Senator Obama What Are You Hiding?

I find it rather puzzling that all the political candidates have released their medical records including that of Govenor Sarah Palin, but not Senator Barack Obama.

This begs the question, why?

In his autobiography Senator Obama admits to using cocaine but just what year did he desist using this illegal substance?

If Senator Obama were to release his medical records would it hold information pertaining to his use of cocaine and just how long he was addicted to this illegal narcotic?

One is let to ponder why did the Senator not release his medical records?

A 'doctors statement' is not a medical record. And why is the media silent on the fact that unlike the other candidates Senator Obama declined to share his medical history?

Is it not important to know the medical history of a person who may oneday hold the highest office in the land?

I will then ask the question, Senator Obama just what are you hiding by not releasing your medical records?

If this man is so open and honest then let him open his medical records to discerning voters.

Stop hiding Senator and release your records to the public.

Written by Marie

When Faith Stands On Shifting Sands

What does being a Catholic mean?

I can tell you what it doesn't mean. It doesn't mean we must make sure we have gained every material advantage for ourselves and our families.

We think if we gain many 'things' then we are a success, but what price was paid for a gaining of these material luxuries?

Were we born so that we could fill our homes with plamsa TV screens, computers and all the latest gadgets and gizmo's? Is our faith all about making sure we have saved enough money to educate our children in the finest universities so they may become materially wealthy?

And when these youths graduate do parents then allow them to behave wildly and party before settling down to more 'serious' things, like earning lots of money? Would it not be better to send these young men and women to work with the Missionaries of Charity or other Catholic Charities? So that our youth will understand that life is not about getting the best, but of giving the best of yourselves to another in need?

Did God create us to live in a corporate world?

A world of steel and concrete. A glass prison where our souls are enchained, as we walk the corporate treadmill in a mad race to be the best and the brightest, at what exactly?

And for those on the opposite end of the financial spectrum who cannot afford to send their children to the finest universities. Who are your childrens teachers? Drug Lords and Gang leaders?

Our youth are becoming emotional vacuums where the currency is not serving others but serving self.

We admire and revere our Saints without understanding that we are today's Saints.

Marriage does not preclude one from Sainthood, St. Gianna Molla is one example another is Louis and Zelie Martin, who raised a Saint, their daughter Therese.

We were not created to live comfortable lives of suburban bliss or corporate power. And once we reach a certain age we can then retire and live comfortably off our assets. Is that what faith is, to make sure that our own interests are served first?

We were born powerful, we were born to speak The Truth without compromise, we were born for greatness.

You are a child of God, a witness to The Truth in an age of untruths.

We must make sure we remain true to The Catholic Churches Teachings but we cannot do this if we live our faith in such a way that we become too frightened to speak God's Truth. We become essentially agreeable to all faiths.

Is it a case that your faith may not be my faith so let us honour your faith lest mine cause offense?

The devil is in the detail and the detail here is when we compromise our beliefs so as to be seen as open minded and inclusive.

In order to be courageous and speak God's Truth unflinchingly we must understand that we are not placed on this earth to be amenable to every pervading fad or thought. As Christians we must not be fainthearted but instead to stand on Truth alone, lest we find ourselves living...a lie.

Written by Marie

Who Am I?

Who am I? That is a cry I hear from many people. The problem begins when they expect someone else to tell them who they are.

Why is this such a problem? How can people not know who they are?

When you live your life in such a way that you draw back from being tested and run when God is tempering you in fear that the process may be painful, you will never know your own capabilities. You will also never understand your own strengths and weaknesses.

Why? Because knowingly or unknowingly you decided to stay comfortable.

It is much easier to stay comfortable than to challenge yourself or allow another to challenge you. We want to be safe, we want it all without it costing us.

Many lose their identity as they swim in the ocean of 'niceness'. They have lived so long trying to be nice to everyone that oneday they awake and wonder, who am I? Where did I lose myself?

To some extent we confuse 'niceness' as being christian spirited. Many think that in order to be a good Christian we have to be nice to everyone we meet. That is not what faith is about, 'niceness' is not gentleness.

If anything a longing to be perceived as 'nice' is actually a distorted form of self love. A person who is needy begins to live a lie. They become the image of how others see them, this then leads them to live the image and lose themselves while doing it.

The difference with niceness and gentleness is this; niceness wont speak the Truth(God's Truth) in case it causes offense. Or the nice person will remain silent even if they know another is in serious error or in danger of losing their soul. This is self love. A gentle person speaks the Truth without judgement even if it means losing a friendship, the gentle persons focus is on God and not themselves. This is selfless love.

When did we think that in order to be seen as 'nice' we have to be agreeable to just about anything?

A failure to speak the Truth to one who needs to hear it is a failure of love.

Until you have been tested in the Fire of God's Love by living and speaking His Truth irrespective of your own popularity, you know not love. We learn who we are when we have gone through adversity and when our mettle has been tested, but if we keep running, we wont grow. It is that simple.

Unless you are willing to accept that Discipleship costs, you will have thrown away the Pearl of Great Price for the shell.

If you spend your life running from difficult situations, you will remain a shadow of who you were born to be.

Would YOU prefer to hear the hard Truth or a nice lie?