My Pro-Life Life

     The Institute of Christ the King  is, for the sixth year in a row, organizing a pilgrimage to the March for Life in Washington, D.C. God willing, I will be there this year!       For the second year in a row, the Institute is fundraising to offset the cost of the pilgrimage with the Candle for Life campaign ( HERE ). For a donation of $25 or more, a pilgrim will carry your prayer intentions and a lighted candle at the March in January.      The Institute relies heavily on donations to make this trip possible; please help their pilgrims take a stand for life!   

My school's pin for practical nursing graduates      On Wednesday, August 26th, I officially graduated from nursing school. On the Monday prior, we had a private pinning ceremony. While searching for the text of the Nightingale Pledge, I came across the Wikipedia article on the pinning ceremony , which has some information I wanted to share.      Pinning is the official induction into the "brotherhood or sisterhood of nurses". Its earliest history dates from the 12th century during the crusades, when "monks initiated into the Knights Hospitaller that cared for injured and ill Crusaders were given a Maltese Cross". After the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale was awarded the Royal Red Cross by Queen Victoria, and the tradition further evolved from there.      At our ceremony, after each of us received our pin, we recited the Nightingale Pledge. It is so beautiful! Here is the version we recited (apparently a combination of the original and the ...

     "You shall not kill!" Reminds us Our Lord in the Gospel.      For the past fifty years, a culture of death, violence, hatred and destruction has triumphed around us. Since the laws authorizing contraception and abortion. Since hedonism and utilitarianism replaced God and morality.      In 1979 (40 years ago), when receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, declared: "The greatest destroyer of peace today is the crime against the innocent unborn child. If a mother can kill her own child, in her own womb, what keeps you and me from killing each other? (...) But today we are killing millions of unborn children. And we don't say anything."      How our society, which proclaims with such insistence Human Rights (this new Decalogue of the modern world), how did men come to let flout the most fundamental right: the right of every human being to life? How is it that modern man, always talking about "...

From Fr. John Hollowell back in 2012. Amen.

Given by Fr. Kevin Drew of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, for the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, February 16th, 2020.      Do you remember last January I preached about Briana the cow? The nightly news last January 22, (the date in 1973 when abortion was legalized) ran a story of how the pregnant Briana made a daring escape off a truck just minutes before it arrived at the slaughterhouse. A beaming anchorwoman reported how Briana and her new baby were safe in an animal shelter, as if it was some kind of home for unwed pregnant cows.  This was what you call a feel-good story; a refreshing respite from all the bad news that makes up most of a nightly newscast. Of course, the story was not based on any kind of reality. For as I preached, Briana the cow didn’t jump off the truck to escape the slaughterhouse. For Briana had no clue she was going to the slaughterhouse. Because she’s a cow.  When you entered church to...

Transcript (which I got from Fr. Z with his emphases, who got it from Lifesite News):      Thank you very much and thank you, Jeanne. It is my profound honor to be the  first president in history to attend the March for Life . [applause] We are here for a very simple reason: to defend the right of every child, born and unborn, to fulfill their  God-given potential . [applause]      For 47 years, Americans of all backgrounds have traveled from across the country to stand for life.      And today as President of the United States, I am truly proud to stand with you. [applause]      I want to welcome tens of thousands – this is a tremendous turnout – tens of thousands of high school and college students who took long bus rides to be here in our nation’s capital. And to make you feel even better, there are tens of thousands of people outside that we passed on the way in. If anybody would like to give up their spot, we...

     This isn't my usual kind of music, but I love this song, the credit song from Unplanned . The lyrics are below. I'm looking at a masterpiece, I'm staring at work of art, I'm listening to a symphony In every beat of your tiny heart. You used to be a choice to make, But now I think you've chosen me, 'Cause I see ten fingers, ten toes, Two eyes, and I know this is meant to be. O, I don't believe in accidents. Miracles, they don't just happen by chance. As long as my God holds the world in His hands I know that there's no such thing as unplanned. Broken turns to beautiful, I see it right before my eyes, And every single breath you breathe Is destiny Love has brought to life. I thought it was my story's end, But now the future's all I see. Instead of asking who you might have been I'm wondering who you're gonna be. O, I don't believe in accidents... Every life des...