The Sheepfold and the Voice of the Shepherd

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Stone sheepfold John 10:22-30 Recently my boys have been spending a great deal of time outside in the area that will soon be transformed into our garden. They spend endless hours digging in the dirt for worms. They then promptly take those worms and throw them to the chickens. It amazes me how even chickens can learn to recognize sounds or voices. My oldest makes this funny high-pitched sound when he comes out of the house and heads toward the coop. The chickens practically fall over themselves running toward the fence or out of the coop when they hear him making his sound. They know there is food to follow! In Sunday's Gospel Jesus tells us that, "My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me." and "I am the gate for the sheep." Today, again, Jesus mentions that His sheep know His voice and follow Him.  In these few verses we learn that Jesus is both gate and shepherd for the sheep. In those days and even today in some places, a sheepfold w
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NBC says no to life

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UPDATE: Here you can find the contact info for NBC executives. Thanks Happy Catholic!

NBC Sacks Super Bowl Ad Celebrating Life's Potential Says It's Not Interested in "Political Advocacy"

CHICAGO, Illinois, JAN. 29, 2009 (Zenit.org).- An ad that promotes the potential of all life will not be shown on NBC during the Super Bowl on the grounds that it involves "political advocacy or issues."

After several days of negotiations, an NBC representative in Chicago advised CatholicVote.org on Wednesday of it's decision not to run an ad that features President Barack Obama and concludes with the tagline, "Life: Imagine the Potential." Brian Burch, president of CatholicVote.org said there was "nothing objectionable in this positive, life-affirming advertisement."

He then noted the irony that while NBC refused their ad for being advocacy-based, an ad of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals -- an advocacy group -- was rejected because it depicted "a level of sexuality exceeding our standards." The organization was then given a detailed list of edits that would make the spot acceptable.

“NBC claims it doesn’t allow advocacy ads, but that’s not true. They were willing to air an ad by PETA if they would simply tone down the sexual suggestiveness,” said Burch. “The purpose of our new ad is to spread a message of hope about the potential of every human life, including the life of Barack Obama,” said Burch. “We are now looking at alternative venues to run the ad over the next several weeks.”

The ad aired on BET in Chicago on Inauguration Day. It has become an Internet hit with over 700,000 views in seven days. The ad was in the top 10 "most viewed’" category on YouTube on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20.

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Bob Cavalcante Jr. said…
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2:53 PM
Bob Cavalcante Jr. said…
I for one was disgusted that NBC not only pulled the CatholicVote.com commercial, but ran one not 10 minutes into the game for the soon to be released anti-Catholic movie sequel to The DaVinci Code - "Angels and Demons" that even showed the destruction of St. Peter's Basilica.

I wrote an article on my blog and I haven't even started to get on NBC's case yet.
http://catholicconservativeamerican.blogspot.com/2009/02/nbcs-anti-catholic-leanings.html

I'll also be contacting NBC's Super Bowl advertisers to let them know why I didn't see their expensive commercials and that I won't be doing business with anyone that supports NBC's position.

God Bless!

Bob Cavalcante
http://catholicconservativeamerican.blogspot.com
2:53 PM
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