Two Down - 38 To Go

I posted about the Red Envelope project a bit ago, but since the Forty Days for Life and Lent started yesterday, I thought it would be a fun idea for the girls and I to do a red envelope each day and go mail them together. Today we mailed two as we didn't do yesterday. While Angel doesn't quite understand what President is...she caught on to the idea of praying for and protecting all the babies...so she was very excited to mail the envelopes as she says "ALL BY MYSELF!" Don't forget yours!! And for those locals, here is our local forty days for life info.

Don't Forget to Send Yours

You might have already heard the news or read it circulating about the Red Envelope Project. This is a simple and easy statement to make to our pro-abortion President, letting him know that we will not give up praying and protecting the most vulnerable in our society...the unborn. And what a special thing to do during the 40 Days for Life, which starts on Ash Wednesday!!

Awesome Videos

This has been going around the blogosphere and with good reason.....an amazing story about a very brave 12-year old and her school speech on abortion. We need more young and older people like her!!
Lia entered this presentation in her school's speech competition. At first, she was told by the school administration that if she entered this speech, she would not be allowed in the speech competition. Despite this, Lia persevered and decided to take her chances. At the school-wide competition, one pro-choice teacher, on the judge's panel, would not even listen to her speech. And even though Lia's speech was well-received by the students and faculty, it was disqualified by the judges. Evidently, upon this decision, controversy ensued among the judges and in the end the panel agreed that Lia had won the competition. We need more Lia's in our legislative bodies who have the passion and courage she does to stand up for life. God bless her! Read the full story here.


Thanks to Jessica, I watched this BEAUTIFUL video called The Holy Sacrifice...and one of our favorite priests and family friends, Father Cihak, is in it!! Definitely worth a watch.

Changing Hearts and Minds...

I would love for our President-Elect (I can still call him that until tomorrow) to see this...and don't know how it couldn't touch his heart and change his mind...

“The national grassroots group CatholicVote.org has released a new ad that will air repeatedly Tuesday on Black Entertainment Television (BET) in Chicago during coverage of the presidential inauguration. The :30 spot is the first in a series of ads to be released this year as a part of a new educational campaign titled Life: Imagine the Potential.”

Beautiful Gift of Life

Thanks Mary for posting this.....I bawled through the song...so beautiful!!!

Exciting Times

Today, I think I was shocked and then excited and very impressed with McCain's VP candidate.....Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. You can watch his announcement and her acceptance speech, HERE. I was impressed with her a few months ago, when I read this account and story of her decision regarding her last pregnancy and the courage it took to remain pro-life and stand up for the unborn....now a beautiful little boy. She seems like a very grounded, solid, strong, determined and courageous woman...and I look forward to learning more about her and her politics during the next 67 days before the election. McCain-Palin '08 ...an unexpected ticket...but a good choice...in my opinion.

Speaker of the House, not the Church

I was so shocked at the words our Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, spoke to the nation the other night during her interview with Tom Brokaw. (if you play this the actual question and comments about abortion and the church begin around minute 32) Click HERE for written transcript. As an "ardent practicing Catholic who has studied this issue for a long time"....she got and continues to get it ALL WRONG. So glad the bishops are speaking up and guiding the Church to the TRUTH and correcting those that try to lead its members and teachings astray....after all in Nancy's own words, "we are trying to protect this sacred ground!"
Archbishop Chaput, Denver
Archbishop Egan, New York