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There’s another one.

Three things to pick up from this video:

1. Cate Dyer talks about getting “a lot” of “intact cases.” That means they’re used to seeing babies aborted intact. Since it’s been established that using any kind of feticide drug like digoxin ruins the tissue for research, and that brain is especially valuable, both digoxin abortions AND partial-birth abortions are unlikely causes of death for these “intact cases.” That means they’re delivering babies intact without killing them before delivery. How many of these babies survive delivery? We know that even prior to “viability,” premature babies can survive for at least a few minutes to even hours outside the womb. How many of these babies, like the one talked about in the 7th video, are dissected while their hearts are still beating?

2. Cate Dyer notes that one of the reasons it’s easier to ship the baby intact is that the facilities have a tendency to contaminate the “specimens” with bacterial infections. She said she’s seen “rampant problems with bacteria” and that she’s even “seen staph come out of clinics.” If anyone thought Planned Parenthood or any other “legal” abortion facility was safe for women, please think again.

3. Cate Dyer also doesn’t beat around the bush here like the Planned Parenthood employees did when it comes to financial profit for abortion facilities. At one point she asks, “You feel like there’s clinics out there that have been burned, that feel like they’re doing all this work and it hasn’t been profitable for them?” When the undercover person says no, she agrees: “Oh, okay, good. I was going to say I don’t see that either.” So the abortion facilities are clearly happy with what they’re being paid, which, as we know from earlier videos, is far above what the shipping costs would be for their “specimens”. In fact, it’s been emphasized throughout the videos that these facilities and the procurement companies prefer an arrangement where the procurement company does most or all of the work after the abortion is done. Holly O’Donnell told us in previous videos that she would be the one separating, packaging, and shipping the “specimens”, which would mean StemExpress eats all of those costs and still pays the facility for what they get.

And of course we still have people casually chatting over a meal about cutting babies into pieces. In this one, we’re treated to Cate Dyer joking about researchers freaking out over receiving a baby’s head in a box.

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Person who has literally never been in the south: Every single person in the south will throw rocks at you if they find out that you're gay it's a law

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Excuse me, I've got some laundry and repentance to get to

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My best friend's wedding flashback, now I'll watch it with a catholic undertone...

Reading Interior Castle

St. Teresa of Avila: “I know nothing, I am a worm.”

Me: “Then I know less than nothing and am the dirt a worm eats.”

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When someone tries AGAIN to tell me that abortions only make up 3% of PP’s services

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As an ND grad, this man is a voice of wisdom my alma mater seems to be sorely lacking as of late

NCR: Father Weslin gained national attention in 2009, when he was arrested on the campus of the University of Notre Dame for carrying a cross and praying to protest the university giving commencement honors to pro-abortion President Barack Obama.

When he was literally carried away, Father Weslin was singing the hymn Immaculate Mary, and asked police, “Why would you arrest a Catholic priest at a Catholic university for trying to stop the killing of a baby?”

Father Norman Weslin was arrested and jailed more than 70 times, including months spent in federal prisons, for his peaceful protests and praying on his knees at various abortion sites. He said: “that he wasn’t ashamed to be arrested, because Jesus and the apostles all went to jail. He believed that a priest’s place was not behind his people, lending encouragement, but out in front leading the way.” Father Weslin died at the age of 81, on May 16, 2012. (x)

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Why we can eat shellfish but same-sex marriage is still wrong

Traditionally, the Old Law is divided into three parts: the ceremonial law, the disciplinary law, and the moral law.

The ceremonial law encompassed all of the ceremonies and sacrifices: what kinds of animals to sacrifice, what parts to burn, what parts belonged to the priest, how often to sacrifice, etc. The most important part of the ceremonial law was the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), described as the Sabbath of Sabbaths. On this day, the high priest would enter the holiest part of the temple and offer animals in atonement for the sins of Israel (see Leviticus 16) The ceremonial law was superseded by Jesus, who is High Priest, Sacrifice, and Altar of the New Covenant. Now, instead of sacrificing animals, which could not take away our sins, Catholic priests, acting in persona Christi, offer the same sacrifice of Calvary to the Father (see the letter to the Hebrews, especially chapter 9).

