Letter of Father Jenkins to ND graduating class of 2009

[Michael_C]

I try to look at what people do and not what they say. Fr. Jenkins is giving and honorary degree to someone that is opposed to the sanctity of life.

 

[Jesus_123]

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Father Jenkins letter to the Notre Dame graduates . . . attempting to . . . rationalize . . . his choice for Commencement Speaker of the most powerful, prominent and influential pro-abortion leader in the United States today . . . President Obama . . . seems rather like . . . **Pontius Pilate **. . . trying to . . . *wash his hands of blood guilt *. . . while being in a position where he has . . . ***the ability *****and the power **. . . to preserve and uphold the justice/righteousness of our ***Lord ***Jesus Christ and the True Faith of Christ’s Apostolic Holy Roman Catholic Church . . . Father Jenkins continues to deliberately choose . . . of his own free will . . . NOT to do that which he knows . . . very well by now . . . is morally right and the only true good for those under his shepherding care in this circumstance . . . the graduating students and their families . . . and the University bearing the name of Our Lady . . . the . . . sinless . . . ***Blessed Virgin Mary ***. . .

Daily life is filled with an infinity of choices . . . many small . . . some . . . NOT small at all . . . *but the choice to support and join together with those who (metaphorically speaking) prefer *. . . **“Barrabas” **. . . a murderer . . . to . . . **"*Jesus Christ *(God Incarnate)" **. . . . that is a **GRAVELY IMPORTANT **choice . . . and especially so for a priest of Christ’s Holy Roman Catholic Church . . .

Below is a passage from a letter written by St. Bernard of Clairvaux to the Bishops of Acquitaine regarding Gerard . . . Bishop of Angouleme . . . who . . . having been deposed from his office of nuncio by Pope Innocent . . . *because of reprehensible conduct *. . . attached himself in a spirit of opposition . . . to the Antipope Anacletus . . .

. . . regretably . . . this appears to fit the circumstance . . .​

“How foolish and vain is the passion of this old man, who dishonors his age and his priesthood for an ephemeral title, and a power which will pass away from him! What an abominable crime to reopen by a schism the wound in our Saviour’s side, whence flowed that blood and water which united all nations in one faith. Can any man divide them without becoming an enemy of His cross, and the accomplice of His death? O fierce passion! I have already said it, and he does not deny that he had the impudence to endeavor to obtain the object of his ambition … And with that sacrilegious hand he holds a power which he now uses to pierce the Saviour’s side, and ravage the Church! But one day he shall look on Him whom he pierced …

However it may be, the oracle of the Holy Ghost shall be accomplished; it must be that scandals come, but nevertheless, woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh!” - St. Bernard of Clairvaux

"Be not deceived;
God is not mocked:
for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap."
Galatians 6:7
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[Geremia]

As St. Peter wrote (I Pt. 2:17), we should honor the leader who upholds the secular order.

Obama, a staunch, 100% genuine, NARAL-approved pro-deather, upholds the secular order? Also, “to honor” means “to regard with great respect,” something we must do to every human being, kings to peasants. I Pt. 2:17 says:

11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul, 12 Having your conversation good among the Gentiles: that whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by the good works which they shall behold in you, glorify God in the day of visitation. 13 Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God’s sake: whether it be to the king as excelling, 14 Or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of the good. 15 For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free and not as making liberty a cloak for malice, but as the servants of God. 17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

There is much to admire and celebrate in the life and work of President Obama. His views and policies on immigration, expanding health care, alleviating poverty, and building peace through diplomacy have a deep resonance with Catholic social teaching. As the first African-American holder of this office, he has accelerated our country’s progress in overcoming the painful legacy of slavery and segregation. He is a remarkable figure in American history, and I look forward to welcoming him to Notre Dame.

St. Peter did not say “admire and celebrate” the king.

Also, racism leads to eugenics which leads to contraception which leads to abortion. How do we get more abortions, a.k.a. “a woman’s fundamental right to choose?” Answer: Not only improve eugenics, which includes euthanasia, sex-selection, in vitro fertilization, designer babies, sperm banks, embryonic stem cell research, cloning, etc., and fund condoms and pills, but promote racism, an obsessive focus on race.