Posted on 01/22/2016 7:54:21 AM PST by Biggirl
The March for Life 2016 is on Friday — even in a blizzard. The march’s social media campaign — #WhyWeMarch — provides a glimpse of how the pro-life movement and the choice for life has made a difference in the lives of thousands of men and women.
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Life and the means to protect it...that is at the core of every issue.
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but Michael Voris has an interesting article out on why the march [possibly] isn’t doing the job that it could be doing. I’ve always thought it was because the Blessed Sacrament isn’t processed out from the start of the march, and marched, until the end [iow, invite the Most Important Person for Life to the march!], but Voris has other [sobering] reasons as well:
http://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/time-bombs-in-the-march-for-life
A more positive link follows regarding Mike Huckabee and all the good he does for life. Rock on, Mike! I wish you were running this country. [And so do the babies.]
Well the vigil and the masses that take place over at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in D.C. takes care of that.
The use of the National Shrine should answer Michael Voris in regards to the Blessed Sacrament.
This shrine is one of the most beautiful places in the world.
I do hope to go back to see it again soon!
Yes.
Well the vigil and the masses that take place over at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in D.C. takes care of that.
Thought this commentary was interesting, in regard to your commentary. All the more reason to process the Blessed Sacrament throughout the march.
Anthony - a day ago
I attended the Mass at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception last night. The Mass, held on the eve of the march, is part of a longer pro-life vigil which continues through the night and until just before the start of the march. The celebrant and homolist was Cardinal Dolan.
During his homily: he did not condemn abortion, he did not explain to the young men and women in attendance why abortion is wrong, he did not explain that a majority of our political leaders support abortion and that is why we must march, and, astonishingly (but sadly and not surprisingly), he did not utter the word “abortion,” not even once. Instead, he vaguely asserted that we failed to promote a “culture of life” (which, of course, he did not explain or define) when the Church acted in a way that inhospitable to the poor or ethnic minorities, (in particular, Hispanics). Of course, we should be hospitable and charitable to the poor and people of all ethnic backgrounds.
But, is that really a point of disagreement among pro-lifers? Of course, not. And is lack of charity the cause of abortion in the US? Nope. The mere fact that the demand by would-be adoptive parents far outstrips the supply of adoptable children in the US shows this assertion to be false. The homily was a hodgepodge of non-sequiter, evasion and red herring. It was a calculated, and in my mind diabolical, attempt to defang the march of its potency to effect political change and to avoid causing discomfort to Cardinal Dolan’s pro-abortion friends and power brokers whose approval and company he so desperately seeks (largely because of the celebrity it gives him).
If I had not been chaperoning a group of kids, I would have walked out. I hate to admit this, but for a moment I allowed myself to be demoralized. I wondered how can we win and what is the point in fighting when the great weight and moral authority of the Church is being turned around and wielded against us. Thanks be to God, that moment of weakness passed. St. Athanasius, St. Thomas More, St. Hilary, ora pro nobis.
http://www.churchmilitant.com/video/episode/time-bombs-in-the-march-for-life
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