Reflections on the Fr. Corapi Conference

Photo: Charles Lewis, Buffalo News

Having attended the much anticipated conference with Fr. John Corapi, I thought I would share a few impressions and hope that others who attended will chime in. Each of his four talks throughout the day were recorded so that others may purchase the DVD from Fr. Corapi's website in the near future. I know I play to obtain a copy as soon as it becomes available and HERE IS THE LINK to pre-order yours.

First some bullet points:

• We are at war -- a spiritual war -- and it is time for Catholics to stand up and be heard
• Our American founding fathers had every intention for God to be included and appreciated in our very foundation; not for God to be permanently erased from society
• The Holy Spirit is the remedy and stands evicted if we are immersed in sin
• The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit are necessary for happiness, prosperity and peace
• Disobedience of God is the reason for the existence of so much evil
• We cannot be Catholic and support a 'pro-choice' platform. Period.
• You cannot help the poor by enslaving them.

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Now I would like to share a moving situation I witnessed while sitting in our 'nose-bleed' seats at the top of the arena. My husband and I were near the end of an aisle and the seats next to us were empty. A woman accompanying a frail elderly woman asked if the seats were available and we motioned for them to have a seat next to us. The older woman was in a wheelchair and her companion helped to raise her and seat her next to us. She wore a neck cushion. In one hand she held a sippy cup and in the other a bit of fleece-like fabric. She smiled somewhat vacantly at us and we smiled and nodded to her. Her much younger companion wore a smile from ear to ear and was continually hugging and rubbing the woman. Our two neighbors stood out brightly among our other 11,000 brothers and sisters as the Mass was about to begin. The music began to play and we all stood for the processional as some 75 priests and deacons passed by - and all of those voices - in perfect unison - singing 'Hail Holy Queen' was sweeter than any confection made by the hands of men. I looked to our left and both ladies were standing, embracing one another wiping at their eyes. I knew that this was a moment I would remember always. The elder lady would drop off to sleep with her head resting upon her cushion from time to time during the Mass, all the while her companion being fully present for both of them. At communion time we were all told to turn to our left and ministers would be on each level to distribute to the faithful. No wheelchair necessary, the two women turned left and we followed closely behind. A line had formed and the elder lady's companion motioned toward someone at the front of the line and they kindly parted so that she would not have to walk any further. When we returned to our seats, they were both there, the younger of the two with her eyes closed and palms open singing as loudly as she could to the songs. Her frail friend offered me a sip from her cup and I thought of Christ and His cup. I gratefully whispered to her, 'No, thank you.' After Mass, I lost sight of the two ladies as they probably moved back to their original seats, but the humanity in Christ I met that day will never part from my mind.
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Buffalo News story on the conference

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Meet Father John Corapi at his Book Release and Signing!

On Friday, August 14, 2009 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Father John Corapi will be making a personal appearance at the Adam’s Mark Hotel, Ballroom A. Fr. Corapi will be releasing his new book, Letters Volume 1. This will be the premier release of this new book, not available to the general public. You do not need to have a ticket for the Conference in order to attend the book signing. The book signing is open to all. Father Corapi will also have many of his popular DVDs and CDs available as well.

Due to the thousands of people enrolled for the conference, Fr. Corapi will not be available to the public at the Saturday event. So don’t miss this rare chance to have Father Corapi sign your books, CDs and DVDs, answer your questions, and take pictures with you and your family.

Father Corapi has not appeared publicly in two years and you do not want to miss this rare opportunity!

For more information please go to www.fathercorapilive.com

Fr. Corapi in Buffalo August 15, 2009

On August 15, 2009 Fr. John Corapi will be making his first and only public speaking appearance in two years at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. Joining him will be Raymond Arroyo of EWTN and master of ceremonies Jerry Usher. This event is sponsored by The Station of the Cross, Catholic radio. Get details and register at www.fathercorapilive.com or call 888-223-6000. Seats are selling out.

The agenda is as follows:

7:00 - 8:00 am	Doors open
8:00 - 9:00 am	Fr. Corapi: Theology of the Person and Power of the Holy Spirit
9:00 - 9:45 am	Break
9:45 - 10:45 am	Fr. Corapi: The Gift Who Contains All Gifts
10:45 - 11:30 am	Break
11:30 am - 1:00 pm	Holy Mass
1:00 - 1:45 pm	Lunch
1:45 - 2:30 pm	Raymond Arroyo
2:30 - 3:15 pm	Break
3:15 - 4:15 pm	Fr. Corapi: The Holy Spirit is Given to Those Who Obey: Acts 5:32
4:15 - 5:00 pm	Break
5:00 - 6:00 pm	Fr. Corapi: The Spirit We Have Been Given is No Cowardly Spirit: 2 Timothy 1:7
6:00 pm	Benediction, Conference ends

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UPDATE: For Reflections on the Fr. Corapi Conference, Click HERE

Fr. Corapi Comes to Buffalo This Summer

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A Call for a Rosary Novena

A Call for a Rosary Novena

By Fr. John Corapi

www.fathercorapi.com

Among the most important titles we have in the Catholic Church for the Blessed Virgin Mary are Our Lady of Victory and Our Lady of the Rosary. These titles can be traced back to one of the most decisive times in the history of the world and Christendom. The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7 (date of feast of Our Lady of Rosary), 1571. This proved to be the most crucial battle for the Christian forces against the radical Muslim navy of Turkey. Pope Pius V led a procession around St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City praying the Rosary. He showed true pastoral leadership in recognizing the danger posed to Christendom by the radical Muslim forces, and in using the means necessary to defeat it. Spiritual battles require spiritual weapons, and this more than anything was a battle that had its origins in the spiritual order—a true battle between good and evil.

Today we have a similar spiritual battle in progress—a battle between the forces of good and evil, light and darkness, truth and lies, life and death. If we do not soon stop the genocide of abortion in the United States, we shall run the course of all those that prove by their actions that they are enemies of God—total collapse, economic, social, and national. The moral demise of a nation results in the ultimate demise of a nation. God is not a disinterested spectator to the affairs of man. Life begins at conception.

This is an unalterable formal teaching of the Catholic Church. If you do not accept this you are a heretic in plain English. A single abortion is homicide. The more than 48,000,000 abortions since Roe v. Wade in the United States constitute genocide by definition. The group singled out for death—unwanted, unborn children.

No other issue, not all other issues taken together, can constitute a proportionate reason for voting for candidates that intend to preserve and defend this holocaust of innocent human life that is abortion.

I strongly urge every one of you to make a Novena and pray the Rosary to Our Lady of Victory between October 27th and Election Day, November 4th. Pray that God’s will be done and the most innocent and utterly vulnerable of our brothers and sisters will be protected from this
barbaric and grossly sinful blight on society that is abortion. No woman, and no man, has the right to choose to murder an innocent human being.

May God grant us the wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and counsel to form our conscience in accordance with authentic Catholic teaching, and then vote that well‐formed Catholic conscience.

Please copy, email, link and distribute this article freely.

God Bless You

Fr. John Corapi
www.fathercorapi.com

*Though our brothers and sisters in Christ who live outside of the United States are unable to vote in this upcoming election, we ask them to with us and for us.