The purpose of Poetslife is to promote the art and discipline of American Tactical Civil Defense for families and small businesses and to contribute practical American civil defense preparedness guidance for all Americans through my articles in the The American Civil Defense Association (TACDA.ORG) Journal of Civil Defense and leadership as the volunteer Vice President of TACDA.
And, for the Journal of Civil Defense article that is the basis of the interview and my new company Tactical Civil Defense, go to the TACDA.ORG website.
I write this on Christmas Eve, 2020, with passion and gratitude to Jesus Christ for the miracles that will happen in 2021.
Many Americans are depressed, anxious, nervous and confused due to the Communist Chinese Party (CCP) attacks on Americans and the world population, from their causing and spreading the pandemic to their efforts to enslave the world, and the corporate media amplifying a false and dangerous narrative.
Children need to play in playgrounds to get exercise, sunshine, Vitamin D, develop friendships, and laugh to develop wholesome lives.
Instead, tyrants in America in the pay of the CCP ordered them locked at home, isolated, playing computer games (data centers had to double in size to accommodate them as they were not "learning from home" but engaging in destructive computer games and exposed to the evil of pornography on the internet and in social media) instead of getting healthier.
These are the same people who wrapped children's playgrounds in police tape in March, 2020.
They were wrong then and they are wrong now.
Their cure (socialist distancing, isolation, making human contact illegal, closing business, closing churches, enabling huge corporations like Amazon and Wal Mart to destroy hundreds of thousands of small businesses, closing gyms, playgrounds and other exercise venues, illegally passing totalitarian laws, shredding the U.S. Constitution, persecuting Christendom, and on and on and on) was worse than the alleged disease.
Law of Unintended Consequences
Yes, it was the Law of Unintended Consequences in plain view...but it was worse, as they used a 1984 Ministry of Truth approach to gaslight us.
So our children and grandchildren got sadder, sicker, and more isolated.
So, too, with older Americans, who were murdered by these evildoers and their policies in record numbers.
Not good.
Just the opposite of what Jesus Christ advises in the New Testament.
Tyrannical government officials, politicians, powerful bureaucrats and public health officials who work for the CCP are telling American families to avoid contact at Christmas.
They have shut down Christian churches but left open strip joints, bath houses, liquor stores, marihuana stores, and huge corporations like Wal Mart and Amazon that have doubled their profits.
Meanwhile, small business from restaurants to service companies have been forced out of business, families have been denied their God-given freedoms and been arrested for assembling to work and help each other survive.
Something is not right.
The goal of communism, from the French Revolution to Stalinist and Leninist Soviet union to Mao's China to their vassal states of Venezuela, Cuba and their African nation conquests, is to enslave, destroy freedom and make us all proles to serve their Satanic needs.
Once Americans knew this and sacrificed the lives and limbs of hundreds and thousands of American military men and women to countermand this evil.
As a grand parent, I am dedicated to reversing that temporary aberration in 2021.
And I am not alone.
Thousands of Christians and American military Veterans, of which I am one, have been working for years and are working hard today as volunteers to prevent this CCP tactical civil defense threat from succeeding.
I used to believe the corporate media, CIA, FBI, Hollywood, Wall Street, DNC, and Academia lies that this was all a "conspiracy theory."
No longer.
I've seen it with my own eyes and I have committed to countermand, with my brother Vets, the CCP led world domination plan.
By answering "Yes" she changed history and saved us.
So, I will follow Mary's example and work to ensure the future of Christendom.
Teaching Civil Defense
My skill stack is tactical civil defense and that is where I will contribute to the survival, preservation, and continuation of the Republic of the United States of America.
I teach parents and grandparents how to teach their children and grandchildren about the importance of civil defense tactics, strategies, supplies, services, training, and spirit to fight the many threats they face to survive daily.
Contact me at 301 325 7936 or poetslife@gmail.com to discuss if my skill stack is valuable to your survival and what platform we can use to transfer that knowledge.
