle against sin, against anything that leads us away from Christ, so that we continue to move towards Him, so that we seek union with Him. That is what we have to be about. We have to be so convinced of this faith and we have to be so in love with Him, that we, like Him, will be willing to do whatever it requires for the sake of the joy that lay before us, that is, for the sake of union with Christ, for heaven itself.
What are we willing to endure? When we look at it that way, all of us objectively would say, “I’ll do whatever it takes,” but we all know that in our day-to-day life, the smallest little pebble, the little prick on our finger, and, oh, we start to whine and complain and back away and think, “I‘ve had enough. I don’t want to do this anymore.” No, we need to persevere. We need to keep going forward regardless of what obstacles are put in the way. And we need to realize that it is precisely those obstacles that strengthen our faith, that are going to help us to grow, that prove our love and are going to make us saints. When we have to deal with these problems and the difficulties and the ridicule and all the things, then we just need to keep on reminding ourselves, For the sake of the joy that lay before Him He endured the Cross, heedless of its shame. What are we willing to endure for Jesus? What shame are we willing to endure? What kind of ridicule would we be willing to endure for Him? That is really what it comes down to.
It is not about us; it is about our love for Him. For the sake of the joy of union with Jesus Christ forever in heaven, we need to embrace whatever comes our way, whatever sufferings, whatever rejection, whatever difficulty, heedless of its shame, for the sake of the joy that will be ours forever.
]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry060929-1422002006-09-29T00:00:00Z2006-09-29T00:00:00ZPursue of righteousness - Homliy by Father Robert Altier - Sep-26-2004 Reading I (Amos 6:1a, 4-7) Reading II (1 Timothy 6:11-16) Gospel (St. Luke 16:19-31)
In the second reading today, Saint Paul instructs us that we are to pursue righteousness, devotion, faith, and so on. That pursuit of righteousness, he tells us, is exactly what we have to be about because of who we are. He tells us that we are to lay hold of eternal life, the eternal life which was promised to us, and the eternal life which we confessed when we made our noble confession. That noble confession took place at the moment we were baptized, when we made the vows of baptism to reject Satan and to profess our faith in God. So if we are going to pursue this life of righteousness, which is required of those who have given their lives over to Christ, that means we have to reject everything that goes contrary to righteousness. That is precisely the point, again, that we made in our baptismal vows: to reject Satan and all of his works and all of his empty promises.
Now if we are going to live this life, then we have to pursue it with great diligence. This has become more important right now than ever before because of the situation in which we live. If we consider the words of the first reading – Woe to the complacent in Zion! Lying on their couches and eating fine foods…– if you just remove “Zion” and put “America” in there, I think you could have a pretty good idea of what we are talking about. And you could add a few more things: “Lying on their couches watching TV.” We do not have to worry about improvising music on the harp because we have all the filth that blasts out of the radios these days so people can be inundated with all kinds of unfortunate things. We have given in. The sad thing is that at the time of Amos the things that were going on in Israel were not good – the faith was in shambles – and yet because the people were wealthy, because they had a pretty easy life, they did not care. That is exactly why Amos says that even though they have all these things they are not made ill by the collapse of the house of Joseph. Well, look at what is going on in America. We have lots of wealth,, and the vast majority of people instead of being made ill over the immorality that is rampant are actually rejoicing in it. I think if the Founding Fathers of this country were to be placed in our society just for an hour, they would be absolutely horrified by what they would see. And to think of the effort they made to try to found a country that was based on faith, morality, and righteousness. Instead of rejoicing in the foundation and following the commandments, as Saint Paul tells us we are to do, we are rejoicing instead in just the opposite – reveling in it, in fact – as we have decided to dive headlong into the mire of this society.