The disciplinary law encompassed the dietary restrictions, what kind of clothes to wear, and other related things. These things (including the oft-quoted examples of shellfish, mixed fabrics, and shaving) were specific to the Jews, and never applied to the rest of the world. One part of the disciplinary law that was more important was the penalties for breaking other laws; some commonly quoted examples are the death penalty for disobedient children and a simple fine for rapists. Although the moral laws they enforced (obey your parents, don’t rape) are still valid, these particular penalties were intended only for the Jews. The disciplinary laws were abrogated by Jesus (see Mark 7:1-23, especially verse 19), and the early church declared that they didn’t apply to Gentiles (Acts 15).

Unlike the ceremonial and disciplinary laws, the moral law is eternal, and applies for all time to all peoples. It is codified above all in the Ten Commandments, and in such related rules as the Shema or the commandment not to oppress widows and orphans, who were usually the poorest and most oppressed classes. Rather than abrogating these laws, Jesus took these commandments even further when he declared that anyone who was angry with someone else was guilty of transgressing the whole Law.

How do we know that the idea of marriage as one man and one woman is part of the moral law, and not the disciplinary law?

We know what marriage is supposed to be not just because of scripture, but also because of reason. Shortly after talking about the unnaturalness of same-sex sexual relations, Paul tells us that the Law is written in our hearts. The Church calls this the Natural Law, and insists that we can know this Law through reason. This Law tells us that marriage is for the love and mutual betterment of the spouses, but also for the procreation and education of children. Since a same-sex union could never result in a child, it does not qualify as a marriage; whereas an opposite-sex union has that possibility, even if one or both partners is infertile, and so is a true marriage.

So, no, we’re not hypocrites, and we don’t pick and choose which parts of the Bible to follow. Rather, we follow our own logical, millenia-old theology

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Morte de rire

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I'd be happy to add a not so kind reminder for the teenager in the cut offs last Sunday

A kind reminder....

A kind reminder, with warmer weather upon us, that one be thoughtful in the selection of attire worn for Holy Mass. Tank tops, sleeveless shirts, shorts, skirts above the knee, tight fitting apparel that accentuates rather than ornaments the body, do not seem to meet the standard of Christian modesty. Let us all be mindful of our responsibility in this regard out of respect for the house of God and the Holy Eucharist, charity towards ourselves, and for the edification of our neighbor

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You see, this letter isn’t meant as criticism, although I know some will take it that way. It’s more a cry for help, a plea or a prayer. After the Supreme Court rulings on marriage (she was referring to 2013), I don’t know what else to do. Or where else to go. So I’m coming to you, here, in the only way I know how.

...I know as a Catholic layperson I’ve got to step up my game. And I’m willing to do that. Again, whatever the cost.

But you’ve got to step up your game too.

By that I mean no disrespect. As priests and bishops you bear a tremendous burden. I don’t envy you that, and I know many of you are carrying that burden heroically.

But many of you aren’t. You’ve been weak. You’ve been cowardly. You’ve made compromises and led people astray. Souls are perishing because of that. A culture is perishing because of that. And it’s got to stop. You have been ordained as priests of God Most High, Christ’s representatives on earth. You’ve got to act like it. We don’t just need our spiritual fathers standing shoulder to shoulder with us in this fight for souls. We need you leading us into the breach.

As for how you do that, it’s not complicated.

1. Preach the Faith.

On Sundays, don’t tell me to be nice; tell me to be holy. Don’t tell me to trust God; tell me who God is. Don’t even tell me to be faithful; tell me what faithful means. Explain holiness. Explain sin. Be specific. Preach on what lust, gluttony, selfishness, laziness, pride, anger, and vanity are, why they’re bad for me, and how to avoid them. Preach the Creed. Preach the saints. Preach the story of salvation history. And preach it in all its fullness.

While you’re at it, let go of this idea that homilies are a separate thing from catechesis. They can’t be separate right now. The majority of Catholics sitting in the pews on Sunday don’t know the basics of the Faith. And the only place most will learn them is from a homily. Don’t waste your precious 10 minutes in front of a semi-captive audience repeating fluff we can get from Oprah. Use the Scriptures to illuminate Tradition, not obscure it.

- Emily Stimpson

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You're welcome y'all

This sums up the red and blue state divide very nicely…

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Our parish priest was super blunt and used his homily to extol the virtues of traditional marriage, I'm so glad he actually blatantly discussed the issue instead of skirting it in the name of "compassion"

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Anytime non-Catholics question the Church:

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It's only a matter of time

“We won’t touch your church. Promise. Tee hee.”

This pretty much sums up my biggest concern about today’s ruling.