Here is the link to my interview on Civil Defense Radio about Children and Civil Defense.
For the Journal of Civil Defense article that is the basis of the interview, go to the TACDA.ORG website.
The purpose of my Children and Civil Defense article is to protect and defend the future of American children.
Here is the opening.
"We teach children from their youth to help them have a long, healthy and prosperous life. Yet the subject of civil defense, essential to those goals, is completely neglected by public, private and home schools everyday.
This article will help to fill that gap and provide information for parents (and grandparents) in some of the core areas of civil defense so you can educate your children. Greater exploration of these topics is available by visiting the websites or reading the books suggested here."
Brief Definition of Civil Defense
Civil defense includes all the tasks undertaken to ensure the safety of citizens and to protect them from attack (terrorist, propaganda, atheisms, chemical, biological, radiological, radiological, nuclear, pornography, children sex trafficking, and many others) as well as from the negative impacts of natural disasters. At the very core of civil defense is the protection of children. In the United States, this is mostly done by unpaid volunteers in support of front-line emergency personnel with oversight by government."
Other topics covered include:
Civil Defense History: WWII to Today
The Elite Engage in Civil Defense: So Should You
Developing a Plan
Building a Civil Defense Community
Planning for Medical Needs
Stockpiling Supplies
Storing Clean Water
Educating Children - Making it Fun
Internet Resources
Why Civil Defense for Children Matters
Attacks, disasters and emergencies happen every day. They are especially hard on children. While I wrote the Children and Civil Defense article, Hurricane Florence was barreling toward the United States. A million parents had to abandon their homes and drive hundreds of thousands of children great distances to unfamiliar surroundings.
Ask yourself: Am I prepared to keep my children safe, fed, sheltered healthy and medically treated when the next Florence-like emergency strikes? Am I prepared to protect them spiritually, physically, mentally and emotionally from the other threats?
The threat matrix is endless but some of the top threats are terrorism, floods, hurricanes, fire, crime, thunderstorms, lightning, poison, pornography, pedophiles, bullies, communism, atheisms, and child sex trafficking?
Hard topics to address, yes, but from the Old Testament to today adults have always had hard topics to address.
The ones who's families survived and prospered took on these threats because they were prepared, trained, experienced and knew what to do.
Please allow me the opportunity to educate you about how to prepare for and successfully respond to man made and natural disasters.
Learn civil defense for yourself, your children and grandchildren. The information in this article is a great resource to help you get started.
At a minimum, form a Safety and Security Committee at your Church. In my 10 years doing that volunteer work, I have seen God's grace poured out and children protected from evil.
Free Civil Defense Resources
Here are free resources to help you accomplish that mission.
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Creado will reverse that statistic and thereby free American minds. They are a very good investment.
Two decades of my civil defense analysis, videos, photos and articles may be found on these platforms:
"In the
most dangerous situation, we have chosen the most dangerous of courses...we
have chosen not to face our danger.
Perhaps
one of the most common misconceptions among Americans is that if a major
wide-scale nuclear, biological or chemical disaster strikes, chances of
survival would be extremely low. In reality, however, this couldn’t be further
from the truth.
Many will survive, and most will not be prepared. There are many
dangerous threats that do exist. However,
for each threat, there are practical preparedness solutions that exist, as
well."
Sometimes you have to return to that Old Tyme Religion and Old Tyme Hardware Stores to survive.
One such Old Timey Hardware Survival Store is SunSet Supply in Libertytown, Maryland.
SunSet Supply, 301 898 5445, POB 333, 11339 Liberty Road, Libertytown, MD
Another is Young's Hardware and Nursery in Unionville, MD that has every item you can imagine from the ceiling to the floor. Steve Testerman, the owner, knows every single product...and the price!
Here is my recent Periscopetv review of why these stores are so vital to our national security.
