"A voice of one crying out in the desert: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight His paths....'"

2nd Sunday Advent, 12/5/21

• An upcoming case has the potential to alter the nationwide anti life trajectory seen since Roe v Wade.  
• As per the Pa Pro Life coalition, "December 1, 2021 has become a highly significant date for the pro-life movement at the local, state and national levels. On this date, the U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson. This case involves a Constitutional challenge to Mississippi's law banning post 15-week gestation abortions. Mississippi's Attorney General, Lynn Fitch, has submitted a brilliant and zealous petition that requests the Court to reverse Roe v. Wade....[We] have scheduled a Prayer Vigil and Public Witness at Planned Parenthood's Center City abortion chamber at 12th and Locust Streets, from 10:00-11:00 AM on Wednesday, December 1, 2021."
• As per Live Action, "On December 1, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Dobbs v Jackson.  Join us at a Pro-Life Rally from 8am-1pm [on the steps of the Supreme Court] where we will hold signs depicting Baby Olivia at 15 weeks."
• There appears to be an Amtrak Acela train ($60) scheduled to leave Trenton at 6:49 am that morning and arrive at Washington's Union Station at 8:50 am.  From there, it is a short walk to the Supreme Court.
• There appear to be two Amtrak Northeast Regional trains ($58 for coach) scheduled to leave Union Station at 1:25 pm & 2:05 pm, arriving in Trenton at 3:52 pm and 4:26 pm, respectively.

Amtrak ticketing must be done in advance.  Especially with the short notice and expense, it is probable that few will make the trip.  To have a representation, isn't it incumbent on the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the Diocese of Trenton to sponsor people?  If you agree, please email Archbishop Nelson Perez (Absp.nperez@archphila.org; sbozza@archphila.org) and Bishop David O'Connell (doconn@dioceseoftrenton.org; rhendr@DioceseofTrenton.org)

• Stop Taxpayer Funding of Abortion in PA!

• FDA Petition - Natural Womanhood

• "all those who believe in the sanctity of life, regardless of whether they support or oppose the theoretical validity of brain-death criteria, [should] oppose the use of brain-death criteria to obtain organs for transplantation in clinical practice. We can then, as a single voice, support medical research seeking innovative, morally uncontentious ways to replace failing organs" (National Catholic Register, 10/25/21)

• 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."] (USCCB)

Can. 915 Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy communion.

Can. 916 A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition which includes the resolution of confessing as soon as possible.

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