From the Imitation…
“What a man cannot amend in himself or others he must bear with patience until God ordains otherwise.
Think that perhaps it is better so, for your trial and patience, without which our merits are little worth.
You must, nevertheless, under such impediments, earnestly pray that God may vouchsafe to help you, and that you may bear them well.” - Chapter 16: 1
We’ve been told.
Cardinal Bertone has once again come out and declared that the Third Secret of Fatima has been revealed in it’s entirety. He also said this:
“Cardinal Bertone noted that sometimes there is a notable “spreading of supposedly supernatural messages,” often with apocalyptic undertones.
“We need to avoid the danger of a ‘Church of apparitions,’ distrustful of the Church’s hierarchy,” he said. - Zenit
There are a few other factions in the Church who spread distrust of the Church’s hierarchy; some are bloggers, some are trads, some are dissenters. I guess we have to be careful.
Works for me.
The lesbians only wanted one baby.
Remember the story of the two women who claimed rights over one child, and King Solomon had to decide the case? His offer was to cut the child in half and give equal halves to the claimants in order to determine which woman was the real mother.
Though the Australian case of two mothers suing because their in vitro pregnancy resulted in two children, when they only wanted one, is vastly different from the Biblical tale, perhaps the wisdom of Solomon is needed to throw such a ludicrous case out of court. Here is the story:
A lesbian couple in Australia are suing their doctor after they had twin girls from an in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure when they only wanted one child.
The two women are seeking more than A$400,000 ($340,000) in damages to help pay for the cost of raising the second child, including private school fees, saying they had made it clear to their doctor that they only wanted one baby.
The twins are now 3 years old and the civil case, the first of its kind in Australia, has prompted debate about the value of children and the role of parents.
“The litigation involving twins already 3 years old undermines the importance of parenthood,” conservative government Senator Guy Barnett said on Thursday. - Reuters
“Colder than a witch’s teat.”
Or a lesbian’s. “Daughters, your mommies only wanted one of you.” That is just cold, isn’t it? Without going into why I believe same-sex couples should not be allowed to adopt children, it is obvious no one can stop gay women from bearing their own children in or out of vitro. The question this case raises however, concerns the morality of selective births in general. (As Catholics we know this is immoral, clearly the culture doesn’t.)
Selective birthing.
People choosing the sex of their children, aborting them if there is any indication of physical or mental defect, selecting the correct number to be born in the case of multiple births, and so on. I think there is no clearer indication of the breakdown of morality in contemporary society than this modern parenting practice, which is only getting worse.
“It is also vain to desire children, as some do in upsetting and troubling the whole world with their longing for them… Christ says of these people, that they circle the earth and the sea in order to enrich their children, and they make them children of perdition twofold more than they themselves are. [Mt. 23:15]” - John of the Cross, Ascent III, 18:5
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