Re: Euthanasia, Catholic Teaching
Fr: Excerpted from Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Writer. “Vatican rejects charges on John Paul II.” http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070927/ap_on_re_eu/pope_euthanasia (underscore mine)
Catholic teaching holds that it is morally wrong to refuse "proportionate" or ordinary care, which includes water and feeding tubes; refusing such care amounts to euthanasia.
The Vatican recently repeated its position on euthanasia and feeding tubes. A document issued Sept. 14 from the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith reaffirmed that it considers the removal of feeding tubes from people in vegetative states to be an immoral act.
The Vatican distinguishes between feeding tubes, which it considers proportionate care, and "aggressive medical treatment" which can be disproportionate to any expected results or pose an excessive burden on the patient.
"In such situations, when death is clearly imminent an inevitable, one can in conscience refuse forms of treatment that would only secure a precarious and burdensome prolongation of life, so long as the normal care due to the sick person in similar cases is not interrupted," according to John Paul's 1995 encyclical "Evangelium Vitae."
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
truth: testimony
"'the easy thing would have been to do nothing, but i have followed my heart and spoken the truth,'"
- 21-year-old victim of forced marriage and sex at 14 years old to her 19-year-old cousin by warren jeffs, 51, poylgamist president of the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints (mormons)
- source: http://news.yahoo.com/2/ap/20070926/ap_on_re_us/polygamist_leader
- 21-year-old victim of forced marriage and sex at 14 years old to her 19-year-old cousin by warren jeffs, 51, poylgamist president of the fundamentalist church of jesus christ of latter day saints (mormons)
- source: http://news.yahoo.com/2/ap/20070926/ap_on_re_us/polygamist_leader
Saturday, September 22, 2007
commandments: ss
re: "the good fight of faith" (1 tim 6:11-19)
vv13-14 "in the presence of god, who gives LIFE to all things, and of christ jesus, who in his testimony before pontius pilate made the good confession, i charge you [14] to KEEP THE COMMANDMENT without spot or blame until the manifestation of our lord jesus christ,"
vv13-14 "in the presence of god, who gives LIFE to all things, and of christ jesus, who in his testimony before pontius pilate made the good confession, i charge you [14] to KEEP THE COMMANDMENT without spot or blame until the manifestation of our lord jesus christ,"
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
moral law
"man is obliged to follow the MORAL LAW, which urges him 'to do what is good and avoid what is evil' (cf. GS16). this law makes itself heard in his conscience." (ccc # 1713). "... the MORAL LIFE, increased and brought to maturity in grace, is to reach its fulfillment in the glory of heaven." (ccc # 1715)
Sunday, September 16, 2007
conscience: catechism: quotes
part 3: life in christ
section 1: man's vocation: life in the spirit
chapter 1: the dignity of the human person
article 1: man: the image of god
"the human person participates in the light and power of the divine Spirit. by his REASON .... by his FREE WILL.... (ccc 1704) by virtue of his SOUL and his spiritual powers of intellect and will, man is endowed with freedom .... (ccc 1705). by this reason, MAN RECOGNIZES THE VOICE OF GOD.... EVERYONE IS OBLIGED TO FOLLOWD THIS LAW, which makes itself heard in CONSCIENCE and is fulfilled in the love of god and neighbor. living a moral life bears witness to the DIGNITY of the person." (ccc 1706)
re: "moral conscience" (... art 6)
# 1776 "deep within his CONSCIENCE man discovers a law which he has not laid upon himself but which he must obey. its VOICE, ever calling him to LOVE and to do what is GOOD and to avoid evil, sounds in HEART AT THE RIGHT MOMENT... For man has in his heart a law inscribed by god... his conscience is man's MOST SECRET CORE and his sanctuary. there he is alone with god whose VOICE echoes in his depths' (GS 16)."
re: "the judgment of conscience"
# 1777 "... when he listens to his conscience, the prudent man can hear god speaking."
section 1: man's vocation: life in the spirit
chapter 1: the dignity of the human person
article 1: man: the image of god
"the human person participates in the light and power of the divine Spirit. by his REASON .... by his FREE WILL.... (ccc 1704) by virtue of his SOUL and his spiritual powers of intellect and will, man is endowed with freedom .... (ccc 1705). by this reason, MAN RECOGNIZES THE VOICE OF GOD.... EVERYONE IS OBLIGED TO FOLLOWD THIS LAW, which makes itself heard in CONSCIENCE and is fulfilled in the love of god and neighbor. living a moral life bears witness to the DIGNITY of the person." (ccc 1706)
re: "moral conscience" (... art 6)
# 1776 "deep within his CONSCIENCE man discovers a law which he has not laid upon himself but which he must obey. its VOICE, ever calling him to LOVE and to do what is GOOD and to avoid evil, sounds in HEART AT THE RIGHT MOMENT... For man has in his heart a law inscribed by god... his conscience is man's MOST SECRET CORE and his sanctuary. there he is alone with god whose VOICE echoes in his depths' (GS 16)."
re: "the judgment of conscience"
# 1777 "... when he listens to his conscience, the prudent man can hear god speaking."
Sunday, September 9, 2007
life
sep 10, 2007
"jesus heals a man with a withered hand on the sabbath [lk 6:6-11] and the hearts of those who are withered with insensitivity, self-righteousness, and judgmentalism are indignant. jesus is about LIFE, giving LIFE, preserving LIFE for all, most espeically for those whose lives are on the bring, on the edge. this protection of LIFE, this healing and care for all people from the womb to the tomb ...."
