With many thanks to our awesome curator, Karen Celano, you can delve into a faith-related news article each Wednesday! Karen writes:
On January 22, pro-life activists took to the streets of Washington for the 41st time to protest Roe v. Wade. The next day, Gary Gutting, Catholic professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, penned an op-ed suggesting that Pope Francis ought to consider rethinking the Church's position on abortion. In response, Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J., responded to Gutting by pointing out several flaws in his argument. For my part, Gutting's tortured equivocation on the moral status of an embryo or fetus (is it a human being or merely a potential human being? and if it is a human being is it a human person entitled to rights?) contrasts unfavorably with Catholic novelist Walker Percy's straightforward observation that such prevarications reveal ironic attempts by "the secular juridical-journalistic [and I would add academic-philosophical] establishment" to "suppress an embarrassing scientific fact."
While the secular debate on the morality and legality of abortion take place outside of specifically Christian concerns, Christians, as being in but not of the world, must consider abortion in terms of God's plan for humanity. This beautiful sermon by Terry Hamilton and commentary by Methodist theologian Stanley Hauerwas provides a Christian framework for thinking about abortion: one which sees abortion in terms of God's love for women and children, in terms of His concern for the weakest and poorest, in terms of responsibility rather than rights, and in terms of our biblical hope for the fullness of life.
On January 22, pro-life activists took to the streets of Washington for the 41st time to protest Roe v. Wade. The next day, Gary Gutting, Catholic professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, penned an op-ed suggesting that Pope Francis ought to consider rethinking the Church's position on abortion. In response, Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J., responded to Gutting by pointing out several flaws in his argument. For my part, Gutting's tortured equivocation on the moral status of an embryo or fetus (is it a human being or merely a potential human being? and if it is a human being is it a human person entitled to rights?) contrasts unfavorably with Catholic novelist Walker Percy's straightforward observation that such prevarications reveal ironic attempts by "the secular juridical-journalistic [and I would add academic-philosophical] establishment" to "suppress an embarrassing scientific fact."
While the secular debate on the morality and legality of abortion take place outside of specifically Christian concerns, Christians, as being in but not of the world, must consider abortion in terms of God's plan for humanity. This beautiful sermon by Terry Hamilton and commentary by Methodist theologian Stanley Hauerwas provides a Christian framework for thinking about abortion: one which sees abortion in terms of God's love for women and children, in terms of His concern for the weakest and poorest, in terms of responsibility rather than rights, and in terms of our biblical hope for the fullness of life.
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Here's a friendly reminder that Mom's-Night-In is: THURSDAY, January 30th
We will get together for a stress-free evening, and play some get-to-know-you games (think: Apples to Apples) . I would rather not publish
the hostesses address, so please email me at saintagnesfamilies [at] gmail.com if you plan to come. Please bring a snack or drink to share!
We will kick it off at 7:00 pm.
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