Change for the worse, for sure. Change is not always good. The people that wanted change got it. President Obama will now allow funding to facilitate abortions all over the world. Pray for all the souls that will be involved in this evil. Below are links to some articles on the issue.
US bishops write president-elect; fundamental priority: defend right to life
Here are some great new stories about abortion and the new president.
Bishop: FOCA Would Translate into Hatred for Unborn
Catholics Remember Roe v. Wade, Look to defeat FOCA
Jurist Predicts "Terrible Conflict" Will Endanger U.S. Catholics’ Religious Freedom
Bishops Call on Obama Not to Abandon Bush Pro-life Policies
U.S. Bishops to President-elect: Fundamental Priority, Defend Life
News article - APOSTOLIC VISITATION DEEMS US SEMINARIES GENERALLY HEALTHY, NOTES NUMEROUS PROBLEMS notes that there is still "an “insufficient grasp” of Catholic teaching and the distinction between the common priesthood of the faithful and the hierarchal priesthood is blurred. Some religious institutes speak primarily of “ministry” rather than the priesthood in a “mistaken attempt” not to offend opponents of Catholic teaching on women’s ordination." This, I think, is a big problem where it is a problem. This really needs to be corrected, too bad that it will take until to bishops from the "60's" retire or die.
Siting the separation of the procreative and unitive aspect of the marital act, one of the scientists regrets taking part in the creation of the evil pill. He realizes it has caused the population shortage around the world.
Birth Control Pill Inventor Laments Demographic "Catastrophe"
This is a great explanation by the Holy Father about the stars on this Feast of Epiphany.
Pontiff Says People Aren't Governed by the Stars, Reiterates Galileo's Thought on Cosmos
For some reason, abortion is considered a women's issue. It really goes to show you that rhetoric, the way language is used, the way an argument is framed, can really mess up what people believe. Maybe people tend to be lazy and don't really want to think about the reality of things. In all actuality it is mainly a children's issue, they are one that get's the worst of it. The wrong thinking begins with the purpose of the marital act. The purpose is rooted in natural law. The nature of the act is procreation of children and the uniting of the couple. When this natural law is not adhered to, you get wrong beliefs which end up with people making bad decisions, which in this case ends up in the death of a child. So, since it takes two to make one, both will be emotionally affected. The man does get hurt also. The Catholic Answers Radio program covered this issue on 11/14/2008, you can listen from the website or from this direct mp3 link (you'll have to right click and hit Save as).
Here are some very good links to information to help you inform your mind on the upcoming election.
Please consider praying an Election novena
Bishop warns about voting.
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=880
Elections, Voting and Morality
http://jimmyakin.org/2008/09/elections-votin.html
Archbishop Chaput’s Pro-life Remarks
http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=91792
A Politician’s Promise: No Right to Life! No Freedom!
Bishops: Catholics Have Moral Obligation to Reverse Roe
Pastoral Letter of Bishop Joseph Martino of Scranton
Go Bishops, Go! Finally standing up for life
Bishop Shows-up at Election Forum, Defends Church’s Abortion Stance
Voting Pro-Abortion Called Cooperating in Evil
Archbishop of San Antonio: Is Abortion Solely a Catholic Issue?
The Ignatius Insight just published an article from Fr. Basil Cole Music and Spirituality | Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. | Ignatius Insight | Ignatius Insight that is very insightful and very much needed in this Society Gone Madd! I've read his book Music and Morals which really helped me, he is just awesome. Now he connects Music and Spirituality to the tune of St Thomas Aquinas - my favorite saint. Part of spirituality is using your mind, but people today seem to believe whatever they feel is ok. When music (or any of the arts, I believe) causes feeling a certain way for a prolonged period of time it is bound to have it's effects. Please consider reading the article (which I think can be applied to all forms of the arts), it may change your life, like his book Music and Morals did mine.
In the vision of Fatima, Mary told the children we need to pray or the errors of communism would spread, and it has. The Democrats want to control our lives because they know better. Some examples are in this article. We need to pray the rosary and pray it often.
Catholic Culture : Catholic World News Feature Stories hopefully will clear up or at least inspire some of the faithful to form their consciences and vote according to church teaching. We need the bishops to all come out very forcefully so that the faithful at least hear them. Our country, our lives, and our future rely on it. Consult Voters Guide for Serious Catholics to form your conscience.
The article Recycling the Myths of Abortion History on First Things shows how people lie or at least believe the lies, unknowingly or not, come to very wrong conclusions. Knowing the truth is imperative to analyzing and coming to the right conclusions. The re-writing of history in most of our colleges is a very big problem. It's not only history that gets re-written, even the current days news gets skewed and the ideology of the day takes precedence over reporting what actually has happened. We need to get back to telling the objective truth on everything that happens and that will take people that are willing to abandon their opinion and just report the facts.
