FOR CATHOLIC-CHRISTIANS BEING PRO-LIFE = FROM WOMB TO TOMB..........

Yesterday marked the 37th anniversary of the landmark United States Supreme Court decisions declaring Abortion constitutional, in the now infamous Roe v. Wade case. As a result legal abortions numbering some 40 million have occurred in this country since that time. The Catholic Church has been at the forefront of the Pro Life movement opposing abortion and working for the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Today in San Francisco the annual Walk For Life, which has been occurring on the Saturday of the week of Jan. 22, during the past decade brings tens of thousands into the streets to bear witness for the life of the unborn. Being Pro-Life for us as Catholic-Christians is the beginning of our commitment to the dignity and sanctity of human life, and our belief in, and advocacy of respect and reverence for human life from, "the moment of conception to natural death". That means as dedicated and faithful believers in the Gospel of Life, we not only oppose abortion, but provide support for alternatives to bearing and raising the children who are born rather than terminated. We also affirm and support the inviolability of human life, thus being pro-life means saying no to murder, suicide, euthanasia, ,unjust war, and the death penalty. Consistency in our belief and practice is essential, for otherwise we are complicit in compromising the very respect for life our Faith and Church teaches us we must support at all times. And so, as we bear witness to the precious gift of Life, God is the giver and taker of, as the Eternal Lord of All Creation, let us renew our wholehearted and unconditional belief and practice in a true reverence and respect for human life that affirms and not deconstructs the dignity of every person from the womb continuously to the tomb..........Proclaiming Our Pro-Life Presence Before God And In And To The World, Fr. Troy

P.S. Today I wish Katie Johnson, a founding member of Holy Family Parish, Citrus Heights in 1949, a very Happy and Awesome 100th BIRTHDAY. Katie was the original Parish School Secretary and then a Parish Office Volunteer/Receptionist until the mid 1990's, when she was 85 + years young !!!!!!!!!!..........fr.tdp