UPDATE 4/1/10: The events of the week (three funerals) have conspired against my finishing a post on chapter three. With the Triduum upon us, I’m caught up in liturgy and reflecting on my own wretchedness. Let’s call it a week and I’ll post this next Tuesday. Thank you for your gracious indulgence. For the rest [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Pro-Life Academy: Embryo (Chapter 3)
Posted in Uncategorized on March 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
To Pull the Plug?
Posted in Family on March 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I attended a bioethics conference at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio this past weekend. The theme centered on end of life decisions and care. Much was mentioned about when it is appropriate to discontinue food and water by removing the feeding tube. Dr. Patrick Lee, Director of the Institute for Bioethics at Franciscan assembled a [...]
The Illuminating Power of Praise
Posted in Uncategorized on March 29, 2010 | Comments Off
Essential to the spiritual life of Catholics is the need to praise God in our distress. Praise and adoration are what we need to do before we engage in supplication. It is tempting in difficult times to rush into pleading our heart’s desire. But praise and thanksgiving give us a necessary perspective for our petitions. [...]
The Shame of Spain
Posted in Abortion, Bishops, tagged Abortion, King Juan Carlos, Spain on March 29, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The Catholic News Service Feb. 25, reports: “In a vote of 132-126, members of Parliament passed the law removing all restrictions on abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy and extending legal abortion to 22 weeks of gestation if the life of the mother is at risk or if the fetus shows signs of [...]
Science, Causes, Truth, or Science Causes Truth (Part 1)
Posted in Uncategorized on March 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Repost: I’m attending a bioethics conference this weekend. Will post later tonight on topics covered. Discovery “At the heart of science lies discovery which involves a change in worldview. Discovery in science is possible only in societies which accord their citizens the freedom to pursue the truth where it may lead and which therefore have [...]
Black Bart, Black Knight
Posted in Abortion on March 24, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Bart Stupak is a member of the Knights of Columbus. So am I, a Fourth Degree member and the Pro-life Chairman of my Council. For those who don’t know, the Knights of Columbus is a Catholic laymen’s organization with 1.8 million members worldwide. Our Degrees first through fourth respectively center on the lessons of Charity, [...]
Planned Parenthood, Children, and ‘Sex Play’ (PartI)
Posted in Planned Parenthood on March 24, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Planned Parenthood, like all predatory animals, seeks to insert itself between the strong parents and the weaker young. It’s easier to pick them off that way. They do so by insinuating themselves into children’s lives with seeming care and concern for the welfare of teens and children in areas beyond sex; areas such as housing, [...]
Bodily Autonomy Thread
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2010 | Comments Off
A forum for SimonJM, Bobby Bambino and others to continue their discussion.
How Boys and Girls Differ
Posted in Family on March 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
It’s been a heavy weekend. The health care bill, Planned Parenthood and the Girl Scouts, the death of a close friend’s mother who was very dear to us. So, some lighter fare, compliments of my three children, ages 10,9,6. My son and daughters were discussing the differences between boys and girls, and decided to compile [...]
Pro-Life Academy: Embryo (Chapter 2)
Posted in Pro-Life Academy on March 23, 2010 | 21 Comments »
Note: As we progress though this book, I shall close the comments on the previous week’s post once the current post goes up. By all means continue any ongoing conversations. This will streamline our conversations by restricting them to one thread. So, Last week’s comments are closed. We’re open for business on this week’s post. [...]
Pro-Life Academy. Embryo
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’ll Post Chapter 2 at 4 PM today. I’m away at a funeral.
It’s Time for Planned Parenthood to Go
Posted in Planned Parenthood, tagged Abortion, Condoms, Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood, Sex Ed on March 23, 2010 | 8 Comments »
The events of the past weeks demonstrate with the greatest clarity that Planned Parenthood stands at the root of much of the evil in the world today. The Categories panel of this blog is brimming with articles detailing the extent of this malignant organization’s eugenic and racist agenda conceived and brought to life by its [...]
The Passing of the Patriarch of the Pro-Life Movement
Posted in Uncategorized on March 22, 2010 | Comments Off
From Today’s HLI Newsletter Abbot John Klassen, OSB of St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota, informed me personally Saturday that the venerable founder of Human Life International, Fr. Paul Marx, went to his eternal reward peacefully at 8:10 that morning. According to eyewitness accounts, Father raised his hands as he died and said, “Take me home.” [...]
Strangers In the Night
Posted in Family, tagged Naomi Wolf, Pornography on March 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I came across this excellent article on pornography’s deadening effect on the male libido. I have never been a big fan of Naomi Wolf, and certainly she is still missing some of the pieces. But she gets it with porn, and the article is dead-on when she states the following: “The onslaught of porn is [...]
