Saving the Rights of Parents

Matthew 18:10 New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)

10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father.

The battle to save our children from the propaganda of the new sex education laws rages. In order to win over more CSBA (California School Board Association) members this organization has hired Justin Massey as a consultant. Do you know who he is? Well, let me enlighten you. He is the co-chair for the Lavender Democrat OC, in other words the LGBTQ + Democrats of Orange County. If the CSBA is a non-partisan organization, why would they hire an individual with such biased views. Before a consultant is hired, is it not customary to do a background check? How can the CSBA believe that this person can represent the best interests of the parents of Orange County?

Without the support of the parents, the CSBA will make headway and bulldoze all of your beliefs and bury them in the playgrounds of your childrens’ public schools. March 3rd is a perfect opportunity for you to get involved and support candidates like Dr. Ken Williams, Tim Shaw and Jim Palmer for the OC School Board. These men will fight for our children because they represent parent’s rights. Dr. Ken Williams’ opponent, Andy Thorburn, has already spent over $650,000 dollars. Wonder where he got the support?  He is on the board of Planned Parenthood. We are in an uphill battle with evil. I am a grandparent of four students who attend public schools in Orange County. I do not want my grandchildren to be exposed to subject matter that only a parent should teach at home. In reviewing some of the information  that is already approved for ten-year-old children, it is very apparent that this is an open door to pornography. This sexually explicit propaganda is public information: Porn: Fact or Fiction on youtube.com. You can see for yourself how confusing and misinformed this video is. This is just one of many teaching tools that are currently being used in the Fremont School District in San Francisco. This is propaganda  that parents need to be aware of.

Ted Bundy

Ted Bundy committed over 30 murders of innocent women. What drove him to kill? Before his execution he granted Dr. James Dobson (founder of Focus On The Family) an interview. Bundy said that he first discovered “soft porn pornography”  in a grocery store. This porn consumed his young mind, and gradually he was compelled to watch a more explicit form of porn.  From the interview words of Ted Bundy: “I’ve lived in prison for a long time now, and I’ve met a lot of men who where motivated to commit violence just like me and, without exception, every one of them was deeply involved in pornography. Without question, without exception deeply influenced and consumed by addiction to pornography,”he said. Do you as parents really want to open these doors to your children? The agenda is clearly diabolical; the CSBA is working in a frenzy to blind the eyes of not only the parents but the teachers as well. I can guarantee that most teachers are unaware of these closed-door meetings and know nothing about Justin Massey.

Of the three school board members  I mentioned earlier, I have no idea about their political stance; school board members should never show sides on the political spectrum. They represent the parents’ and the students’ best interests; they were not elected to indoctrinate students but to protect them. Why then did the CSBA hire an LGBTQ democrat to consult on their behalf? You do realize that our tax dollars are paying for this consultant. I imagine his fees are pretty steep, but  most parents and teachers don’t know a thing about him.

Vote 

I pray that most members of my reading audience attend church at sometime or another or  have a faith based in Judeo-Christian beliefs, or follow other organized religions. How can we just sit back and watch this happen? If you truly serve God, do what He has called you to do. Stand up for the rights of our children/grandchildren, defend the laws of God. Don’t become that Christian who only votes for what best for your race, but become that Christian voter who defends what our religion calls us to do. Stop playing the sitting on the fence game! God hates that! Stop supporting candidates who do not defend the rights of our children/grandchildren. Investigate all the candidates, find out what they stand for, and vote for the right person.

Revelation 3:16 New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)

16So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.

We cannot allow the CSBA to radicalize other members to think as they think, to create confusion and cast a dark cloud of deception over our children. These kids haven’t even learned the fundamentals of math, and they want to fill their pliable minds with garbage? We not only need to take action, we need to get rid of all the contamination that’s rotting our school districts before it’s too late. I am asking every registered voter in Orange County to pray and ask God to guide you when you vote. Pray for the elections, and ask God for a sign to make the right choices in the voting booths. I promise if you choose to do the right thing before God, we can all make a difference in this world. It can’t just be a handful; we need an army to fight this blinding battle. The truth needs to be exposed, and I, for one, am not willing to waste one cent of my tax dollars on a consultant who will never represent the needs of most of us. Call the California School Board Association and ask them how much of our money is being used to manipulate a vote on their behalf ? I did call the CSBA, but they refused to divulge any information. What more are they hiding?

Why Plannned Parenthood?

Why are they so vested in the School Board Elections? Planned Parenthood’s goal is to be invited into the school’s new Wellness Center as counselors and instructors. Santa Ana Unified School District recently opened 57 new Wellness Centers and signed a contract with Planned Parenthood, as did the Los Angeles Unified School Board.

Who’s Hiding Behind the Curtain

If you are not aware of who is behind the curtain of this well-orchestrated program, it is the same groups that in reality have become one: the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, LGBTQ and a slew of others. When these groups unite, it’s to destroy our beliefs, nothing more. We have an agenda too; we have rights and will no longer be bullied by these groups. We also have a not- so-secret weapon; we have God on our side. And guess what? He always wins!

