CATHOLICS CHEER BUSH
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
They should. And they should vote for the United States President’s agenda during his second term. It squares with biblical morality.
Therefore, when Mr. Bush spoke to the national Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC, he spoke as Christian to Christians. The latter got the message and responded to the President with resounding applause.
There were 1600 meeting in the Washington Hilton, according to Patricia Zapor, Catholic News Service. They were all most attentive to the leader of the most powerful nation on Earth. They were in his corner. They were encouraged by his convictions.
"’Freedom rests on the self-evident truths about human dignity,’ Mr. Bush said. ‘Pope Benedict XVI recently warned that when we forget these truths, we risk sliding into a dictatorship of relativism where we can no longer defend our values. Catholics and non-Catholics alike can take heart in the man who sits on the chair of St. Peter, because he speaks with affection about the American model of liberty rooted in moral conviction.’"
In other words, both Catholics and Protestant Mr. Bush hold to the divine revelation. It is God who has spoken in Holy Scriptures concerning right and wrong. There are eternal absolutes. Life is not left to immoral relativism, situation ethics and each mortal writing his own religion and calling it baptized by Jehovah.
For these principles, Christians are daily derided by the political and religious liberals. John F. Kerry and wife, for instance, continue to desecrate communion by receiving the sacrament while supporting evils such as killing womb babies. The same for Edward Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi. And the list unfortunately could be extended.
For too long the "Catholics in name only" have held that their Christian ethics should not be reflected in their political lives. In other words, hypocrisy is acceptable. In other words, the morality died for by the martyrs is up for grabs by today’s political opportunists. In other words, the biblical mandates of all time are open for slicing up in the name of "freedom" and "all things to all people."
Mr. Bush lives by his Christian ethics, regardless of popularity or not. He has reiterated that he does not expect to push his Christian convictions upon others. Each individual may choose whatever religion or no religion he wishes to adhere to. However, for Mr. Bush, he states that he has the liberty right to live his Christian faith, speak of it and guide his daily principles by it.
It appears at the Catholic Prayer Breakfast that those in attendance agreed with such a stalwart witness. They were very pleased with the President’s strong positions. No quibbling. No waffling. No compromise. Vintage Mr. Bush, as always true to his inner self and the God who rules his existence.
He said Catholics "’have made sacrifices throughout American history because they understand that freedom is a divine gift that carries with it serious responsibilities. Among the greatest of these responsibilities is protecting the most vulnerable members of our society.’
Bush's comments were greeted with enthusiastic applause, especially when he referred to Pope John Paul II, whose funeral Bush attended in April; when he praised Catholic schools; and when he referred several times to a ‘culture of life,’ a phrase the late pope used often."
Fellow Christians would state emphatically that they believe that much of Mr. Bush’s executive success has been due to his alignment with God’s expectations for his committed life. Therefore, these believers would witness that Mr. Bush has been blessed by the Creator for defending the Creator’s moral base.
Without doubt, Mr. Bush will go down through history as the Freedom President. It is he who initiated Operation Iraqi Freedom’s three-week-win victory over despot Saddam Hussein. It was he who saw come to pass the historic January 30 vote at grassroots level in the New Iraq. It was he would witnessed the inauguration of the National Assembly in Baghdad.
It was Mr. Bush who initiated the planting of a democracy in Afghanistan which eventuated in that country’s first actual constitution of the people. Now Mr. Bush continues to see the liberty spread throughout the nation, regardless of the hounding from leftover Taliban attacks.
It was Mr. Bush who cheered on the democracy intentions of Ukraine as well as the democracy vote expectations anticipated this fall in Egypt. It was Mr. Bush who took in the oppressive militia release from Lebanon, the latter now promised governance of its own future. It was Mr. Bush who encouraged the democracy vote in Ethiopia recently.
With the global freedom spread envisioned by Mr. Bush, other countries are coming alive with hope for liberties personal. It’s the yearning of the human being. Mr. Bush has continually referred to that hunger within the human heart.
With that backdrop to his first and second terms in office, Mr. Bush’s sincerity was warming accepted by Catholics attending the annual breakfast. They conclude they have a faith-filled friend seated in the Oval Office. And in that they are exceptionally correct.
