That doesn’t mean you lecture them or even try to get them to change. Even if you do this with the intention of saving their souls, it is still the wrong thing in this circumstance. They are too set on their downward path to listen. Their ears are stopped and their hearts are hardened. All you can do is love them and continue to love them and reach out to them in love. That, and keep the faith with... Read more
The United States Supreme Court has stopped implementation of a Texas abortion law that would require abortion clinics to provide the same safety standards for women seeking abortions as other outpatient surgery clinics are required to provide for their patients. From The Texas Tribune: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with Texas abortion providers and temporarily put on hold a ruling that would have closed 10 of the state’s 19 abortion facilities. Abortion restrictions passed by the Texas Legislature in... Read more
Oklahoma’s State Supreme Court has ordered the removal of a 10 Commandments monument that was commissioned statutorily by the Oklahoma legislature from state capitol grounds. Attorney General Scott Pruitt argued that the monument was nearly identical to a Texas monument that was found constitutional by the United State Supreme Court. The court ruled that the monument violated the Oklahoma Constitution, rather than the United States’ Constitution. The Attorney General is considering what other options he might have in this case. among those... Read more
I have no comments about this. Just watch and decide for yourself. One thing is certain: The mercy of Christ is available to everyone. Read more
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This is an informal, non-scientific poll that I’m conducting from my own curiosity. Did you pastor address the Supreme Court decision doing away with marriage in his homily Sunday? Has he ever preached on the issue of gay marriage? I’m just curious. Read more
This statement was issued by Archbishop Joseph E Kurtz of Louisville, KY. Archbishop Kurtz is president of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops. I am printing it in full, without editing. To read more, go here. June 26, 2015 WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court decision, June 26, interpreting the U.S. Constitution to require all states to license and recognize same-sex “marriage” “is a tragic error that harms the common good and most vulnerable among us,” said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz... Read more
The news cycle turns and turns. Friday, when the Supreme Court decision ending marriage came down, pundits jumped on the run-in-circles, scream-and-shout bandwagon. One week-end later, and they are all set to do the don’t-panic-you-unlettered-ones, it’s-not-that-bad pat down. Today is the day when the flood of there-there-little-buttercup-it’s-alright commentary begins. We’ll be treated to analysis as to how same-sex marriage has not hurt anybody anywhere and there has been no push past gay marriage to an even more elastic set of... Read more
I already do a few things that are accidentally in obedience to Pope Francis’ call to care for this good Earth of ours. Admittedly, the environmental goodness of these actions is purely accidental on my part. But I think they still count. They also indicate how easy it is to change in a few ways that, if we all do it, will make add up to a big difference. Here are my accidental greenie actions. 1. I honor the Sabbath.... Read more
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for... Read more
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