The CatholiCity Message

Volume III, Number 15 – May 28, 1999

Dear CatholiCity Citizen,

A few items...

1. GOLDEN THANKS
On behalf of everyone here, we want to thank you for the immediate and excellent response to our announcement that you could order House of Gold. Our operational staff reports that your requests have already been entered and that your books will be the first out the door when the they arrive from the printer on June 7th. We're all looking forward to your reactions after you read it.

2. A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME
We also want to thank everyone who reposted our announcement to friends and families in your email address books. It really works. We humbly ask those of you who considered doing this but didn't for whatever reason, to please do this for us. It really helps.

3. We ASKED GOD TO BLESS HIM
We saw Patrick Buchanan speak at the annual Cleveland Right to Life luncheon yesterday. Whether you're a Republican or Democrat or something else, everyone who knows Pat knows he's the real thing when it comes to the Catholic Faith. He didn't give his usual "stump" speech, but talked about the sanctity of human life, the Holy Father, Mother Teresa, and how much he loved his Catholic faith. It was so refreshing to listen to a politician who says yes when he means yes and no when he means no. When he talked about Kosovo, he outlined Catholic Just War Theory, and said that he does not believe it is just to bomb power and water stations–which hurts civilians, old folks, and the young–just because their leader is a thug. He also said that abortionists and those who support them are an Evil Empire that will fall just as the Soviet Union fell.

4. A WEEK LATE
Happy Birthday Pope John Paul II! 79 years old and still carrying that Cross for Jesus.

5. 14,000 PRAYERS
Please join your fellow CatholiCity Citizens in prayer. "Dear Jesus, please help the world listen to Our Holy Father, especially regarding his courageous words about the fruitlessness of modern total war and the culture of death. Please help our leaders end the conflict in Kosovo and other places in the world stained by unjust warfare. Amen."

JOKE OF THE WEEK
A fish walks into a bar and the bartender says, "What can I get you?" The fish replies: "Waatterrrr!"

Someone emailed us last week and complained that CatholiCity focuses too much on Our Lady. Frankly, we think focusing on Mary is one of the few perfect and pure things a person can do in this valley of tears we call earth. Don't knock it if you haven't really tried it. From the depths of our hardened, selfish hearts we cry out:

We love you so much, Immaculate Mary! We love you! We love you! We love you! And we always will. Please, please, never abandon us. Please, we beg you, may we die with your name on our lips!

See you next week.

Yours in Christ,

Your Friends at CatholiCity