Comments on: My Sister’s Keeper http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/31/121498/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: caporasa http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/31/121498/comment-page-1/#comment-42289 caporasa Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:16:44 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/31/121498/#comment-42289 It seems that the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness has morphed over the centuries to a litany of subsequent so-called "rights" that trump any number of "wrongs" committed in their procurement. Things that were once considered privileges and were gratefully accepted as a gift or blessing are now looked upon as rights to which the individual is entitled. Examples abound and include the "right" to choose (of course this must trump the right to life of the unborn), the "right" to reproduce (regardless of the number of embryos destroyed in the process, committed fathers are strictly optional), the "right" to marry (matrimony of course has nothing to do with procreation or trinitarian family life), the "right" to free medical care (who cares if we have to sell our grandchildren down the road and betray the principle of subsidiarity to get it), etc.etc... We should pat ourselves on the back for all the enlightened progress we've made. May God forgive our folly. It seems that the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness has morphed over the centuries to a litany of subsequent so-called “rights” that trump any number of “wrongs” committed in their procurement. Things that were once considered privileges and were gratefully accepted as a gift or blessing are now looked upon as rights to which the individual is entitled. Examples abound and include the “right” to choose (of course this must trump the right to life of the unborn), the “right” to reproduce (regardless of the number of embryos destroyed in the process, committed fathers are strictly optional), the “right” to marry (matrimony of course has nothing to do with procreation or trinitarian family life), the “right” to free medical care (who cares if we have to sell our grandchildren down the road and betray the principle of subsidiarity to get it), etc.etc… We should pat ourselves on the back for all the enlightened progress we’ve made. May God forgive our folly.

]]> By: Warren Jewell http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/31/121498/comment-page-1/#comment-42273 Warren Jewell Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:55:54 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/31/121498/#comment-42273 Well, you have hit upon the problem in one word: "adult". How many among us are little more than grown-up (for size and demand) adolescents, just ripe with 'entitlements' that must be met, no matter who pays what price? We have supreme court 'justices' (for one more and more misused word) who demand to use just about anything but our national Constitution to adjudicate cases. They've got their feelings and 'empathy'; they have any other court anywhere for precedent for their choices of decisions. This same supreme court has 'sicced' humanity against itself in terms of marriage, family, right to life and even right to freedom, which we supposedly hold so sacrosanct as to warrant licemtiousness. "Pray unceasingly" would seem to barely cover our willingness to use anyone else for anything else. Moreover, a constant stream of "God, save us!" would seem to preclude other prayers altogether. Well, you have hit upon the problem in one word: “adult”. How many among us are little more than grown-up (for size and demand) adolescents, just ripe with ‘entitlements’ that must be met, no matter who pays what price?

We have supreme court ‘justices’ (for one more and more misused word) who demand to use just about anything but our national Constitution to adjudicate cases. They’ve got their feelings and ‘empathy’; they have any other court anywhere for precedent for their choices of decisions.

This same supreme court has ‘sicced’ humanity against itself in terms of marriage, family, right to life and even right to freedom, which we supposedly hold so sacrosanct as to warrant licemtiousness.

“Pray unceasingly” would seem to barely cover our willingness to use anyone else for anything else. Moreover, a constant stream of “God, save us!” would seem to preclude other prayers altogether.

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