Worse than that, we have a situation in the Church where in many ways we would have to say that the Catholic Church in America is in shambles. But tragically, the vast majority of Catholics (once again, rather than being made ill) are actually rejoicing because they no longer have to follow rules. They can do whatever they want. Mass, they say, is no longer boring because now it is fun. There is entertainment. You can show up and there is a whole band strumming on their guitars and beating on their drums and singing bizarre songs that have absolutely nothing to do with God. You look at what goes on in the sanctuary and it looks more like an anthill with all the activity that is going on rather than a place of reverence and worship. Far worse than that is that we have bishops and priests who are reveling in it, and in fact are the cause of much of it as they move the Blessed Sacrament out of the sanctuary and put the Lord in a closet somewhere, as they tear out the statues and destroy the churches. And they are far more interested in money than they are in Jesus Christ. They lie on their couches and they watch TV and they count their money. They are more interested in going on vacation and going golfing and playing games than they are in preaching the truth to the people of God. Once again, the people rejoice.
I just heard recently about a priest whom the people have tried several times to have removed from the parish he is assigned to. They are complaining bitterly about him and people are leaving the parish. They are quitting; they are leaving the Catholic Faith. And the reason? Because this priest keeps talking about Jesus and pointing to the crucifix – and they do not want to hear it. Woe to the complacent in America lying on their couches not wanting to hear the Faith, not wanting the truth, not wanting Jesus Christ, but wanting the Catholic Church to be a secular thing so that there will be no challenge to their conscience!
If we look at the Gospel reading and we put it into context, we see a rich man lying on his couch, eating sumptuously, enjoying life; and there at his door is a poor beggar, clearly starving and sick. The man does nothing, absolutely nothing, to lift a finger to help this poor man. And when the end comes after this rich man has lived a completely self-centered life, he goes to hell. The amazing thing is that even from there he calls out to Father Abraham to say, “Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to be able to cool my tongue because I’m in torment!” Look at the selfishness and the arrogance: “Send Lazarus to take care of me.” He did not lift a finger to take care of Lazarus but now he wants Lazarus’ finger to be able to cool his tongue. That is what hell is all about; it is pure selfishness. Everyone in hell is caught up in themselves, so of course that is what he is going to ask for; it is just himself.
But now we need to look around, and especially look within, and ask ourselves, “Are we the ones who are lying complacently? Are we the ones today who are not made ill over the collapse of the house that Jesus Himself founded? Are we the rich ones who kind of like the way things are right now because we can do anything we want and our conscience does not even have to bother us because everyone else is doing it?” We are the ones, if that is the case, who will be tormented by the flames. If we live in this world as selfish individuals, we will live in eternity as selfish individuals. When Dives, the rich man, asked Abraham to at least send Lazarus to his father’s house to warn his brothers, Abraham said, “They have Moses and the prophets.” Dives said, “No, but if someone would only rise from the dead, surely they would listen to him.” Abraham said, “If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they’re not going to listen even if someone should rise from the dead.” That is in the Gospel of Saint Luke. If you look in the Gospel of Saint John, you have a man by the name of Lazarus who was raised from the dead. How did the people respond? We are told in Saint John’s Gospel that they plotted to kill Lazarus because he was too great a witness. And we have Jesus, of course, Who has risen definitively from the dead, and they paid the Roman soldiers so that they would lie to cover up the truth. People will not listen even if someone is raised from the dead because they do not want the truth, because they revel in the very things that should be their shame.
We need to make a choice. We need to pursue righteousness. We need to lay hold of the eternal life which has been promised. We need to cling to the promise and the confession of faith that we made because we have to remember there are only two ways that we can go. There are only two roads that lead to eternity and both of them are one-way streets. One is wide and smooth and easy, and it leads to eternal perdition, to the flames of torment where the rich man found himself being crushed in his own selfishness. The other is rough and narrow, and it is the way that leads to life. We have to make the choice, and it is made now. It is not something that we just choose in theory because I think if we asked every person on the face of the earth, “Would you rather go to heaven or go to hell?” most people of course would say that they want to go to heaven. But it is the question of living it, pursuing that righteousness, living according to the confession of faith that we made. It is every day and every minute of every day that we have to make that choice and put it into action, otherwise we become the complacent in America lying on their couches and watching TV and not caring in the least about the collapse of the house that is surrounding us.
