The Charge of the Rosary Brigade

Written by John Horvat II

When I first heard that America Needs Fatima had set a goal of 10,000 Public Square Rosary Rallies for 2013, I thought to myself that this was not just an ordinary crowd but a veritable army or brigade. The invitation to pray publicly for America’s future on such a massive scale enthralled me. When the number of rallies surged to over 11,000, I was awestruck. The idea of a brigade stayed with me in the days before the rally as I prepared myself to venture out into the public square. This was truly the Charge of the Rosary Brigade!

Indeed, it would appear madness for a single individual to defy our culture and pray publicly in the public square for America’s conversion. Now I was part of a whole brigade. Like the soldier that takes comfort in knowing he is not alone in the midst of the battle, so also I was comforted knowing that I was joined by others in my particular rally and yet hundreds of thousands more in 11,000 other rallies across the nation.

With lines of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s famous poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” running through my mind, I took courage, and on that October 12 morning, rode into the culture of death not with the six hundred but with the 11,000.

Of course, there were obstacles to be confronted. True to Tennyson’s narrative, we also faced adversity. There were smirks to the right of us, insults by passersby on the left. Indifference scattered all about. But the conviction that I was with others only served to embolden me to surge ahead and pray all the louder.

In such circumstances, I did not stop to think out each detail of our mission. We were focused on our great goal: to ask Our Lady’s intercession for all the moral problems we face. In the thick of our public square charge, ours indeed was not to reason why but to do and die as we defied the culture of death with the 11,000!

My rally was a small one in the nation’s capital. It was but a small episode of the whole battle. We were situated on a busy intersection of Connecticut and Calvert streets. It was a trendy part of town with plenty of foot traffic yet full of those who hardly shared our perspective. We occupied one of “their” corners with our banner and standard. On the other side of the street, there gathered groups of people that formed what seemed like a “counter” rally of spectators who looked upon us with disbelief and even scorn.  It was truly a test of wills taking place on that corner on a drizzly October day.

Thousands of pedestrians and drivers witnessed this astonishing scene of bold witness. A few passersby broke ranks and join us in prayer. Others walked up and encouraged us with exclamations of God bless you! But many showed disdain for our prayers, uttered gratuitous insults or feigned indifference. Ours was the task to endure ridicule and redouble our prayers as we defied the culture of death with the 11,000!

 Decade after decade, we advanced our rosary, an act repeated across the nation. It was wondrous to be at that busy intersection. We were part of a huge brigade that stormed heaven with our prayers at this moment when our nation is full of great difficulties.

We were those who grieved for the nation and sought heavenly solutions to our moral problems.

 We were honored to be part of those who defied the culture of death, broke through indifference and scorn, and presented our entreaties to the Blessed Mother. From this day forward, we can say we were part of the Charge of the Rosary Brigade – that noble 11,000!

   

A World in Psychological Disorder

The National Institute of Mental Health reports that almost 21 million American adults have a mood disorder, 14.8 million adults have a major depressive disorder, 5.7 million suffer from bipolar disorder, 2.4 million have schizophrenia, 40 million have an anxiety disorder, 6 million have a panic disorder, 7.7 million are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, 6.8 million have generalized anxiety disorder, 15 million have a social phobia (fear of any situation where escape may be difficult, like traveling in a car, bus or airplane) and another 19 million have some type of specific phobia (marked, persistent fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation).

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/amputating-healthy-organs-the-new-normal/#Suv2F1beBTuAwlQA.99

the National Institute of Mental Health reports that almost 21 million American adults have a mood disorder, 14.8 million adults have a major depressive disorder, 5.7 million suffer from bipolar disorder, 2.4 million have schizophrenia, 40 million have an anxiety disorder, 6 million have a panic disorder, 7.7 million are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, 6.8 million have generalized anxiety disorder, 15 million have a social phobia (fear of any situation where escape may be difficult, like traveling in a car, bus or airplane) and another 19 million have some type of specific phobia (marked, persistent fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation).
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/amputating-healthy-organs-the-new-normal/#Suv2F1beBTuAwlQA.99

How many Americans have problems like these, where their thinking and feeling (or whatever lurks behind their thinking and feeling) profoundly deceives them? Fasten your seat belt, because in addition to the 2-3 million with OCD, the National Institute of Mental Health reports that almost 21 million American adults have a mood disorder, 14.8 million adults have a major depressive disorder, 5.7 million suffer from bipolar disorder, 2.4 million have schizophrenia, 40 million have an anxiety disorder, 6 million have a panic disorder, 7.7 million are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, 6.8 million have generalized anxiety disorder, 15 million have a social phobia (fear of any situation where escape may be difficult, like traveling in a car, bus or airplane) and another 19 million have some type of specific phobia (marked, persistent fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation).
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/amputating-healthy-organs-the-new-normal/#lp0RMedjlQcAAqz6.99

How many Americans have problems like these, where their thinking and feeling (or whatever lurks behind their thinking and feeling) profoundly deceives them? Fasten your seat belt, because in addition to the 2-3 million with OCD, the National Institute of Mental Health reports that almost 21 million American adults have a mood disorder, 14.8 million adults have a major depressive disorder, 5.7 million suffer from bipolar disorder, 2.4 million have schizophrenia, 40 million have an anxiety disorder, 6 million have a panic disorder, 7.7 million are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, 6.8 million have generalized anxiety disorder, 15 million have a social phobia (fear of any situation where escape may be difficult, like traveling in a car, bus or airplane) and another 19 million have some type of specific phobia (marked, persistent fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation).
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/amputating-healthy-organs-the-new-normal/#lp0RMedjlQcAAqz6.99

