Holy Innocents: Politicians Who Promote Abortion as 'Choice' are the New Herods
On this Feast of the Holy Innocents we must remember that elected leaders and candidates Who promote Abortion as a 'Choice' are the Herods of this Age
Every child killed by voluntary abortion is a "Holy Innocent". Every politician who supports this killing, implicitly or explicitly, carries on the evil of Herod. "Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person - among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life" says the Catechism of the Catholic Church. We must be unequivocal in our defense of every innocent human life from conception to natural death.
Massacre of the Holy Innocents
PrintCHESAPEAKE, VA. (Catholic Online) - On December 28 in the Octave of Christmas we commemorate the Feast of the Holy Innocents in the Liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church. The readings for the Mass remind us that evil has no respect for life. There is an ongoing struggle between life and death, darkness and light, and those of us called to continue the redemptive mission of Jesus, the Light of the world, are engaged in the conflict.
The first reading for the Mass of the Feast of the Holy Innocents is taken from the 1st letter of the beloved disciple John, "This is the message that we have heard from Jesus Christ and proclaim to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say, "We have fellowship with him," while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not act in truth." (I John 5)
We are celebrating the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord, Christmas. Sometimes Christmas is referred to as the Feast of the Incarnation. In fact, the Incarnation is much broader in its implications. The Word became Incarnate immediately upon the response given by Mary to the invitation of the Lord delivered through the Angel.
He was conceived by the Holy Spirit. The moment He was conceived, the Incarnation began. Jesus Christ lived through every age and every stage of development. He is identified with every child from the moment of conception.
Medical science confirms what the Natural Law and our conscience long ago told all of us, the child in the womb is one of us. We all know it. We routinely operate on her when she needs our help and place her back in her first home of the womb until birth. We prosecute a criminal who, in committing a crime against his mother, kills him as well.
The abortion lie has been revealed in its wretched ugliness. Every procured abortion is the intentional killing of an innocent child. The child in the womb is the same as the child outside of the womb. We are always persons in development. The me at 57 is the same me at 27, only developing in the continuum of life.
No-one who continues to support abortion as a "choice" is a friend of the poor. The baby in the womb is, as Mother Teresa so clearly reminded us, the "poorest of the poor". Defenders of abortion on demand only use the poor to promote their evil acts. Any Nation which protects in the positive law the taking of innocent human life in the womb, calling it a "right" and a "choice" is participating in this evil and promoting darkness.
The Gospel for the Mass on the Feast of the Holy Innocents reminds us of how evil infects those who fail to hear the cry of the poor and serve in government. The example given is Herod, a ruler inebriated with his own power. He ruled unjustly while claiming to be doing exactly the opposite:
"When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi. Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah the prophet: A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be consoled, since they were no more'.
Rachel still weeps in our day. The US Government carries on the evil of Herod by funding the killing of Holy Innocents. For example, in calendar year 2008/2009 Planned Parenthood received $363 million in government grants and contracts. This money was extracted from the US taxpayer and used to kill 324,008 children in the womb.
Planned Parenthood is built on a deadly lie. They have dressed themselves up as a "Health Care Provider" and they include the taking of the lives of innocent children in the womb as a "service" under their offering of "reproductive services". They have insinuated themselves into the global delivery of "medical services" receiving massive government funding.
There is nothing "reproductive" about abortion. It is certainly not a service to the child, the mother, the father or society. Nor is it ever "health care". It is feticide, the killing of children. Funding it is morally repugnant. Planned Parenthood is the leading institutional champion of a culture which has redefined "choice" to include killing young innocent human life and "freedom" to include the commission of unspeakable horrors against an entire class of people, children in the first home of the whole human race.
The Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours on the Feast of the Holy Innocents offers the sermon of St Quodvultdeus, a deacon and Church father of the 5th century, entitled "Even before they learn to speak, they proclaim Christ" for our reflection today:
"A tiny child is born, who is a great king. Wise men are led to him from afar. They come to adore one who lies in a manger and yet reigns in heaven and on earth. When they ...
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mmmmmmmmmmmmm. just wanted to make note I spelled HEROD wrong..........I post so much, lucky I can make any words as to spelling all correct. : )
joe
Just for the record many people in this country from many beliefs do not subscribed to abortion as well.
For example Im proud of one Atheist---Chris Hitchens who came around to Pro-Life as a matter of fact. That is something.
If you get the chance check out Norma McKorvey--Jane Roe who came to the Pro-Life stance. She hopes it is overturned someday as do many of us from all walks of belief.
Peace and God Bless. By the way how do you figure we went from Susan B. Anthony (One of the early pioneers of rights for women who didnt condone abortion.) to the freethinking and freewheeling feminists today who would condone hurting women when it comes to life?
Biologically it doesnt make sense terminating a pregnancy when its the most natural thing on this planet next to the planet itself.
Even if your not of the religious nature how do base killing our own on it being normal? I dont have an answer maybe many of you out there do.
You got that right vance. Half the time I feel like I'm banging my head against the wall. But you just have to keep pressing on.
