Bill Clinton on Stem Cells

Former President Clinton,

An embryo IS, by definition, a developing fertilized egg. It IS a human being with 46 chromosomes, distinctly different from its mother or its father.

Dr Gupta, how could you NOT catch what the man said and correct it? This is basic biology! You are a man of science. In order to become an MD, you had to take a myriad of science courses! How could you MISS this?

Sad, very sad. And worse is that many will probably never think past the fact that Bill Clinton supports embryonic stem cell research...

Catholics ask Vatican to rule on no-fault divorce

This was sent to me this AM.

God bless!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: marysadvocates.org
Date: Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:25 AM

Catholics ask Vatican to rule on no-fault divorce

A group of Catholics whose marriages ended in divorce is asking the Vatican to clarify to bishops in the U.S. their appropriate pastoral response to no-fault divorce cases. Tuesday, March 10, 2009 By

Spero News Source http://www.speroforum.com/a/18418/Catholics-ask-Vatican-to-rule-on-nofault-divorce

A group of lay Catholics who have had their families split by no-fault divorce asked the Vatican to urge the American bishops to come to their defense. Five testimonies were sent by Mary's Advocates, a marriage advocacy group in Ohio, to the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative texts. The Catholic Apostolic Constitution gives individuals the right to ask the Vatican whether local Church laws violate the universal laws of the church.

Bai Macfarlane, the director of Mary's Advocates says, "When Catholics force no-fault divorce on their families, our American Catholic leadership remains silent bystanders. Pastors promote annulment and even divorce. We are asking the Holy See if we have the right to have canon law protections applied to our families by our local bishops and tribunals."

The petition to the Vatican, extensively citing canon law, is publicly available the

Mary's Advocates website. According to a news release, from the organization "If the Church would exercise the canonical investigation process for Separation of Spouses, canonical remedies, and medicinal penalties, we believe it could safeguard justice, prevent scandal, and serve the common good."

No-fault divorce allows one spouse to force the break-up of their family, regardless of whether the other spouse is dangerous or an adulterer. Mike McManus, founder of Marriage Savers,

states, "The current law in 49 states allows one spouse to file for a divorce on grounds of 'irreconcilable differences,' and obtain the divorce in every case. In 80% of the cases their spouses believe the marriage is reconcilable."

Mary's Advocates wanted to provide the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts with some information about no fault divorce. Stephen Baskerville's January 2009 article in Touchstone Magazine on no-fault divorce was included. Stephen Baskerville is Associate Professor of Government at Patrick Henry College and author of "Taken into Custody: The War Against Fathers, Marriage, and the Family."

In a telephone interview, Baskerville said, "The Catholic and Christian press is waking up to the horrors of what really goes on in divorce court. I fear that priests are totally ignorant. They unwittingly serve the interests of the divorce industry by failing to take a stand against the divorce juggernaut."

Sheryl Temaat, who has been repeatedly publish by Homiletic and Pastoral Review says, "Petitioning the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts for assistance in helping American Catholic families overcome the plague of divorce is long overdue. Practically every day we read how children are abused by divorce in one way or another. It's time to hear what the Catholic Church really teaches about divorce, dating, annulment, and remarriage."

Source http://www.speroforum.com/a/18418/Catholics-ask-Vatican-to-rule-on-nofault-divorce

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"Divorce tears marriage apart. It desolates both husband and wife. It leaves the children not only in tears but also in misery. We do not deny that there can be serious disagreement between husband and wife, but divorce is not the solution. When husband and wife have a disagreement, they should reflect, pray, sit together and discuss. Accept fault where you are wrong, ask for pardon, or consult a priest or other spiritual adviser, but do not divorce."
~~Francis Cardinal Arinze

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This is scary, people. Very scary.





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FROM THE ARCHIVES of NOR: The Unnatural Termination

This was written in 1997.

God bless!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: NOR Daily Feed dailyfeed@newoxfordreview.org
Date: Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:32 AM

FROM THE ARCHIVES

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The Unnatural Termination

One of the disastrous results of divorce is the abrupt, unnatural termination of a story, both the story of a marriage and the story of a family.

Read all about it...

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"Divorce tears marriage apart. It desolates both husband and wife. It leaves the children not only in tears but also in misery. We do not deny that there can be serious disagreement between husband and wife, but divorce is not the solution. When husband and wife have a disagreement, they should reflect, pray, sit together and discuss. Accept fault where you are wrong, ask for pardon, or consult a priest or other spiritual adviser, but do not divorce."
~~Francis Cardinal Arinze

Wedding Rings

Our vows:
The groom says:I (...), take you (...) to be my wife.
I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health.
I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.

The bride says:
I (...), take you (...) to be my husband.
I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health.
I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.

"So when you make a promise (or a VOW) to God,
don't delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools.
Keep all the promises you make to him.
It is better to say nothing than to promise
something that you don't follow through on.
In such cases, your mouth is making you sin.
And don't defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the
promise you made was a mistake.
That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved."
~~ Ecclesiastes 5:4-6 New Living Translation

I have no idea where video this came from.
I believe it was sent to me in an email long ago.
But it is good.

God bless!

"Divorce tears marriage apart.
It desolates both husband and wife.
It leaves the children not only in tears but also in misery.
We do not deny that there can be serious disagreement between husband and wife,
but divorce is not the solution.
When husband and wife have a disagreement,
they should reflect, pray, sit together and discuss.
Accept fault where you are wrong,
ask for pardon,
or consult a priest or other spiritual adviser,
but do not divorce."
~~Francis Cardinal Arinze

Read 1Cor 7:10-15, along with Jesus' (red ink) words in
Matt 5:31-32, Matt 19, Mark 10 and Luke 16:18,
and then read Malachi 2:14-16.
And finally, read Elizabeth Marquardt's book "Between Two Worlds".
Marriage is til death parts the couple, not divorce.