The Miracle of Human Creation
A beautifully made video illustrates the beginnings and development of human life. This kind of tool is important in the education and enlightenment of others about the humanity of God’s children at all stages.
A beautifully made video illustrates the beginnings and development of human life. This kind of tool is important in the education and enlightenment of others about the humanity of God’s children at all stages.
Parents are the first teachers their children will ever have. But once these children enter the world of school and peers, there are other influences that are pressed upon them. For too long, parents have handed off education responsibilities to others and have remained blind as to what the children are seeing, allowing harmful and potentially fatal subjects to be taught to them. It is time for parents to take responsibility and arm children with the abilities to make moral decisions.
Through His commandments and the tenets of the Church, God lays out a plan for how we should live in order to attain eternal life. All we need to do is listen and then act. Yet, all too often, people don’t want to listen, and they definitely don’t want to act. They are then left to wonder what happened.
First do no harm the crux of the Hippocratic Oath that should inspire hope in patients that their doctor will always care for them in the best way possible. Yet, preborn babies and even expectant mothers seem to be exempt from this assurance. Where does it leave humanity when the most vulnerable among us cannot depend on others for help?
Christ is truly present body, blood, soul, and divinity in the Holy Eucharist. We must venerate His presence, honor Him for all He has done for us, and remain reverent at all times. Yet, too many do not take His presence seriously. Some even mock Him. Now is the time for each of us both clergy and lay people to stop this disgrace and return the respect to Our Lord that He deserves.
We seem to be losing the ability to determine what is really best for our minds, bodies, and souls. Instead, we focus on the here and now. We seek pleasure at all cost, and we allow immoral behavior to creep into our lives. If this continues, there will only be one natural consequence.
Nearly two years ago, the European Union voted to ban export to the United States of lethal injection drugs used for the execution of prisoners on death row.
Estelle Griswold was a Planned Parenthood physician. The case was Griswold v. Connecticut and it was 1965.
I took my cat to the vet for a checkup. While I waited to be seen, I noticed an elderly couple apparently also waiting. We struck up a conversation.
Much has been written about Pope Francis’ interviews and insights in last few days.
Merriam-Webster defines pox as a disastrous evil.
With all the recent debate about Pope Francis’ interview, one is left wondering if the Catholic Church has lost its zeal for truth.