You're Not Worth Healing

1. One of the major fronts in the future pro-life struggle will be against health care rationing, which is a fancy way of saying government-compelled passive euthanasia, which is itself a fancy way of saying "killing people by denying them medicine and treatment because we've decided it's too expensive". Yet that is exactly what is likely to come under the health care plans of the 100% anti-life President-elect.

2. You must comply with the New Order or you will be re-educated! The New Jersey Division of Human Rights (sic) has ruled that a Methodist organization was required to rent its facilities for a same-sex "civil union", even though that would violate the group's religious beliefs. Article here, ruling here. "Tolerance", 21st Century style, coming to a Knights of Columbus hall near you.

3. Fr. Richard McBrien, dean of the revisionist wing of theologians, gave an interview with the Boston Globe the other day. He says all the expected things, which are of no interest whatsoever because we've heard them a million times already. What saddened me, though, was his answer to the question "Why don't you leave [the Church]?" He said, "Because it's my church. It's my home. And I was born in it. I've been a Catholic all my life. And I have affirmation from so many good people. I feel that I have a responsibility to them to continue working at it and doing the best I can." Sad that a priest of Jesus Christ for 40+ years didn't cite a deep love for Jesus in the Eucharist, a hunger for the salvation of souls, a desire to lead people to an intimate friendship with Christ, etc. Please pray for Fr. McBrien.

4. On the other hand, there's Pope Benedict on the task and role of theologians. Here's the money quote: "the fundamental virtue of the theologian is to seek obedience to faith, the humility of faith that opens our eyes. This humility renders the theologian a collaborator of the truth. In this way it will not happen that he speaks of himself. Interiorly purified by obedience to the truth, he will reach, instead, the point that the Truth itself, that the Lord, can speak through the theologian and theology." Amen.

5. Ok, this is a strange correlation -- the headline reads, "Teens Who Skip Breakfast Lose Virginity Earlier". What, earlier in the day? Are they so ravenous with hunger they're reduced to exchanging their virtue for food? Is their will weakened from lack of nutrition? What does oatmeal have to do with chastity, anyway? Who checks up on these things? I just don't get it.