Voting in the midterms...

November 6, 2018, is just around the corner.

We must all exercise our franchise and vote in this crucial midterm election cycle.

I for one, will have to hold my nose and vote Republicrat.  The alternative is that the Demonrats will gain the House and Senate.  This cannot happen!

I am fully convinced, from what we have seen, that the hard-left liberals are a violent group intent on turning our once-sovereign country into a completely open society, with diabolical socialism steering the ship of state directly into the fiery pit of hell itself.

Just listen to the opposition, in the form of Pelosi, Waters, and their ilk, and decipher for yourselves that the intellects of these females are under the possession of the demon.  Violence and threats of violence are unheard of since the late 60's, Chicago style.  But now, we have folks just going about their business or pleasure, e.g., taking your wife or family to a restaurant and being harassed or having your life and limb threatened.

If the police and mayors of cities and towns are unable, or more importantly, unwilling to discipline these animals, then what we have seen in the streets is nothing compared to what will happen if the Demonrats gain the majority in the House and Senate. 

This form of anarchy and tyranny must come to a quick end, if not, I see "our side" taking matters into our own hands and defending ourselves if law enforcement won't do their job and arrest these monsters.  Remember, we all have the right to self-defense, under the Natural Law, and to defend other innocents from violence, violence being preached from the housetops by Demonrat politicians and unhinged, un-civil leftists.

Make no mistake, the forces of the evil one are on the rampage, intent on wiping out the last vestige of the rule of law and civility in our great nation.

Again, vote Republicrat, if not, we will all suffer the consequences...

Pray for discernment, and pray for our country.

Gene DeLalla.

Mary, just another ordinary woman??

Do you believe in God?

Do you believe in a God that created the Earth, the Moon, the stars, the universe, the distant galaxies?
The seas, the mountains, the trees, the animals, our mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins; an almost endless list of creations?

Was all this by chance?  By the "big bang"?  By "natural selection"?

Look up at the night sky; what do you see?  The Big Dipper, the Little Dipper, the various constellations that fill the heavens, that guided the ancient mariners safely across the seas to explore new worlds; again, was all this by happenstance?   Or, was (or, is) there an intelligence behind what we see and know who designed all that surrounds us?

Ever see a baby born?  That, in itself, is a miracle.

These awe inspiring things; these sometimes incomprehensible things, force me to believe in an almighty God, not to mention that my faith tells me so.

So, my question is this: if you believe in God, the Creator of the universe, did He (the Father) send His Son (Christ) to earth to redeem His creation -- MANKIND -- so that men and women may again return to Him, safely, and be with Him for all eternity?

And if you do believe that, then another amazing, awe inspiring event took place: one of His creations -- a woman -- named Mary, was conceived by the Holy Ghost (in the Incarnation) and brought forth Christ, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity.

Another question begs: is Christ also God?  I just answered that question, but do you believe that fact?

If so, then who is this Mary?  Just another woman?  Just a vessel that God "used" to have His Son come into the world?  Did God actually "use" one of His created creatures so He could come to earth and live like other people that He made?

Does a scientist, who creates something, but then becomes that "thing," make any sense?  Would a king want, or desire to become as one of his servants?  Would the founder of Microsoft want, or desire to work in one of his factories on the assembly line?  Wouldn't all these elites want to remain aloof; privileged, and not become as one of their creations?

Makes sense to me...

But here is the rub: the Creator of us all came to us because He loves us, and wanted us to be able to come to Him when our life is through on earth.  He lowered Himself to become one of us!  Not an elitist, but a lover of His own humanity.  He was (is) like us in all things, yet God -- our Creator!!

Very difficult to comprehend.  I don't claim to fully understand it either.  That's why it's called faith...

Back to Mary...

Mary, this woman, His created creature, must be someone special.  (To some, that's an understatement!)

I present this scenario: Would God, the creator of the universe, come to Earth through a woman that was corrupt, as we were born corrupt, until we were baptized?

It wouldn't make any sense...

