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July 4th Adoration for the Nation

Posted: June 19, 2023 by datechguy in catholic, catholic devotions, Church doctrine
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“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Matthew 7:7-8

Two weeks ago my parish priest approached me concerning our weekly adoration (Mondays 8:30 to 7 PM, Tuesdays 8:30 to 4 pm) at our parish. Because July 4th falls on a Tuesday and the parade would block one of the regular routes to our church he wanted to know if we (myself and the other person who organizes the Adoration schedule) wanted to call it off for the day, after all many of the adorers might be attending the parade and/or spending the day with family and may not be free to come.

Now my wife being a nurse doesn’t have the 4th off but I do so I figured I could cover anyone who didn’t make it but the more I thought about it, looking at things like Minnesota going all in on abortion to the date of birth, Maryland, a state founded by Catholics going all in on Transgenderism and stuff like the Dodgers embrace of an anti Catholic group that even the San Francisco Giants had backed away from in the past, it struck me that if there was ever a day that we needed to approach God in the Blessed Sacrament it would be the 4th of July.

So in addition to telling our priest that we will have adoration as normal, I am urging Catholics across the USA to find a church or chapel that has Adoration on the 4th or if there is no such church or chapel available go online to one of the many perpetual adoration live streams offered and spend an hour with Christ in prayer for the country.

We’ll call it Adoration for the nation.

After all Christ urges us to persistence in prayer, let’s trust his word and ask.

“F*ck the Fourth” among many pro-abortion protests planned for Independence Day

Posted: July 3, 2022 by John Ruberry in abortion, culture, News/opinion, opinion/news, politics
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By John Ruberry

While I was a child at the time, I don’t recall much during the politically turbulent 1960s and early 1970s in regard to protests of July 4th, that is, America’s Independence Day. 

But of course, 21st-century leftists will take things too far. And the progressives never seem to be at a loss for anger. The most egregious attack on the 4th, and to be fair, America, comes from Tucson, Arizona and in a since-deleted Tweet, captured by Libs of Tik Tok, the Pima County Democratic Party wrote, “F*ck the Fourth,” along with a graphic that included this message for the Tucson Women’s Network, “Bring comfortable shoes, water, lawn chairs, posters, and your anger.” The other group’s graphic, as you can see, doesn’t use an asterisk in the F-word.

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1542994095001325569?cxt=HHwWgsCisYm96OkqAAAA

The “F*ck the 4th” protest is in response to last month’s US Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson case, in an expected ruling–courtesy of a leaked draft opinion–which overruled Roe v. Wade and returns the abortion ruling to the states. 

And in those states, besides Arizona, there are pro-abortion protests planned in conjunction with Independence Day. There’s a call to wear black, instead of red, white, and blue on July 4th, which is not a particularly wise idea if you plan to be outdoors a lot on the holiday. The high temperature where I live is expected to be 91 degrees on the 4th. 

Bans Off Our Bodies Florida is now in the middle of a weekend boycott on retail spending to protest Dobbs v. Jackson. Also in Florida, on the Space Coast, there’s a pro-abortion protest there, Gannett’s Florida Today reports. Here’s some irony: To reach the story I had to click through a July 4th subscription special pop-up ad, as I did for another Gannett publication, the MetroWest Daily News, to learn about a Framingham, Massachusetts anti-Dobbs protest. “Fourth of July is cancelled,” one of the organizers says.

I don’t feel compelled to mention each protest, you get the point. But here’s one more. Leave it to my state, goofy Illinois, to take thing a step farther. The owner of a Chicago children’s boutique is organizing, along with the Chicago Abortion Fund, a “Families for Abortion Access” march.

Of course, the right to free speech, which of course includes unpopular speech, doesn’t go away on July 4th, once again the far-left is being offensive and angering the persuadable center by calling for “F*ck the Fourth” and more.

John Ruberry regularly blogs at Marathon Pundit. He plans to spend part of the 4th at the Morton Grove Days festival, watching fireworks there, wearing red, white, and blue.

4th of July photos Fitchburg 2011 (see the rest at datechguyblog.com)

Posted: July 4, 2011 by datechguy in local stuff
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If you came here After I gave you my card at the parade here is a slideshow of the Parade pictures

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If you want to see them all at one, just click here to head over to my new current site. (Haven’t had new cards made yet).

Maj Bill Gunn & John Olver in Fitchburg: Update that’s a “1” you idiot!

Posted: July 5, 2010 by datechguy in elections, local stuff, opinion/news, special events, tea parties
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In addition to the proximity of Romano’s Mkt, one of the great advantages of the house I live in is the path of Fitchburg’s 4th of July parade is only 2 blocks from the house, less than a 5 min walk. So every year since December of 1991 we go and watch it.

Six months before we bought the house John Olver became my congressman. In all the years that I’ve seen Fitchburg’s 4th of July Parade I’ve never seen Congressman Olver there…

Mayor Lisa Wong with Congressman John Olver at the July 4th Parade in Fitchburg 2010

…until yesterday.

Not that is it odd for a congressman to march in one of the largest cities in his district but what brought about the change. Well oddly enough I think it had to do with the presence of Bill Gunn candidate for the 1st district marching in the same parade.

It was suggested at the tea party meeting on Monday that Mr. Olver’s presence was added at the last minute when he heard Mr. Gunn would be there. If a liberal as established as John Olver sees the need to electioneer this year in Massachusetts then the times they are a’changin.

P. S. Yes that was an abrupt end to the video. My camera memory filled just as he was finishing his last sentence. The rest of his sentence says we need fiscally responsible candidates on the Local, State and Federal Level.

UPDATE: As I was writing the post I was looking at the flyer on the table. it said “MA 1” but I thought the “1” was a “J” so I thought it was “Maj” as in Major. Mr. Gunn has corrected me. That’s totally my bad.

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