Posted on 05/08/2009 6:47:04 AM PDT by NYer
As I said, my belief and it is UNCHANGEABLE is that it only be done when the life of the mother is at risk, regardless of which technique is used.
When my son and his intended were seriously discussing marriage, that’s the first thing my husband and I made plain to both of them. We are PRO-LIFE and we expect YOU TWO to be open to it (no struggle or opposition ensued) to include an unplanned visit from the stork. Abortion is OFF the table — not an option. I can still remember their faces — so young, so beautiful and their golden heads just nodded.
Your suggestion is EXACTLY what our Catholic brothers and sisters in my sphere of influence are suggesting. Kneel and pray — not loudly — do not shout him or others down, just kneel and pray. It sends a message louder than anything you could shout.
That's true, but the law can be a teacher, too. Most importantly, we have to defend the lives of the unborn with whatever morally licit means are available, including the law.
Why is it that he gets it but the president of ND remains clueless???
For those of us who can't be there, it's important to set some time aside each day, in prayerful support of this cause.
I do, believe me, I do.
Interesting! Have you ever read Taylor Caldwell's book: Great Lion of God?
If we do it right, we pick up friends along the way. Catholics have such a rich tapestry and depth of spirituality, we should, of all creatures, be filled with joy. We should be fearless, but most of all we should be open armed and hearted. To comfort and entice those around us to join us on the road of life. THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT. By comparison, every other way of life should look like a road apple [that is, quite frankly, the nicest way I could think to say it].
Geez, I read her insatiably as a late teenager, but I don’t remember that one. I remember Costain’s “Dear and Glorious Physician”. I’m going up to the library next week and see if they have it. I might remember it if I get into it.
This weekend son graduates from college tomorrow, and I have 11 people in for breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday, plus I have two Marines’ pets I’m babysitting for the weekend. They were both called out of town — one for recruitment weekend duties and the other to meet his intended’s parents for the first time. So, how could I refuse. ;-) Son leaves for OCS at Quantico at the end of the month, so this is our last hurrah for ten weeks.
We’re bbq-ing after the ceremonies at the Muny all morning and early afternoon. It’s raining cats and dogs, thundering and lightning like crazy today. Everybody on the thread, please say a prayer for a beautiful day tomorrow or 11 people and four dogs are going to be soaking wet from sun-up to sundown. But next week, I’m available to read, heh, heh, heh.
Caldwell wrote “Dear and Glorious Physician,” I thought it was Costain. Oh, and “Captains and Kings” was the first book of hers I read. So, what did I read by Costain (he was another of my F A V O R I T E authors).
For my 17th Birthday, my mother gave me Caldwell’s “The Listener”. It’s a treasure to me because 1) it was my 17th birthday, 2) my mother’s inscription is in her very unique handwriting; and C) ;-) I loved Caldwell.
That is one of my favorites!!! There are 2 editions - one with that title and another entitled "He who Listens", published in Great Britain. One of her most intriguing books was Dialogues With the Devil , which is often difficult to find. It is a debate between the Archangel Michael and Lucifer about the planet Earth.
—"Childish raptures! said Lucifer, with scorn, his eyes flashing like lightning. "Are we indeed whimpering and craven children, or slaves? Can we be content with toys and little deliciousnesses? Are we not mind, as well as emotion? And is not the mind, of both angel and man, the noblest of possessions, and worth exercising. It is in our minds that we approach the closest of Him, Who is all Mind. Mind is the creator of all philosophy, all order, all beauty, all satisfaction, but emotion is the lowliest of the virtues, if it is a virtue at all. Mind has in it the capacity to know all things, or, at least, the minds of angels."
In her introduction, Ms. Caldwell states that she takes no credit for this book. Well worth the search; it's a treasure.
Her book Pillar of Iron which takes place in Roman times, was brilliant. In fact, I feel as though I were living it in today's society.
No president in history has been so damaging to the cause of respect for life than this one...a singular enemy of essential elements of the Catholic Church’s moral teaching.
You have no idea how alone I thought I was in my love of Caldwell. Seemed no one I’d met had ever heard of her or read her. I gave up thinking about it. You’re the second person on Free Republic in the last year who has loved her work as I do. Wow! Just wow!
I love it. I hope this happens. Though I can just imagine the MSM reporting.
"Graduating seniors demonstration their devotion to President Obama by kneeling before him as they receive his wisdom."
Well, if there's enough support for it, why don't we offer it -- and make it SAFE -- right up through age 18? We can call it "termination of parenthood" and have "termination centers" where unwanted offspring can be painlessly dispatched by lethal injection or nitrogen asphyxiation.
After all, teenagers are almost as inconvenient and troublesome as babies, and a lot more expensive.
You seem to think abortion is icky. The Catholic Church teaches that abortion is not merely icky ... it's murder.
Ever heard of the "Ten Lost Tribes of Israel"? Know why they're the Ten Lost Tribes? Because they split off, politically, from the rest, and began to embrace Canaanite idolatry. One of the major parts of Canaanite idolatry was the sacrifice of babies to the god Molech.
Their punishment was to be conquered by the Assyrians. When the Assyrians conquered a nation, they destroyed it utterly. Those whom they didn't kill, they removed physically to the furthest part of their empire. The intermarried with the remnant to destroy any consciousness of nationhood within a century or two.
What kind of punishment do you think God has planned for America? It's started already, you know. Once, we were rich, free, powerful, industrious, and respected.
Our destiny is to be poor, enslaved, powerless, unemployed, and in thrall to foreigners. That's what keeping abortion "safe and legal" will do to a nation.
Ichabod. The glory has departed.
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