Pain capability: not just for the unborn
Wondering and Wandering
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3y ago
The whole Catholic internet wants to talk about abortion again. This time, you see, the politicians decided to put up a bill which they knew wouldn't pass. Why would they do that? I make a terrible cynic, being hopelessly optimistic and naive, as I'm told. But I don't think this one is confusing. I think the powers that be are perfectly aware that the CLE people, the New Wave Feminists, etc., are moving and shaking. You don't have to be a republican to oppose abortion. You don't have to vote Republican if you are Republican. Decades of lies and impotence. Can you? Will you? Can you? Will you ..read more
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Don't pick the red.
Wondering and Wandering
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3y ago
I hate response pieces. I wrote this one anyway. Crisis published Ruse criticizing the NPLM, CLE, and the seamless garment. First of all let's just get it out of the way, "pick the red, pick the red, pick the red," isn't a liberal refrain that I've ever heard. Seriously though, the author seems not to understand the seamless garment. People are often afraid of things which they don't understand, and they invent enemies. Let's try to alleviate some fear. The seamless garment argument is, simply, that even if you prioritize some issues over others (which of course you must) you cannot isolat ..read more
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Face it; it'll always be too soon
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3y ago
Let's talk about guns. Yes, another shooting. Yes, it's painful. Yes, we have to be careful not to politicize pain. But it's time we faced the facts. This is happening so often now that it didn't dominate social media. Was it trending? Sure. But, at least in my feed, it was not a hot topic. A few people made a few comments. But what is there left to say? Some simply offered prayers. Being if the mind that prayer is powerful, indeed the most powerful action we can take, I approve these posts. But I hear the objections too. Pray? Damn it. We need to act. We need to do something. How much online ..read more
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Let's talk.
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3y ago
I wrote about birth control. I had enormous reservations about sharing my story. I was worried that my story would read as permission to ignore true doctrine when it's uncomfortable.  God doesn't promise comfort. All our favorite saints embrace discomfort. Dying for the church started in scripture and it hasn't stopped yet. That a thing is hard does not, in fact, mean that it's wrong.  So here's the thing: I think that the teaching is, at it's core, true & eternal. But I also think that it shouldn't be an impediment marriage. That's not the heart of the teaching at all!  ..read more
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Oh. Are we talking about nfp?
Wondering and Wandering
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3y ago
When I got married I wanted a million kids. I didn't think I'd want to think about nfp unless I couldn't conceive. I wasn't particularly pro or anti. It's just a tool which some people like and some people need. I've always been irregular, but again, unless I had difficulty conceiving I didn't think it was important beyond a passing mention in regular gyno visits. (Ok, once when I went for a few months with nothing and then had nearly back to back periods. That seemed worth a special trip to the gyno. But nothing came of it except a note in my medical file.) My first child was born less than ..read more
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Kaepernick is a Hero
Wondering and Wandering
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3y ago
This article is excellent. One of the best I've read on the subject. But I think that skipping the Nate Boyer interaction does a disservice to the story and to Kaepernick himself. Nate Boyer, veteran Green Beret, saw a protest before the media uproar. Kaepernick wasn't ashamed but he wasn't aggressive either. He wasn't apologetic or flimsy. It was a clear, strong backed protest. This nation is mistreating her sons. It isn't just a conflicted history, though that is certainly there too. It's happening now. I agree with this author. Do not blunt the message. Do not water it down. Still, t ..read more
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Jesus in the shadows
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3y ago
"Is that Jesus?" She whispered softly. She was pointing up generally in the direction of the crucifix and the altar. My initial impulse was to just say yes. Yes. The priest represents our Lord and it's ok to see him as Jesus when he's lifting the chalice. Yes. The statue represents Jesus. Yes. The Eucharist is, really and truly, our blessed Lord. Whatever you're pointing at, the answer is almost certainly yes. But you hear stories about confused kids thinking the priest is Jesus or that Jesus is a statue. I probably worry too much. Three year olds are very literal people. We should probably ..read more
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To my Trump supporting friends
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3y ago
This is my hope.  I hope I am wrong. I hope you get to laugh at me and say I told you so. I'll take it gladly. I'll laugh too. I'd rather be an idiot than right.  I hope that I'm overreacting and seeing things that just aren't there.  I hope you're right. That I'm confused by a grand media distortion.  I hope my family remains protected by the protections in the ACA.  I hope my Muslim friends aren't more marginalized and endangered. I hope that my friend's mosque burning was an isolated event.  I hope that the racism I see is getting better, not worse.  ..read more
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March for Women
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3y ago
This weekend was a hell of a weekend. Obama is out. Trump is in. Women marched all over the world. Crowd sizes are in dispute, but not really. And the world suddenly knows that pro-life feminists exist. We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here! YOP!  I have been sorting through my thoughts and emotions with respect to the march with a tinge of regret. This was a great moment in history unfolding relatively close to me, geographically. I did not go.  I was considering attendance, but waffling about feasibility when all the sudden this crazy thing happened: an openly pro-l ..read more
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Musical preaching
Wondering and Wandering
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3y ago
I love music. There are a few genres I do not understand or appreciate and pretty much everything out of the 80's has some negative association and so I cannot judge it fairly. But my music taste are pretty diverse. I like the greats. Palestrina and Josquin. Mozart. I like folk. I like some pop and some country. I like some metal. I like to unwind with loud music turned up (and the curtains closed,) singing and dancing and cooking alone in my kitchen. One of my pet peeves is when people tell me they like to listen to classical music because it is relaxing. Some of it is, of course. But ..read more
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