So we have a choice to make. We have a choice of whether we want to live the faith that we have professed or whether we do not. We have the choice of which path we are going to take. We have the choice of where we want to spend eternity. And the choice is made now, not then. The question has been asked and it awaits the answer. The only one who can answer for you is you; you have to make the choice. Again, it is not an objective theoretical choice; it is a subjective and practical choice. If you are going to say “yes” to Jesus Christ, then you have to live it, you have to pursue it, you have to lay hold of the eternal life which was promised to you when you made your noble confession of faith. If we refuse to put our faith into practice, if we become complacent, if we rejoice in the collapse of the morality and the righteousness of America, if we rejoice in the destruction of the faith within the Church, then listen again to what the prophet Amos says: They will be the first to go into exile. The exile spoken of for us is an eternal exile away from the Promised Land, away from God forever, where we can be with Dives, the rich man, being tormented in the flames and being filled with selfishness and arrogance for the rest of eternity. The choice is ours. The question has been asked – it awaits your answer.
* This text was transcribed from the audio recording with minimal editing. ]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry060925-1557372006-09-25T00:00:00Z2006-09-25T00:00:00ZIs the unborn human a person? Listen To Dr. John Willke - 1 Minute Message
PERSONHOOD Life Jewels Volume 1 1996
This is Dr. John Willke with A Life Issue:
Is the unborn human a person? To answer that, let’s ask a different question: What do you mean by “person”?
The dictionary defines “person” in a dozen different ways. Yellowstone Park is a person. So is General Motors. So are you. The U.S. Supreme Court said, legally, you’re only a person after birth. But other countries rule you to be a legal person as early as conception, frequently at 3 months, and most of them by 6 months.
Theologians often define “person” as beginning when the soul is created. Philosophers give is multiple meanings. So what to do? In discussing abortion, I think it’s best to use the very clear words “human life”. I’d like you to think about that. This is Dr. John Willke.
Listen To Dr. John Willke - 1 Minute Message]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry060822-0632492006-08-22T00:00:00Z2006-08-22T00:00:00ZMARGARET SANGERListen to Dr. John Willke
This is Dr. John Willke with a Life Issue. In her 1922 book, Pivot of Civilization, the author unabashedly called for drastically limiting the number of people in certain racial groups.
She called them "weeds" overrunning the human garbage.
She was a eugenist who called for the segregation of those whom she called morons, misfits and maladjusted. She wanted to sterilize "genetically inferior races", singling out Chinese, Jews, Southern Europeans and Blacks.
And who was this? She was Margaret Sanger.
Her American Birth Control League's goals in the '40s paralleled too closely what happened in Nazi Germany, so she changed its name to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. I thought you should know. This is Dr. John Willke
]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry060721-1733592006-07-22T00:00:00Z2006-07-22T00:00:00ZLife Jewels - One-Minute audio message that promotes life from conception to natural death Life Issues 1 Life Issues 2 Life Issues 3 Life Issues 4 Life Issues 5 Life Issues 6 Life Issues 7 ]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry060702-1118152006-07-02T00:00:00Z2006-07-02T00:00:00ZFather Robert Altier to be Assistant Chaplain of Nursing Home Father Robert Altier to be Assistant Chaplain of Nursing Home
Father George Welzbacher, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, has issued a statement regarding the unexpected reassignments of both himself and Father Robert Altier. Sometime in mid-June, Father Welzbacher will be leaving Saint Agnes parish at his own request and move to an unspecified location. But the biggest surprise is Archbishop Harry Flynn's shocking decision to remove Father Altier from Saint Agnes and appoint him as assistant chaplain of a nursing home in an outlying district 30 miles southeast of Saint Paul-Minneapolis.
