My heart goes out to Bob & Mary Schindler, whose grief for the loss of their daughter is accompanied by the grief of Our Lady, Mary the mother of Jesus, and Her loss of her Son. Even though the Terri's death cannot be equated with the death of Jesus, nevertheless, the loss that Bob and Mary must now be feeling can be equated to the heartache that Mary the Mother of Jesus felt.
But out of this injustice, grief and pain arises a far greater good than anything on this earth can understand - that this death ends in glory, as promised by Our Lord Jesus Christ, and in this rests the Hope that all of us aspire to - the reward in the promises of Christ, and the Hope of the Resurrection, and one day, God willing, we will meet Terri in our glorified bodies, and thank her personally for the sacrifice she made in the restoration of respect for life, and the end of the culture of death.

Satan really sucks.

Force is the only thing that will return this nation to God.

Also fitting, alas:
God rises in the divine council, gives judgment in the midst of the gods.
"How long will you judge unjustly and favor the cause of the wicked?
Defend the lowly and fatherless; render justice to the afflicted and needy.
Rescue the lowly and poor; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."
The gods neither know nor understand, wandering about in darkness, and all the world's foundations shake.
I declare: "Gods though you be, offspring of the Most High all of you,
Yet like any mortal you shall die; like any prince you shall fall."
Arise, O God, judge the earth, for yours are all the nations.

Out of the depths I call to you, LORD;
Lord, hear my cry! May your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
If you, LORD, mark our sins, Lord, who can stand?
But with you is forgiveness and so you are revered.
I wait with longing for the LORD, my soul waits for his word.
My soul looks for the Lord more than sentinels for daybreak. More than sentinels for daybreak,
let Israel look for the LORD, For with the LORD is kindness, with him is full redemption,
And God will redeem Israel from all their sins.

I really hope it won't come to that. But something definitely needs to be done to reverse this downward spiral.

So, how many of you are now willing to go to war? Because nothing will ever change, not without the cleansing fire. Slavery could not be eliminated without firing a shot. And nothing save for carnage (or divine intervention) will stop what has been started here.
The judiciary will strangle us all, laws be damned. I'd apologize to the great forester, St. Thomas More, but when it is the trees strangling you, it is time to burn down the forest.

May God bring her to the true peace of Heaven and wipe the tears from her eyes.
May He bring all of us to repentance, especially those most in need of His mercy.
And may He bring justice and mercy to the Republic, which currently looks to be standing about two steps away from the Gates of Hell.

This was judicial murder. I have zero respect for the judiciary in this country anymore. The power of the judiciary needs to be broken. We need to start over. At every turn they are the active authority that is promoting the culture of death.
I do not recognize the authority of an immoral oligarchy. Every once in a while one of the branches of government gets too powerful and must be reined in by the others. I hope that the legislative and executive branches will begin to move quickly and decisively to change the structure, authority, and operation of the judiciary in this country. To change the Supreme Court requires constitiutional changes, but the federal and state courts do not require this. At most, state courts may require state constitutional changes. At any rate, let's push our state and federal representatives to start looking into restraining these judicial tyrants now.

Excellent piece from NRO, Peter. Thanks for the link!

National Review recently put up an editorial on this sad event. You can find it here.
The headline says much: Killed by Euphemisms
Some salient points:
...the fiction that we were "letting her die." On March 18, Schiavo was in no medical danger of death....She was not close to dying. For death to arrive, she would have to be killed.
...
The charade here was not performed to protect Terri Schiavo's dignity but to increase the public's comfort with the devaluation of life....

I disavow the courts of this country.
There is no law but God's.
I disavow the senates, the legislatures, the executive offices of this country.
There is no kingdom but God's.
For myself, in the words of the old song,"I ain't got no home in this world anymore."

The culture of death thought Terri would be proof that euthensasia is acceptable
They neglected to see the culture of life unite, if only for a brief moment.
When you reach our Father's throne, Terri, pray for us.
Pray that us lowly pilgrims can shake the castles of the powerful and the deadly!

