The name on the adjoining office door read “Planned Parenthood.” We were coming out of an appointment in an office which shared a small lobby. Their innocent, helpful sounding name was successful. I thought to myself, “Maybe they could help me!”
I had never heard of that organization, nor Natural Family Planning. We were married three years and were blessed with two beautiful children. THANKS BE TO GOD I never went back there!
The name on the adjoining office door read “Planned Parenthood.” We were coming out of an appointment in an office which shared a small lobby. Their innocent, helpful sounding name was successful. I thought to myself, “Maybe they could help me!”
I had never heard of that organization, nor Natural Family Planning. We were married three years and were blessed with two beautiful children. THANKS BE TO GOD I never went back there!
To the editor:
Consider voting for the candidate who will legislate policies that will protect the vulnerable. A war against our own citizens is sadly ignored in the big picture. To quote Swift, war is “that mad game the world so loves to play.”
Abortion is madness. Abortion is a war against the unborn. Killing the unborn child is indefensible and we allow the vulnerable (the teenager) to make this decision. Abuse of anyone, even animals, is indefensible.
To the editor:
Consider voting for the candidate who will legislate policies that will protect the vulnerable. A war against our own citizens is sadly ignored in the big picture. To quote Swift, war is “that mad game the world so loves to play.”
Abortion is madness. Abortion is a war against the unborn. Killing the unborn child is indefensible and we allow the vulnerable (the teenager) to make this decision. Abuse of anyone, even animals, is indefensible.
To the editor:
I must take vigorous issue with the guest columns by the “intellectuals” who are so overloaded with their degrees and superior intellect that they feel they must ridicule us ordinary Catholics in rather harsh words. The weight of all this arrogance has seemed to have squeezed out the humility that was exemplified by our Savior.
For those of us out in the real world, which, by the way, is the vast majority of God’s people, we are the branches of the Church. Jesus said, “I am the Vine and you are the branches.” He did not say, “I only want to hear you praise Me with 100-voice choirs singing Handel’s Messiah.”
To the editor:
I must take vigorous issue with the guest columns by the “intellectuals” who are so overloaded with their degrees and superior intellect that they feel they must ridicule us ordinary Catholics in rather harsh words. The weight of all this arrogance has seemed to have squeezed out the humility that was exemplified by our Savior.
For those of us out in the real world, which, by the way, is the vast majority of God’s people, we are the branches of the Church. Jesus said, “I am the Vine and you are the branches.” He did not say, “I only want to hear you praise Me with 100-voice choirs singing Handel’s Messiah.”
Mother Teresa claimed that the greatest disease of the modern world is not leprosy or cancer. Rather it is feeling unloved and unwanted.
So she and her nuns went into India’s streets and picked up the dying and ministered to them. Though many died shortly, she wanted them to experience Christ’s love before they died.
Mother Teresa claimed that the greatest disease of the modern world is not leprosy or cancer. Rather it is feeling unloved and unwanted.
So she and her nuns went into India’s streets and picked up the dying and ministered to them. Though many died shortly, she wanted them to experience Christ’s love before they died.
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| Esta columna es la comunicación del Obispo con los fieles de la diócesis de Madison. Cualquier divulgación más amplia va más allá de la intención del Obispo. |
Queridos amigos:
No sé si han tenido la experiencia, pero últimamente, me he dado cuenta de un marcado incremento en el número de personas que son muy obvias al mostrar su infelicidad. En varias ocasiones lo he podido constatar con completos desconocidos que, con su conducta ruda y su poca empatía con otros, muestran una verdadera falta de alegría en sus vidas.
Hay varios factores que pueden crear esta infelicidad general a nuestro alrededor, y ciertamente hay varias formas en las que podemos reaccionar a esta tendencia. Una de las cosas más importantes que podemos hacer, inmediatamente, es rezar. Necesitamos rezar por nuestro prójimo, especialmente por aquellos que permiten que su infelicidad quede manifiesta y nos agreda. Necesitamos rezar por el crecimiento en aquellas tres virtudes cristianas de la fe, la esperanza y el amor: en nuestras propias vidas y en las vidas de quienes nos rodean.
Pero también necesitamos actuar. Necesitamos ser testigos visibles de fe, de esperanza y de la caridad en nuestras propias vidas. Viviendo como hermosos testigos de la fe, de la esperanza que tenemos y de la caridad cristiana, no nos queda sino vivir vidas llena de alegría y, al hacerlo, darle a la gente una alternativa a la tristeza que experimentan ahora, un camino hacia la felicidad auténtica y duradera, una vida en Jesucristo.
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| Esta columna es la comunicación del Obispo con los fieles de la diócesis de Madison. Cualquier divulgación más amplia va más allá de la intención del Obispo. |
Queridos amigos:
No sé si han tenido la experiencia, pero últimamente, me he dado cuenta de un marcado incremento en el número de personas que son muy obvias al mostrar su infelicidad. En varias ocasiones lo he podido constatar con completos desconocidos que, con su conducta ruda y su poca empatía con otros, muestran una verdadera falta de alegría en sus vidas.
Hay varios factores que pueden crear esta infelicidad general a nuestro alrededor, y ciertamente hay varias formas en las que podemos reaccionar a esta tendencia. Una de las cosas más importantes que podemos hacer, inmediatamente, es rezar. Necesitamos rezar por nuestro prójimo, especialmente por aquellos que permiten que su infelicidad quede manifiesta y nos agreda. Necesitamos rezar por el crecimiento en aquellas tres virtudes cristianas de la fe, la esperanza y el amor: en nuestras propias vidas y en las vidas de quienes nos rodean.
Pero también necesitamos actuar. Necesitamos ser testigos visibles de fe, de esperanza y de la caridad en nuestras propias vidas. Viviendo como hermosos testigos de la fe, de la esperanza que tenemos y de la caridad cristiana, no nos queda sino vivir vidas llena de alegría y, al hacerlo, darle a la gente una alternativa a la tristeza que experimentan ahora, un camino hacia la felicidad auténtica y duradera, una vida en Jesucristo.
