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Prayer that shocked the nation

Note: I received this story in an email this morning. I'm publishing this here so I can share it with the readership. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard: "Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, "Woe to those who call evil good", but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot anti-abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have pol...

The Only Hope for the Philippines

by Father James Reuter, S.J. Note: I found this message in my mailbox this morning. This originally came from a Yahoo Group I am presently subscribing. By her own admission, GMA (Gloria Macapagal Arroyo) rightfully assessed that over the last decades; our republic has become one of the weakest, steadily left behind by its more progressive neighbors.' Forty years ago, we were only second to Japan in economic stature, and way ahead of Singapore , Hong Kong , Malaysia , and Thailand . Today, at our present growth rate, it will take us 30 years to get to where Thailand is. A population of 160 Million; Of those, 70 to 90 million (equivalent to our current population) will live below the poverty line; Our national debt is estimated to be at US$200B (compared to US$28B when Marcos fled, and US$53B today); We will be competing, not against Thailand or even Vietnam , but against Bangladesh ; We will be the most corrupt nation in Asia , if not in the world (we're already ranke...