Bucks County is home to one of the few parishes in the U.S. named for the saint whose feast we celebrate, today...
"St Ephrem the Syrian...was born into a Christian family in Nisibis in about 306 A.D. He was Christianity's most important Syriac-speaking representative and uniquely succeeded in reconciling the vocations of theologian and poet....He died... in 373, a victim of the disease he contracted while caring for those infected with the plague....
"Ephrem's reflection on the theme of God the Creator is important: nothing in creation is isolated and the world, next to Sacred Scripture, is a Bible of God. By using his freedom wrongly, man upsets the cosmic order [emphasis added].
"The role of women was important to Ephrem. The way he spoke of them was always inspired with sensitivity and respect: the dwelling place of Jesus in Mary's womb greatly increased women's dignity. Ephrem held that just as there is no Redemption without Jesus, there is no Incarnation without Mary. The divine and human dimensions of the mystery of our redemption can already be found in Ephrem's texts....
"Ephrem honoured by Christian tradition with the title 'Harp of the Holy Spirit', remained a deacon of the Church throughout his life" (Pope Benedict XVI, 11/28/07).
Monday, June 9, 2014
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Links Promoting the Sanctity of Human Life & Marriage/ Family/ Human Sexuality
- Abortifacients & Catholic Hospitals....Under no circumstances should Catholic hospitals jeopardize the Catholic witness by providing abortifacients or contraceptives.
- Ads in parish bulletins....this is an appeal for parishes to forego ads for providers of abortifacients and contraceptives.
- AFA (Tell "AMA: Taxpayers should [NOT] subsidize trans reproductive surgeries")
- C-Fam
- Catholic Vote.org
- Children of God for Life
- Family Policy Alliance
- Mass Resistance (The [misleadingly named] Equality Act is back before Congress & must be stopped)
- NJ Family Policy Center (Petition to Attorney General Matt Platkin)
- NJ Right to LIfe
- PA Family
- Pa Pro Life (Oppose Pa HB 1888)
- Pa Pro-Life Federation
- President Joe Biden Has Turned a Blind Eye to the Killing of Christians in Nigeria. Sign the Petition Now.
- Tell your bishop to prohibit the “blessing” of sinful unions in your diocese
- USCCB (re: Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act)
- USCCB (re: Equality Act)
- USCCB (re: Letters to Pharmaceutical Companies ["to protest the use of abortion-derived cell lines and advocate for the development of vaccines with no connection to abortion."])
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