Health care insurance amendment rejected.

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Health care insurance amendment rejected


BY TODD SPANGLER
FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Finance Committee this afternoon rejected the first of a couple of health care overhaul amendments which would create a so-called public option – a government-run plan to provide an insurance plan to compete with private insurers and keep costs down.

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Even though some polls have shown strong support for the public option, critics have argued that it will hurt private insurers and is a step toward socialized medicine. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, offered the amendment, which was defeated with 15 committee members voting against it, including five Democrats, chairman Max Baucus of Montana among them.

A second, more modest proposal for a public option was also defeated – 13-10.

Debbie Stabenow, of Michigan, was among the eight members – all Democrats – voting in favor of the public option both times. In remarks to the committee, she praised it as a way to force insurers to keep premiums – and profits – low and make insurance more affordable.

“This is part of the way we make sure that the reforms in the bill work,” she said.

Baucus and some other moderate Democrats voted against the amendment, worried that a controversial move toward a government plan would hurt the overall reform bill’s chances of passage on the Senate floor. The House version includes the public option – and President Barack Obama has said he supports it, though the White House does not want inclusion of the public option to block the rest of the reform bill.

Said Baucus, “My first job is to get this bill across the finish line. … There’s a lot in this bill that will control costs.”

40 days begins at Drake Circle with Bishop Burbidge

As the Morning Light broke there were the faithful gathered to pray. Invoking Our Lady to speak on our behalf and to petition our Lord to change hearts of those touched by abortion and for the innocent lives to be spared and the mothers to know the Love of God so that they may transmit this to their children.We also prayed for the workers of the clinic that they might be given the knowledge of the reality that occurs in this place.

Bishop Burbidge Letter inviting all to the First Responders Mass

See Letter Here...

Bishop Aquila encourages Priests to spend 1 Hour in front of Abortion Mill

September 23, 2009

Dear Fathers,

On this Feast of Pio of Pietrelcina, we begin the 40 Days for Life North Dakota campaign, a concerted effort of prayer, fasting and peaceful vigil with the goals of educating the public about the evil of abortion, saving lives and seeking the conversion of souls. For the third consecutive year, the Catholic faithful will join many others in prayerful witness to the dignity of all human life as we pray, 24 hours per day for 40 days, on the sidewalk outside North Dakota’s only abortion facility, the Red River Women’s Clinic at 512 1st Ave. N. in Fargo. Together we will implore our Lord to pour His mercy out upon our state to bring an end to the callous act of abortion through which more than 25 unborn babies are killed in their mothers’ wombs each week in Fargo by abortion-inducing drugs and surgical procedures.

As shepherds of the faithful, we are called to imitate the sacrifices of Padre Pio who died on this date 41 years ago. The Vatican Web site notes, “Like the Apostle Paul, Padre Pio da Pietrelcina placed at the centre of his life and apostolic work the Cross of his Lord as his strength, his wisdom and his glory. Inflamed by love of Jesus Christ, he became like him in the sacrifice of himself for the salvation of the world.”

Most especially in the “Year for Priests” we too are called to sacrifice – to carry the cross of Christ. With Christ we stand in prayerful witness, in the cold, the rain, the snow, enduring the glances of hatred and the words of disgust from those who do not understand. In faithful hope we pray that some will come to understand, that hearts will be transformed, unborn babies will be saved from death and parents will escape the agony of later realizing that their choice ended the life of their child.

I will pray on the sidewalk in front of the abortion facility on Friday, September 25, at 11 a.m. and again on Respect Life Sunday when I lead a Eucharistic procession to the abortion facility, carrying our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament to the site of death for so many of His children. I ask that each of you schedule at least one hour of prayer outside the abortion facility during these 40 days. I realize this will require great sacrifice for some of you in terms of miles traveled and time away from other pastoral duties. Yet I am confident that much fruit will come from your time spent in conversation with God at the site of this modern day, legally protected holocaust. Please also encourage your parishioners to take up the cross of Christ for the most vulnerable among us.

“For Padre Pio, faith was life: he willed everything and did everything in the light of faith. He was assiduously devoted to prayer. He passed the day and a large part of the night in conversation with God. He would say: ‘In books we seek God, in prayer we find him. Prayer is the key which opens God's heart’” (www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20020616_padre-pio_en.html).

Sincerely yours in Christ,
Most Reverend Samuel J. Aquila
Bishop of Fargo

People who learn while in a Coma

See article Here! Very Important to keep praying for a culture of Life!

Debate on Humanae Vitae

Thank you to a Irish Benedictine who sent me this Debate!
Here is the original Document of Humana Vitae which just celebrated its 40th anniversary.
American theologian Father Charles Curran and Irish theologian Father D. Vincent Twomey explore the significance of Humanae Vitae - the controversial Papal encylical banning artificial birth control. Fr. Vincent was a student of Ratzinger and did his doctorate under him. He taught moral theology at Maynooth - excellent lecturer! See his website Here...Listen to the interview here Fr. Vincent Twomey has a very strong statement at the end.

ABC NEWS Reporting on Babies in Utero!

ABC NEWS Using Terms like Baby and Child instead of Fetus and blob of Tissue in an article about 1 and 2 week old babies in utero. See Video Here

Dominican Republic gives final yes to Protect Life in the Womb

This is an update of a blogpost we had earlier this year...

"We are here to tell you, 'yes to life, no to death,' definitely," he said, and added that abortion is a "crime," that it "exploits women" and that it is "terrorism. ...We know that there are butcher doctors, there are legislators who like to trade in life, there are people who have authority who make a living from that," said Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez, adding that "we will be upfront, always upfront, clashing."

See the comments on the story here here...

Beautiful 20 min Movie of Hope by Eduardo Verastegui

Butterfly Circus- A movie of Hope!

Eduardo Verastegui the actor of "Bella" entered this film into the contest at The Dorpost Film Project website in the category of Hope... Watch more of the Shorts entered here at this link.

Take a look at the VA Guide "Your Life, Your Choices"

You can view or download the VA guide here ... This is an example of what the vetrans use now and what could be used ... the best answer you can give to any questions below is difficult but acceptable...? What if it was not only acceptable but not a problem at all...



Here is the Bio of the Author of this booklet Your Life Your Choices...
Robert A. Pearlman, MD, MPH: Chief, Ethics Evaluation

Robert Pearlman, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Medicine (as well as Health Services, and Medical History and Ethics) at the University of Washington. He attended Boston University School of Medicine and completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Emory University and the University of Washington. He received post-residency training as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, a Fellow in the Ethics and the Professions Program at Harvard University, and a Faculty Scholar in the Project on Death in America. He joined the Center in the summer of 2000. His interests and expertise pertain to empirical research in clinical ethics (especially end-of-life care) and organizational ethics. His research has explored euthanasia, the role of quality of life in decision-making, the validity of life-sustaining treatment preferences, medical futility, advance care planning, physician-assisted suicide, and relief of patient suffering. He is the author of two books and over 100 publications in medical journals and book chapters. His most recent book, entitled Your Life, Your Choices, is an interactive workbook to help patients and family members with advance care planning. Your Life, Your Choices will be available to veterans through MyHealtheVet in 2007. He has mentored many junior faculty throughout the United States in the technique of combining empirical research methods and ethics.


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The Death Book for Veterans-(Ex-soldiers don't need to be told they're a burden to society.)

Great article written by Jim Towey. Mr. Towey, president of Saint Vincent College, was director of the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives (2002-2006) and former attorney of Mother Theresa.

Persevere with joy, Cardinal Rigali says to diocesan pro-life leaders

Check out this article from the Catholic News Agency HERE...