Posts Tagged ‘Pro-Life Movement’
A Day of Prayer and Reparation for the Murder and Abuse of Unborn Children
“In the proclamation of this Gospel, we must not fear hostility or unpopularity, and we must refuse any compromise or ambiguity which might conform us to the world’s way of thinking (cf. Rom 12:2). We must be in the world but not of the world (cf. Jn 15:19; 17:16), drawing our strength from Christ, who…
Read MoreGain Heart: Pro-Life Progress at State Levels
The drumbeat of bad news coming from the Biden administration can certainly be discouraging for pro-life and pro-family activists. It seems that hardly a week passes without some horrific new announcement from the administration, pushing abortion or some other assault on basic moral truths. However, as I have emphasized so often in the past, it’s…
Read MorePrayers for a Culture of Life
The conversion of hearts and minds is an essential part and fundamental goal of the pro-life ministry. It’s understandable to feel overwhelmed and helpless at times before the evil in the world. However, we have a powerful tool at our disposal to bring about the end of abortion. Just as there are countless saints who…
Read MoreCelebrating The Day of the Unborn Child
The one who accepted “Life” in the name of all and for the sake of all was Mary, the Virgin Mother; she is thus most closely and personally associated with the Gospel of life. Mary’s consent at the Annunciation and her motherhood stand at the very beginning of the mystery of life which Christ came…
Read MoreSt. Joseph: Model of Fatherhood and Faithfulness
God, in His wisdom, chose to reveal Himself to us in Divine Revelation as Father. Theologians have ruminated at great length upon God’s Fatherhood, exploring what this mystery reveals about God’s nature and attributes. However, there is also much to learn by turning the question on its head, and instead asking what Scripture’s revelation of…
Read MorePersonal Encounters Shed Light on Abortion
Evil thrives amidst darkness and shadows. Thieves operate under the cover of night. Bribes are passed beneath tables. Drugs are sold from cars with tinted windows in unlit parking lots. White collar crime is committed under the cover of the opaque complexities of high finance. The way to fight evil is to cast light on…
Read MoreSpeak Out, That Others May Hear
It is a difficult time for pro-life Catholics worldwide, who are scrambling to figure out how to respond to the fact that the world’s most powerful politician – President Joe Biden – routinely touts his “devout” Catholic faith, while simultaneously promoting such evils as abortion and a radical form of the LGBT agenda. In the…
Read MoreIn the Face of Battle, Take Courage
What a difference a few days can make. On January 17, President Trump issued a statement declaring National Sanctity of Human Life Day. “Every human life is a gift to the world,” the statement began. “Whether born or unborn, young or old, healthy or sick, every person is made in the holy image of God.”…
Read MorePersevere, In Season and Out of Season
Well, Joe Biden wasted no time in making clear just how committed he is to promoting and funding the murder of innocent unborn children as president. Due to COVID restrictions, attendance at Biden’s inauguration was restricted to a small number of select individuals. Where normally there would be crowds of hundreds of thousands of people…
Read MoreCrisis of Truth, Crisis of Freedom
Without sounding like a radical conspiracist, we in the United States are dancing precariously on the edge of a knife. The events that unfolded on January 6 at the Capitol in Washington have given the tech giants – Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Apple, and Google – the excuse they need to begin purging personalities and opinions…
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