St. Peter Blog

¡Viva Cristo Rey!

Damien Cook — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:19:13 +0000

I would like to draw your attention to the upcoming June 1 release of an important new movie, For Greater Glory: the True Story of Cristiada. The movie tells the powerful story of the Cristero War and the struggle for religious freedom in Mexico during the persecution of the Catholic Church in the late 1920s.

The example of the saintly Mexican Martyrs like St. José María Robles Hurtado, a priest and member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1979 in Guadalajara, are as relevant and inspirational now as they were then. We, too, are confronted with threats against our religious freedom and the ever-growing tide of atheistic secularism. We need to imitate the courage of these brave Saints and we need their holy intercession. The movie is topnotch in production values and stars quality actors like Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, Peter O’Toole, Oscar Isaac, and Santiago Cabrera. The film is also fully endorsed by the Knights of Columbus and has received enthusiastic support from many bishops. The film is rated R for war violence and some disturbing images. Click here to view a documentary about the film. For information about the film, movie times and the preview, click here. I encourage all of our parishioners to see it early and often; it’s important to show the film industry that we desire more positive, heroic and saintly stories.

Presently-known Show Times for the Omaha Area on June 1st, 2012:

AMC Star Council Bluffs 17: 10:15 AM, 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15
AMC Oakview Plaza 24: 10:00 AM, 1:15, 4:40, 7:55, 11:00

The Miracle of the Human Being

Damien Cook — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:24:36 +0000

Mathematician Alexander Tsiaras spoke at TED in December of 2010, explaining the miracle of human creation and biology. Helping in a project that scanned the human body from conception until birth, he shows the scientific visualization, a movie, of the remarkable beauty and growth of a person. Indeed, nothing can explain the complexity and wonder of the human person but God and the gift of the soul. This 9 minute video is well worth your time and will incite your own wonder as you see the amazing work of the Creator in ways heretofore unseen.

"Now it is clear that the first thing by which the body lives is the soul. And as life appears through various operations in different degrees of living things, that whereby we primarily perform each of al these vital actions is the soul. For the soul is the primary principle of our nourishment, sensation, and local movement; and likewise of our understanding. Therefore this principle by which we primarily understand, whether it be called the intellect or the intellectual soul, is the form of the body. This is the demonstration used by Aristotle (De Anima ii.2)" (Summa Theologica, I, Q. 76, Art. 1).

Omaha Freedom Rally Talks

Damien Cook — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:22:59 +0000

Did you miss the Religious Freedom Rally in Omaha on Friday, March 23rd? Each and every talk is available online, including that given by Archbishop Lucas, at Spirit KVSS. Click here to go to the site.

Moreover, there is a short video of Archbishop Lucas' comments at the rally below.

Dr. Lloyd Pierre of Sancta Familia Medical Apostolate rocked the crowd at the rally in the video below.

Want a copy of the program handout that contains prayers and further information about the President's "accomodation"? Click here to download the handout.

Fantastic Explanation of Obama

Damien Cook — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:48:32 +0000

Incredibly knowledgeable and articulate Dinesh D'Souza has worked to create a polished movie that will air this summer in theaters explaining the enigmatic figure and equally mysterious motives of President Barack Obama.

In the video available here Dinesh speaks - after the trailer for the upcoming film - and gives a compelling case that Obama is not your typical democrat but an anti-colonialist. Such an insight and perspective makes sense of the nearly inexplicable decisions that have typified Obama's presidency.

This video is definitely worth a viewing in its entirety.

You're Going to Pay for Abortions

Damien Cook — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:29:30 +0000

There's an excellent article reminding us all that we will all have to pay for abortions in the new Obamacare. Check it out here.

Planned Parenthood v. the Catholic Church

Damien Cook — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:13:36 +0000

Fr. John Hollowell put together a good video revealing Planned Parenthood and it's hatred of the Catholic Church. It features historical footage of interviews with the Planned Parenthood founder and eugenicist Margaret Sanger and speeches given by President Obama. Your vote matters. Your conscience matters. It's worth a view.

Suttle Not Too Subtle

Damien Cook — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:26:51 +0000

The city of Omaha continues its downward trend as its City Council votes today to approve special protections for openly gay and lesbian behaviors and people. People are already equal under the law; they don't need further laws. This now creates a great inequality and a further assault on morally upright consciences. Councilmen Garry Gernhardt, Chris Jerram, Ben Gray and Pete Festersen all voted for the measure and received the enthusiastic support of Mayor Suttle. When will Omaha stop voting in liberals to their local government?

Success Story

Damien Cook — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:31:35 +0000

Are you as successful as this kid when it comes to remembering the new translation at Mass? Check it out here.

Blogger Blogs About St. Peter

Damien Cook — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:01:53 +0000

A year ago journalist and blogger Leo Adam Biga wrote a flattering and supportive article about St. Peter Church and her efforts to celebrate reverent liturgies. The article originally appeared in the local newspaper El Perico, but you can find the article here. Thanks, Leo!

KMTV Must Be Pro-Abortion and Pro-Contraception

Damien Cook — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:57:46 +0000

KMTV repeatedly airs stories that misrepresent facts, attack the Catholic Church, and serve the liberal agenda. It deliberately and completely misled the public over the HHS debate in its recent story on Feb. 29th. Their story, available here, is completely disingenuous and moronic.

KMTV newscasters argue that attempts to fight President Obama's incursion into consciences and to protect religious freedom (such as the recent, but failed, Blunt amendment) is "controlling" people's health care and preventing them from the "health care" that they want. Never mind that contraception is readily available everywhere and for free from Planned Parenthood! Never mind that employers already decide coverage for people as do insurance companies themselves. Does your insurance do everything you want it to do? I want my health insurance to provide me a new car so I don't have to endure the toil of walking from place to place. When's Obamacare going to give me a new car? I want it so it should be covered, right? If an employee doesn't like the coverage their employer offers, then they can get a new job. Such limitations on what people want exist all the time.

More importantly, one is never "free" to do evil, like take contraception, or to provide others the means to do evil. Contraception and abortafacients are, after all, not health care but an attack on good health, namely fertility, and upon the purpose of matrimony and the right to life of unborn children. The first rule of health care is to "do no harm," yet contraception and abortafacients traumatize the body, may lead to kinds of cancer, destroy marriages, promote promiscuity and adultery, take human lives and damn the human soul. No one of sound conscience could advocate, promote, or, let alone, practice such evils.

The real issue is that the federal government via the HHS is forcing employers of all kinds, small businesses let alone Catholic institutions, to violate their consciences and to pay for and provide the evils of sterilization, contraception (some of which also cause abortions), and abortafacients.

If you'd like to read a better written analysis of how the media is deliberately misrepresenting the Blunt amendment and what it would have done to protect conscience rights, then read the Wall Street Journal editorial here.

As to KMTV, the station just had a story that was sympathetic to abortionists on Feb. 28th. Please contact KMTV and the national headquarters of CBS at your earliest and let them know that you will no longer watch the local KMTV newscasts because of their incredibly biased coverage.

KMTV Contact Information: KMTV, 10714 Mockingbird Dr., Omaha, NE 68127; (402) 592-3333
CBS (National) Contact Information: 212-975-3247 or audsvcs@cbs.com