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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

If any one of us can feel a broken heart, what must be the experience of the most perfect of human mothers? Yesterday, our Deacon gave an unforgettable homily. The statistics included and the relationship of those statistics to the Gospel of the Wedding Feast of Cana were stunning.

My husband asked the deacon if he would allow his homily to be printed on my husband's blog. He consented. I urge you to read it at:

http://renewthechurch.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/every-day-is-newtown-in-america-dcn-ed-peitler/

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

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MariaChristi

Maria,

Millions of us are already following Mary, Star of the New Evangelization.




http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachi ... elization/


Mary

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"Those who encounter the Risen Jesus
and entrust themselves docilely to him have nothing to fear.
This is the message that Christians are called to spread
to the very ends of the earth." Benedict XVI

Dear Mary,

Thanks for your reply. While I agree that there are those who are following Mary, Star of the New Evangelization, there certainly are not enough, when we read statistics like: 55 million babies have been aborted in the last 40 years. The media in the USA was outraged at the murder of 19 children in Newtown, CT, and rightly so, but let me quote from the homily I linked to this thread:

The Church in America needs to do more to let Christ's Truth shine in this dark culture of death. May the New Evangelization open the eyes and hearts of Catholics especially to the horrendous, intrinsic evil of abortion. How sad to realize that so many who call themselves Catholic voted for the most pro-abortion President in US History!

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

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MariaChristi

Maria, that will come about as living the New Evangelization helps us get stronger and stronger to the point that priests and laity understand and love living their own vocations.



Mary

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"Those who encounter the Risen Jesus
and entrust themselves docilely to him have nothing to fear.
This is the message that Christians are called to spread
to the very ends of the earth." Benedict XVI

Yes, Mary!

I agree: New Evangelization called for by our Popes, if truly lived, could bring about great good, including the end to abortion, ending the terrible statistics which break any mother's heart, especially Our Mother Mary's Immaculate Heart.

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MariaChristi

Maria, indeed, and we all need to pray for the Holy Spirit of the new Evangelization...for ourselves and for one another.


Mary

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"Those who encounter the Risen Jesus
and entrust themselves docilely to him have nothing to fear.
This is the message that Christians are called to spread
to the very ends of the earth." Benedict XVI