We ought to ask ourselves, at Christmas, who is that Baby whose birthday we'll soon celebrate?  The answer we give to this question, will determine the direction our lives take.  Is He only one baby among many?  Is He a light that once shone but is now spent? If our response is to just say yes, then Christmas can easily become a mere echo which reminds us of a beautiful historical event that happened a long time ago, an event that has little to do with us, let alone redeem our lives. Christmas can be a feast full of lights, but too often it can remain irredeemably cloudy.

Only faith can remind us what Christmas is all about.  Faith tells us that Baby Jesus is not just another newborn:  He is the Word made flesh; God who reveals Himself to us.

As we continue to spiritually prepare our hearts and minds during Advent to welcome with open arms the birth of Christ our King, Everyday for Life Canada thought it appropriate to share a wonderful video that was taken of shoppers at the Seaway Mall, in Welland, Ontario. For a few minutes, everyone there was pleasantly reminded about the true meaning of Advent and Christmas.

As Christmas approaches, why not make an effort, both privately and in our families, to try and prepare to live the true message of Christmas. One of the special ways we can do this during the Advent season is by truly celebrating and accepting in our hearts the significance of the great feast day, on December 8, of the Immaculate Conception. To make this Christmas a spiritual Christmas let's see how we can best follow Mother Mary.

Today's posting is a friendly reminder to our fellow Catholics that this Sunday, November 28th, is  Advent, the beginning of the liturgical year.  It is a time dedicated to preparing for Christmas, for Christ's birth and His entry into our lives in an ever increasing and renewed way!  The information which follows we hope will help you to better embrace Advent.  At the end of the entry, you will find resources for further reading.

Much of Canada has become so secular that we debate whether we can call a tree a Christmas tree, whether the holiday season should be named the Christmas season, and whether it is acceptable to refer to holiday parties as Christmas parties. So, it’s encouraging that Canada Post for the last three years has issued Christmas stamps with a difference. I say with a difference because they feature images not of Santa Claus, candy canes or reindeers, but of the Wise Men and the Holy Family.

(A note to our readers: Corriere Canadese is the daily Italian newspaper published here in Toronto. It was founded by Dan Iannuzzi in 1954. The paper's website states that the purpose of the publication is to keep the Italian language and culture alive in Canada. It is distrubuted mainly in Ontario, especially in the Toronto area and in Montreal, Quebec. In these areas alone there are about 900,000 people with an Italian background.

While in Italy this September, I read much to my dismay an article in a women’s magazine, Io Donna, (the translation is “I’m Woman”), published by the daily newspaper Corriere Della Sera called: “No Children I’m an Altruist”. Is this the next step for the anti-life movement? According to the article, married couples are better off if they are child-free.
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Today's posting provides several warnings on the dangers of Harry Potter.  The warnings come from top level Vatican officials such as Pope Benedict XVI, the Chief Exorcist of Rome, Father Gabriele Amorth, as well as lay Catholic writers Gabriele Kuby and Michael D. O'Brien.
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With the recent release of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, the film version of the Harry Potter print series, it seems only fitting that we tackle this occult controversy and expose the truth about Harry Potter.
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(The following video and today's posting exposes the abusive behaviour by the police and administrators at Carleton University in responding to students peacefully witnessing for life. The heavy-handed approach infringes on the students' constitutional right of freedom of speech to speak out against abortion.)

As a Canadian citizen and graduate from a Canadian university I find it very frightening that on October 4, at the Carleton campus, students were handcuffed and arrested.
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A warm welcome to everyone to this blog. This blog is an effort by Lou Iacobelli, a Canadian and father who cares about life, family and Canada. My hope is that you will find this humble media project of evangelization useful. The aim to help educate and activate Christians and all people of good will with the overall goal of restoring Canada to a "culture of life." May you always be encouraged to seek the Truth as the first step in seeking understanding.
Deuteronomy 30,19
Deuteronomy 30,19
See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity; I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live.
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1 Timothy 2:1-5
1 Timothy 2:1-5
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings should be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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