When I did stress testing of grocery, food, clothing and other stores when the Wuhan Flu hit at the beginning of 2020, I found the big box stores (Lowe's, Home Depot, Cosco, etc.) were hit hard and fast by hoarders. Due to hoarders, the result will always be empty shelves.
Old Tyme stoves have food, clothes, boots, rugged outdoor clothing, hardware, paint, nails, tools and everything else you need to survive. Find and shop at your local Old Tyme Hardware Store and you and your family will survive.
Tip: Dollar General stores also have everything you need to survive, at a very good price.
Here is an article that gives a flavor of what you will find in an Old Tyme Hardware Store.
Steve Testerman owns and operates Young's
Nursery, Garden Center and Hardware Store on Woodville Road in Unionville.
Testerman has built up the store and stock over the past several years and
offers a hardware ranging from tiny rivets and fasteners to fine tools.
Hardware store expands
to meet needs
Ed
Waters Jr. News-Post Staff
Jan
12, 2010 Updated Mar 11, 2016
Steve Testerman grew up with Young's Nursery,
a family business at 8753 Woodville Road in Unionville.
Ten years ago, he and his wife, Jessica,
decided to expand and create a hardware and garden center.
People kept coming in to what was then a
nursery for plants and shrubs. They asked if the store could carry seeds,
hoses, garden tools and such, Steve Testerman said.
The couple has found that more people are
planting small gardens and canning food.
"Some of it is simply to say they grew it
in their yard, but there is an increase in people growing things to save
money," Steve Testerman said.
"We sold out of seed potatoes. Maybe someone
grew 5 pounds, not much, but it is the idea of growing it themselves,"
Jessica Testerman said.
By the end of January, he said, they will have
to start ordering seeds for the spring.
What had been used as a building for the
nursery business is now filled with tools, hardware, household items, even
candy and ice cream.
"The first year we had yard supplies,
then it kind of snowballed," Steve Testerman said of the expansion to
hardware.
Jessica Testerman said there had been some
other stores in town, but now Young's is the closest place for those in the
area to get to.
One of the biggest problems, Steve Testerman
said, was getting manufacturers and distributors to sell small lots of items.
The distributors are used to dealing with big-box stores and when the couple
wanted only a small delivery, they had to look hard to find willing suppliers.
While the business has expanded, the couple
has done it slowly.
"You can only do so much at a time. You
don't want to get yourself too far out there," Jessica Testerman said.
Steve Testerman said if one person asks for
something they don't have, he may not get it, "But if a second person
asks, then I may look into it."
A key part of their success, Jessica Testerman
said, is the personal service customers get. That's something they don't always
find in the big stores, where clerks sometimes are not even that familiar with
the products. "We don't mind being small-town, USA," she said.
It's not just the farmers and small businesses
that come to Young's, but children for candy and ice cream and people who don't
want to run to Frederick or Mount Airy for items they may need for home or
work.
And the couple still has to ensure the growth
and safety of the plants in their greenhouses. With cold weather, an eye has to
be kept on the temperature inside the greenhouses.
"We had a power outage years ago. I had a
generator running and we stayed at my parents house nearby. I rigged a light on
the watering can (a giant one on the roof of the store) and knew that if that
light went out, the generator was out. I just kept going back and forth to fuel
the generator until the power came back on," Steve said.
Young's is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
through Saturday. For information, call 301-829-1171.
I wrote this Civil Defense Strategies for Dealing with the Wuhan Coronavirus post on my Subscribestar account back in February 2020. Surprised how much still applies.
https://www.subscribestar.com/poetslife
Civil defense strategies for dealing with the Wuhan Coronavirus here.
Note: Toilet paper alternatives may be found here and here. The American National Disaster Medical System is stress tested yearly. It will experience an actual test this year. I have every confidence they will succeed. Here is an easy, simple quiz to see if you are likely to contract Wuhan Coronavirus.