At the age of 45, Father Altier has served 17 years in the priesthood, 14 of those as Assistant Pastor at the world-renowned Church of Saint Agnes, and now Archbishop Flynn has decided it is just and proper to relegate him to a nursing home. This is a priest who generously spends long hours in the confessional bringing souls back to God, who has been responsible for guiding numerous young people to offer their lives in religious vocations, who for 17 years has painstakingly given instruction through his Fundamentals of Catholicism course to over 150 people each year and brought hundreds of converts into the Catholic Church, who is renowned for his skills in spiritual direction, who acts as board member and advisor to several orthodox Catholic organizations, and who up until recently had been preaching to a worldwide audience via A Voice in the Desert website and Relevant Radio broadcasting.
The Archbishop stated in a public email on March 20 that he asked Father Altier to cease his multi-media apostolates because it "might be beneficial to him and to the parish of St. Agnes." Apparently, he thought Father needed more time to fulfill his responsibilities at the parish. His Excellency then went on to invite people to "visit Saint Agnes where Fr. Altier continues to actively minister" if they wanted to hear him preach. But now he will reside at a nursing home. Isn't this a contradiction to what the Archbishop originally told us in his message of March 20?
The nursing home in question is Regina Medical Center in Hastings, Minnesota. (You can visit their website pastoral page at
This nursing home is a modern 61-bed facility which is currently served by a kindly 75-year-old priest. A chancery official has stated that this present priest chaplain will continue in his current position at Regina; therefore, Father Altier will serve as assistant chaplain. In addition, there is already a religious sister on site who is responsible for ministering to the nursing home and assisted living residents, and she also will continue in her present position. As there is only one scheduled Mass each day which will be prayed by the current chaplain, there are virtually no daily requirements for the assistant chaplain to fulfill besides praying his own private Mass, providing the occasional sacraments of Anointing of the Sick and Confession, and infrequent counseling for residents, patients, or their families.
A small hospital is on the premises, but no major surgeries are done there and no trauma unit exists. With approximately 10-12 parishes in the archdiocese lacking a resident priest, it is certainly surprising that a priest of Father Altier's caliber would be sent to a destination where he will have an overabundance of time on his hands.
Since March 1, Catholics worldwide have been asking the following questions: Why did Archbishop Flynn silence Father Altier? Why did he shut down a Catholic website known for its fidelity to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church? The first clue came when Archdiocesan spokesman Dennis McGrath told the Star Tribune, "I surmise that Father Altier's contrarian position on VIRTUS is the issue." VIRTUS and its related program Talking About Touching (TAT) are the answers proposed by the Bishops of the United States to the sex-abuse scandal which broke out in 2002.
Unfortunately, these graphic sex-ed programs are in direct violation of Vatican teachings on human sexuality and do nothing to stop predators but instead place the burden of protection on young children themselves. Archbishop Flynn served as chairperson of the USCCB's Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse which developed these programs and he chose to proliferate it throughout his archdiocese beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, with pilot program testing to start in the spring of 2006. As the material content of these programs became more widely known, concern grew over their appropriateness. And because many aspects of VIRTUS and TAT are contrary to Church teaching
Father Altier felt it was his duty to inform parents in an effort to protect the young children who would have their innocence irrevocably shattered by such programs. As parents became aware of the dangers of VIRTUS and TAT, they explored the possibility of using an alternative program: Formation in Christian Chastity (FICC) from the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
According to a statement made by Father George Welzbacher, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, FICC is the program preferred by Archbishop Flynn himself!
