You know what? I think it is wrong that Canada awards the biggest abortionist the highest civilian medal, the Order of Canada..... it literally makes me sick. In the past I worked as an ICU nurse... managled bodies, pain and suffering...I've seen it all. How can people do this? In the face of such suffering, the babies, the women.... even those who are facing euthanasia.... I do look to heaven and wonder at His silence. But I know that it is not silence really.... I have a sense that He is holding back, waiting, hoping perhaps that in all this free will we would choose Him. Man, it makes me feel helpless and powerless. What can we do more? We support monetarily and go to the marches, we pray daily.... Guy has actually saved a few babies by talking with the pregnant mothers in his medical office.... we have offered to take them and even adopt their children if need be. It just never seems enough. Hear our prayers, oh Lord, and answer them.
And then in my heart of hearts I hear His voice telling me to be patient, that He is not ready yet, that the time is not now.... that death is not the last word.... that He loves and wants each life.... that, in my sorrow, is a comfort.
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Jackie, We have to keep on highlighting the reality of abortion and to keep on offering life to people rather than death.
The fact that abortion is such a major issue in the USA presidential election is a hopeful sign. And even though the British parliament recently voted down, in a free vote, a number of proposals to lower the age-limit at which an unborn baby could be legally aborted, the fact that legislators are deeply troubled is a good sign.
In another recent vote in Westminster about the detention of suspects, Gordon Brown needed the support of the DUP from Northern Ireland, Dr Ian Paisley's party. Part of the agreement, insisted upon by Dr Paisley, was that the abortion legislation that prevails in Britain would not be extended to Northern Ireland.
Many have the image of Northern Ireland as a place where people are constantly fighting, a stereotype that has some basis in historical reality but is nevertheless a false stereotype. In the Northern Ireland Assembly the four main parties are united on one major issue: the defence of the life of the unborn child. This is another hopeful sign.
The outrage felt and expressed by so many Canadians and people outside of Canada about the awarding of the Order of Canada to Henry Morgentaler is another hopeful sign.
It often strikes me as ironic that while Pope John Paul II was condemned by so many for defending the lives of the unborn, Pius XII was condemned, often by the same people, for allegedly - and I underline 'allegedly' - not defending the Jews of Europe during the Nazi era.
Keep up the good work, Jackie. The witness of you and Guy as two medical professionals, and as loving spouses and parents, is powerful.
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