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Fortnight For Freedom

 

 

 

The fight over the HHS Mandate is about to come to a boil.  In June the Bishops are going to have this document inserted in Mass bulletins throughout the nation which mentions the necessity of disobeying immoral laws in certain situations.

Some unjust laws impose such injustices on individuals and organizations that disobeying the laws may be justified.  Every effort must be made to repeal them.  When fundamental human goods, such as the right of conscience, are at stake, we may need witness to the truth by resisting the law and incurring its penalties.

I am almost thankful to President Obama.  Due to his blind hubris, his willingness to ride roughshod over American liberties for cheap perceived political advantage, he has awakened the Church in this country from her slumber, and reminded Catholics that they are part of the Church Militant here on Earth. 

Beginning for two weeks, up to Independence Day, the Bishops are having a Fortnight For Freedom:

On April 12, the Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty of the U.S.  Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a document, “Our First,  Most Cherished Liberty,” outlining the bishops’ concerns over threats to religious freedom, both at home and abroad. The bishops called for a “Fortnight for Freedom,” a 14-day period of prayer, education and action in support of religious freedom, from June 21-July 4.

Bishops in their own dioceses are encouraged to arrange special events to  highlight the importance of defending religious freedom. Catholic  institutions are encouraged to do the same, especially in cooperation  with other Christians, Jews, people of other faiths and all who wish to  defend our most cherished freedom.

The fourteen days from June  21—the vigil of the Feasts of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More—to  July 4, Independence Day, are dedicated to this “fortnight for  freedom”—a great hymn of prayer for our country. Our liturgical calendar celebrates a series of great martyrs who remained faithful in the face  of persecution by political power—St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More,  St. John the Baptist, SS. Peter and Paul, and the First Martyrs of the  Church of Rome.  Culminating on Independence Day, this special period of prayer, study, catechesis, and public action would emphasize both our  Christian and American heritage of liberty. Dioceses and parishes around the country could choose a date in that period for special events that  would constitute a great national campaign of teaching and witness for  religious liberty.

We here at The American Catholic will be participating in the Fortnight For Freedom with special blog posts on each day.  As I have noted many times on this blog, 2012 is no longer merely an election year for Catholics.  This is an Elijah on Mount Carmel year.  A time for choosing is upon us, something our Bishops understand.

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Stacy Trasancos
Sunday, May 27, AD 2012 4:57pm

Donald,

“I am almost thankful to President Obama.”

I have thought the same thing many times, God’s timing is not our timing, his presidency was a much needed wake-up call for many lukewarm people. But OH! I’d vote for a ham sandwich before I’d vote for Obama.

And I love how you tip-toe’d around your point in the next sentence — NOT! 😀

PM
PM
Sunday, May 27, AD 2012 5:22pm

Fortnight4freedom.org

Uplifting and renewing as Easter season closes and Ordinary Time returns.

Your ‘Elijah on Mount Carmel Year’ has to be reality, after the Rip Van Winkle one.

Tom Murphy
Tom Murphy
Monday, May 28, AD 2012 2:11pm

What is the response of that pseudo-group, Catholics United? Will their liberal members have the hubris to balk about balking?

Fabio Paolo Barbieri
Tuesday, May 29, AD 2012 4:08am

A THING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE THE ELDER DAYS…
…THE ENTS ARE GOING TO WAKE UP, AND FIND THAT THEY ARE STRONG.

Nissa Annakindt
Tuesday, May 29, AD 2012 2:25pm

Religious freedom has been under attack for some time, though the attackers claim that this is not their aim.

People need to wake up and speak out about what is going on. I hope everyone will get the courage to speak out, through blog posts or Facebook shares, every day up to and including July Fourth.

Garth A Weiss
Tuesday, May 29, AD 2012 6:40pm

It appears as though the liberal agenda, in the name of evolving society, is attempting to slide their Europeanizing mindset into place under the many smokescreen guises, all the while abolishing our GREAT CONSTITUTION

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