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Death and Human Dignity

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ProLifeCorner- Freeport, Il – by AnnaRae – 10-13-2014 – Our country and our world is suffering from the culture of death; we suffer from not only Ebola and other deadly viruses, but from the disease of the mind that condones abortion and euthanasia. It seems tempting to encourage people who are facing pain, from cancer or some other illness, to seek out someone who will help them end their life so they do not have to go through this agony. It seems tempting to encourage young women to seek an abortion if they do not want or cannot afford to bear a child at this time. Do we think of the pain she will endure down the road? The regrets, the sorrow, the physical difficulties? Continue reading “Death and Human Dignity”

Pope Francis’ Morning Homily: God Gives More and More

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Vatican City, October 09, 2014

We ask for a lot of things when we pray, but the greatest gift that God can give us is the Holy Spirit.  

This was Pope Francis’ reflection Thursday morning at Mass in Santa Marta, commenting on the Gospel of the day, which presents the parable of the man who gets what he needs because of his persistence.

Pope Francis began his homily by noting that “God has so much mercy” and observing that in the Collect we begin by asking God for forgiveness and to “obtain what prayer does not dare to hope for.”

“This got me thinking: it is precisely the mercy of God not only to forgive -…

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