It is interesting that the Archbishop would choose to exclusively promote VIRTUS/TAT when he actually prefers FICC. LifeSiteNews and other Catholic news services have stated that VIRTUS enjoys the support of homosexual activist groups around the country.
l ) The program is also endorsed by none other than Planned Parenthood. Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of the diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, recently stated that it was a well known fact that the members of the National Review Board responsible for mandating the use of these sex-ed programs are "ardent advocates of partial birth abortion, other abortions, human cloning, and other moral errors."
l ) And so it was that at a recent meeting of approximately 200 local Catholic school principals and religious education directors on February 10, 2006, the question was asked about "what was going to be done about local priests that were stirring up the pot about the chancery's safe-environment initiative." Sister Fran Donnelly, the Saint Paul-Minneapolis archdiocesan director of the Protection of Children and Youth Initiative, answered that "[Vicar General] Fr. Kevin McDonough is getting out a two-by-four."
As Father Altier has been at the forefront of the efforts to stop the infiltration of VIRTUS in our archdiocese, it is clear to see that the two-by-four Sister Donnelly was referring to came to Father Altier on Ash Wednesday in the form of the Archbishop's request that he take his material off the internet and stop participating in broadcasts on Relevant Radio.
And now that Father Altier will be sent to a nursing home, one can see just how cruel this two-by-four has been, and continues to be. The fact that the Archbishop delivered his initial request on Ash Wednesday speaks volumes. It made for a very harsh Lent for Father Altier and all of you worldwide who have come to rely on Father's sound spiritual instruction on the internet and radio.
Yet Our Lord said that a light shines brighter in the darkness, and so Father's continuing example of obedience and gentleness during this trial is a beacon for all of us on how to live the truly Catholic life. He had told us that he "would go down for the sake of the children" because he truly loves each and every soul.
We thank God for his courage and for any priest who would be willing to do the same. Bishop Bruskewitz, Bishop Vasa, and a handful of others are standing firm in refusing to allow these horrendous sex-ed programs into their dioceses. (To learn about the scandalous origins of these programs,
Fortunately, the superior they report to -- Pope Benedict XVI -- is in full unity with Catholic doctrine and these bishops have maintained their allegiance to the Holy Father without yielding to pressure from dissident factions within the Church.
l ) But for Father Altier, his future is in the immediate hands of Archbishop Flynn.
Most regretfully, we do not see the same obedience from our Archbishop as we are witnessing today in Father Altier. (For details concerning the Archbishop's conduct go to
l ) The archdiocese continues to sink deeper and deeper into depravity while the homosexual community is pandered to, and meanwhile we witness this wrongful action and extreme marginalization committed against a priest who has been a faithful son of Holy Mother Church.
Why should it be that our own elderly Archbishop is personally thanked by the gay Rainbow Sash movement for his support of the homosexual agenda within the Church, and a good, holy, young orthodox priest like Father Altier gets sent to a nursing home? What a contrast this is!
We initially suggested that you contact Most Reverend Harry J. Flynn in a charitable manner to express your concerns about Father Altier's situation, but now you may want to contact the following Vatican officials to express your grave distress at the blatant injustice we are seeing unfold before our eyes -- because, after all, one wonders what will be next.
His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI PP. Bishop of Rome Apostolic Palace Via del Pellegrino Citta del Vaticano Vatican City State, 00120 phone: 011.3906.6988.10.22 email: av@pccs.va fax: 011.3906.6988.53.73
His Eminence Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos Prefect The Congregation for the Clergy Piazza Pio XII 3 00120 Vatican City State phone: 011.3906.69.88.4l.5l Fax: 011.3906.69.88.48.45
His Excellency The Most Reverend Pietro Sambi Apostolic Nuncio to the United States 3339 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008-3687 phone: 202-333-7l2l fax: 202-337-4036 ]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry060511-0814422006-05-11T00:00:00Z2006-05-11T00:00:00ZAn Average Day for an AbortionistAn Average Day for an Abortionist
From The Executive Director LIFE ISSUES Bradley Mattes
A recent Los Angeles Times interview exposed the ugly reality of the abortion industry. Times staff writer, Stephanie Simon talked with a long-time abortionist, William F. Harrison, who is now 70 years old. In spite of his age, he remains the presiding abortionist at a mill in Fayetteville, Arkansas because they can’t find anyone to replace him. It’s gotten much harder to find medical doctors who are willing to dedicate their careers to killing preborn children.
