"When President Barack Obama was inaugurated on January 21 [2013]—Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—he placed his hand on Bibles once owned by my uncle, Reverend King, and by President Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator.January 20th (Day 4 of the USCCB's Nine Days of Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage):
"The historic struggle for African Americans’ equality under the law was represented at this ceremony by the Holy Scriptures belonging to the man who freed the slaves and the man who led the civil rights movement. The fulfillment of this struggle would be represented by our nation’s first black president.
"Unfortunately, the gesture was not symbolic. It was ironic.
"Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed God’s word. He took his Bible very seriously—so seriously that he repeatedly risked his life to proclaim its message of love for God and love for neighbor. Uncle M.L., like everyone, was far from perfect, but he loved the Lord. It was God’s word that he used to unite a movement and change a nation.
"But Obama’s support of abortion, same-sex marriage, and free contraception under his unpopular Obamacare reform is difficult to reconcile with my uncle’s legacy as a man of God.
"I had hoped and prayed that when the president handled the Bible, it would accidentally open to where it says 'Choose life,' or 'God hates the shedding of innocent blood.' I was hoping it would just shake him up a little bit. I don’t know if that happened, but I keep praying that my uncle’s belief in the sanctity of all human life will change our president’s heart. I hope everyone will join me in praying for a change of heart for the president.
"Legal abortion has turned into genocide for the African American community. The man with his hand on my Uncle Martin’s Bible is aiding and abetting this terrible injustice" (Dr. Alveda King).
Princeton Professor Robert George will speak at 7 PM at St Paul's in Princeton: "What I Saw at the Vatican Colloquium on Man and Woman in Marriage."
January 21st, Memorial of Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr (Day 5 of the USCCB's Nine Days of Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage)
January 22nd, Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children/The March for Life (Day 6 of the USCCB's Nine Days of Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage):
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (See "Project Life and Liberty: Postcard Campaign") and/or the Pa Catholic Conference continue to facilitate our requests for our leaders in Washington, to....January 23rd (Day 7 of the USCCB's Nine Days of Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage)
Support the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (S 946)Among other pieces of pro life legislation introduced or reintroduced in the new congress, these have received the most press:
Support the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940 / S 1204)
Support the Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (as per the Pa Catholic Conference Alert)
Support "just and compassionate immigration reform" (Tell Pres. Obama to Oppose use of "family detention.")
Oppose the so-called Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act (S2578)
Support the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (HR 36) - action linkWhether or not you are going to Washington for the March for Life, all of us need to remind our U.S. Representative and our U.S. Senators that the right to a mom and dad goes hand in hand with the right to life! Failure to defend marriage/family is failure to be truly pro life!
Support the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217 / S 51) - Defund Planned Parenthood!
In the words of the Pa Catholic Conference , we also need to remind our State Representatives and State Senators in Harrisburg that HB /SB 300 as "intolerant and prejudiced against people of faith." As per the Pa Family Institute's action alert, "Encourage your representative and senator to stand strong for religious freedom and oppose HB / SB 300."
January 24th, St. Francis de Sales and Deaf People (Day 8 of the USCCB's Nine Days of Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage)
January 25th, Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Day 9 of the USCCB's Nine Days of Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage)
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