Steve K. Bannon has broadcast accurate information about the
Wuhan Coronavirus from the beginning. Helps he is fluent in Chinese from
his Naval officer days. Source
"The best estimates now of the overall mortality rate for
COVID-19 is somewhere between 0.1% and 1%," Adm. Brett Giroir, Assistant
Secretary for Health at HHS, says. "That's lower than you heard
probably in many reports ... it's not likely in the range of 2 to 3%" Source
Solution to the Toilet Paper Buying Panic Caused Scarcity
All
the people who have panicked and bought out the toilet paper supply at
groceries are not doing themselves or the American community any favors.
But now that they have, we need to address the alternatives to toilet paper that work and are sanitary.
It is too long to go into here, but go to the excellent Provident Prepper lesson here for practical and available alternatives to toilet paper.
We need to stop thinking as individuals and must think as a community!
For
example, get a thermometer! With a thermometer, you can monitor your
temperature to see if you have a fever. If you have a mild cold or flu,
you do not need to go to the hospital.
Call your doctor or
your nurse and tell them about your symptoms. You do not need to
overwhelm emergency rooms if you notice you have a fevor.
In addition, if you are healthy, if you sit in an emergency room for hours you could pick up the virus.
Stop
hording surgical masks! They are needed by health professionals and
those who do have symptoms at the hospital.For current statistics on the
outbreak, see here.
For accurate information on the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus in plain English from a doctor, see here and here.
As
the steps to prevent any flu, including the Wuhan flu, are widely known
(frequent hand washing, keeping hands away from your nose or mouth,
maintaining a safe distance of at least 3 meters from others, avoiding
crowds, etc.) I will cover two additional steps here:
Purchase and use a real wearable barrier
Purchase and use the antiseptic and disinfectant power of hydrogen peroxide.
Some basic science about the Wuhan Coronavirushere
If you want to build a safety kit to be ready for the spread
of the Wuhan Coronavirus to your area, build a kit that emphasizes
prevention.
And purchase a real wearable barrier to keep the
air borne droplets from landing on you or breathing them in. North
American Rescue (Products With A Mission) has excellent, tested and proven products that provide a barrier between your system and the air borne virus.
You have seen everyone in China using bleach to disinfect,
but that is not always safe or effective. It’s kind of like the surgical
safety masks they are all wearing. They are better than nothing, of
course, but they are not 100% effective.
Instead,
purchase and store bottles of hydrogen peroxide. It is a safe,
inexpensive and effective disinfectant and antiseptic. And it has
multiple prevention uses.
The great advantage of iodine
antiseptics is their wide scope of antimicrobial activity, killing all
principal pathogens and, given enough time, even spores, which are
considered to be the most difficult form of microorganisms to be
inactivated by disinfectants and antiseptics.
I learned the
wonder of hydrogen peroxide working on an anthrax project in 2002 to
clean out anthrax spores in post offices where they had been released. A
British company charged our government an enormous amount of money for a
secret cleaning formula that was mostly, yes, hydrogen peroxide.
Hydrogen
peroxide has so many uses to fight this pandemic. For example, when you
return from the grocery store with fruits and vegetables that someone
who is infected has been near and breathed on, wash them in hydrogen
peroxide when you get home to mitigate the risk of that microbe getting
into your system.
Also, be sure to clean your shopping bags with which you brought home the fruit and vegetables.
“Hydrogen peroxide can work wonders on soothing a sore throat. There
are a couple ways you can do it. You can either gargle a mixture of
hydrogen peroxide and warm, boiled water, or you can dip a depression
stick in 3% peroxide and coat your tonsils.
We all know (unfortunately) that there is no cure for the common
cold. However, the symptoms can be managed and shortened with the use of
hydrogen peroxide. Create a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, salt, and
baking soda then rub inside nasal passages – it will help draw out any
infections and kill bacteria.