The Times article briefly explains how Harrison got into the abortion business right after the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision. Since then, Harrison estimates he’s killed at least 20,000 unborn babies. The aging abortionist is a walking coat-hanger advertisement, telling anyone who will listen that abortion may someday be illegal. It’s one of the very few statements Harrison made in the article that I agree with. He knows Roe is living on borrowed time.
Abortion-on-demand throughout pregnancy is beginning to be seen for what it is – the unbridled killing of over three thousand babies each day. More people realize many women are repeat customers, using abortion as a method of birth control. They also know that many women have abortions late in pregnancy. More and more Americans are finding abortion a failed and tragic societal experiment that’s leaving a mile-wide wake of mutilated bodies and devastated lives.
This abortionist readily admits, “I am destroying life,” and he realizes the tide of public opinion is turning against the abortion industry. When Roe finally goes, Arkansas will be one of seven states certain to immediately protect their most tiny and vulnerable citizens.
The LA Times article describes an average day for the man who gave up his obstetrics career in 1991 to exclusively take the lives of babies. Based on his description of his job, you might think he was a Christian missionary. Harrison says that because of his abortion business, his patients are “born again.” He also said, “We try to make sure she doesn’t ever feel guilty for what she feels she has to do.” Tell that to the millions of mothers and fathers of aborted babies who would give their right arm and leg if they could have that innocent life back again. Abortion didn’t just make them un-pregnant; it made them the parents of a dead baby. Harrison isn’t preventing guilt, he’s responsible for generating massive amounts of it.
Back at the killing center, a young girl is in the stirrups and rendered immobile, her arms strapped down. Perhaps he’s afraid she’ll change her mind and flee. A sedative is used that will make sure she doesn’t remember any of the “procedure.” Twenty minutes later, her baby is dead and its tiny body coldly disposed of. Another patient, a high school volleyball player, doesn’t want to share her body with a baby for six more months.
Yet another, a single mother of three, couldn’t bear the thought of making an adoption plan for her baby; so killing it seemed to be a better solution. Her emotional defense is to hide behind a wall of denial and not contemplate “what could have been.” Eventually the memories and emotions will catch up with her.
The abortionist draws a moral line at twenty-six weeks, after which he calls it infanticide. But until then, he’ll abort the baby for any reason. He said, “It’s not a baby to me until the mother tells me it’s a baby.”
One young woman was aborting her fifteen-week baby without the baby’s father even knowing she was pregnant. Amanda said, “It’s not like it’s illegal. It’s not like I’m doing anything wrong.” She went on to say that her recent prayers about the abortion have been a “real source of strength” for her. The real tragedy here is that if she thinks God is encouraging her abortion, it’s not God’s voice she’s listening to.
One woman in her early twenties said she never thought about using birth control, instead relying on abortion. Her wedding was coming up and she didn’t think her dress would fit while pregnant, so she aborted her child. Over half of the 1.2 million annual abortions are done on women in their twenties.
The last patient of the day was in her early thirties and coming in for her fifth abortion. She keeps forgetting to take her birth control pills. She said abortion was “no big stress.” Not yet anyway.
According to the abortionist, his appointment book is always full. It’s no wonder. America is aborting one out of every four pregnancies. Stop to think for a moment that every year the abortion industry is killing twenty-five percent of the nation’s population. Imagine the long-term societal and economic implications of this wide scale killing of innocent human life!
What’s happening in this Arkansas abortion mill is being duplicated throughout the nation. Do you realize the magnitude of this tragedy? If so, then please pray and do what you can to end this modern day holocaust.
