Great article: "What Not To Wear To Work"
http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/253/what-not-to-wear-to-work
Just think, if this is true in the 'secular' workplace, how much more true must it be for Catholic schools and other religious organizations! As I have said before, the way we women dress is a part of the contraceptive mentality by which we permit ourselves to be "objectified." By dressing as this article suggests, low-cut necklines, ultra mini's, etc, we invite abuse. In a very real way, we also abuse those who look at us, whether it offends their own sensibilities or whether it causes them to sin by looking lustfully at us.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Sign Online Petition In Defense Of Life:Common Ground: Abortion Begins At Contraception
Leaven founders call all people of good will, regardless of religious affiliation, to unite in one voice as literal leaven to defend human life by proclaiming as common ground that contraception is the root of abortion and that allegiance to natural and divine law written on the human heart regarding human sexuality is the remedy that will protect not only the unborn, but ultimately the poor, the handicapped, the elderly, and the nation from anti-life ideologies.
"There is only one 'common ground' by which to defeat President Obama's anti-life agenda, and that is to insist that the gift of human sexuality is intended to be under the dominion of human intellect and will, co-operatively between male and female and subordinate to the Creator of all life. Any genital expression of human sexuality contrary even to natural law alone results in the deterioration of society: disharmony between man and woman, gender identity confusion, divorce, childhood rebellion, pornography, mutilation, contraception, and abortion," says Davis.
"In addition to President Obama's concept of common ground, there is yet another dangerous common ground originating in the pro-life community that poses significant threat in these times:namely, placing primary focus on surgical abortion while staggering numbers of tiny children are literally flushed down the toilet daily by their mothers who are often unaware they kill their own children by way of the Pill, the IUD, the birth control patch, Depo-Provera, Plan B, and any other means prohibiting a tiny baby, every milligram a human, from adhering to its mother's womb. These tiny children are, in effect, being betrayed by pro-life leaders and medical professionals who turn a near blind eye to their existence. Our only hope is to repent of this heinous, hypocritical betrayal and to commit or re-commit ourselves to the defense of life by a more literal interpretation of whatsoever we do to the least of our brothers . . ." says Juliana Davis.
Sign an online petition to lawmakers and pro-life leaders across the nation at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/theleaven
The Leaven is a grassroots organization, founded in 1987 by Alton and Juliana Davis, whose mission is to honor those who honor God by following natural and divine law regarding human sexuality as contained in Humanae Vitae, a Catholic encyclical of Pope Paul VI. Its scope is ecumenical. The Davises offer their personal testimony of conversion and healing from artificial contraception and contraceptive abortion.
"There is only one 'common ground' by which to defeat President Obama's anti-life agenda, and that is to insist that the gift of human sexuality is intended to be under the dominion of human intellect and will, co-operatively between male and female and subordinate to the Creator of all life. Any genital expression of human sexuality contrary even to natural law alone results in the deterioration of society: disharmony between man and woman, gender identity confusion, divorce, childhood rebellion, pornography, mutilation, contraception, and abortion," says Davis.
"In addition to President Obama's concept of common ground, there is yet another dangerous common ground originating in the pro-life community that poses significant threat in these times:namely, placing primary focus on surgical abortion while staggering numbers of tiny children are literally flushed down the toilet daily by their mothers who are often unaware they kill their own children by way of the Pill, the IUD, the birth control patch, Depo-Provera, Plan B, and any other means prohibiting a tiny baby, every milligram a human, from adhering to its mother's womb. These tiny children are, in effect, being betrayed by pro-life leaders and medical professionals who turn a near blind eye to their existence. Our only hope is to repent of this heinous, hypocritical betrayal and to commit or re-commit ourselves to the defense of life by a more literal interpretation of whatsoever we do to the least of our brothers . . ." says Juliana Davis.
Sign an online petition to lawmakers and pro-life leaders across the nation at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/theleaven
The Leaven is a grassroots organization, founded in 1987 by Alton and Juliana Davis, whose mission is to honor those who honor God by following natural and divine law regarding human sexuality as contained in Humanae Vitae, a Catholic encyclical of Pope Paul VI. Its scope is ecumenical. The Davises offer their personal testimony of conversion and healing from artificial contraception and contraceptive abortion.
Friday, July 24, 2009
No Abortion Again This Friday!
Once again, two Fridays in a row, no tiny lives lost through abortion this day at Planned Parenthood in our town this day! No mothers' (or fathers')hearts broken by abortion at this facility this day! Thanks be to God! Must keep those prayers going, even when we can't see the results, but for today, we do get to see. Blessed be God forever!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Happy Anniversary to Us--thanking God for forty years!
Today is our fortieth anniversary of marriage, thanks be to God.
Check out this link on You Tube about how the current Administration intends to divide and conquer by "using" dissident Catholics.
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=vVN2MMuiedI&feature=sdig&et=1242466852. 02
Check out this link on You Tube about how the current Administration intends to divide and conquer by "using" dissident Catholics.
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=vVN2MMuiedI&feature=sdig&et=1242466852. 02
Saturday, July 18, 2009
No Abortions This Friday!
Thanks be to God, there were no abortions at Planned Parenthood this Friday! One day longer, the little ones live. If only their mothers/fathers would stop and talk to us to know that we want to help them with their difficult situations. Of course, it will be difficult to carry a child that wasn't planned to term and then to raise it, but with God's help and with people of good will who want to help, it is possible to turn a scary situation into something good, to find the proverbial silver lining in the temporarily dark cloud.
