Saturday, January 24, 2015
Pope Francis' Lumen Fidei (6/29/13)
Excerpts: "52. In Abraham’s journey towards the future city, the Letter to the
Hebrews mentions the blessing which was passed on from fathers to sons
(cf. Heb 11:20-21). The first setting in which faith enlightens
the human city is the family. I think first and foremost of the stable
union of man and woman in marriage. This union is born of their love, as
a sign and presence of God’s own love, and of the acknowledgment and
acceptance of the goodness of sexual differentiation, whereby spouses
can become one flesh (cf. Gen 2:24) and are enabled to give birth
to a new life, a manifestation of the Creator’s goodness, wisdom and
loving plan. Grounded in this love, a man and a woman can promise each
other mutual love in a gesture which engages their entire lives and
mirrors many features of faith. Promising love for ever is possible when
we perceive a plan bigger than our own ideas and undertakings, a plan
which sustains us and enables us to surrender our future entirely to the
one we love. Faith also helps us to grasp in all its depth and richness
the begetting of children, as a sign of the love of the Creator who
entrusts us with the mystery of a new person. So it was that Sarah, by
faith, became a mother, for she trusted in God’s fidelity to his promise
(cf. Heb 11:11)" .
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- 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
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- Children of God for Life
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- Mass Resistance (The [misleadingly named] Equality Act is back before Congress & must be stopped)
- NJ Family Policy Center (Petition to Attorney General Matt Platkin)
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- PA Family
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- 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)
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