Fortnight for Freedom
Vatican City. Enough said.
"On April 12, the Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a document, "Our First, Most Cherished Liberty,” outlining the bishops’ concerns over threats to religious freedom, both at home and abroad. The bishops called for a “Fortnight for Freedom,” a 14-day period of prayer, education and action in support of religious freedom, from June 21-July 4.
Bishops in their own dioceses are encouraged to arrange special events to highlight the importance of defending religious freedom. Catholic institutions are encouraged to do the same, especially in cooperation with other Christians, Jews, people of other faiths and all who wish to defend our most cherished freedom.
The fourteen days from June 21—the vigil of the Feasts of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More—to July 4, Independence Day, are dedicated to this “fortnight for freedom”—a great hymn of prayer for our country. Our liturgical calendar celebrates a series of great martyrs who remained faithful in the face of persecution by political power—St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More, St. John the Baptist, SS. Peter and Paul, and the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome. Culminating on Independence Day, this special period of prayer, study, catechesis, and public action would emphasize both our Christian and American heritage of liberty. Dioceses and parishes around the country could choose a date in that period for special events that would constitute a great national campaign of teaching and witness for religious liberty."
From the USSCB Website.
The Catholic Church has been going through a lot lately, especially in The United States. The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops has decided that a way to combat the US Government is through prayer, setting up Fortnight for Freedom. What is it? Well above, it is explained. St. Thomas More is the Patron saint of Lawyers, so it makes sense that we'll be praying on his feast day.
I see this, and it reminds me that our biggest weapon against the injustices we see in this country, is prayer. We can not ever stop praying, and the sooner we figure that out as a country, the better. One man can not make a decision for all of us, especially one that goes against the sanctity of life. President Obama and his group of Politicians have been doing some unbelievably unjust things, and enough is enough.
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Don't stop praying!
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