For You Know Neither the Day Nor the Hour

ChelseaDeath7 Comments

Yesterday I finally made a visit to the cemetery where a friend of mine from high school is buried. Something I do every November, the month of All Souls: Malorie died in a car accident almost a year before my own accident in 1999. She was 15 years old. Usually on this website I am celebrating or defending life, but … Read More

Happy Thanksgiving!

ChelseaPro Life2 Comments

Brothers and sisters: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always on your account for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus, that in him you were enriched in every way, with all discourse and all knowledge, as the testimony to Christ was confirmed … Read More

NRL, AUL Point Out Rationing/Assisted Suicide HCR Concerns

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A National Right to Life analysis of the Senate health care reform bill found that: Senior citizens’ ability to use their own money, if they choose, to avoid involuntary denial of medical treatment under Medicare could be severely limited. State commissioners of the new health insurance exchanges created by the bill would be given power to deny people who are … Read More

TOB Tuesday: Sex, Life and Death

ChelseaAbortion, Culture of Death, Freedom, Sex, Sexuality, Theology of the Body, TOB Tuesday1 Comment

In a column for Catholic Exchange not too long ago, Dr. Mark Dendrickson commented on the increasing incidence of men killing their pregnant lovers and how the “culture of death” has progressed this far. The driving force: Another powerful anti-life undertow was generated by the “sexual revolution.” For many, the Judeo-Christian concept of sex for procreation was eclipsed by the … Read More

Abortion and Moonlight Sonata

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50 MILLION is a lot of people. I wonder how many “Beethoven’s” abortion has killed in the last 36+ years…

TN Hospital Will Continue Care for Sick Baby

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This is Gabriel Palmer: Praise God that an “ethics panel” decided today to formally agree not to withdraw care from Baby Gabriel who was born prematurely with a genetic abnormality, club foot, and narrow airway. Oh and praise God for the Alliance Defense Fund, too! It’s a sad day when it’s major news that a hospital has decided to continue … Read More

Man Trapped In 23-Year ‘Coma’ Was Conscious

ChelseaDisabled, Euthanasia1 Comment

This is more than slightly disturbing, given the number of people who approve of having people with similar diagnoses starved to death: Rom Houben was misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state after a car crash left him totally paralysed. For the whole time, he was trapped in his own body with no way of letting friends and family know … Read More

Senate Bill “Assisted Suicide Friendly”

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Abortion funding still seems to be the main focus of pro-lifers now that the Senate has approved a motion to begin debate on health care reform last night. However, I mentioned yesterday that abortion funding is not the only pro-life problem with federal health care reform. In a recent post, Wesley Smith gives us an example of what else we … Read More

Call Your Senators!

ChelseaHealth Care, Legislation1 Comment

Health care reform is quickly making its way through the United States Congress. I must admit, I’m surprised at just how fast they are trying to get this thing through. After passing the House just two weeks ago, the Senate is set to begin the voting process on health care reform tonight. I have not gotten too involved in the … Read More

Theology of the Body T-Shirt!

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Check out this awesome shirt from Digital Catholic celebrating the Theology of the Body: Front: Back: H/T : Inflated Tires, who says: This t-shirt is inspired by the teaching of the Theology of the Body where the earthly marriage of man and woman is said to be a foreshadowing, a foretaste, of the heavenly banquet. That heavenly banquet is previewed … Read More