Prophetic Words from Bishop Dowd of Montreal

Fascinating blogpost from Bishop Dowd:

[E]very Eucharistic celebration is, by its nature, a declaration of the supremacy of Christ. In a State what recognizes its own limits, this is not a problem, but the more a government tends to totalitarianism, the less the supremacy of Christ can be tolerated.

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If the Magi had come only to “worship” Christ in some spiritual sense, Herod the Great might not have flown into the murderous rage that he did after the Magi went home by another road. Herod had, in fact, picked up on an important reality: that the worship of Christ was also a political statement, and one that he (to put it mildly) could not tolerate.

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[T]he spread of the Gospel throughout the world encourages human progress but also sets the stage for even greater evils. It has been said, for example, that atheism would have been impossible without Christianity to create an intellectual framework for it. That doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t try and spread the Good News, of course, but it does mean that in doing so raise the stakes in the drama of human history.

Your kid's autism is no excuse

I have a big pet peeve.

People who expect the world to put up with their child's bad behaviour because the kid has autism.

Newsflash: your kid's autism is not the world's problem. Your kid's disruptive behaviour is their problem.

The mom is cast as the victim here because the dentist was telling it like it is.

But a lot of parents of autistic children just expect people to put up with it.

Hey, if the kid is screaming, messing up the place, destroying property, well,that is a problem.

And then the mom has the nerve to go to the press with this?

And the journalist doesn't even have the courtesy to get the dentist's side of the story (although I would not comment if I were him.)

Note how re-scheduling was never suggested as a possible solution. She could have waited for a day when the autistic boy was well and he could have attended school, and the other son could have been treated.

The sense of entitlement that some parents exhibit just irks me to no end.

And no, expecting parents to control their kid or keep them home is not intolerance.

Tolerance is for tolerable behaviours. Screaming, running around, messing up the office and causing general chaos are not tolerable behaviours whatever your condition.

And oh yeah:

“I was devastated that my child could be seen in this way.”

Get used to it. The sooner you face reality, the sooner you can treat problem behaviours.

I am so annoyed that people think they're entitled to some alternate reality because of their kid's disability.

What Sun News Network Needs

I second this!

Documentaries. I think there is a hunger for more of the well directed, finely produced, deeper story that can be told in the documentary format. After the the testimonials, charts, graphs, analysis and commentary the audience needs a minute of silence to digest the message. Panning over rusting windmills or what have you to let the message sink in. Its a real art. The good guys need to master it. The people need to see it.

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Sun News should free up an hour every Sunday night for some appointment television. Run quick ads all week and the entire viewership will show up. The Prime Time line up can have a content bonanza as they interview the directors, experts, and people in the films. There is huge potential for synergy.

And you wouldn't have to pay a pundit to set it up.

This may seem awkward, but how about even a movie hour? Sun's weekend line-up is a bit weak. Why not show old movies (or new movies) that embody conservative values? There are tons of people in this world who have no idea about conservative values or how they are lived because they've never been exposed to them. They don't know what they "look like" in real life.

What's Wrong With the Church, Part Infinity

Why are we not able to get rid of D & P's pro-abortion links?

This might provide a clue.

When pro-abortion dissidents are allowed to operate in the open amongst nuns, and on the property of St. Michael's University (of which Cardinal Collins is the chancellor) there is a problem.

If we as a Church don't get rid of this discriminatory behaviour on the part of our own, how can we expect D & P to be more pro-life.

Chinese Study links abortion to mental health issues

You can read the whole article here.

As compared to pregnant women with no history of induced abortion, the women with a history of induced abortion more than 1 year ago reported higher anxiety scores during the first trimester. The pregnant women with a history of induced abortion less than one year ago reported significantly more cases of depression than those with no history of abortion during the second trimester. In conclusion, though there were no significant differences between the evaluated groups of women in terms of the scores, when it comes to symptoms or “cases”, the association was statistically significant, which indicated that the women with a history of induced abortion were more likely to be diagnosed with certain anxiety or depression disorders, and this result has great clinical importance

But there's no link between abortion and mental health whatsoever. None at all.