You’re Next

Orange County Unified is a testing ground, and, if we allow this to come into our districts, it will only be a matter of time before we will be fighting this nationwide. The next target will be private schools. They will stop at nothing to gain support.

Proverbs 21:31 New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)

31 The horse is equipped for the day of battle,
    but victory is the Lord’s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rest In Peace, Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant did not plan to die on January 26th, but he did. His short life impacted many, myself included. I attended the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Sunday, and our Pastor, Fr. Moneypenny, said that he received information from the priest in Newport Beach, California. He was informed that Kobe and his daughter Gianna had attended the 7:00 a.m. Mass on the day of his tragic accident. Kobe and Gianna prayed the Apostles’ Creed and before receiving Communion recited the prayer from:

Matthew 8:8 New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)

The centurion said in reply, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed.

The Eucharist

The Eucharist is the body of Christ, so when Catholics confess their sins we are absolved of our transgressions. When we receive the Communion wafer, we really receive the body, blood, soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Kobe and Gianna were in the state of grace, prepared to leave this world with a clean spirit after receiving Communion. I am a Eucharistic minister (EM), and I take this position with great reverence. I am not only saying, “The body of Christ or the blood of Christ,” I look into their eyes so that when they receive the Eucharist they can feel the holy presence of God. This is one of the reasons I attend daily Mass; I do not want to be denied this special blessing, and I want to start my day with a clean slate. The Eucharist brings healing to your body, whether emotional or physical; it works on our inner being. We are free to go on with our day with the blessings of the Eucharist because it is the Real Presence of God. Kobe understood what the Eucharist represented because on several occasions he was seen attending daily Mass at Holy Family Catherdral in Orange, California. my hometown.

The Young Married Couple

Kobe met his wife Vanessa when she was 17 years old; they became engaged when she turned 18. They married six months later. Kobe’s parents did not attend their wedding, which was held at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Dana Point, California. How sad to choose not to attend your son’s wedding; how sad not be be in the wedding photos of this special day. Mike and I married young as well; Mike, like Kobe, was 21 and I was a year older than Vanessa. We were just kids, and there was a lot of maturing that had to take place. Our growing matters were private; Kobe’s and Vanessa’s lives unfolded in the public eye. He made mistakes that almost ended his marriage, but he understood that his marriage was a sacrament blessed by God and he got through many rough patches by seeking the advice of the clergy. In an interview by GQ Magazine, Kobe shared how a priest helped him get past his sin.

“The one thing that really helped me during that process—I’m Catholic, I grew up Catholic, my kids are Catholic—was talking to a priest.”

“It was actually kind of funny: He looks at me and says, ‘Did you do it?’ And I say, ‘Of course not.’ Then he asks, ‘Do you have a good lawyer?’ And I’m like, ‘Uh, yeah, he’s phenomenal.’ So then he just said, ‘Let it go. Move on. God’s not going to give you anything you can’t handle, and it’s in his hands now. This is something you can’t control. So let it go.’ “And that was the turning point,” Bryant said.

Parents

If there is strife with your children, it is your God-given duty to amend the differences before division sets in. Our children belong to God; He has entrusted them to us. We are to love them, guide them, and release them, with our prayers always with them. Do not allow the Devil to get a foothold of a Godly relationship.  Even if it’s not your doing, take the blame. Don’t miss out on your blessings, and do not be robbed of your time with them. Always be at peace with your loved ones  because regrets will haunt you, and the Devil will use this as a tool to inflict guilt in you. We never know when we will met our Maker.

Mamba

To lose a spouse is heartbreaking, but to lose a child is deep anguish. Our prayers go out to Vanessa and Natalia, as they cope with what may be the biggest trial of their lives, and the two remaining children Bianka, and baby Capri, who only had a short time with their father. Kobe was Gianna’s coach and along with them on the tragic day were two of her teammates, and other family members. They were on their way to play a game in Newbury Park, California  at the Mamba Sports Academy. The name Mamba is from the Black Mamba snake. This reptile has the ability to strike at maximum speed with 99% accuracy. Kobe was also referred to as the GOAT, which is an acronym for Greatest of all Time. Kobe personified both.

Seven

Seven other people’s lives were lost; they were a close-knit group, brought together by the love of  family and the love of their basketball team. God bless John Altobelli, his wife Keri and their daughter Alyssa. God bless Christina Mauser, the assistant coach, wife of Matt and mother of three children. God bless Sarah Chester and her daughter Payton, and God bless Ara Zobayan, the pilot of the helicopter. So many were moved by your great loss.

Kobe was a balanced man who kept company with regular people as well as rubbing shoulders with the giants in his professional world.

Ecclesiastes 9:11-12 New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)

The Time of Misfortune Is Not Known. 11 Again I saw under the sun that the race is not won by the swift, nor the battle by the valiant, nor a livelihood by the wise, nor riches by the shrewd, nor favor by the experts; for a time of misfortune comes to all alike. 12 Human beings no more know their own time than fish taken in the fatal net or birds trapped in the snare; like these, mortals are caught when an evil time suddenly falls upon them.

