Abortion Recommended in Britain

This is very disturbing.
Pray for an end to abortion.

Feast of the Holy Innocents

In these days after the celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord, there are many important feast days. We had the Feast of St. Stephen on the 26th, the Feast of the Holy Family this past Sunday, and of course have the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God to look forward to on January 1st. Today, December 28th, the Church observes the Feast of the Holy Innocents, those children who were slaughter at King Herod's command in an attempt to kill the newborn Christ.

St. Matthew tells the story (2:13-18):

"Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,'Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.' Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, Out of Egypt I called my son.
"When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi. Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah the prophet:
'A voice was heard in Ramah,
sobbing and loud lamentation;
Rachel weeping for her children,
and she would not be consoled,
since they were no more.'"

A very beautiful song about this event is the Coventry Carol, sung from the perspective of a mother saying goodbye to her child. Below is a video with a nice rendition of it with the lyrics following.


Lully, lullay, Thou little tiny Child,
Bye, bye, lully, lullay.

O sisters too, how may we do,
For to preserve this day
This poor youngling for whom we do sing
Bye, bye, lully, lullay.

Herod, the king, in his raging,
Charged he hath this day
His men of might, in his own sight,
All children young to slay.

That woe is me, poor Child for Thee!
And ever mourn and sigh,
For thy parting neither say nor sing,
Bye, bye, lully, lullay.

I have often heard today's practice of abortion mentioned as a modern comparison to the massacre of the Holy Innocents. Innocent children are slaughtered legally everyday through abortions. Today I offer my prayers for all of those Holy Innocents who never had the chance to live and for an end to this terrible practice.

USCCB Encourages Action on Health Care Reform

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is encouraging the faithful to speak up about Health Care Reform and the issue of the sanctity of all human life. The Bishops have issued a nationwide bulletin insert, available on their website here.

In this insert, they state,
"Congress is preparing to debate health care reform legislation on the House and Senate floors. Genuine health care reform should protect the life and dignity of all people from the moment of conception until natural death. The U.S. bishops’ conference has concluded that all committee approved bills are seriously deficient on the issues of abortion and conscience, and do not provide adequate access to health care for immigrants and the poor. The bills will have to change or the bishops have pledged to oppose them."

The website linked above also has an easy way for you to email your representatives and senators to let them know that you stand with the Bishops and the Church on these issues. DO THIS! Our Congressional representatives need to know that there are many people who care about life!

Mother Teresa on Peace

In all of the news and discussion about President Obama being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, I have heard many question what Obama has accomplished as compared to other Nobel laureates. Mother Teresa is one that has come up many times. I must admit that I was quite surprised when I heard about Obama's award; I actually thought it was a joke at first. Now, when I read Mother Teresa's speech from when she received the Peace Prize and compare it with Obama's actions, I am totally baffled as to why he was given this honor. Here is a portion of what she had to say:

"I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing - direct murder by the mother herself. And we read in the Scripture, for God says very clearly: Even if a mother could forget her child - I will not forget you - I have carved you in the palm of my hand. We are carved in the palm of His hand, so close to Him that unborn child has been carved in the hand of God. And that is what strikes me most, the beginning of that sentence, that even if a mother could forget something impossible - but even if she could forget - I will not forget you. And today the greatest means - the greatest destroyer of peace is abortion. And we who are standing here - our parents wanted us. We would not be here if our parents would do that to us. Our children, we want them, we love them, but what of the millions. Many people are very, very concerned with the children in India, with the children in Africa where quite a number die, maybe of malnutrition, of hunger and so on, but millions are dying deliberately by the will of the mother. And this is what is the greatest destroyer of peace today. Because if a mother can kill her own child - what is left for me to kill you and you kill me - there is nothing between."

NY Times Editorial on Abortion and Health Care

The New York Times published an editorial on Sept. 30th in which they argue for no restrictions on abortion in the health care plans being considered in Congress.

Read it here.

Here are a few of the more interesting points they make with my comments following:

“In a rational system of medical care, there would be virtually no restrictions on financing abortions. But abortion is not a rational issue, and opponents have succeeded in broadly denying the use of federal dollars to pay for them, except in the case of pregnancies that result from rape or incest or that endanger a woman’s life.”

[I agree with the second statement: Abortion is not a rational issue. It seems to me completely irrational how anyone could argue that the government should pay to have babies killed.]

“These restrictions, which constitute an improper government intrusion into Americans’ private lives…”

[On the contrary, I would argue that the government paying to have a baby killed is definitely an improper government intrusion into Americans’ lives.]


Right now we need to pray and pray often for an end to abortion in our country, especially an end to legal and government subsidized abortions.

Obama on Abortion and Health Care

President Obama's contradictory remarks on health care and abortion:

watch this:



Now watch this at about 1:37:



He is certainly lying to someone. I hope and pray that his most recent comments (2nd video) are true.