Posted on 11/05/2008 10:42:55 AM PST by Alex Murphy
November 5, 2008 (insidecatholic.com) - When the U.S. bishops hold their annual meeting in Baltimore next week, one item on the agenda will be approval of the new Order for the Blessing of the Child in the Womb.
The blessing, according to the USCCB, "was prepared to support parents awaiting the birth of their child, to encourage in the parish prayers for and recognition of the gift of the child in the womb, and to foster respect for human life within society." If approved by the bishops, the Blessing of the Child in the Womb will be incorporated into the Book of Blessings.
It couldn't come at a better time.
The election of Barack Obama sets the stage for a series of potential executive and congressional acts that could remove all the limits set on abortion since the Roe v. Wade decision. The most pernicious of these is the "Freedom of Choice Act," which Obama has promised will be the first bill he signs into law as president.
It is estimated that FOCA alone would result in 125,000 more abortions a year in the United States. That figure does not take into account other measures, such as Obama's pledge not to renew the Mexico City Policy and to repeal the Hyde amendment. As a result of Obama's victory, there will not only be hundreds of thousands of additional abortions, but American taxpayers will be paying for them.
Polls of Catholic voters prior to the election suggested that Obama might win a majority of self-identified Catholic voters. A more significant measure of Obama's Catholic support will be the percentage of regular Mass-attending Catholics who voted for him.
But regardless of the final statistics, it is clear that the Obama-Biden ticket received substantial help from Catholics working for parishes and chanceries, as well as a number of high-profile Catholic politicians and jurists. They successfully promoted the flaws of "Faithful Citizenship" to Catholics nationwide, neutralizing any advantage the Church's pro-life and pro-marriage teachings might offer to McCain-Palin.
"Faithful Citizenship" stated that, under certain circumstances, a Catholic could in good conscience vote for a candidate who supports abortion rights for "other grave reasons" as long as they do not intend to support that position (34-35).
It's a strange argument that allows Catholics to send a politician with an undeniably extreme abortion record into the Oval Office and yet somehow bear no responsibility for what happens to unborn children as a result. One can only wonder what "grave reasons" the bishops could have had in mind that would outweigh the 4,000 unborn children who are aborted each day.
Many bishops -- including Bishops Vann, Farrell, Vasa, Martino, and Chaput -- stepped forward in the last months to correct misinterpretations of "Faithful Citizenship," but it was too late. History will show that Catholics helped to vote into office a president whose record contradicts our most fundamental moral belief -- the sanctity of human life.
When the bishops meet next week and approve the Blessing of the Child in the Womb, just as important will be the steps they take in convincing the president-elect to change his mind about the Freedom of Choice Act.
Change, after all, can be a good thing.
Talk is cheap and they are cowards>**
Not all of them!
| Over 100 Bishops Have Spoken Out on Priority of Life Issues Posted on October 28, 2008, 11:59 AM | Deal W. Hudson |
I certainly hope you are joking in writing “contraception.”
The same that we say only CINOs voted for the Obamanation.
Both Catholics and Protestants have large groups who claim to be members but have not entered a church in years. I suspect very few of those who attend either church supported this guy.
Let me correct that....
Both Catholics and Protestants have large groups who claim to be members but have not entered a church in years. I suspect very few of those who attend either church (not including blacks or Mexicans) supported this guy.
You'd be surprised at the number of so-called Christians who go to church every Sunday, who volunteer at Church, who teach Sunday school who voted for Obama because they thought he was a "good man".
The problem is that America has been so desensitized to the issue of abortion, and we have sat idly by while an entire generation of Americans have been systematically slaughtered in innocuous little abortuaries in strip malls and office buildings that we no longer consider it a "sin".
I'd venture to guess that there is no real difference between number of Catholics and Protestants who go to church every Sunday and who voted for Obama and the Catholics and Protestants who rarely go to Church who voted for Obama. It's about 50/50.
Welcome to Laodicea:
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: (Revelation 3:14-17 KJV)
I’d venture to guess that there is no real difference between number of Catholics and Protestants who go to church every Sunday and who voted for Obama and the Catholics and Protestants who rarely go to Church who voted for Obama. It’s about 50/50
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We will have to disagree on that one. I attend the C of God and I really doubt there was more than one maybe two at the most who voted for this guy.
There are a lot of Churches where you can be assured that 100% of the congregation voted for Obama. You take that church and your church together and its about 50/50.
My Evangelical father-in-law who is in Church twice a week probably voted for Obama. His parents were hit hard during the depression and has blamed Repubs because of that.
Church going Christians voting for dems is a reality all in the name of social justice (Their excuse).
How many Protestants voted for him?
None.
Only faux-Protestants voted for him.
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So 50 percent of Protestants DID vote for him....got it.
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**The American Bishops give nothing but lip service to the protection of the unborn.
Talk is cheap and they are cowards>**
Not all of them!
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How many of those bishops would dare refuse Ted Kennedy, Nacy Pelosi, or Joe Biden Communion?
Talk is cheap.
I think your post is the wisest one that I've received in the last two days. There are nine other commandments besides "you shall not kill", and I don't think I've heard a single sermon on the other nine in this last election cycle.
We as a country don’t believe in sin,therefore abortion and homosexuality is ok in a sinless world. We need preachers like John the Baptist!!!! And we know how Jesus felt about him. 50 million dead children shows a society that has lost the truth of mercy. Remember when right after 911 people were all going to church,praying and singing gospel songs? They were afraid and were grieving but that is all over now.The gift of the fear of the Lord is truly a grace filled gift of love of the Lord above all else especially of self.And I personally believe we are going to be shown fear and grieving again. God have mercy on us all.
So many churches falsely preach that "the pill" is permissible, completely unaware--or denying--that "the pill" works as an abortifacient a significant percent of the time.
I am a converted Catholic. I’m ashamed that any Catholic would vote for Barack Obama.
I am a converted Catholic. I’m ashamed that any Catholic would vote for Barack Obama.
I am a converted Catholic. I’m ashamed that any Catholic would vote for Barack Obama.
I am a converted Catholic. I’m ashamed that any Catholic would vote for Barack Obama.
I am a converted Catholic. I’m ashamed that any Catholic would vote for Barack Obama.
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