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.

Thursday, August 3, 2023

URGENT Rosary Rally Request

FRIENDS,

I have a special request for you!

Pro-lifers in Ohio are organizing a “Rosary Rally” this Sunday on the Feast of the Transfiguration to fight abortion in the state. It will be hosted by celebrity actor Jim Caviezel and former Planned Parenthood worker turned pro-lifer Abby Johnson.

I am asking you to join Ohio in prayer this Sunday. I know we are not all physically in Ohio, but that doesn’t mean we cannot rally with them in prayer from wherever we are!

Here is what I need you to do:

Date: Sunday, August 6, 2023

Time: 3 pm ET

What: From wherever you are, pray a rosary for Ohio and their fight against abortion in their state.

Here are details from National Catholic Register on what is happening in Ohio and why it’s imperative we join in prayer:

Organizers of the “Rosary Rally” in Cincinnati hope to encourage all Christians in Ohio to vote “Yes” on Issue 1 on Aug. 8, to raise the threshold to change the state Constitution from a simple majority to 60%. Issue 1 is part of a fight culminating this November over a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion in the Ohio Constitution and limit parents’ legal right to consent to what procedures are done on their children; critics say the amendment would remove the parental-notification requirement for minors who want to have an abortion or so-called sex-change operation.

Will you join in prayer this Sunday to fight abortion and this evil ballot initiative in Ohio? Respond to this email and let me know so I can share the good news and encouragement with the team in Ohio.

God bless you all!

Katie Brown
Director, Marian Blue Wave

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.”