David Ancell / Friday, August 23, 2002 / Comments(0)
I figured this would happen sooner or later. I’ve been discovered by Nihil Obstat. Oh well, am I really going to be concerned with someone who doesn’t even attach his/her real name to the blog? Besides, I can edit the blogs, and those errors won’t even be there anymore. HA HA HA!! Actually, this will work just as well for me.
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David Ancell / Friday, August 23, 2002 / Comments(0)
I see that Gerald Serafin has listed me on his list of Catholic blogs. I need to return some favors here and get some links on my template. Maybe this weekend . . .
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David Ancell / Friday, August 23, 2002 / Comments(0)
This one may get me in some real trouble, but I must speak. The excerpt below is from Casti Connubii, the encyclical letter of Pope Pius XI on Christian Marriage written in 1930.
I was speaking with a couple of friends in my Frassati Society. How many times have we heard a homily preached on the teaching against contraception? In 11 years as a Catholic, I’ve only heard it mentioned twice. One of those was at a daily Mass. Now, I’m not suggesting that it be mentioned every Sunday, but it is a known fact that this teaching is widely misunderstood and widely ignored. It is also a known fact that artificial contraception is an objective mortal sin. I’m aware that there are children in the church during Sunday Mass, but one can mention that people take medicine to prevent children from being born without explaining how they got there. Children are aware that women get pregnant and have babies. Anyway, note what paragraph 57 has to say about the matter.
56. Since, therefore, openly departing from the uninterrupted Christian tradition some recently have judged it possible solemnly to declare another doctrine regarding this question, the Catholic Church, to whom God has entrusted the defense of the integrity and purity of morals, standing erect in the midst of the moral ruin which surrounds her, in order that she may preserve the chastity of the nuptial union from being defiled by this foul stain, raises her voice in token of her divine ambassadorship and through Our mouth proclaims anew: any use whatsoever of matrimony exercised in such a way that the act is deliberately frustrated in its natural power to generate life is an offense against the law of God and of nature, and those who indulge in such are branded with the guilt of a grave sin.
57. We admonish, therefore, priests who hear confessions and others who have the care of souls, in virtue of Our supreme authority and in Our solicitude for the salvation of souls, not to allow the faithful entrusted to them to err regarding this most grave law of God; much more, that they keep themselves immune from such false opinions, in no way conniving in them. If any confessor or pastor of souls, which may God forbid, lead the faithful entrusted to him into these errors or should at least confirm them by approval or by guilty silence, let him be mindful of the fact that he must render a strict account to God, the Supreme Judge, for the betrayal of his sacred trust, and let him take to himself the words of Christ: “They are blind and leaders of the blind: and if the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit.[46]
NOTE: I’m aware of at least one (and I’m sure there are more) instance where this encyclical was used against Natural Family Planning. This is not meant as an endorsement to that view, which is contrary to Humanae Vitae.
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David Ancell / Friday, August 23, 2002 / Comments(0)
Lately, I’ve been reading How to Resist Temptation, by Fr. Francis J. Remler. It’s book like these that remind me of Important Stuff We Don’t Hear in Homilies Today. I’m about a third of the way through the book, and I’m learning about the difference between temptation and sin, stages or parts of temptation, and causes of temptation. The book is worth reading just for the basic catechesis on temptation and sin.
If only the content of Sophia Institute Press materials would be preached in homiles and taught in our religion classes on spirituality, then we the laity would be on our way to a true spiritual renewal. Indeed, I’ve leared much of the true depth of Catholic spirituality from their books. No cheap contemporary substitute or counterfeith Catholicism here, but they are still loyal to the Church as she stands today as well.
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David Ancell / Friday, August 23, 2002 / Comments(0)
Finally, it looks like the HMS blog is posting real content again. I was getting worried about them ever since they tried to marry off Emily Stimpson. Speaking of Miss Stimpson, check out this piece about how she plans to write about how she fell in love with the Catholic Church.
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David Ancell / Thursday, August 22, 2002 / Comments(0)
Interesting article that says that only half of Americans like their jobs.
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David Ancell / Thursday, August 22, 2002 / Comments(0)
Three groups have file a citizen’s petition with the FDA requesting the recall of RU-486 on grounds that it is unsafe. Truthfully, someone dies every time this drug is used, so of course it is unsafe! I truly wish that this satanic concoction would be relegated to the Lake of Fire where it belongs before it takes a lot of lives and ruins a lot of souls.
The most sickening part of this entire RU-486 fiasco is that the drug was approved by an accelerated development and review process. This process allows needed drugs to be approved based on a “surrogate endpoint” (e.g. laboratory findings) instead of actually waiting for mobidity and mortality data. For example, several drugs to treat HIV were approved more quickly so that people didn’t die waiting for them to become available. They were needed medications for a life-threatening illness. I can hardly fathom such an urgent need for RU-486. The good news about it having been approved by accelerated development and review is that the drug still has to get full approval. Until that point, it can be more easily withdrawn from the market.
Although I’m not holding my breath for FDA action any more than for a dividend check from Enron, perhaps with prayer this evil can be defeated.
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David Ancell / Wednesday, August 21, 2002 / Comments(0)
You just might be in violation of a site’s link policy. Seriously, the link on this post is a site named “Don’t Link to Us.” They search for sites with ridiculous linking policies saying that you have to get permission to link to them or that you can’t link to certain pages in the site. Then, they link to those pages.
I’d like to see these sites enforce their linking policies. Honestly, I liken these policies to a publisher suing someone for saying that they should look at page 58 of their book instead of reading the entire book.
By the way, I found this link on Overlawyered.com. Check this site out if you have a strong stomach and don’t have high blood pressure.
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David Ancell / Tuesday, August 20, 2002 / Comments(0)
Hats of to the teachers who have more sense that to buy the NEA education curriculum that cites American intolerance as a reason for terrorist attacks. After all, it seems unlikely that some act of intolerance set off a surge of energy that jammed airplane controls and caused them to crash into the World Trade Center.
Let’s face it, it’s quite likely that one problem that these extremists have with Americans is what we do tolerate. I’m not saying that filthy movies are the reason for the terrorist attacks. Rather, I’m saying that there are so many things that we tolerate that they find evil that it is doubtful that intolerance is an issue for them.
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David Ancell / Monday, August 19, 2002 / Comments(0)
Check out this Internet study group. I don’t know how much I’ll be able to post here, but I plan to be around for this. Some of my thoughts may also appear on this blog.
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