tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73557052024-03-07T06:40:46.418-05:00.:: Ecclesia Fidele ::.<b>Politics, Culture and the Catholic Church.</b>
<br> Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-60436210868318854082013-03-15T13:21:00.001-04:002013-03-15T13:30:53.863-04:00Prayer for Pope Francis
Lord, source of eternal life and truth,
give to your shepherd Francis
a spirit of courage and
right judgment, a spirit of
knowledge and love.
By governing with fidelity those entrusted
to his care, may he, as Successor to the
Apostle Peter and Vicar of Christ,
build your Church into a sacrament of unity,
love, and peace for all the world.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-70717144014875816722013-01-16T15:30:00.000-05:002013-01-16T15:30:03.718-05:00The AngeusThe Angel of the Lord declared to Mary: And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour ofour death. Amen. Behold the handmaid of the Lord: Be it done unto me according to Thy word. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord isNick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-32562991696829150292012-03-22T11:00:00.001-04:002012-03-22T11:00:17.024-04:005 proofs for God's existenceNick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-82264663868711599012012-03-22T10:57:00.001-04:002012-03-22T10:57:36.549-04:00Philosophy of Religion: Thomas Aquinas' Five WaysNick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-29193728843192400862010-02-11T14:42:00.005-05:002010-02-11T14:51:55.123-05:00Planned Parenthood report criticizes Catholic Church for 'denying positive aspects of sex' :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)If you want to know which party is promoting an agenda on the wrong side of the truth, follow the money trail. The money trail will lead you directly to the truth, every time. Who stands to profit from the position they espouse here? Clearly it's Planned Parenthood with the profit motive. Not to mention, they're just plain wrong. Read this story and you decide.Planned Parenthood report criticizesNick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-66185676426005011722010-02-02T08:02:00.004-05:002010-02-02T08:15:17.667-05:00Everyone Against Abortion Please Raise Your HandNick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-9087395945336033942010-01-05T09:39:00.001-05:002010-01-05T09:39:53.146-05:00Cold outBanner makerNick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-41857983110060126512009-11-28T17:29:00.001-05:002009-11-28T17:29:18.636-05:00NativityNativityOriginally uploaded by bleak!Throughout the centuries the glorious birth of the Christ Child has been rendered by artisans in numerous ways. Some artisans produce exotic representations that came straight from the Bible: the Holy Family huddled together inside a cavern amidst Bethlehem's arabesque buildings and a starry night. Others choose to set it in a more familiar terrain, their Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-751077016368345122009-10-12T13:42:00.001-04:002009-10-12T13:42:40.091-04:00Abortion: The Heart and Soul of Obama?s Health Care PlanAbortion: The Heart and Soul of Obama?s Health Care PlanShared via AddThisNick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-76754503295845828512009-07-17T00:34:00.011-04:002009-07-18T02:55:14.131-04:00Obama's Catholic StrategyPresident Barack Obama's new nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin, has sparked a round of speculation in the press as to her stand on life issues. Is she Pro-Life or is this yet another Pro-Abortion Catholic that Barack Obama has selected to place in front of the American people to convert them from Church worship to State worship?Dr. Benjamin, a rural Catholic doctor from Alabama, Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-39217638599506498102009-07-08T00:28:00.001-04:002009-07-08T00:28:22.538-04:00Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-43549632505757992852009-06-07T16:06:00.009-04:002009-06-08T20:00:53.113-04:00To the keeper of the spring (revisited)by Nick France Recently, in a reply to a facebook conversation, I had the occasion to profess that motherhood was the most important job of all, and it made me think of an article I wrote, a month late, in honor of Mother's Day, 2005.Here's that article, minus the introductory paragraph, that was appropriate at that time:I feel to be the most important job that God has ever created in the historyNick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-82167573483870319662009-05-04T09:29:00.001-04:002009-05-04T09:29:26.775-04:00Nick France Design - Graphic/Web design and Consulting » New site launchNick France Design - Graphic/Web design and Consulting » New site launchPosted using ShareThisNick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-34968075261011827992009-04-22T12:39:00.002-04:002009-06-07T21:48:51.805-04:00Check out my new Google profile http://ping.fm/iIu1FNick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-19139824436005519762009-04-14T14:16:00.001-04:002009-04-14T14:16:07.634-04:00nfranceNick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-82889352448867951002009-04-10T19:10:00.002-04:002009-04-10T19:25:12.592-04:00Catholics Take Offense to Obama's Choice for Faith-Based Panel MemberAnd why wouldn't Catholics take offense? Harry Knox is not embracing and reaching out to the faith-based community, he's attacking it. When President Obama selects a member of a panel that disrespects the head of the largest Christian denomination in America, and to a faith-based panel at that, how is that helpful to healing the wounds that ail our nation? And how exactly is this hope and change?Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-56151942237038876332009-04-09T18:11:00.001-04:002009-04-09T18:11:50.026-04:00From PingDroid via mobile.Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-72826567209142861692009-03-30T14:00:00.002-04:002009-03-30T14:12:29.637-04:00Obama and Notre Dame - Los Angeles TimesDear Mr. Rutten,I know this is an OP-ED, but it would be nice if you would use facts to form your opinion. Misleading statement or lie number 1."Many are part of a vocal, Internet-savvy lobby that has been agitating to coerce the church's prelates into denying Communion to Catholic officeholders who deviate from a rigidly "pro-life" line." No one is agitating prelates into denying Communion to Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-84249437252219456092009-03-25T14:29:00.002-04:002009-03-25T14:32:47.265-04:00NRO draws top Catholic analysts into Notre Dame's Obama invite row"Washington D.C., Mar 23, 2009 / 04:22 pm (CNA).- Under the title “A Moral Exemplar? Should the University of Notre Dame honor our most anti-life president?” National Review Online has gathered some of nation’s most prominent Catholics to weigh-in on the university’s decision to invite President Barack Obama to be the principal speaker and the recipient of an honorary doctor of law degree at its Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-4080501492628558882009-03-03T15:39:00.000-05:002009-03-03T15:40:15.923-05:00The Miracle of LifeNick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-87527582874055797762009-03-01T14:56:00.002-05:002009-03-03T15:21:28.692-05:00Day five of Lent and the Love DareLove is not rude, that's today's focus. I'm examining how Gretchen sees me and how I come off to her when I speak and how I behave. I know I can seem to be rude at times but then, I'm not the first misunderstood New Yorker to be told that, I'm sure. So I'm working on that, now. I'm trying to be cognizant of the way I come off.The dare has us dialoging and divulging three items that irritate us Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-49807998349901396392009-02-28T14:47:00.006-05:002009-03-03T15:25:37.053-05:00Day four of Lent and the Love DareToday is Saturday and I'm home working. I'm fasting and that's going better than I thought it would. Today's focus is thoughtfulness, love is thoughtful. I'm supposed to contact her today and find out if there's anything I can get her. But I'm home working, she's out, and I haven't even read the dare yet when she calls me and asks me if there's anything I need while she's out. I blew it today, Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-37311687602250282572009-02-27T23:27:00.000-05:002009-03-03T14:46:15.056-05:00Day three of Lent and the Love DareToday's dare revolves around not being selfish. I don't think I am but when you begin to examine yourself deeper we find we all have a level of selfishness built in. Putting the welfare of others before selfish motives is the only winning combination. Today I fasted again and circumstances caused me to fast beyond dinner. I worked the entire day and met Gretchen and my daughter in Tampa so I Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-20065604347999670172009-02-26T23:08:00.002-05:002009-02-26T23:21:36.756-05:00Day two of Lent and the Love DareToday I fasted until dinner, it was not so bad -- I drank a lot of water. Today's Love Dare was centered around kindness. Yesterday, day one, focused on patience. These are the two principles of love, patience and kindness. Yesterday I could say nothing negative and be slow to anger. Today I was challenged to do something kind and out of the ordinary for Gretchen. I bought and prepared dinner, I Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355705.post-28112883651655523742009-02-25T11:03:00.000-05:002009-02-26T23:07:40.114-05:00My Lenten Journey 2009On Valentine's Day, my wife Gretchen bought the movie Fireproof on DVD, are you familiar with this movie? I'm going to assume you are for the sake of this post. We sat down together and watched the movie. We both loved the premise and the message and most of all, how the movie is changing or saving marriages.What does this have to do with lent? Well, in addition to buying the DVD, Gretchen also Nick Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16344865152042444183noreply@blogger.com0