As we enter the second half of Advent, the liturgy focuses more specifically on the Incarnation and birth of Jesus at the first Christmas. We think about Mary’s initial fear and uncertainty in the face of her unexpected pregnancy. Then, in every Church in the world, believers spiritually rush to her side to eagerly await with her the birth of the Savior.
The best way for a parish to celebrate Christmas is to rush physically to the side of those in the community who, like Mary, are uncertain and afraid about their pregnancy. We are to accompany them […]
There are people who hate Christmas. I’m not talking about those who hate the music and the merchandising, and certainly not those who make us feel uncomfortable for saying “Merry Christmas” while they don’t mind exploiting our celebration for commercial purposes.
I’m not even talking about the people who hate Christianity in general or Catholicism in particular (for it was this Church that gave us Christ’s Mass on December 25), who loathe the very idea of the Incarnation.
No, I’m referring to those who hate Christmas without even knowing they hate Christmas. What they hate are not the […]
“We applaud the pro-life medical staff of the Madison Surgery Center who spoke in public opposition to this plan,” said Peggy Hamill of Pro-Life Wisconsin.
Pro-abortion Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett wants Canada to initiate an industry for human sperm and eggs. Bennett objects to the country’s Assisted Human Reproduction Act, which banned the sale of gametes and human embryos.
At the National Post on Monday:
The law criminalizing payment for donor gametes or surrogates is putting desperate couples “in the hands of people that may not be competent or qualified,” says Liberal MP Dr. Carolyn Bennett, a former public health minister.
“This is something that we could control and regulate if it was done here,” she added.
The argument is that we should revoke the ban […]
LSN: A preliminary question: what faith are you now, if any?
SEIDMAN: I am in the process of being received into the Roman Catholic Church (attending RCIA and planning to formally join at 2011 Easter Vigil). After a period of study and consideration starting around October/November 2009, I accepted Jesus Christ as my savior in June 2010 and attended an evangelical church for a few months before deciding that the Catholic church was where I belonged.
Prior to my reversion to Christianity, I had been an atheist/agnostic since my parents left the Episcopal church when I was 6. I […]
LSN: A preliminary question: what faith are you now, if any?
SEIDMAN: I am in the process of being received into the Roman Catholic Church (attending RCIA and planning to formally join at 2011 Easter Vigil). After a period of study and consideration starting around October/November 2009, I accepted Jesus Christ as my savior in June 2010 and attended an evangelical church for a few months before deciding that the Catholic church was where I belonged.
Prior to my reversion to Christianity, I had been an atheist/agnostic since my parents left the Episcopal church when I was 6. I was […]
When Abigail Seidman's mother had an abortion over twenty years ago, it marked the beginning of her plunge into some of the darkest places in human experience.