This homily is not specifically about that issue, which is the root of abortion. But you might loosen the issue 1 click, and ask, "When is the last time you heard a homily on abortion?"
It was outside an abortion business on Ethan Way by the California State Exposition, in the City of the Most Blessed Sacrament, on Thursday, October 30, 2014. The abortion business later closed. The hymn in the podcast, below the photos, was played during the Exposition.
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
1 Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
and with fear and trembling stand;
ponder nothing earthly minded,
for with blessing in His hand
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
our full homage to demand.
2 King of kings, yet born of Mary,
as of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture –
in the body and the blood.
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.
3 Rank on rank the host of heaven
spreads its vanguard on the way,
as the Light of light descendeth
from the realms of endless day,
that the pow’rs of hell may vanish
as the darkness clears away.
4 At His feet the six-winged seraph,
cherubim, with sleepless eye,
veil their faces to the Presence,
as with ceaseless voice they cry,
“Alleluia, alleluia!
Alleluia, Lord most high!”
My Dear People,
Many people (especially those favoring elective abortion) would have us believe that abortion is “settled law” in America. It is a feature of our lives which has become acceptable and with which we are becoming more comfortable. A look under the surface reveals something very different. The “settled” nature of abortion is a myth perpetrated by a fiercely pro-abortion media. It needs to be exploded. The Pro Life message is winning the hearts and minds of people, so let us renew our Faith in God and continue His work. Here are some important facts. Continue reading »
by CNA/EWTN NEWS 01/20/2016
WASHINGTON — Beneath the pro-life/“pro-choice” divide in the U.S., there is a significant consensus favoring abortion restrictions, according to a new Marist poll commissioned by the Knights of Columbus.
“Although the issue is often a very polarizing issue politically, what we found is that it is not a polarized issue,” Barbara Carvalho, director of the Marist Poll, said at the National Press Club on Jan. 19, announcing the poll results. More than 1,600 adults nationwide were surveyed between Nov. 15 and 22 by the Marist Institute of Public Opinion. The margin of error for the poll was 2.4 percentage points.
“The debate is too often reduced to the percentage who identify with the labels ‘pro-life’ or ‘pro-choice,’” said Patrick Kelly of the Knights of Columbus and executive director of the St. John Paul II National Shrine. Continue reading »
Much thanks goes to the Knights Of Columbus of Presentation parish! They helped pay for the ice cream for our 40 Days for Life ice cream social kickoff. Not only did they help pay for the ice cream,they even served it! Thank you Peter Mendenhall [Arden-Carmichael 4970 PGK] and fellow Knights for being so special and so supportive of life!
According to Lenore, this year’s BGMH Yard Sale will run Friday October 3 to Sunday October 12.
Phoenix Diocesan
Apr 19, 2014 | Joyce Coronel (interim managing editor of The Catholic Sun)
GLENDALE, AZ – Carrying rosaries, pushing babies in strollers and bearing images of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Catholics from throughout the Diocese of Phoenix gathered in front of a Planned Parenthood [abortion business] in a Glendale neighborhood Good Friday. Local police estimated the crowd of faithful exceeded 500.
The [abortion business] provides medication-induced abortions up to nine weeks and surgical abortions up to 24 weeks when women are visibly pregnant and feeling the unborn child within them kick.
The Hope Ultrasound Mobile Unit was parked nearby offering free pregnancy tests and ultrasound exams for women, hoping to persuade them to choose life. Pro-life activists have often stated that about 90 percent of women who view ultrasound images of their unborn baby decide against abortion.
Fr. Mike Straley, pastor of nearby Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, said his parishioners pray outside the abortion [business] at least monthly. “I think it’s important on Good Friday to pray not just in our churches but to pray publicly and to take a stand for life,” Fr. Straley said. Continue reading »
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Father Patrick Lee requested that Council 15693 install a Pro-Life Plaque on the grounds of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish.
A motion to this effect was proposed and carried.
An example of a Knights of Columbus Council sponsoring such a Pro-Life Plaque at a Parish can be found at All Saints Council 11402, Dunwoody Georgia.
Led by Catholics for Life Sacramento Diocese past-President Mike Schaefer, of Father Neil W. Seidl Council 13672, Divine Savior Parish Orangevale CA, Bishop William Weigand dedicated a Pro-Life Memorial at St. Mary’s Cemetery on November 3, 2001.