Rob, good post and I applaud your efforts in your local parish. You and I are doing what Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI instructed all of us to evangelize. You are right about having that connection or encounter with Christ. I applaud your efforts to provide spiritual awareness for adult men. I learned from my experiences that men and women need to be given a reason to encounter Christ. We often take it for granted that people 'Should' do the right things but that is not the case. This is why we need a Pro-Life, a Pro-Marriage, a Pro-Integrity, a Pro-Work Ethic drum beat from the clergy. My experiences taught me that people need to be addressed in a manner that involves their daily routines on the job and in their home. Walks-for-Life and participation in charity activities are two great ways out of many to encounter Christ. Keep up the good work. As you know, it is not easy.
vance, I was always under the impression that a conversion to Christ and training to be a disciple is the surest way to living a solid Cathoic life. For those of us who have made committments to the Christ and his Church, pro-life issues are a no brainer is marriage, family life etc. But for those who have not had an encounter with Christ, you might as well be speaking greek to them. And honestly, it wouldn't matter if the entire clergy beat the anti abortion drums every Sunday. If folks aren't being moved to change their lives Sunday after Sunday, they won't respond and have not responded to the pro-life message. Sadly, in this culture, you just can't assume that by a 15 minute homily that folks are going to be able to see through 40 years of terrible, cultural programming. As to what I've done in my diocese (and I say this not to be my drum). I chair our annual men's conference. As part of that effort we include the various pro-life groups that offer multiple presentations on pro-life issues in our community. We have worked to ensure that more men participate in pro-life efforts including a men's walk for life that is held annually and grows every year. Right now the focus on our conferences has been on converting men. Again, no conversion, no pro-life. I also run a men's group in our parish that focuses hard on male sexuality and all the issues surrounding it. We hit the issue of abortion hard, but more importantly, we hit the sexuality issues that lead up to the abortion issues in the first place. For my part, I spend my time trying to bring men to Christ, and once they have made that committment, I try to the best of my ability to teach them the way. It has always been my contention that if you can convert a man, then his family soon follows. And once you have his family, you have his friends and their families. People who genuinely follow Christ will not procure abortions. Once someone tries hard to follow Christ, everything else falls into place. But if you skip this crucial step, then all you are left with is a bunch of anger, frustration etc. Folks will never understand where you are coming from if they don't know Christ. Show them Christ, and the rest is easy. But until then, it sounds like nothing more than someone trying to tell them how to live their life. And sadly that is the majority of our Church right now.
Rob, Answer to your question; Not only yes, but hell yes. Question; Rob, what are you doing to instruct your local pastor or Bishop to support Pro-Life??? Again your analogy that the Bystanders are as guilty as the Bank Robbers falls flat. Liberalism inside the church, Liberalism outside the church have been the problem, is now the problem, and will be the problem. Rob, as long as you are on that team, you are part of the problem.
Gene: Good discussing post. Rob and Vance: Good posts as well. I would love to engage, but time is of the essence for the next few days. I will discuss as soon as I can. A Happy, Healthy, Blessed New Year To You All...
The catho;ics church will not pray for the end to abortion in cal ore wa the coast states IF THE catholic won't pary for end to killing unborn baby how are we to tell our kid that it wrong when the church won't THE POPE SHOULD GET OUT THE WORD CATHOLICS WILL PRAY TO END THE KILLING UNBORN BABYS GET NEW BISHOPS FOR THE WHOLE WEST COAST CATHOLICS CHURCH LET THE PEOPLE PRAY IN OUR CHURCHS TO STOP KILLING BABY GENE
I thnk we are missing one element of truth in this discussion. I always get the sense that folks think that the government created abortion (perhaps the law, but defintely not the practice) and that somehow by virtue of a mere law people are reduced to "followers" that if we only reversed the law we would rid of this problem. Unfortunately I think we have it backwards. As sad as it is for me to say this, the American people want abortion. This is no different in all the others areas of American culture these days were we don't look for real solutions to problems, but instead look for an easy way out. Instead of focusing so hard on what we think our government is doing or not doing or even our Bishops, perhaps as lay people in 2012 we embrace our calls to be priest, prophet and king and change the tide of those voting for pro-death politicians. Pro life vigils, walks etc are great, but it's going to take a lot more than that to change the heart of the this country. Prolife as a way of life (in every aspect) has to permeate everything we do. If we limit this strictly to talks on abortion from our priest, then we will have the same results we've had for the past 40 years, regardless of the party in power. For all who are critical of our priest and bishops, I would ask one question, are you stepping up to offer pro-life instruction in your parish?
Judy, my only suggestion is that we the faith need to raise these issues in our parish. It isn't easy because half of the Catholic church-goer's vote Liberal and are Pro-Abortion. If you have a local Pro-Life group who participates in 'Walks-For-Life' or Prayer Groups in front of Planned Parenthood, join them and engage your local pastor to give his support. If not this Pope but maybe the next will need to take the Bull by the Horns and strongly direct the Bishops to be team players. If the Bishops decide they want to play by their own rules, then they need to be given 'Walking Papers' to go do something else. Pray and stay involved. God bless.