As trips to the grocery store may be restricted as in China, you
will need to keep your fruits and vegetables fresh longer. Did you know
hydrogen peroxide can help extend the life of your fruits and
vegetables? Fill your kitchen sink with water and add a quarter cup of
food grade hydrogen peroxide. Soak your produce for 20 minutes, then
rinse and dry. You’ll be amazed how much longer it stays fresh.
Makeup brushes can become a breeding ground for bacteria –
thankfully, they’re very easy to clean. Mix 3% hydrogen peroxide with
water and soak your brushes for approximately 5 minutes. Rinse the
brushes with water then let them dry. Do this once a week for clean,
bacteria-free brushes.”
Cleaning with bleach is effective, but not really safe.
Hydrogen peroxide is just as effective, but safe. Think of it this way.
Would you rather clean your children’s toys in a solution of bleach or
hydrogen peroxide?
Pulmonologist
and Critical Care Specialist Roger Seheult, MD explains the Wuhan
Coronavirus and the impact of the pandemic in plain English.Source
Below is a data dump from his YouTube channel. He provides excellent medical advice in an easy to understand way.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update 33 with pulmonologist & critical care specialist Roger Seheult, MD of https://www.MedCram.com
Dr. Seheult illustrates how medications like remdesivir may work on a
cellular level to stop viral replication. South Korea has now tested
almost 200,000 people for COVID-19 as the rest of the world lags behind
and may be experiencing “the tip of the confirmed coronavirus cases
iceberg.” LINKS from this video: https://www.worldometers.info/coronav...https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/ap...https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-...https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/understandin...https://www.jbc.org/content/early/202...
Previous videos from this series: - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 32:
Important Data from South Korea, Can Zinc Help Prevent COVID-19? https://youtu.be/Eeh054-Hx1U - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 31: Mortality Rate, Cleaning Products, A More/Less Severe Virus Strain? https://youtu.be/7YI2tOoVVpk - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 30: More Global COVID-19 Outbreaks, Vitamin D May Aid Prevention: https://youtu.be/gmqgGwT6bw0 - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 29: Testing problems, mutations, COVID-19 in Washington & Iran: https://youtu.be/XjEacUyp4vY - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 28: Practical Prevention Strategies, Patient Age vs. Case Fatality Rate: https://youtu.be/quDYb_x54DM
- Coronavirus Epidemic Update 27: Testing accuracy for COVID-19 (CT
Scan vs. RT-PCR), California Cases and Coronavirus Los Angeles: https://youtu.be/xQwfuJgJ9lo - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 26: Treatment Updates, Stock Markets, Germany & San Francisco, Pandemic? https://youtu.be/bV1CZxJ-uvU - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 25: Vaccine Developments, Italy's Response, and Mortality Rate Trends: https://youtu.be/UImSVhLLeGY - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 24: Coronavirus Infections in Italy, Transmissibility, COVID-19 Symptoms: https://youtu.be/UImSVhLLeGY - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 23: Infections in Kids & Pregnancy, South Korea, Spillover From Bats: https://youtu.be/JGhwAGiAnJo - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 22: Spread Without Symptoms, Cruise Quarantine, Asymptomatic Testing: https://youtu.be/OqpHvK0XADY - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 21: Antibodies, Case Fatality, Clinical Recommendations, 2nd Infections?: https://youtu.be/9BYaywITXYk - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 20: Misinformation Spread, Infection Severity, Cruise Ship, Origins: https://youtu.be/Ka48UZDDzLY - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 19: Treatment and Medication Clinical Trials: https://youtu.be/4HK9QEy1KJ8 - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 18: Cellphone Tracking, Increase in Hospitalizations, More Sleep Tips: https://youtu.be/vE4pBkslqS4 - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 