Outside The Asylum

http://ThisIsTrue.com/d-asthma It is one thing to save children from drugs.  It is another thing to deny life saving drugs to those who need it

I made the rather radical comment  in a post on the March for Life that in the United States, a primary motivator for abortion is capitalistic greed.  I was challenged that it isn't greed, but fear.  However, fear is the primary emotion of greed, and thus: Greed is always based in fear and mistrust. In a fear of man and a mistrust in God. We preserve our own resources because we fear other human beings will take those resources away, and because we don't trust God to provide us what we will need. Generosity is the antithesis of Greed. It takes the fear and steps out in the faith of sharing with others. It takes the mistrust and changes it to trust- that what you share with "the least of these" will be returned in sufficient amounts for you to survive. I myself have struggled with greed and generosity- and I find that when I am more generous, that generosity is returned when I am in need. There is good reason to fear a pregnancy in a culture of death, where gr...

Rebecca Hamilton  was once a progressive.  She was a legislator in Oklahoma.  Originally pro-choice, she switched to being one of the few conservative pro-life Democrats I know.  And not just pro-birth either- Catholic pro-life. She is now retired to take care of her mother with dementia.  And she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I can think of no stronger voice against euthanasia today.  My prayers are with her.

I'm hoping this gets the combox going.  How many pillars of Islam are there, and what are they?

Once again, I asked to have a pro-life item included in our bulletin, and once again, our Jesuit-trained pastoral assistant blocked it.  Over and over, whenever I meet a pro-choice Catholic, I'm told they are Jesuit trained.  What do Jesuits have against life? ---- Jesuit pro-choice strikes again. In the end result, 9daysforlife.com will not be promoted at St. Clare's.

Part 11: The Spiritual Works of Mercy | The Divine Mercy Message from the Marians of the Immaculate Conception : 'via Blog this' What I need to work on this year

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