Thank God.
They should. And they should vote for the United States President’s agenda during his second term. It squares with biblical morality.
Therefore, when Mr. Bush spoke to the national Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC, he spoke as Christian to Christians. The latter got the message and responded to the President with resounding applause.
There were 1600 meeting in the Washington Hilton, according to Patricia Zapor, Catholic News Service. They were all most attentive to the leader of the most powerful nation on Earth. They were in his corner. They were encouraged by his convictions.
"’Freedom rests on the self-evident truths about human dignity,’ Mr. Bush said. ‘Pope Benedict XVI recently warned that when we forget these truths, we risk sliding into a dictatorship of relativism where we can no longer defend our values. Catholics and non-Catholics alike can take heart in the man who sits on the chair of St. Peter, because he speaks with affection about the American model of liberty rooted in moral conviction.’"
In other words, both Catholics and Protestant Mr. Bush hold to the divine revelation. It is God who has spoken in Holy Scriptures concerning right and wrong. There are eternal absolutes. Life is not left to immoral relativism, situation ethics and each mortal writing his own religion and calling it baptized by Jehovah.
For these principles, Christians are daily derided by the political and religious liberals. John F. Kerry and wife, for instance, continue to desecrate communion by receiving the sacrament while supporting evils such as killing womb babies. The same for Edward Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi. And the list unfortunately could be extended.
For too long the "Catholics in name only" have held that their Christian ethics should not be reflected in their political lives. In other words, hypocrisy is acceptable. In other words, the morality died for by the martyrs is up for grabs by today’s political opportunists. In other words, the biblical mandates of all time are open for slicing up in the name of "freedom" and "all things to all people."
Mr. Bush lives by his Christian ethics, regardless of popularity or not. He has reiterated that he does not expect to push his Christian convictions upon others. Each individual may choose whatever religion or no religion he wishes to adhere to. However, for Mr. Bush, he states that he has the liberty right to live his Christian faith, speak of it and guide his daily principles by it.
It appears at the Catholic Prayer Breakfast that those in attendance agreed with such a stalwart witness. They were very pleased with the President’s strong positions. No quibbling. No waffling. No compromise. Vintage Mr. Bush, as always true to his inner self and the God who rules his existence.
He said Catholics "’have made sacrifices throughout American history because they understand that freedom is a divine gift that carries with it serious responsibilities. Among the greatest of these responsibilities is protecting the most vulnerable members of our society.’
Bush's comments were greeted with enthusiastic applause, especially when he referred to Pope John Paul II, whose funeral Bush attended in April; when he praised Catholic schools; and when he referred several times to a ‘culture of life,’ a phrase the late pope used often."
Fellow Christians would state emphatically that they believe that much of Mr. Bush’s executive success has been due to his alignment with God’s expectations for his committed life. Therefore, these believers would witness that Mr. Bush has been blessed by the Creator for defending the Creator’s moral base.
Without doubt, Mr. Bush will go down through history as the Freedom President. It is he who initiated Operation Iraqi Freedom’s three-week-win victory over despot Saddam Hussein. It was he who saw come to pass the historic January 30 vote at grassroots level in the New Iraq. It was he would witnessed the inauguration of the National Assembly in Baghdad.
It was Mr. Bush who initiated the planting of a democracy in Afghanistan which eventuated in that country’s first actual constitution of the people. Now Mr. Bush continues to see the liberty spread throughout the nation, regardless of the hounding from leftover Taliban attacks.
It was Mr. Bush who cheered on the democracy intentions of Ukraine as well as the democracy vote expectations anticipated this fall in Egypt. It was Mr. Bush who took in the oppressive militia release from Lebanon, the latter now promised governance of its own future. It was Mr. Bush who encouraged the democracy vote in Ethiopia recently.
With the global freedom spread envisioned by Mr. Bush, other countries are coming alive with hope for liberties personal. It’s the yearning of the human being. Mr. Bush has continually referred to that hunger within the human heart.
With that backdrop to his first and second terms in office, Mr. Bush’s sincerity was warming accepted by Catholics attending the annual breakfast. They conclude they have a faith-filled friend seated in the Oval Office. And in that they are exceptionally correct.
Thank God.
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