Mary, then, had to be pure; with no corruption in her body or soul.  A perfect creation for the perfect Baby developing in her womb.  The blood coursing through her veins, coursed through the veins of Christ too.  He took on her DNA!   For nine months He grew in her; then became her Son and our Brother, our Savior!

During the annunciation, the angel announced to Mary: Hail!  Full of grace!

And when she visited her cousin, there was an amazing exclamation from Elizabeth:  “Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.”  And: “Whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me.”

Mary was, indeed, special.

Let me ask another question: is it only right and just for us to love our mothers?  The answer is self-evident...

It only makes sense, that if we claim to love Christ, we should also love His Mother.  It also makes sense that if she was so full of grace on earth, and certainly enjoys the beatific vision, now, forever, adoring and praising her Son, that she would be someone we could ask to be our intercessor for help of any kind.  This does not take away anything owed to God, on the contrary, it gives more glory to God!

An earthly example should help to clarify what I just wrote in the above sentence: if a general wins a battle against his enemy, and some of his subordinates excel in heroics on the battlefield, and are awarded medals for bravery, etc., does the attention and medals take away from the glory of the general?  Or, does it add to the glory and praise of the general because he has such heroes in his army?

The answer, again, is self-evident.

Her glory ADDS to His glory!

Mary, an ordinary woman?  I don't think so!

Pray for our country.

Gene DeLalla

 

Has the Catholic Church, "finally", been destroyed?

I write "finally," because I'm sure there are those that would very much like to see that happen..

Sour grapes, to say the least.

But the grapes will remain sour because the Church can never be destroyed!

But what about all those homosexual abuse scandals being uncovered nearly in all parts of the world, you say?

I can't deny it.  It's true.

But what folks fail to realize is that this is not the first time these types of horrendous scandals have plagued and rocked the very foundations of the Church of Christ.

Luther said that the Catholic Church was corrupt, and was not the Church that Christ founded, but an imitation; he was wrong; dead wrong.

He also claimed, in effect, that he "rediscovered" the real Church after it had been hiding somewhere for nearly 1,500 years,

Wrong again...

The arch-heretic failed to recognize the blood of the martyrs that became the seed of the Church.  Did all those men, women and children, who died, with some suffering diabolical tortures because they would not renounce the (Catholic) Faith nor His Church, die in vain?  Even with all the blood that was shed for over 300 years, the Roman Emperors couldn't extinguish the fire of the Faith instilled in them by our Lord and His Apostles.

One more thing about Martin Luther... he failed to note the difference between the nasty, and, yes, corrupt, human element of the Church, and that of the Church itself.  The difference is titanic, and was the downfall of Luther.  Christ, the perfect Head, could not ever be attached to a rotten body.  It makes no sense.  So when Luther rebelled against the Church, he was rebelling against Christ Himself; the Head could not be separated from the Body, nor the Body from the Head.  If it ever was, death of both would ensue.

But I digress...

Back to the present, and the leadership of the Church and their enabling, and, in some cases, endorsing the homosexual subculture that is currently infecting the Church as a gangrenous limb that must be cut off to save the rest of the body from certain death.  This includes those clergy actively engaged in these unnatural acts themselves, attacking adolescents as well as other adults to satisfy their lust for sexual perversion.

Keep in mind that in the late Fourth, and early Fifth Centuries, the Church was hit in the gut with the same types of scandals that we see today.  It is really nothing new.  That is not an excuse, just a fact.

There are, still, today, many good priests and bishops that continue to work for the salvation of souls and the reason for the establishment of the Church in the first place, not "climate change," or the "immigrant" problem.

I say that the uncovering of these scandals are a good thing, for now, at least, the elephant in the room is now in plain sight.  The evil has been exposed.  And good, in the long run, will triumph; we have our Lord's word that the gates of hell will not -- ever -- prevail against her...

That's good enough for me.

Pray for our country, and I ask all of good will to pray for the Catholic Church.

Gene DeLalla

 

Is it okay to discriminate? To be judgmental?

Is it okay to discriminate?  To be judgmental?

Yes!

You and I do it everyday!

