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.

Sunday, July 15, 2007

UPDATE ON WICHITA AWAKENING

Tiller Delays Criminal Proceedings As Hundreds Pour Into Wichita To Oppose Abortion

Wichita, KS - July 15, 2007 - A hearing concerning 19 criminal charges against George R. Tiller for committing illegal late-term abortions was delayed Friday as hundreds of young people began to pour into Wichita for the Wichita Awakening, an event centered on praying for revival and an end to abortion.

"We expect continued delays, because delays will keep Tiller operating as long as possible," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman, whose organization is hosting the event sponsored by The Cause. "What other person accused of 19 criminal acts is allowed to continue them while attorneys file delay after delay? We need God's intervention to break through the web of corruption that continues to surround and protects Tiller. As well as repentance and revival, we are praying for justice."

Saturday evening about 500 Christians surrounded Tiller's infamous abortion clinic to pray for closure of the site of alleged illegal late-term abortions and the death of a 19-year old Down Syndrome woman from a botched 3rd trimester procedure.

Sunday afternoon mechanical difficulties grounded the busses carrying over 300 members of The Cause, who came to town as part of the "Summer of Love" tour, forcing them to miss Sunday afternoon's scheduled prayer vigil at Tiller's late-term abortion mill.

In spite of the absence of those young people, about 130 Christians braved high heat and humidity to attend prayer led by Concerned Women for America President Wendy Wright, who flew in from Washington, DC to join other pro-life dignitaries, including Norma McCorvey, the former "Roe" of Roe v. Wade, in calling for a speedy prosecution of Tiller and a closure of his abortion practice.

The Cause group will be in attendance at a worship service this evening at 7 PM at the Mid-American Indian Center.

Late-term abortions are expected to begin on Monday, when the Wichita Awakening has planned an all day prayer vigil beginning at 8:30 AM. The event will culminate with a prayer and praise service at 7 PM on Monday evening at the Mid-America Indian Center that will feature well-known Christian musicians and hundreds of youth from Wichita and across the nation.

View Photos from Sunday's Prayer Vigil

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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.”