- mckeena, m. (2007). bible diary. qc: claretian.
sep 11, 2007
"... as Christians, we get three consultants for the price of one
- the Father who started LIFE,
- the Son who lived LIFE, and
- the Holy Spirit who handles the daily operations of LIFE."
by Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges (2003). the servant leader. thomas nelson, p. 10.
sep 23, 2007
re: "the good fight of faith" (1 tim 6:11-19)
v13 "in the presence of god, who gives LIFE to all things...."
oct 23, 2007
re: "adam and christ" (rom 5:12-21)
v18 "therefore just as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man's act of righteousness leads to justification and LIFE for all.
vv20-21 "...but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, [21] so that just as sin exercised dominion in death, so grace might also exercise dominion through justification leading to ETERNAL LIFE through jesus chirst our lord."
re: ps 119 "the glories of god's law"
v83 "i will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me LIFE."
re: "life in the spirit" (rom 8:1-17)
v6 "to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the spirit is LIFE, and peace."
vv10-11 "but if christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is LIFE because of righteousness. [11] if the spirit of him who raised jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who rasied christ from the dead will give LIFE to your mortal bodies also through his spirit that dwells in you."
v13 "for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will LIVE."
"jesus heals a man with a withered hand on the sabbath [lk 6:6-11] and the hearts of those who are withered with insensitivity, self-righteousness, and judgmentalism are indignant. jesus is about LIFE, giving LIFE, preserving LIFE for all, most espeically for those whose lives are on the bring, on the edge. this protection of LIFE, this healing and care for all people from the womb to the tomb ...."
- mckeena, m. (2007). bible diary. qc: claretian.
sep 11, 2007
"... as Christians, we get three consultants for the price of one
- the Father who started LIFE,
- the Son who lived LIFE, and
- the Holy Spirit who handles the daily operations of LIFE."
by Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges (2003). the servant leader. thomas nelson, p. 10.
sep 23, 2007
re: "the good fight of faith" (1 tim 6:11-19)
v13 "in the presence of god, who gives LIFE to all things...."
oct 23, 2007
re: "adam and christ" (rom 5:12-21)
v18 "therefore just as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man's act of righteousness leads to justification and LIFE for all.
vv20-21 "...but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, [21] so that just as sin exercised dominion in death, so grace might also exercise dominion through justification leading to ETERNAL LIFE through jesus chirst our lord."
re: ps 119 "the glories of god's law"
v83 "i will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me LIFE."
re: "life in the spirit" (rom 8:1-17)
v6 "to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the spirit is LIFE, and peace."
vv10-11 "but if christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is LIFE because of righteousness. [11] if the spirit of him who raised jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who rasied christ from the dead will give LIFE to your mortal bodies also through his spirit that dwells in you."
v13 "for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will LIVE."
Thursday, September 6, 2007
pro-life issues
re: protecting the embryo through the health of the mother
fr: excerpt from Children of God for Life and Human Life International. "VACCINATIONS IN U.S., CANADA, AND EUROPE DERIVED FROM BABIES ABORTED IN THE 1960s"
While abortion remains far and away the greatest sin and should remain the central pro-life effort, the environment is also an issue that needs to be brought into the tent -- involving as it does millions who die each year not just from climate shifts (which may or may not be attributable to pollution), but from industrial smoke, sullied water, and toxic contamination of food.
The most frequent victims of this: unborn children. We are now at a stage where virtually every pregnant woman has industrial chemicals in her umbilical cord or breast milk and more than 90 percent of children have chlorinated hydrocarbons (such as PCBs) in their tissues (as do adults). This is not something that God wants as part of our biology. Cancer now afflicts a quarter to a third of those in modern nations, and is far too common in the young -- too common to be mere happenstance. Miscarriages (as in "unborn") are often the first sign of a pollution problem.
fr: excerpt from Children of God for Life and Human Life International. "VACCINATIONS IN U.S., CANADA, AND EUROPE DERIVED FROM BABIES ABORTED IN THE 1960s"
While abortion remains far and away the greatest sin and should remain the central pro-life effort, the environment is also an issue that needs to be brought into the tent -- involving as it does millions who die each year not just from climate shifts (which may or may not be attributable to pollution), but from industrial smoke, sullied water, and toxic contamination of food.
The most frequent victims of this: unborn children. We are now at a stage where virtually every pregnant woman has industrial chemicals in her umbilical cord or breast milk and more than 90 percent of children have chlorinated hydrocarbons (such as PCBs) in their tissues (as do adults). This is not something that God wants as part of our biology. Cancer now afflicts a quarter to a third of those in modern nations, and is far too common in the young -- too common to be mere happenstance. Miscarriages (as in "unborn") are often the first sign of a pollution problem.
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