In Scripture Jesus tells us when we serve others, we are in fact serving Him. Our love is the answer to the culture of death. Love changes hearts. Saint Teresa of Calcutta put it this way "Faith in action is…
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Fearlessly proclaim the truth: Respect Life Month Day 6
There are many opportunities to fearlessly proclaim the truth in love every day. Life and family issues come up daily In the workplace, in our families, on social media, in the news. Each situation that comes our way is an…
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Day of Prayer to Respect Life: Respect Life Month Day 5
The New Zealand Conference of Catholic Bishops have set aside Sunday 11th October as a Day of Prayer to Respect Life. This year the theme is Valuing the Vulnerable. It is important to set aside time to specifically pray for…
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Voting for life: Respect Life Month – Day 4
Voting has begun for the 2020 General Election. As we walk into the polling booths, each person must be aware of the grave situation that lies ahead. Voters will be asked if they want the End of Life Choice Act…
Pray outside an abortion centre: Respect Life Month Day 3
Praying outside places where abortion take place is a powerful witness and act of love. When we cast aside all fear, and stand as witnesses to the atrocity that takes place in the building, begging God for mercy, and being…
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Caring for the Disabled: Respect Life Month Day 2
Caring for the disabled is truly living a culture of life and a civilisation of love. Being pro-life means protecting unborn children from death when their parents are faced with a pre-natal diagnosis of a disability or a life-limiting condition.…
Respect Life Month 2020 – Day One
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Saint John Paul II's telling encyclical Evangelium Vitae, otherwise known as the Gospel of Life. There the great defender of life calls each one of us to love, respect, protect and defend every human…
Respect Life Month – Day Thirty-One
There are some who don’t want you to know we are in a battle, even while they themselves never cease to attack. Friends, when we do get attacked and clobbered, then let us know that Christ has gone before us.…
Respect Life Month – Day Thirty
"If there is a lack of respect for the right to life and to a natural death, if human conception, gestation and birth are made artificial, if human embryos are sacrificed to research, the conscience of society ends up losing the…
Respect Life Month – Day Twenty-Eight
"Marriage and conjugal love are by their nature ordained toward the begetting and educating of children. Children are really the supreme gift of marriage and contribute very substantially to the welfare of their parents." (Paul VI, Guadium et Spes #50) If…