DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

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Saturday, July 7, 2007 -- Family Planning Associates, San Diego

A woman with her pit bull walked past me. When the dog approached to sniff my leg she pulled it away, then turned back and said, "I should have let him poop on you!"

I arrived at Family Planning Associates about 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 7. The security guard, a new one, approached and commanded, "Sir, I need you to move your stuff off the grass!" I wasn't quite sure what to say because usually someone else takes care of troublesome guards. I must have sounded rather stupid but I responded, "No, no it's okay." He retorted, "Sir, please move your stuff on to the sidewalk." "No, really it's okay, we always do this," I reassured him as I showed him the property line and explained that the police are aware of our presence. He frustratingly said "Sir!" as he looked at me then turned and walked away. Most security guards are assertive only until you return the favor.

Read the rest of the story here: California Catholic Daily

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"In Cordibus Jesu et Mariae"

LIFE IS SACRED

An example of the traditional magisterial teaching which indicates that it is never morally licit to intentionally kill a child through abortion in order to “save the life of its mother” comes from the teaching of Pope Pius XII:

“Every human being, even the infant in the mother's womb, has the right to life immediately from God, not from the parent or any human society or authority. Therefore, there is no man, no human authority, no science, no medical, eugenic, social, economic or moral ‘indication’ that can show or give valid juridical title for direct deliberate disposition concerning an innocent human life-which is to say, a disposition that aims at its destruction either as an end in itself or as the means of attaining another end that is perhaps in no way illicit itself. Thus, for example, to save the life of the mother is a most noble end, but the direct killing of the child as a means to this end is not licit.”