 

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Big Boys Cry Out to God

Eli, Norma, me, and Freddie

Years ago I had a prophetic dream so vivid that I never forgot its details. The dream was about my nephew Freddie. At the time he was trying to find his place in the world. At a young age Freddie made poor choices in life that led to self-deception. Sometime boys outgrow these behaviors, but Freddie continued to force his way into the world by believing a lie.

The Dream

Mike and I were in our green Suburban. We knew Freddie was in trouble and we were on our way to pick him up. We found him, but we could not get him to fit into the back seat of the Suburban. We opened the door to the back of the vehicle, but again, he did not fit. I could see the red hospital sign from a distance. “We just need to get you to the hospital!” I said, pointing to the sign. I was not going to give up that easy, so I flagged down a taxi. Freddie tried to get into the back seat of the cab, but to no avail; he was too big. We tried several different ways, but it was impossible. Again I looked up and saw the red hospital sign but there was nothing we could do to help.

The Prayers

My sister Norma is like St. Monica. Norma never gave up on praying for Freddie. Like St. Monica she believed God for the impossible for her son. For years he had lived a life of debauchery. Not only was he steeped in sin, he welcomed and enjoyed it. He knew exactly when he was sinning, but he did not stop because he crossed over to the dark side. His mother St. Monica, never stopped praying for her playboy son. For thirty years she prayed.

From St. Augustine’s Confessions: “How presumptuous it was of me to say that You were silent, my God, when I drifted farther and farther away from You! Can it be true that You said nothing to me at the time? Surely the words which rang in my ears, spoken by your faithful servant, my mother, could have come from none but You? Yet none of them sank into my heart to make me do as You said. I well remember what her wishes were and how she most earnestly warned me not to commit fornication and above all not to seduce any man’s wife. Yet the words were Yours, though I did not know it. I thought that You were silent and that she was speaking, but all the while You were speaking to me through her.”

The Saints

Until we study the lives of the saints, we cannot be made aware of all their sufferings. St. Monica not only had a wayward son, her husband was abusive; and she had to deal with her mean spirited mother-in-law as well. Even with all these obstacles, she continued to remain steadfast. A year before her husband died, he became a Christian; then her mother-in-law followed in her son’s footsteps. But it was St. Augustine who occupied her time with God. The Lord must have revealed to her part of the big plan He had for her son St. Augustine. Many of the saints were content in their sufferings. I know of no saints who did not have to travail for what was in store for them or for those whom they were called to pray for. The Lord used them. He trusted them because they were being trained in the Army of God. The battle of today’s army is being fought with the mighty saints in heaven by our sides. Each of these saints had already paid a hefty price on earth. After St. Augustine was received into the Catholic Church, he went on to become the Bishop of Hippo. His calling was great, and he left us with rich writings to teach us a thing or two about the sins that he was so accustomed to committing. His mother, St. Monica, died nine days after he became a Christian. These were her words to her son St. Augustine, “Son, nothing in this world now afford me delight. I do not know what there is now left for me to do or why I am still here, all my hopes in this world being now fulfilled.”

 

Freddie, Victory Outreach San Diego


Victory Outreach

Have you heard of this powerful ministry? They are not for the faint of heart, but they got ahold of Freddie’s heart. In the dream mentioned earlier, Freddie was not ready to give his life to God. He was St. Augustine, sinning and running with the wrong crowd. God cannot do anything with us until we have the will to change. Freddie needed a ministry that understood his life; he needed to surround himself with people who lived in the same type of sin. Victory Outreach is  for everyone, but especially for Freddie. They understand how a hardened heart can be changed. They open men’s homes all over the world to win souls over to Christ. Before his conversion Freddie was a scary dude; his tattooed  body did not help his image either. Nine years ago our late mother told Norma, “God is not done with him yet.” Freddie has only been with Victory outreach for six months, so to some this great news may come across as premature; but to us, it’s long overdue.

Bible Study with Freddie

Recently I spent one night at my sister’s home while Freddie was staying with her, he was recuperating from major surgery. I decided to have a Bible study. For several months I have been studying Wisdom, a book in the Catholic Bible. Protestants do not have these seven Deuterocanonical  books because Martin Luther, the renegade Catholic priest who started the Protestant Reformation removed them from the Bible. I knew that Freddie has  really been studying the Word of God for the last six months; but I also realized the the book of Wisdom was not one of them. For three hours Freddie listened to the Word; he was respectful, and did not dispute the books not included in his Bible. To me this is a sign of someone who wants to know the One True God. Though he is on a Daniel fast, Freddie devoured the Word of God as if he were having the meatiest steak.  When we went to lunch, Freddie asked if we were going to pray over our meal. Imagine that! Please join our family as we pray that Freddie continues on the right path and that he, like St. Augustine, will make a difference in others’ lives.

Ben Sira 17:25-26 New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)

25 Turn back to the Lord and give up your sins,
    pray before him and make your offenses few.
26 Turn again to the Most High and away from iniquity,
    and hate intensely what he loathes.

 

 

 

 

 

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