An Average Day for an Abortionist ]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry060204-1402292006-02-04T00:00:00Z2006-02-04T00:00:00ZThe Story of St. Therese of Lisieux on DVDThe Story of St. Therese of Lisieux Now on DVD/b]
I so glad this is on DVD, its been a long wait and look forward in watching this again and again.
Experience Theresian spirituality with the award-winning motion picture edition of THÉRÈSE.
ORDER THE DVD and MUSIC SOUNDTRACK]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry060127-2331532006-01-28T00:00:00Z2006-01-28T00:00:00ZThrough your prayers and sacrifices, more will come to know my Son, Jesus
MESSAGE #2832 from the Blessed Mother
November 14, 2005
My daughter,
My children must love, love one another. They must join hands and live together in harmony and in love. They must trust in God’s love and be an example to those around them. Conversion cannot happen if my children ignore these heavenly pleas. There is no time to be fighting with one another. Join hands, join hearts and be more loving and forgiving. Be united with all your brothers and sisters.
Trust in my motherly intercession and respond, respond today. Trust in God’s love and mercy, for then you will truly understand all that I am teaching you. Through your prayers and sacrifices, more will come to know my Son, Jesus. The Rosary is your weapon, so go forth and pray your Rosary with true devotion. I am here, your Mother of Grace. Amen.
http://www.littlemary.us/ ]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry051220-0701182005-12-20T00:00:00Z2005-12-20T00:00:00ZPray, for I say to you, the chastisement is near
MESSAGE #2831 from the Blessed Mother
November 9, 2005
My daughter,
War is not the answer. Pray that more will turn to God before it’s too late. Pray that more will turn to God, for this is the only way that hate will leave their hearts. Prayer is truly needed, for so much violence is taking place all around the world. Many innocent lives are being lost because so many are listening to Satan.
Please, dear children, pray, pray more. Pray for all your brothers and sisters, for many, many are on the wrong path. Pray, for I say to you, the chastisement is near. Pray and prepare and amend your ways now. Get down on your knees and implore God’s mercy.
A response is needed, so please pray and fast and do penance each new day. Give up your worldly ways. Be loving, humble children. Take heed to the Gospel. Repent and take heed to these messages and follow God’s Holy Will. Amen
http://www.littlemary.us/ ]]>http://excerptsofinri.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry051220-0700492005-12-20T00:00:00Z2005-12-20T00:00:00ZThe world has but little time to repent and amend their ways
MESSAGE #2830 from the Blessed Mother
November 7, 2005
My daughter,
God has chosen many to lead the faithful forward so they do not lose hope or confidence in Our Lord.
My daughter, you have been chosen to relay my words, so continue to write each time I come to you. Write each new message so more come to know God’s love and mercy. So many today struggle because they are choosing to walk alone. So many today do not want to change their ways and many are living in mortal sin. My daughter, many will suffer if they continue to choose darkness. Please continue to be God’s messenger so more turn to Him before it’s too late.
The world has but little time to repent and amend their ways. Time is running out and if my children do not repent and stop offending God, they will suffer, suffer tremendously. The warning will come and man will have but little time to repent. All will have to decide to either choose light or darkness. All will need to repent and become faithful followers of Jesus Christ. All will know there is a God who is loving and merciful. The earth is being purified because the day is drawing near. God’s light will shine in each soul and all will know just how they offended God. Many, many will suffer for compromising with the world. Bishops will have but little time to shepherd their flock. All will know just how many wounds they have added to Jesus’ Most Precious Body.
I say to my children, repent and prepare your soul now. Stop persecuting my Son and live, live a holy life. Turn away from sin and obey, obey God. Please understand that when you sin, it truly offends God. Now, please examine your conscience and make a thorough Confession. Examine your conscience and return to the Sacraments. Stop living a lukewarm life. Stop crucifying my Son, Jesus Christ. Amen
;)
;)
]]>