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Useful Links:
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Respect Life Radio
Respect Life on the radio…Catch monthly Respect Life updates on Catholic Community Radio’s Wake Up show every first Wednesday at 7:35am. Learn more about Catholic Community Radio here… http://www.catholiccommunityradio.org
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Spiritual Adoption
THE 7TH MONTH AFTER CONCEPTIONYour spiritually adopted baby continues to grow and mature. Brain waves, though already detectable for over five months, now resemble those of a full-term baby. This baby’s brain is also now capable of controlling his or her own body temperature. In addition, your baby’s bones are strengthening more, and he or she is putting on weight more quickly. The extra fat will improve insulation and provide an energy reserve for the baby following birth. Though birth is not far off, please keep praying for your spiritually adopted baby and his or her mother. -
1000 Ultrasound Machines donated!
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Join the SMM Born to Run 5K TeamThe school with the most runners will win a LifeSaver Award &Party! Registration open to everyone. Race Day: Saturday, April 13, 2019. Complete information here.
Register online here. $25 Early Bird Discount (ends March 11th).
Beautiful weather, great music & speakers made for an uplifting day for the Louisiana Life March in Baton Rouge on Saturday, January 26, 2019. Six parishioners from St. Mary Magdalen rode the bus from St. Edward and participated in this year’s march by standing for life in our State’s Capitol on the 46th anniversary of Roe V. Wade.
Prayer for LifeAlmighty God, Our Father, you have given us life and intend for us to live forever. Grant us your blessings as we stand together and pray for LIFE. Ground us in the belief that human life is sacred, because all people were made in your image and likeness. And give us the courage to stand up and defend all life from creation until natural death. Help us to teach by word and example that all men, women and children, in every land, on every continent are precious because we are a gift from God, who is all Love. Grace us with the strength and the wisdom we need to eliminate poverty, discrimination and ignorance that diminish the value of life in our country. May the tender mercy of God shine on those who sit in darkness and death’s shadow and guide our feet into the path of peace. Amen.
Humanae Vitae
Pope Paul IV wrote and dated the encyclical Humane Vitae July 25, 1968 and it was issued at a Vatican press conference on July 29, 1968 making it 50 years old. Section 17 of the encyclical contained 4 predictions made by Pope Paul IV, there would be:
1) An increase in marital infidelity.
2) A general lowering of moral standards.
3) A loss of respect for women (man would “reduce her to being a mere instrument for the satisfaction of his own desires”).
4) Governments would coerce people into using contraception and intervene in citizens’ sexual relationships.
The Pope's predictions were controversial in 1968. Many of the predictions have come true, but the debate has shifted to whether contraception had any influence on those societal changes.
Do you think there is any connection?
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court Ruling, June 26, 2018--NIFLA v. Becerra, a 5-4 ruling written by Justice Clarence Thomas. The suit, brought by the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, challenged a California law requiring licensed pregnancy resource centers to disclose where women could receive free or low-cost abortions, and requiring unlicensed centers to insert state-dictated material in their advertising, thus violating the First Amendment rights of all pregnancy resource centers in the state.
This was a freedom of speech issue, focusing on the required speech in which the pro-life facility was required to give notification of abortion as an alternative. With the 5-4 ruling it is somewhat concerning how precariously close to loss of freedom of speech our country has come.
For more analysis- National Right to Life News