17: Spike in Confirmed Cases, Fighting Infections with Sleep (COVID-19): https://youtu.be/wlbM6VVkVZM - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 16: Strengthening Your Immune Response to Viral Infections (COVID-19): https://youtu.be/qqZYEgREuZ8 - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 15: Underreporting, Prevention, 24 Day Incubation? (COVID19) https://youtu.be/o804wu5h_ms - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 14: Hospital spread of infection, WHO allowed in China, N-95 masks: https://youtu.be/pDnmHu8x9C4 - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 13: Li Wenliang, nCoV vs Influenza, Dip in Daily Cases, Spread to Canada: https://youtu.be/0UgrPgJdzp0 - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 12: Unsupported Theories, Pneumonia, ACE2 & nCoV: https://youtu.be/GT3_A1bf9pU - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 11: Antiviral Drugs, Treatment Trials for nCoV (Remdesivir, Chloroquine): https://youtu.be/pfGpdFNHoqQ - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 10: New Studies, Transmission, Spread from Wuhan, Prevention (2019-nCoV): https://youtu.be/gPwfiQgGsFo - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 9: Fecal-Oral Transmission, Recovery vs Death Rate: https://youtu.be/8Hjy3UfaTSc - Coronavirus Outbreak Update 8: Travel Ban, Spread Outside of China, Quarantine, & MRSA: https://youtu.be/GpbUoLvpdCo - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 7: Global Health Emergency Declared, Viral Shedding: https://youtu.be/nW3xqcGidpQ - Coronavirus Outbreak Update 6: Asymptomatic Transmission & Incubation Period: https://youtu.be/UGxgNebx1pg - Coronavirus Epidemic Update 5: Mortality Rate vs SARS / Influenza: https://youtu.be/MN9-UXsvPBY - Coronavirus outbreak, transmission, and pathophysiology: https://youtu.be/9vMXSkKLg2I - Coronavirus symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment: https://youtu.be/UCG3xqtcL3c - Coronavirus Update 3: Spread, Quarantine, Projections, & Vaccine: https://youtu.be/SJBYwUtB83o - How Coronavirus Kills: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) & Treatment: https://youtu.be/okg7uq_HrhQ
Speaker: Roger Seheult, MD Produced by Kyle Allred, PA MedCram medical
videos are for medical education and exam preparation, and NOT intended
to replace recommendations from your doctor. #Coronavirus#COVID19#SARSCoV2
The Chinese Flu, developed in a lab financed by the CDC, had multiple impacts on the American people and their life styles.
Let's review just the Chinese Flu impact on the normal American Christian virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity.
As so many Americans have forgotten their Christian Faith, lets also do a brief review the 7 deadly sins, aka mortal sins or capital sins (see Father James Shaffer's article "Understanding the 7 Deadly Sins" below for details).
Hoarders have created shortages where none need exist if Americans keep exercising their usual Faith, Hope and Charity rather than their temporary insane hoarding (due to the 7 Deadly Sins of Pride, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Anger, and Envy.)
Remember: All the 7 Deadly Sins (ones that can keep you from seeing Jesus, having eternal life, and saving you a space in hell) have a greater impact daily than the Wuhan Flu.
Ever since the Communist Chinese Party unleashed the biologically engineered Covid-19 on the world (they sealed up the Wuhan province but sent 5 million carriers worldwide), Americans have been in a panic.
As just one example, I conducted stress tests of grocery stores for months. after corporate media promulgated mass hysteria hit. I saw it up close. I witnessed the panic in people's faces as they selfishly over bought items they thought would "save" them and their families.
Sadly, they thought physical things could save them from having to engage in Spiritual Warfare. Certain necessary items (like toilet paper, and actually there are alternatives,
see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Axmg3Hv3Ak
they began to hoard in a mass hysteria that was breath taking. They overbought:
Bottled Water
Toilet Paper
Tissue Paper
Cleaning Products
Meat
Milk
Baby Formula
Baby Diapers
Coffee
ETC.
...and now American coins.
STOP THE HOARDING!!!
