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Warning on blasphemy and the desecration of Sunday. 

Elena of Tea At Trianon has a post commemorating the anniversary of the apparition of the Mother of God at La Salette, France in 1846.  (Elena has the text of Our Lady’s message.)

Our Lady appeared weeping for the sins of blasphemy and the desecration of Sundays.  These are sins our society takes lightly today.  Just the other evening on national television, Sally Fields used God’s name in vain anger against the war.  (Don’t forget Kathy Griffin’s comment to Jesus.)  As we all know, Sunday has become a day for sports, shopping, and a lot of other dubious entertainments, rather than a day set aside for worship, recollection and wholesome rest.

Whenever I write anything about how we spend our Sundays, some people with families get a little verklempft and tell me this is a day to be together with the family, which often includes going to sporting events or spending time in recreational shopping.  Whatever.  So these thoughts don’t apply to the Cleavers.    Just don’t forget that Sunday is also a day for many people - with or without families, to drink and party… without going to Mass or Church, praying, or engaging in any type of charitable activity.

Jesu! 

Close to the same time as the apparitions at La Salette, the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus gained new impetus in France due to the revelations by Our Lord to a Carmelite nun of Tours.  Her name was Sr. Marie St. Pierre, OCD.  Our Lord offered the Devotion to His Holy Face  as reparation for blasphemy and the desecration of Sundays, attaching marvelous promises to the devotion.  The image chosen in the work of reparation was the Veil of Veronica.  Associated in this work was the man known as the Holy Man of Tours, M. Dupont, who established the Confraternity of the Holy Face at Tours.

One may become a member of this Confraternity by contacting the Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Michigan, formerly the Detroit Carmel.  The address is:

Carmelite Monastery

35750 Moravian Drive

Clinton Township, Michigan 48035-2138  

Acceptance of homosexuality at a new high.

New Oxford Review has a report on a recent Gallup poll which found that mainstream America’s acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle, as well as same-sex marriage is at a new high.

A Gallup Poll released on May 29 has found that tolerance of homosexuality in the U.S. has reached a record high. Gallup posed this question: “Do you think homosexuality should be considered an acceptable alternative lifestyle or not?” In 1982, 34 percent of Americans said yes. In 2007, 57 percent of Americans said yes, and only 39 percent said no. Among the 18-34 age group in 2007, 75 percent said yes, and 23 percent said no. - New Oxford

Strangely enough, the same poll found that a large percentage of Americans, both liberal and conservative, feel that U.S. morality is in the toilet.