Why not pray this Prayer in Reparation for Blasphemy? Golden Arrow Prayer

The Golden Arrow Prayer

May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most incomprehensible and ineffable Name of God be forever praised, blessed, loved, adored, and glorified in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Amen.

 

The Golden Arrow

http://www.ourcatholicprayers.com/golden-arrow.html

 

With thanks to Ourcatholicprayers.com

Image by Rev Catherine

'An Act of God'; Play on Broadway contains blasphemy against the LORD our GOD; Alleged News

The Creator is to be honoured and glorified.

We are clearly guided by the Ten Commandments of the most Holy Prophet Moses.

'Thou shalt not take the Name of the

LORD thy GOD in vain'.

Good Shepherd Church has received report

that a play named 'An Act of God'

being staged on Broadway

contains blasphemy; Alleged News.

Let us only use the name of the

LORD our GOD

with honour and reverence.

Why not sign the petition

'It is never ok to mock God'

 

https://www.americaneedsfatima.org/forms/E15095.html?utm_source=sm-anf&utm_content=E.15095_Split5

 

With thanks to americaneedsfatima.org

Image by Rev Catherine

 

 

Prayer Chapel

Please join our Prayer Chapel for today with a few quiet moments of silence of meditation.
Good Shepherd Church has been asked to pray for the following needs;
LET US PRAY

• For Christians of the indigenous Embero Katio who need medical care and spiritual encouragement in the midst of suffering, Alleged News
• For the Church in Nigeria, and for believers to be strong and united
• For believers in Libya
• For the Church in Yemen
• For disciples in Southern Philippines
• For Pastor Victor and 11 Arrested Christians in Iran, Alleged News
• For Amid Gajayev, arrested in 2012, Turkmenistan; Alleged News
• For Christian leaders and the Church in Sri Lanka
• For believers in Oman
• For the release of Pastor Chhedar Lhomi Bhote from prison, Nepal; Alleged News 
• For new believers in Algeria
• For Christian leaders in Kenya
• For Pastors in Uzbekistan
• For Christians in Ethiopia
• For Pastors in Kyrgyzstan
• For the Church in Indonesia
• For believers in Tunisia
• For Christian schools in Brunei
• For the Church in China
• For believers in Bhutan
• For the Bien Phuoc province, Vietnam, where the demolition of 116 chapels has occurred and Pastors forbidden to teach or preach in their churches, Alleged News
• For believers in Bangladesh
• For disciples in Qatar
• For the Syrian Church
• For Christians in Laos
• For believers in Malaysia

Why not write to someone in need to offer encouragement?

Persecuted Christians in C.A.R.

http://www.opendoorsusa.org/take-action/advocacy/letter-writing/write-to-persecuted-christians-in/ 

Children in Columbia 

http://www.opendoorsusa.org/take-action/advocacy/letter-writing/write-letter-to-children-in-colombia/ 

House Church Pastor Makset Djabbarbergenov and family

https://www.opendoorsusa.org/take-action/advocacy/letter-writing/encourage-makset-and-his-family-in-their-new-home/ 

Sharifa Kesvere 

https://www.opendoorsusa.org/take-action/advocacy/letter-writing/write-a-letter-to-sharifa-kesvere/ 

Laura and her children

https://www.opendoorsusa.org/take-action/advocacy/letter-writing/send-letters-to-laura-and-her-children/ 

 HELP PROVIDE BIBLES AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT
https://www.opendoors.org/ 

With thanks to Opendoorsusa.org and opendoors.org
Image by Rev Catherine. For use copyright free for any worthy purpose

Thanks for making the Difference - Virgin Meowy socks discontinued

GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH ASKED OUR READERS 

TO PROTEST THE MEOWY GUADALUPE 

SOCKS FROM PACSUN. 

PACSUN have removed the socks from their inventory. 

It has been reported that June 11th 2015 was the day of online protest, and approximately 17,500 petitions were signed upon which PACSUN felt obliged to remove the item.

Thank you for your support, and

blessings on your honour of 

Mary of Nazareth,

Mother of the Son of God

Pacsun recalls blasphemous 'Virgin Meowy' Socks, Alleged News 
http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/breaking-pacsun-recalls-blasphemous-virgin-meowy-socks

With thanks to churchmilitant.com

Two Christian Pastors Face Execution in Sudan; Alleged News

GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH HAS RECEIVED REPORT THAT PASTORS YAT MICHAEL AND PETER YEIN REITH HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR PREACHING IN SUDAN AND NOW FACE THE DEATH PENALTY [ALLEGED NEWS]. 
  Pastors Yat Michael and Peter Yein Reith were allegedly arrested in December 2014 after Michael and his family returned to Khartoum to seek medical attention. 
  While in the city, Pastor Michael reportedly delivered a sermon at the local Presbyterian Evangelical Church, whereafter he was arrested. 
  The charges were sedition and spying. 
Pastor Reith spoke out about the arrest of Pastor Michael, and was reportedly arrested.
  Their trial is scheduled for today, June 15th 2015.
Please pray for these two pillars of God's Church.
  Why not sign the petition for their release?
http://citizengo.org/en/25097-two-christian-pastors-face-execution-sudan?sid=MTgwMDUwODYyNTU5MDY4 

With thanks to Citizengo.org
Image courtesy of Citizengo.org

Intra Uterine Devices - are they suitable for our Teenage Girls?

GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH HAS RECEIVED REPORT THAT HIGH SCHOOL IMPLANTS IUDS IN TEEN GIRLS WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS' KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT. [1] & [2]
Are Intra Uterine Devices suitable for our teenage girls? 
IUD serious complications reportedly include

•  Alleged Life threatening ectopic pregnancy [3]
•  Alleged Perforation of the uterine wall [3] 
•  Alleged Pelvic inflammatory disease [PID] [3]
•  Alleged Complications leading to medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering [3]
•  Alleged Adverse events including device expulsion, device dislocation and vaginal haemmorhage   [3]
•  Alleged IUD Associated hospitalizations [4]
•  Alleged Complications of IUD's include death [4]
•  Alleged Hospitalization with complicated pregnancies [4]

It is responsible for women to use reproductive care to ensure they can adequately care for their children, and to have support from a husband/partner in raising their children to adulthood. 
  Single parenting can be stress inducing on a parent required to both work and parent newborns/ young children and young adults.
  It is a supportive factor to have another taking turns with child care [very costly for a single parent], to share the responsibilites of a child with.

  Should teenagers be using birth control at a very early age? 
Good Shepherd Church - while both fully aware of and acknowledging the gap at times between the ideal and reality - sees the value in holding modesty and abstinence until marriage as ideals for youth in our families.
  These virtues may be seen as old fashioned. 
What has held true is that children, allowed to have a full childhood and enjoy their teen years unencumbered by too early sexualization, tend to have full time to complete a good education [enabling high income earnings and a better quality of life]. 
  These children are not introduced to the full responsibility of parenting at a very early age - which often entails the curtailing of long term dreams for education, life experience and travel.
  Once a child is born, the responsibility remains for life.

What is the ideal? 
  Any teen benefits greatly from being able to confide and seek guidance from older members of the community, such as their parents. 
Why? Because having experienced both life's highs and lows, the older person has a greater store of experience to draw from when making new decisions.  
  Why would teens benefit from being able to turn to their parents with the issues of birth control? 
Parents can advise accordingly, and thus many heartbreaks - such as a teen being used for physical reasons by another with no intention of a long term relationship, or sexually transmitted diseases, or unplanned pregnancies with rejection or abortion of the child - can be averted.

Are there other options for birth control without side effects? Yes. See links [5], [6], [7], [8] and [9] for suggestions.

[1] High School implants IUDs in teen girls without their parents' knowledge or consent, Alleged News 
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/06/12/high-school-implants-iuds-in-teen-girls-without-their-parents-knowledge-or-consent/ 

[2] A Seattle High School is taking birth control access to the next level, Alleged News 
http://grist.org/living/a-seattle-high-school-is-taking-birth-control-access-to-the-next-level/ 

[3] Mirena Lawsuits Alleged News 
http://www.drugwatch.com/mirena/lawsuit/ 

[4] Current Trends IUD Safety; Report of a Nationwide Physician Survey
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00049581.htm 

[5] Lady Comp, Alleged News 
https://lady-comp.com/

[6] FPA; Natural Family Planning, Alleged News
http://www.fpa.org.uk/contraception-help/natural-family-planning

[7] Fertility Awareness; Natural Family Planning (NFP), Alleged News
http://americanpregnancy.org/preventing-pregnancy/natural-family-planning/

[8] Medline Plus; Ovulation Home Tests, Alleged News
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007062.htm

[9] Billings Method, Alleged News
http://www.thebillingsovulationmethod.org/

With thanks to Lifenews.com, Grist.org, Drugwatch.com, cdc.gov, lady-comp.com, fpa.org.uk, americanpregnancy.org, nlm.nih.gov, thebillingsovulationmethod.org 

Virgin Meowy Socks, Alleged News. Why not sign the Petition?

Mary, Queen of Heaven

GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH HAS RECEIVED REPORT THAT THE IMAGE OF THE HOLY OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE IS BEING USED AS DEPICTION ON MEN'S SOCKS. 

The face of the Queen of Heaven and Mother of the Son of God has reportedly been replaced by that of a cat, 

and her hands with that of cat's paws. 

We support creativity in artistic endeavour. 

However, aware as we are of the immense holiness of 

Mary of Nazareth and the honour which is due to her, 

we respectfully petition PACSUN to 

remove this item from their stores. 

Why not sign the petition?

Petition available at 

https://www.americaneedsfatima.org/forms/E15079.html?lang=en&utm_source=sm-anf&utm_content=E.15079_Split4 

Image by Rev Catherine. With thanks to the stained glass artist.

With thanks to Americaneedsfatima.org