Before any decision is handed down from the Supremes on the HHS mandate, I just wanted to go public with the fact that my business will NOT be offering any such health care that includes requirements against the Catholic Faith. If they fine us-so be it.
Saints Cardinal John Fisher, Thomas More, John the Baptist and all others who have suffered persecution by those civil “leaders” who claim authority over the Church are not simply historical heroes of our Faith. They are role models for contemporary Catholics. It is our turn. Our time.
If the High Court, in God’s providence, rules justly and constitutionally, then many of us can rest-for a while. I sense this is just the opening skirmish of what will become a more protracted erosion of rights for people of faith and good will.
Thursday we will hear their decision. Friday, I will stand with thousands of other Catholics in my Kansas state capital with my Archbishop and three other Kansas Bishops, a faithful Catholic governor to publicly make our faith known.
Pray for us St. John Fisher, Thomas More, John the Baptist and all you saints in heaven!
Dan Spencer III has been married to his wife Linda for 48 years. They are the parents of 4 married children and have 16 grandchildren. Dan is Catholic revert, author with Our Sunday Visitor, and national Catholic speaker. He has appeared on numerous national catholic media outlets such as EWTN’s The Journey Home, Vatican Radio, At Home with Jim & Joy, Catholic Connection with Teresa Tomeo and The Choices We Face with Ralph Martin and Peter Herbeck, discussing topics of concern to families including the role of parents in safeguarding their children. He is the co-founder of the Catholic Business Network, and the past Executive Director of National Fellowship of Catholic Men. In 2015, he founded Project Patriarch for men over 50 years old to examine the role of Christian grandfathers in the lives of their grandchildren. That project has now been integrated with his most recent grandparenting ministry, Legacy of Faith, which helps educate and equip grandparents, in collaboration with their married children, to spiritually influence their grandchildren and future generations to remain faithful to Christ. Dan and his wife are active lay leaders in their parish and throughout the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas for over 25 years.