Thanks to God for all the brave souls who were arrested for trying to bring water to Terri. May the Lord reward them. May Terri, who has experienced the Cross of Christ, find peace in His resurrection.

Frustration!
There is much to be frustrated about with the passing (murder!) of Terri.
One of these frustration that I find most painful is the silence of the USCCB (U.S. Conference of Cathoic Bishops).
The only thing I find on their website is a statemnet by a lay person Cathy Cleaver Ruse.
"Cathy Cleaver Ruse, Esq., Director of Planning and Information for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, argued that, as long as food and water provide nourishment and comfort, we should see them as part of what we owe to all people who are helpless and in our care."
I've read individual Bishops aire their thoughts but nothing un unison. It's no wonder that one can go to Mass on Sunday and find a growing number of Catholics that say Terri should have been allowed to die (murdered!) a long time ago.
Cathoics have no knowledge of the Churches teachings on this matter and the 'Teachers' are either divided or silent.
At my parish we have a priest who says "Terri should be allowed (murdered!) to die and that the Republicans are to blame for taking our rights (right-to-die) away. Go figure?
We as lay Catholics need to voice our outrage, not only to the secular media or on any particular Blog, but to our own Church! Write to our Bishops, talk to our priests. We need to wakeup our Church here in America. We can't be lethargic or apathetic anymore. We can't just sit back and say "How tragic this is or how sad this is..." and then go back to our everyday lives.
I'm afraid we have a lot of dead leaves on the tree of life and we can't allow ourselve to be one of them. Simply to fall off and blow away.
Please don't let Terri's journey end here. DO SOMETHING! Be vocal (charitably) Be active (follow the Magistrium & Pope JPII). Pray, Pray, Pray!
Be a Desciple of Christ! HE HAS RISEN
God Bless
tim robles +<>

" . . . and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
May her soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

It is so heartbreaking that Terri died of an officially sanctioned murder. Honestly, what has become of us? I feel like some government leaders acted like Pontius Pilate - pleading a little bit, but then ultimately washing there hands of the situation.

Our Lady of Sorrows, we entrust Terri to your care and ask that you plead for her to your son, so that He may welcome her into the eternal banquet where she can no longer experience anything but union with God.
Terri has spoken more eloquently than 1000 apologists, theologians, or preachers. She has shed immeasurable light on us during this fight and gave us a glimpse of what martyrdom may be like. Thanks to her and to God for creating good from this. May she rest in peace.

May Terri rest in peace and may her family be comforted. May God have mercy on the rest of us.
And as for Michael, may God have pity on him.

May the Lord have mercy on her soul

I just heard that Terri Schiavo died. May the Lord have mercy on all of us as well. Last night on EWTN, I caught the tail end of an old Fr. Groeschel show, when he talked about a legal case...

I think Michael Schiavo is a modern day King Henry VIII -- He executes his wife so that he can continue living an ideal lifestyle with another woman. That man disgust me. I am fully disgusted and very angry with this all.
And so says St. John Chrysostom:
“For often the memory of vicious men and what they have done comes upon me and makes my blood boil. But this does not last long, for I very soon restrain my temper and persuade it to calm down by saying that it is quite futile and utterly despicable to forget our own faults and meddle with those of our neighbors.” (St. John Chrysostom, On the Priesthood 6, 12)

May the Lord have mercy on her soul

I just heard that Terri Schiavo died. May the Lord have mercy on all of us as well. Last night on EWTN, I caught the tail end of an old Fr. Groeschel show, when he talked about a legal case...

May the Lord have mercy on her soul

I just heard that Terri Schiavo died. May the Lord have mercy on all of us as well. Last night on EWTN, I caught the tail end of an old Fr. Groeschel show, when he talked about a legal case...

Why are people comparing Michael Schiavo to Scott Petersen? A comparison to O. J. Simpson seems more apt.

The Roman soldiers allowed Mary to be at the foot of the cross, and Pilate allowed Christ's body to receive a decent burial. Michael Schiavo has proven to be more merciless than the Roman occupation.

God have mercy on us, and spare us from the wrath that is our due for this sin.