Instead of Pride, Lust. Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Anger, and Envy
Exercise instead
Faith, Hope and Charity
Take simple holy acts. For example, take the coins you have been hoarding to a bank today and exchange them for paper currency.
Oh, I know, currency is so old fashioned, so un-hip, so non-Silicon Valley, so Redneck...but in an emergency, service providers will always take currency, not bit coin.
And if the CCP explodes a device in space to cause electromagnetic pulse (EMP) to bring down our power grid...you want currency, not make\-believe bit coins.
Consider purchasing the following items to reduce your panic, ease the mass hysteria, and be confident you can handle any disaster, including the CCP's.
WaterBricks - Store the water you will need to have when you need it. You can also build furniture and shelter with them.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church also refers to these sins as “capital sins” and explains why they are the most dangerous. “Vices can be classified according to the virtues they oppose, or also be linked to capital sins which Christian experience has distinguished, following St. John Cassian and St. Gregory the Great. They are called “capital” because they engender other sins, other vices. They are pride, avarice [greed], envy, wrath, lust, gluttony and sloth” (No. 1866).
1.Pride: an excessive love of self or the desire to be better or more important than others. “Respect for the human person proceeds by way of respect for the principle that ‘everyone should look upon his neighbor (without exception) as “another self,” above all bearing in mind his life and the means necessary for living it with dignity’” (No. 1931).
2. Lust: an intense desire, usually for sexual pleasure, but also for money, power or fame. “The God of promises always warned man against seduction by what from the beginning has seemed ‘good for food … a delight to the eyes … to be desired to make one wise’” (No. 2541).
3. Gluttony: overconsumption, usually of food or drink. “The virtue of temperance disposes us to avoid every kind of excess: the abuse of food, alcohol, tobacco or medicine” (No. 2290).
4.Greed: the desire for and love of possessions. “Sin … is a failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods” (No. 1849).
5.Sloth (or Acedia): physical laziness, also disinterest in spiritual matters or neglecting spiritual growth. “Acedia or spiritual sloth goes so far as to refuse the joy that comes from God and to be repelled by divine goodness” (No. 2094).
6. Anger or wrath: uncontrolled feelings of hatred or rage. “Anger is a desire for revenge … The Lord says, ‘Everyone who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment’” (No. 2302).
7.Envy: sadness or desire for the possessions, happiness, talents or abilities of another “Envy can lead to the worst crimes. ‘Through the devil’s envy death entered the world’” (No. 2553).
Finding Christmas by James H. Lilley is a great Christmas present for your children. Wholesome, deep love story, full of old American and traditional Catholic values.
Here is a summary. "Wounded in the line of duty and on the road to recovery, Jack Lacey returns with "Pops" his great grandfather to the "old homestead" for the holidays. There he works to restore the family church in time for Christmas Eve and find the spirit of Christmases from long, long ago. When he sees the job ahead as an impossible take, Pops simply smiles and says, "Just have faith and believe in your heart and all will be fine." Yet, he remains skeptical, believing only a miracle will restore the old church in time for Christmas. Early on, he discovers a brazen little church mouse that has him wondering about the magical mysteries Pops told him surround the old homestead. "Oscar" listens patiently to Jack's telling of a fateful day in May that gave him the title of "hero," a title he detests. And, strangely, to Jack it seems that the daring mouse understands. To complicate matters, Julia Atkins, a lovely young woman, has slipped, unexpectedly, into his life and is trying to steal his heart. But, he's determined to resist her efforts. Soon, he's fighting his demons and searching for himself, while toiling in the old church with Julia by his side. When temptation builds to take her in his arms, an old love appears and wants him back."
Natural and manmade disasters impact families daily.
This blog, www.poetslife.blogspot.com and TACDA.ORG where I am the volunteer vice president, is to help American children and grandchildren by educating their parents and grandparents about how civil defense protects life and property.
Contact me at poetslife@gmail.com to discuss how we can arrange a civil defense seminar geared to your needs.