Obama giving commencement address at ND?

American Papist is reporting that President Obama will be giving the commencment address at Notre Dame... yes, you heard me, NOTRE DAME. Yeah, that one, really huge CATHOLIC school.

This is a man that absolutely flies in the face of the Church and the values of the Church... and he is going to be speaking to an institution of the Church?

I'm not sure what to say. Again, for the second time this week... I'm speechless.

Lord have mercy.

Billy Graham's prayer for the nation...

I love this e-mail that my wife sent me. It's so very true and I will pray thing along with Rev. Graham.

'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to
seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to
those
who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We
have lost
our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have
exploited the
poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and
called it
welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We
have shot
abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to
discipline
our children and called it building self esteem. We have
abused power and
called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's
possessions and called it
ambition. ;We have polluted the
earth with profanity and
pornography and called it freedom of
expression. We have ridiculed the
time-honored values of our
forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search
us, Oh God, and
know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set
us free.
Amen!'

My Public Apology...

I never really thought that my first confession would be on my blog. I always thought that I would have the whole time that I was in RCIA to really think up everything. Well, it seems that other than my love for my new faith, I have something else on my mind.

I was a pretty big talker this past election season. I talked to nearly everyone that I came in contact with about voting. I wanted to make sure that they were registered to vote. I wanted to make sure that they were informed about who they were voting for. I wanted them to make sure that they were in line with MY views. For that, I am sorry.

Understand this, I voted for Barack Obama because the man just sounded like he knew. He understood. John McCain was absolutely out of touch. Sarah Palin was out of touch. If they both ran again, with or against each other, in 2012, I would still not vote for them. The difference now, I wouldn't vote for Barack Obama, either. It seems that when something came up about an abortion stance that Obama had, I would make an excuse. If someone raised a question about the money he was wanting to spend, I had an excuse. I cannot believe that I ever had an excuse for something like abortion. I am sick to my stomach as I sit back and watch as Obama makes abortions as easy to get as a happy meal at McDonalds... and I know that while my vote didn't neccesaryily elect him, I know that I enabled his thinking process by letting him believe that it is acceptable.

I see the error of my ways and I am sorry like you wouldn't believe. I still appreciate the historical value of having an African American president and I am happy that it happened in my life. It's something that I am proud of... but when it comes down to the Right to Live - I am not proud. I pray that Barack Obama will understand the implications of allowing the slaughter of 46,000,000 unborn children will have on this nation, this world, and this culture of death.