December 2, 2008 at 11:52 pm (Art, I Heart My Fertility, News)
Tags: Annunciation, Art, Birth, Catholic, Catholicism, Christian, Conception, Family, Henry Tanner, Liturgy, Religion
Henry Tanner, 1898.
Zenit published a piece recently about the US Catholic Bishop’s approving a blessing for the newly conceived, to be prayed either at Mass or outside Mass. The next step is approval by the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship & Sacraments. Since conception is the real “birth day” of the person, it’s very appropriate to celebrate conception! The Annunciation is the liturgical solemnity in the Church, so why not make it extra special for the domestic church?
November 8, 2007 at 11:34 pm (NFP Friends)
Tags: Anti-Catholic, Catholic, Childfree, Christian, fertility, NFP, Pro Choice, Pro Life, Religion
A couple notes for commentors on this blog, particularly for those on the “Childfree: Selfishness Incarnate, etc.” entry below:
1) Dialogue guidelines. Here I’ll quote from one of my favorite bloggers: A Note to Visitors:
“Please share your comments! Note, however, that civility is considered a higher good than First Amendment rights here. Incivility will be uncivilly suppressed. Welcome to Our Kingdom! Enjoy your stay. “
Therefore any direct attacks on any one person, usage of f**k or similar words (or their thinly veiled abbreviations) will be deleted. I like and use profanity privately on certain occasions, but not in a civil discussion. If that’s a problem for you or you think it’s prudish or whatever, don’t comment here.
2) I value your comments. Seriously, and not for any reverse psychology-I-love-you-because-I-hate-you-reasons. I spend my time around a lot of people who agree with me, so how does that stretch me? Hardly at all, which is why I like a place where I can agree to disagree and converse with people.
3) I’ve had a seriously crazy week, so I’ve not gotten a chance to comment and respond to some of the more pointed questions, comments and rational responses. I really particularly want to comment on breast cancer, Natural Family Planning as being backwards, some of the intolerance and attacks on my God and my Church, and some people who shared some beautiful and very personal stuff, which I totally appreciate. And I will do this.
October 31, 2007 at 3:31 am (Pharmaceutic Continuity)
Tags: Catholic, Christian, Medicine, Pro Choice, Pro Life, Religion
Memo to Politicians of the State of Wisconsin and New Jersey (and, well, the rest of the country, really): Evidently the biomedical services are at the service of man (read: English vernacular for human kind, not a misogynist omission of the feminine genius), not the other way around.
That crazy intellectual giant Benedict is at it again. Human dignity this, conscience that, blah blah blah. Will he ever quit? (No.)
In a brief talk he gave to the International Federation of Catholic Pharmacists yesterday, Pope Benedict urged pharmacists to be particularly sensitive to “the ethical implications of the use of particular drugs.”
He went on to say “we cannot anesthetize consciences as regards, for example, the effect of certain molecules that have the goal of preventing the implantation of the embryo or shortening a person’s life.”
Get out. So like, we can’t compartmentalize our faith, and check our conscience at the door to the lab? Whaaat? How are pharmacists and doctors going to survive in a pill-centered society? Perhaps Christian and Catholic Medical Professionals should compromise their faith? Oops. Yeah, there’s a few of those out there. Maybe crawl under the rug?
Or maybe, just maybe, they could take up their cross and answer the couragous call to be Pro Life and Pro Fertility professionals? (That’s a lot of pros). Do we have pro life, pro fertility medical professionals in Wisconsin? You bet. Here too.