On abortion days, we don't hold any kind of "I Regret" signs after the abortions have taken place. Instead, we have messages of God's mercy, and we give out packets of information for post-abortive healing from groups like Rachel's Vineyard or Project Rachel. Too many of us have been touched by abortion by now either directly or indirectly, and it has made us more compassionate towards the scared, abused, depressed, women who choose or are even often forced to go through with killing the child in their womb.
I wish one of us could give out a healing packet to the abortion doctor. He must be sick inside, though he is probably numb to it. No doubt that numbness wears out in some troubling way from time to time. Even for him, God would be merciful, even now after so many abortions.
Ufam Tobie!
On abortion days, we don't hold any kind of "I Regret" signs after the abortions have taken place. Instead, we have messages of God's mercy, and we give out packets of information for post-abortive healing from groups like Rachel's Vineyard or Project Rachel. Too many of us have been touched by abortion by now either directly or indirectly, and it has made us more compassionate towards the scared, abused, depressed, women who choose or are even often forced to go through with killing the child in their womb.
I wish one of us could give out a healing packet to the abortion doctor. He must be sick inside, though he is probably numb to it. No doubt that numbness wears out in some troubling way from time to time. Even for him, God would be merciful, even now after so many abortions.
Ufam Tobie!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
To QuoterGal: Re Abortifacient Contraception
Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, you are not alone in thinking my opinion is unfounded. I was unaware of this myself when I opted for abortifacient contraception, only meaning to space my children in the early 70's.
The truth is, at the moment of conception (fertilization), all human beings possess 46 chromosomes, and that reality never changes one iota from that moment, whether the human being lives for one second or one hundred years.
So, it is a human being, however tiny, that is aborted by forms of contraception, such as Norplant, Depo Provera, Plan B (Morning After Pill), IUD, Pill (especially low-dose), and any other form that is administered after fertilization.
Just because a baby cannot be seen by the naked eye doesn't change that it has the forty-six chromosomes that identify it as a human being. Even according to medical textbooks, life begins at conception (fertilization). In the case of Christians who use abortifacient contraception with the knowledge that "implantation" or "nidation" of the zygote to the lining of the mother's uterus could be impossible due to a "change" in the lining of the uterus, this could be Pharisaical, as we pretend to be pro-life when in fact, we are hypocrites, acting "as if" we are pro-life, appearing to be something we are, in fact, not. In the case of shepherds who know or who choose not to become knowledgeable, Pharisaicism of the worst kind could be practiced.
Even so, God is merciful when we approach him in humility, asking for forgiveness. This is the Good News.
The truth is, at the moment of conception (fertilization), all human beings possess 46 chromosomes, and that reality never changes one iota from that moment, whether the human being lives for one second or one hundred years.
So, it is a human being, however tiny, that is aborted by forms of contraception, such as Norplant, Depo Provera, Plan B (Morning After Pill), IUD, Pill (especially low-dose), and any other form that is administered after fertilization.
Just because a baby cannot be seen by the naked eye doesn't change that it has the forty-six chromosomes that identify it as a human being. Even according to medical textbooks, life begins at conception (fertilization). In the case of Christians who use abortifacient contraception with the knowledge that "implantation" or "nidation" of the zygote to the lining of the mother's uterus could be impossible due to a "change" in the lining of the uterus, this could be Pharisaical, as we pretend to be pro-life when in fact, we are hypocrites, acting "as if" we are pro-life, appearing to be something we are, in fact, not. In the case of shepherds who know or who choose not to become knowledgeable, Pharisaicism of the worst kind could be practiced.
Even so, God is merciful when we approach him in humility, asking for forgiveness. This is the Good News.
Monday, July 6, 2009
"I Regret My Abortion" signs help start the healing process
Last Friday, one of the sidewalk counselors standing outside the local Planned Parenthood abortuary held her simple sign, "I Regret My Abortion." I also held my own similar sign, and for the first time, my husband also held a sign with a message regarding our regret for abortion by contraceptive methods (Pill and IUD). In the afternoon, a woman parked her car, got out, and angrily demanded to know why we were holding these signs. When our sidewalk counselor countered her demand with, " I really do regret the abortion I had thirty years ago, and I want to warn other women before they do the same," the angry woman screamed that she regrets her abortion, too, but it is the right of women to decide.
We have a rule that when a passerby is angry, only one counselor responds to that person while the rest of us pray in silence. We couldn't hear the conversation, but in a few minutes, the angry woman burst into tears as our counselor calmly talked to her and hugged her. She ended by taking our literature packet with information about post-abortive healing:Project Rachel and Rachel's Vineyard retreats. Now we pray for the healing to continue, as this was truly a first step.
This kind of thing is what makes standing out there for hours worth it, and even one is enough!
We have a rule that when a passerby is angry, only one counselor responds to that person while the rest of us pray in silence. We couldn't hear the conversation, but in a few minutes, the angry woman burst into tears as our counselor calmly talked to her and hugged her. She ended by taking our literature packet with information about post-abortive healing:Project Rachel and Rachel's Vineyard retreats. Now we pray for the healing to continue, as this was truly a first step.
This kind of thing is what makes standing out there for hours worth it, and even one is enough!
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