Monthly Archives: March 2012

October Baby

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Theaters Next Month – I just watched
a pre-release and have something
to say about it.

By bryankemper

Many of my friends joke about the perks; I get with my job; backstage passes, lots of free swag, advance copies of books and movies to name a few. I admit that I love the perks, it is nice to be appreciated for the work I do. Recently I received a package in the mail from an upcoming movie that is being released in theatres next month, October Baby. It was an advance copy of the movie and a letter asking me to watch the movie and let them know how I felt about it.

Before I get into my thoughts, here is the trailer for you to check out:

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“Response to: Rick Santorum, Meet My Son”

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Stand True Pro-life Outreach

March 5, 2012

Response to: Rick Santorum, Meet My Son (I would have aborted him had I known better)

In a recent article on Slate.com a mom talks write to Sen Santorum about how if she knew better about his condition, she would have aborted her son. I ask a nurse friend and advisor to write a response, here it is as she submitted it to us: 

Bryan Kemper, The Youth Outreach Director of Priests for Life asked me to write a response to a mom who expressed a wish that she had known her son had a severe disease prenatally so that she could have an abortion and how that interfaces with Rick Santorum’s argument that prenatal testing be lessened as much/most of it resulted in abortions. I am a nurse who works with families who learn prenatally that their children are very sick and will most likely die at birth.  As I need my job, please indulge me in the disclaimer that in this piece, I speak only my opinion and not that of any employer or colleague.   Continue reading here

Obedience or Sacrifice?

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Let us all hold this valuable teaching in our heart and soul, God tells us in Scripture that obedience is greater than sacrifice. So too, does the Catechism of the Catholic Church teach us how to live this truth.

1 Samuel 15:22  Samuel said, “Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.

CCC 2087 – Our moral life has its source in faith in God who reveals his love to us. St. Paul speaks of the “obedience of faith” 9 as our first obligation. He shows that “ignorance of God” is the principle and explanation of all moral deviations. 10 Our duty toward God is to believe in him and to bear witness to him. 2100 – 18 Jesus recalls the words of the prophet Hosea: “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.” 19 The only perfect sacrifice is the one that Christ offered on the cross as a total offering to the Father’s love and for our salvation. 20 By uniting ourselves with his sacrifice we can make our lives a sacrifice to God.

 

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