Go down on your knees on 17th May

Why?

Because some bright twit has appointed it the 'International Day against Homophobia'

"Bucket please, nurse"

I regret having to repeat what, for us Catholics has now become a mantra - 'it's the sin not the sinner' but it's true.

Then, of course, there are those that get upset over use of the 'sin' word.

And, certainly, we are not phobic (scared) of homosexuals, they are sinners just as we heterosexuals are sinners and those who follow a life of celibacy have both my prayers and admiration.

The real problem is that homosexual acts are different in format, from robbing a bank or mugging an old lady.

Evil as those crimes may be, they do not disgust us in the same manner as homosexual acts.

And I trust that we all know why and that I need go no further on this point.

The great Lisa Graas has an excellent post on the subject HERE.

I believe that the explosion of the acceptance of homosexuality by society poses the greatest threat to Christianity in the world.

Our schools are under pressure to incorporate 'John and Jim' type teaching into an already unacceptable programme of sex education.

Parents, many of them, are afraid to stick their heads above the parapet for fear of being cast as 'homophobes' or, worse, arrested.

Our adoption agencies have all but vanished in the face of same sex couples adopting poor, innocent children.

And our priests will soon be arraigned in court for refusing to officiate at same sex "weddings".

Above all, however, there is now a fear about speaking out against homosexuality, even in the Catholic world.

"Who am I to judge" has caused enormous damage to our moral authority.

We are not a baying mob picking up stones.

We are not hypocritical Pharisees blind to God's commands.

But we are parents, grandparents, priests, teachers, aunts and uncles who do not wish to see those in our care subjected to immoral blackmail and intimidation.

So, on Saturday 17th May, go down on your knees and say the rosary and remember Lourdes and Fatima (especially).

Pray for sinners, pray for the world - and do penance!

I don't like their coffee anyway.....

....I am speaking of Starbucks of course. The company that insists that there is no "small" size only "large" and "regular." I am not a philosopher in any shape or form but surely if you offer a "large" size plus a size below that, then it must qualify as "small".

You should see the "large" size

They are further damned in my eyes by serving the "regular" coffee in a cup that would double very nicely as a garden water feature and I am getting to the stage where it is easier to take my mouth down to table level rather than pull a muscle lifting the cup to my lips.

Now the good blogger Signor Mundabor is featuring a petition designed to encourage us to avoid entering a Starbucks establishment whether it be in Manhattan or Merthyr Tydfil and to make our displeasure known to the board and 
                                                                     shareholders of this company.

Why?
Well not just because the coffee tastes like ______ (can't say the word this early in the day) but because the company has made a stand in favour of homosexual "marriage."

Now I am beginning to suffer from petition fatigue and, indeed, it could be argued that the more these quick and easy online petitions are brought so readily into play, the less effective they become but......but......I cannot refuse this one, especially as I don't like their coffee.

So please visit Mundy's site HERE and sign up.

And then Google 'Costa' to find your closest alternative to Starbucks!

Only then might they wake up and smell the coffee incense.