Discrimination; judgmentalism; two hot-button words that are misunderstood, and misapplied, especially in today's world.

In fact, if you don't discriminate every day of your life, you can't function!  Along with that, if you are not judgmental, you cannot function!  If anyone doubts this, try it for one, single day, and see what happens.

Am I a "hater" for writing these things?

Yes, to some.  But a little common sense will reveal the truth of what I just wrote.

First, what I'm NOT talking about is discriminating against someone because of their race, or religion, or because they sound different than you or me.  And I'm not talking about being judgmental in the sense of looking into their hearts or souls, instead, what IS necessary to do -- again, on a daily basis -- is to make decisions so we can function.  We discriminate and judge what a person does, or doesn't do, or what he/she says, or, in some instances, what they don't say when they should or must say something.  (Remember, that silence can be viewed as an affirmation of an act, or belief, or the written word.)

We discriminate on the "big things," like choosing who we want to pursue to be our spouse.  How many ladies did we "reject" in our minds before we found the right one?

We discriminate on the "little things" such as what to wear to fit a particular occasion; we reject choosing jeans if we're going to the opera.  We judge jeans to be inappropriate for such a formal outing.

If you or I were walking down Main Street, USA, and suddenly, a guy runs out of a bank with a smoking .45, holding a bag of the bank's money, would you go up to him with a smile on your face and say: have a nice day!   I think not.  Instead, you will make a judgement that he is an outlaw and dangerous to you, your family and the commonweal of society.  You are being judgmental; you have discriminated against the actions of this guy, and you did this for your safety and survival, and for those around you too.

Second, and here is the more, or most important aspect of discriminating and being judgmental: to figure out where to worship God; how to worship God; how to please God, and figuring out which direction you want your life to go in order to travel down the straight and narrow, and avoid the well-lit, four-lane highway that leads to perdition.   A path far too many non-discriminating, non-judgmental folks end up taking that leads to eternal ruin...

As I recently wrote, political correctness is damning, so too if we do not discriminate; if we are not judgmental, then we open ourselves up to following false gods; false ideologies, and errant thinking that can very easily cripple our daily thought processes so necessary to function in society.

Pray for discernment, and pray for our country.

Gene DeLalla

 

Beating political correctness...

What's wrong with political correctness anyway?

It is damning, that's what.

Being politically correct means that we don't want to hurt anyone's feelings; we don't want to lower anyone's "self-esteem." So, in other words, we compromise on truth to the point that it is no longer truth.

But the horror occurs when men cease to be men, then the feminists assume the role of patriarch; they become as "men," and UN-feminine; a real disaster.

This is all part of being politically correct: masculinity is emasculated to the point of obfuscating the role appointed to men from their Creator.  Men will then slink into the background for fear of being criticized by the feminist left simply for being men!

Make no mistake: the aim of political correctness is the destruction of manhood and womanhood, and to homogenize their roles into something un-natural.

Think about it: (sorry, feminists) if men don't lead, then females will fill the void and "lead."  What a mess that has produced, with, maybe, a very few exceptions, with St. Joan of Arc coming to mind.

Then there are examples of "leaders" such as Trudeau of Canada who is very much a "woman."  For all practical purposes, he has renounced his manhood and the natural role assigned to him.  His politics are "dirty": his compromises are legion...

This is true of so many males, at least here in the U.S.  But it is apparent that this phenomenon is world-wide, except, perhaps, in certain East European and African countries where they are still fighting to maintain their sovereignty and a real sense of the Natural Law (which dictates the roles of men and women), fighting the politically correct West attempting to impose their radical agenda on their cultural norms and traditions.

So, how can political correctness be beaten down and destroyed, and relegated to the dustbin of history?

The answer is almost too easy: follow the Natural Law (as all humans have it written on their hearts, because we are humans); strive for personal holiness by following the Ten Commandments (they are not the ten suggestions!); be open to learn and know Divinely revealed law, and most importantly, come into the one, true (Catholic) Church founded by our Divine Founder, Jesus Christ.  Without Him, we can do nothing...

And pray for our country.

