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May 6th -- FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
That this season of risen glory,
might obliterate the culture of death
in the light of Christ's risen glory;
We pray to the Lord:
May 13th -- FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
That the tender witness of faithful mothers
may plant deep within the hearts of all Catholics
a love of the Gospel of Life
that we have come to receive from the Risen Christ;
We pray to the Lord:
May 20th -- SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
That all who are old and forgotten,
and especially those who are alone
in the nursing homes of this town,
may experience Christ's presence
through the love we show to them;
We pray to the Lord:
May 27th -- SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
For every unborn child,
that in littleness they may know God's greatness,
that in weakness they may know Christ's power,
and that in danger they may know the protection of the Holy Spirit;
We pray to the Lord:
Yes, life will triumph because truth, goodness, joy and true progress are on the side of life. God, who loves life and gives it generously, is on the side of life.
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Bulletin Briefs
Commenting on the failed experiment to cure Parkinson's disease with stem cells taken from aborted fetuses, Dr. Paul E. Greene said "the uncontrollable movements some patients suffered were 'absolutely devastating. They chew constantly. Their fingers go up and down, their wrists flex and distend. ... It was tragic, catastrophic. ... It's a real nightmare. And we can't selectively turn it off.... No more fetal transplants.'"
The death penalty makes the state into God, deciding who is redeemable and who is not. The death penalty violates God's justice in deciding that some people should not be allowed the chance at salvation, at conversion, at change. The death penalty even goes so far as to say, "We want this person to rot in hell"–as far as we are to determine who is to be saved and who is not.
If any woman said she had an abortion and felt fine about it, I was so mean to her, and that stage lasted several years, because I was feeling agonizing remorse over what I had done. ... If I hadn't had my own issues to deal with because of my use of the morning-after pill, I would not have been so mean, although I would have probably still been puzzled as to how any woman could come out of an abortion emotionally unscathed.
Fetal reduction, as it is the willful elimination of a human life, cannot be justified, neither on the basis of the principle of the so-called "lesser evil," nor on the basis of that of the double effect. We must also not underestimate the possibility that the [use] of fetal reduction could lead toward a eugenic mentality, where ... people come to measure the value of a human life solely according to parameters of normality and "physical well-being."