Posts Tagged ‘Martin Luther King’
Life Chain Sunday
Today is important. This is an election year. It is a very clear message we’re receiving from our candidates this year, clearer than ever before.
A vote for a Democrat is a vote for more human abortion.
A vote for a Republican is a vote for less human abortion.
This point is indisputable. That’s why our 90 minutes of public prayer on a busy thoroughfare can make a difference. Maybe, just maybe, an undecided voter driving by will by convicted to cast a vote for life instead of death; for freedom instead of tyranny…
Read MoreThe oddity of Fatima
The day was May 13th.
The time was 5PM.
The year was 1981.
Pope John Paul II made his way through St. Peter Square in an open air vehicle. A man approached the pontiff, raised a gun and fired at point blank range…
Read MoreKanye West vs. Martin Luther King Jr.
“I have a scheme”
A half a century has passed since the greatest speech of my lifetime was delivered.
Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech still moves me to tears.
Read it. It is magnificent, so superior to the drivel delivered by our current president.
Barack Obama had such potential. His election PROVED that America had moved into a post-racial era. After all, a majority of white Americans voted for an African-American candidate…
Read MoreMay 13th, 5PM
I juxtapose the events of 1917, 1968, and 1981 as one of life’s many mysteries.
Read MoreMLK’s words still resonate
Anybody seen my old friend, Martin?
By Tom Quiner Anybody here seen my old friend Martin? Can anybody tell me where he’s gone? He freed a lot of people but it seems the good they die young You know, I just looked around and he’s gone. Didn’t you love the things they stood for Didn’t they try to find the good…
Read MoreMay 13th, 5PM
By Tom Quiner Three children saw something that changed the world. The year was 1917. It took place in Portugal on May 13th at 5PM. Lucia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto were stopped in their tracks by the mystical appearance of a beautiful woman. Here’s how Lucia described the woman: She was…
Read MoreAnybody here seen my old friend Martin?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUn0vvgEvBc&feature=related] Anybody here seen my old friend Martin? Can anybody tell me where he’s gone? He freed a lot of people but it seems the good they die young You know, I just looked around and he’s gone. Didn’t you love the things they stood for Didn’t they try to find the…
Read MoreIn praise of Dr. King and Mother Teresa
By Tom Quiner August 26th was a big day. That was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. August 28th was another big day. That was the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s epoch “I Have a Dream” speech. Mother Teresa didn’t know how to deliver a speech very well. She’d…
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