Gene DeLalla 

The Fall season -- and the law...

My favorite time of year has arrived: Fall!

Who can argue with Nature's blazing colors, cool, crisp air -- and fallen leaves clogging the rain gutters!

Not me...

New Hampshire, and our sister states here in New England, if not already, will soon be barraged with "leaf peepers" from all over the country, invading our borders by car, plane, tour bus, RVs, you name it, if it can get people here, we'll see them landing at our air ports, or traversing our roads.

Personally, I'll take short day-trips with K to observe the brilliant concoction that Mother Nature has brewed; a real feast for the eyes!

Let's say that we decided to drive along a scenic highway and ended up in a town that we've never been to before.  We get hungry, so we ask where the nearest "family restaurant" is located; we get directions and lo and behold, we find the place, and enjoy a pretty good meal at fairly reasonable prices.

Well, it's time to leave "Happy Town," and continue to devour the breathtaking scenery along the highways and byways, through town and mountain roads...

But just when things were going smashingly well, and we were about to leave Happy Town, we notice flashing red and blue lights in the rear-view; what the heck did I do???  We get pulled over by the local constabulary; he asks to see my driver's license and registration, you know, the usual stuff...

He sees my veteran's plates on my car, and immediately thanks me for my service, then proceeds to call in my bona fides to see if there are any outstanding traffic tickets. etc...

Of course I ask him why I was pulled over; he says to me that I failed to wave goodbye just before we left the city limits of Happy Town...

We were flabbergasted!   I failed to WAVE GOODBYE to the town???

The officer was really nice, though, and explained that Happy Town has an ordinance that plainly states that everyone that leaves Happy Town must wave goodbye!   He said that if I wanted to see the ordinance, he would be "happy" to take us to the town clerk to read it for ourselves...

Could something like that really be "on the books"???

Amazing!!

But whether I like it or not, I violated the law.  As it turns out, I realized that ignorance of the law was no excuse.  I couldn't say to the officer: but officer, I didn't know that I had to wave goodbye to Happy Town.  Nope, it wouldn't work.  I was guilty of not obeying that "silly" law.  But guilty nonetheless!

Now, if ignorance of that silly ordinance was no excuse, then what about the Natural Law that we're all born with?   Or, how about Divine law that we must know if we want to get to Heaven?

Are they "silly" too?

The Natural Law tells us that the baby developing in the womb is part of the human race, and deserves to be born, and have the proper liberties and the ability to pursue happiness, just like the rest of us.

The Divine law tells us that we must know, love and serve God in this life, in order to be happy with Him in the next.

If we are "ignorant" of either law, we will still be culpable for not obeying those laws, just as I was culpable for not waving goodbye to Happy Town!

Don't be fooled, and don't let anyone tell you that so long as you are "nice," you too will go to Heaven.  No, there is much more to do if you want to see your Creator when you leave this earth, and enjoy the beatific vision for all eternity!

If anyone has any questions, or wishes to make a comment, I'll be happy to explain the who, what, when, where, how and why of the true way to follow the good Lord...

Believe it or not!!  And be HAPPY!

Pray for our country...

Gene DeLalla

When did we become human?

The title of this article: When did we become human?  Is monumental, because some folks think that what is developing in the womb isn't.  If not, then what is "it"?  On a more personal level, when you were developing in your mother's womb, what were you, if not human?

Keeping in mind that as you were growing in the womb, some people thought that you were just a mass of cells, and certainly NOT a human being.  What if they were right, and your mother decided to get rid of that "mass of cells"?  What would be wrong with that, if she really thought that?

But remember we're talking about you!

Aren't you glad that your mom realized that you were more than a mass of cells?

But let's go back to the original question: When did we become human?  This is a very important question because there are those that say we only become human when, at a certain point, we become "viable," or when we take our first breath of air -- after we're born!

Then we become human??

If only the pre-born could speak!  I bet they would yell out loud that they wanted to live, and not die a horrible, painful death.

BECAUSE THEY ARE HUMAN!

Please pray for our country, and pray for an end to the scourge of abortion.

Gene DeLalla