Go Ahead and Be a Martha

          “Don’t be a Maratha,” we are told, referring to the story of Mary and Martha in the New Testament.   Can you imagine such a thing?  I would not like it if people went around saying, “Don’t be a Patti.”. 

That is what came of Martha’s worrying about getting tasks done for her guests while her sister Mary simply sat and listened to Jesus.  

House Chaplain Casts Out Evil

Fr. Pat Convoy, screen shot capture from C-Span 

It was not an exorcism but the Chaplain of the House of Representatives, Father Patrick Convoy prayed to “cast out all spirits of darkness” on Thursday after tensions flared during debates. 

“Let us pray,” he began. “We give you thanks, Oh God, for giving us another day. This has been a difficult and contentious week in which darker spirits seem to have been at play in the people’s house.” 

Co-opting Blessed Mother Demands Reparation

From Poland to the U.S., the Blessed Mother is being used in blasphemous ways.  By imposing rainbow flags onto her images, she is being co-opted by LGBT activists.
           In April, there was furor in Poland over a rainbow Madonna that led to the arrest of an LBGT activist for appropriating a sacred image considered a national treasure with the LGBT rainbow colors.