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Mother Angelica Calls for halt to "other" terrorism in U.S.

Mother Angelica Live Television Program on EWTN

September 25, 2001

 Note: Mother Angelica had a number of strokes just after the terrorist
attacks on Sept. 11. The text below is excerpted from her September 25
television and radio program which was her first time back since the 
strokes
took place. She now has a patch over one eye, has slightly slurred 
speech
and is unable to smile properly because of the strokes. The program is
usually heard by millions of people around the world.

 Program Excerpt - Comments by Mother Angelica:

I wanted to share with you some thoughts I've had about the problems we 
have
in this country, the war, but what kind of war is it? There's no place 
to
go, nothing that you can think to do that would be right, even though
justice is necessary.

I'd like to talk to you tonight about other terrorists.

Let's take social terrorists - in our country. The kind of terrorists 
that
go into schools and spread drugs. The kind of terrorists that kidnap 
little
children and make them prostitutes and what was always known as white
slavery. The kind of terrorists in the entertainment world that put out 
on
television in public, in Europe and all over the world, the worst, 
worst
kind of movies, the most immoral movies. Those are social terrorists. 
You
say, oh no Mother, they, oh yea....look what they have done to this 
country,
look what they have done to our youth. And what is a terrorist, I don't 
know
what a definition is... someone who wants to destroy.

We've had two beautiful buildings destroyed on our land. And many 
innocent
people. People who were blown to bits - just like the first 10, 20 
years of
abortion. Cut to pieces, thrown in garbage cans and eaten by cats. Same 
as
now. Those are terrorists. I think they're the worst because they 
destroy
innocence and life and populations. Our population is nothing what it 
should
have been. Millions that belonged to us are gone and to me, and, I 
might be
way off beam, I just want to share my heart with you - all those 
millions
and millions that are gone, they can't fight for us because they aren't
there. Isn't that a terrorist thing? Isn't it terrorism to have Satan's
music for our little ones to absorb and to begin to murder and kill. 
Isn't
it terrorist to spread drugs everywhere, to push prostitution and 
immorality
among our youth, weaken their hearts, their souls, their minds? Isn't 
that
terror?

Then there's spiritual terror, the kind that makes you afraid to say a
prayer in public, the kind that makes you hide your crucifixes and 
anything
religious in your office. The kind that says you can't have a crib in
public. That's a terrorist because, in your heart you want to love God. 
You
want to praise God. You want to say thank you Jesus for coming to save 
us as
a little child. Thank you Lord. I think that's a terrorism that's
acceptable... but I don't think it is.

 Mr. President, I'm an old lady with a minor little stroke, or whatever 
it
is and only one eye, but I can see - that this nation, great, mighty, a
sleeping giant, that could bring the whole world to holiness, goodness,
compassion, strength and hope, but I don't think, unless we tackle the
terrorists in OUR country, we can expect God to protect and guide us.

Mr. President, would you consider putting prayer back in the schools 
and
letting us pray at social functions? I understand that you prayed at a
football game or baseball game. Could we pray in restaurants and could 
we
have reminders of the Lord God? Can we put a crib back on our lawns and 
not
be afraid of being ridiculed? Mr. President, would you consider having
prayer back in the schools? Would you consider taking that horrible law 
with
permission to kill, to terrorize the innocent? I know some of you are 
mad at
me right now. I figure in my condition I have nothing to lose. But 
would you
consider, saying no more abortion is allowed in this country? Would you
consider?

 Mr. President, I thought your speech was wonderful. I don't play 
Democrat
or Republican. I don't play anything in politics. I think, in general,
politics stinks, but, you gotta vote for somebody. I was proud of you 
the
other day. You were strong and you did put God in. But you see, you 
can't
have two opposite things. You can't allow such terrorists in our 
country. I
know, I know what some of you're out there are thinking "Well you have 
your
nerve, you're trying to tell us what to do". No, I don't care what you 
do.
If you don't want to pray, don't pray. I believe in freedom of 
religion. I
also believe in God and this country is no longer free. See, if you're 
not
free Mr. President, you can't make others free. You can't give what we 
don't
possess.

 If we offend God by pornography and allowing pornography, by drugs, by 
not
enough care and supervision, by television that's absolutely rotten,
disgraceful, immoral, and allowing innocent children, they feel, those 
kids
feel whatever it is. In the old days they used to have salt saline 
abortion.
They'd burn the little children. As long as that's a law, it cannot be
pleasing to God.

We can't keep offending God here, then ask for his blessing here. It's 
not
going to work. Most of you might say, mind your own business and talk
spiritual things. I think I am, talking about deeply spiritual things.

 And all of you that have been so hidden and hurt because of the way 
these
over 6,000 people died, cruel, without love, without anything. What 
about
those little kids. They had no place to run. They had no place to go. 
You
see, I don't want to be depressing tonight. I love you. I love you Mr.
President. You may never hear this talk. I hope the spirit, in one of 
your
prayer groups, whispers in your ear because I think some drastic
anti-terrorism has to be done in this country - to make us free - to 
make us
filled with trust in God. Then, then you can do the work that you have 
been
given to do. And then the almighty God from on high will be with you, 
and
with this country, and with the world.

 I love our president and our congress, because they've gotten together 
and
they done everything America should do. They rose to the occasion. Just 
as
with Pearl Harbor, the Japanese said they woke a sleeping giant, they 
did
again (now). This time, we have a few hindrances. I'm only saying that 
if
we're going to clear out or try to bring to justice terrorists we had 
better
first look at home.... We must be brave and we must accept our penance. 
We
must also change. We must pray, not only for those who died in those
terrible, terrible attacks, but have we ever prayed for the children 
who
were murdered, every day? Have we ever said Lord, I can't stop it but I 
pray
they have a high degree of glory in your kingdom... Let us become a
repenting nation and change.

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