How many Americans have problems like these, where their thinking and feeling (or whatever lurks behind their thinking and feeling) profoundly deceives them? Fasten your seat belt, because in addition to the 2-3 million with OCD, the National Institute of Mental Health reports that almost 21 million American adults have a mood disorder, 14.8 million adults have a major depressive disorder, 5.7 million suffer from bipolar disorder, 2.4 million have schizophrenia, 40 million have an anxiety disorder, 6 million have a panic disorder, 7.7 million are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, 6.8 million have generalized anxiety disorder, 15 million have a social phobia (fear of any situation where escape may be difficult, like traveling in a car, bus or airplane) and another 19 million have some type of specific phobia (marked, persistent fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation).
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/amputating-healthy-organs-the-new-normal/#lp0RMedjlQcAAqz6.99

How many Americans have problems like these, where their thinking and feeling (or whatever lurks behind their thinking and feeling) profoundly deceives them? Fasten your seat belt, because in addition to the 2-3 million with OCD, the National Institute of Mental Health reports that almost 21 million American adults have a mood disorder, 14.8 million adults have a major depressive disorder, 5.7 million suffer from bipolar disorder, 2.4 million have schizophrenia, 40 million have an anxiety disorder, 6 million have a panic disorder, 7.7 million are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, 6.8 million have generalized anxiety disorder, 15 million have a social phobia (fear of any situation where escape may be difficult, like traveling in a car, bus or airplane) and another 19 million have some type of specific phobia (marked, persistent fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation).
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/amputating-healthy-organs-the-new-normal/#lp0RMedjlQcAAqz6.99

Washington Judge Repremanded for Refusing to Officiate at Same-Sex "Weddings"

by Kirsten Andersen

OLYMPIA, WA, October 8, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Washington state judge has been officially reprimanded by the Judicial Conduct Commission after refusing to officiate same-sex weddings for what he said were “philosophical and religious reasons.”

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Gary Tabor first came under scrutiny by the Commission after Washington voters approved a measure late last year authorizing same-sex “marriage” in the state.  Immediately prior to the law’s taking effect, in a private meeting between judges and court personnel, Tabor had expressed discomfort with the idea of officiating gay nuptials.  One of the attendees later leaked his comments to the press, which reported them widely.

Tabor told reporters at the time that his opposition to same-sex marriage was personal and rooted in his religious views.  Because judges are permitted, but not required to officiate weddings, Tabor said he believed he had the right to choose to officiate only those marriages he was comfortable supporting, as long as a substitute could be easily found to replace him.  Eventually, though, the media frenzy prompted Tabor to announce he would simply no longer officiate any weddings at all, in order to avoid the perception of bias.

But in May of this year, the Judicial Conduct Commission filed a complaint against Judge Tabor, arguing that in refusing to perform gay weddings, he violated the state’s anti-discrimination law, which names sexual orientation as a protected class, and that his personal statements against gay marriage could cause people to lose their faith in the justice system.

This week, Tabor agreed to sign his name to a formal admonishment – the lowest form of censure issued by the Commission – in which he agreed that by publicly expressing his religious opposition to same-sex “marriage” and officiating weddings only for opposite-sex couples, he “appeared to express a discriminatory intent against a statutorily protected class of people, thereby undermining public confidence in his impartiality.”

Tabor agreed that his stated views “could well have created the impression he might be less than fair to a lesbian or gay person” in the divorce and custody battles that are sure to follow the legalization of same-sex “marriage.”

While the Commission conceded that Tabor “initially concluded, in good faith, that he could ethically decline to perform same-sex weddings based upon his personal religious views so long as same-sex couples were accommodated by having access to another judge without delay,” they claimed “his analysis did not adequately take into account the unique and integral role judicial officers play in our constitutional scheme of justice, and how a judge must not only be impartial, but must also be perceived as impartial, in order to properly fulfill that role.”

Judge Tabor was not available for comment, but the Thurston County Superior Court released a statement saying: “Judge Tabor has accepted the Judicial Conduct Commission decision. It provides guidance to all judges in Washington state. No same-sex couples will be denied the right to be married in Thurston County.”

I'm Not Making This Up: A Secular Protest Against a Public Square Rosary Rally!

Atheists spend an awful amount of time trying to deny the existence of God who they say does not exist. 

The most recent example are a group of atheists who are organizing against our rosary rallies.  Check out this press rlease:
    
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October, 2013
Local secularists to protest Public Square Rosary Crusade Wilkes-Barre – The NEPA Freethought Society — a community group of atheists, agnostics, and secularists throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania — will be staging a protest of the October 12, 2013 Public Square Rosary Crusade at the Our Lady of Fatima Grotto on North Street in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania brandishing a banner reading “Nothing Fails Like Prayer” which was previously displayed on Wilkes-Barre’s Public Square in May of 2013.

If you don’t believe me, check it out for yourself here.

A Contract with the Devil

The devil could not endure such devotion to the holy Virgin, and tormented him continually with temptations against purity.

Own This Statue
A.) A Contract With The Devil
The devil could not endure such devotion to the holy Virgin, and tormented him continually with temptations against purity; and the poor old hermit finding himself still pursued by them, notwithstanding all his prayers and mortifications, said one day to the enemy: “What have I done to you, that you will not leave me in peace?”

And the demon appeared to him and answered: …full article (a 1 minute read)


B.) When Done For The Love Of Mary
A young nobleman was reading one day, while at sea, an obscene book, in which he took great pleasure. A religious said to him: …full article (a 1 minute read)