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Father,
Things are a real mess down here.
You must have noticed this, and I know it must bother you,
but I don’t know what you are doing about it.
Please help us to stay on the straight and narrow.
And please send us priests to guide us.
Please help each one of us to hear your call to our true vocation in life,
And give us the strength to answer that call.
And please Father inspire parents to foster vocations in their children, and help us to encourage those who hear your call.
I ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Things are a real mess down here.
You must have noticed this, and I know it must bother you,
but I don’t know what you are doing about it.
Please help us to stay on the straight and narrow.
And please send us priests to guide us.
Please help each one of us to hear your call to our true vocation in life,
And give us the strength to answer that call.
And please Father inspire parents to foster vocations in their children, and help us to encourage those who hear your call.
I ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
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Just a thought
Posted by Deacon Robert (Members) at Thursday, 19. November 2009, 21:28. One comment
I have read JPII Theology of the body It IS a real deep and difficult reading. Here is something easier to understand, but yet it causes us to think deeply.
I saw something a few weeks ago that made me stop and think. There is a Canadian doctor who goes around talking about abortion (against) and her major point is that the uterus has only one function: to be a home for the egg/ovum and then to the fertilized egg (the baby). The woman who says it is her body is forgetting that this part of her body is designed for only one thing and that is carrying a baby. So the argument, according to her, is that women need to recognize how they view their body. If the baby is terminated then what about some of the functions of the rest of the organs? The sanctity of the body seems to suggest that we preserve what each part is designed to do.
I saw something a few weeks ago that made me stop and think. There is a Canadian doctor who goes around talking about abortion (against) and her major point is that the uterus has only one function: to be a home for the egg/ovum and then to the fertilized egg (the baby). The woman who says it is her body is forgetting that this part of her body is designed for only one thing and that is carrying a baby. So the argument, according to her, is that women need to recognize how they view their body. If the baby is terminated then what about some of the functions of the rest of the organs? The sanctity of the body seems to suggest that we preserve what each part is designed to do.
Problems on the forum
Posted by moderator team (Admin) at Thursday, 19. November 2009, 20:21. 0 comments
There has been a lot of tension on the forum recently, and the moderators are trying to restore the old friendly atmosphere. One thread was removed yesterday because it degenerated into a personal attack.
To this end, we ask that posts address issues rather than the attitudes, beliefs, and practices of individuals.
To this end, we ask that posts address issues rather than the attitudes, beliefs, and practices of individuals.
What's going on in Mexico?
Posted by Joseph (Members) at Tuesday, 17. November 2009, 13:04. 6 comments
I have to admit total ignorance of the current situation in Mexico, referred to in the following Zenit report - but judging by its contents it really does seem to be very serious.
Mexico is a predominantly Catholic country isn't it?
What could caused it to have gone so badly wrong?
And are there lessons to be learnt by other countries too?
- Quote:
Say Conversion of Hearts More Enduring Than Laws
(Extract)
MEXICO CITY, NOV. 16, 2009 (Zenit.org).
The solution to violence and insecurity in Mexico is a conversion of hearts
and a nation-wide assuming of personal responsibility, the bishops of that
country are proposing.
This was part of the reflection offered by the Mexican episcopal
conference in their message from last Thursday on the growing sense of
insecurity that is pervading Mexico.
If national security has been at the forefront of social concerns for
years in Mexico, it has recently gained even more attention. Last August in
various Mexican cities, thousands of demonstrators dressed in white and
participated in a march for security.
Just one example of the insecurity that brings these citizens to the
streets is the bloodshed that has come with President Felipe Calderón's war
on drugs. Fighting the drug system has been one of his priorities since his
2006 election. But by April of this year, the number of casualties claimed
since Calderón took office was more than 10,000. Unofficial sources put the
number of victims for this year alone at more than 6,000, counting
traffickers, police or other security personnel, and innocent bystanders...
Link to full article:- http://www.zenit.org/article-27559?l=english
Mexico is a predominantly Catholic country isn't it?
What could caused it to have gone so badly wrong?
And are there lessons to be learnt by other countries too?
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