ACRTP #4 Show notes - Questions for the hotseat
Gospel:6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Luke 6:17. 20-26
“Woe to you who are filled now,for you will be hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now,for you will grieve and weep.
Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way.”
News:
The State of the Union: ‘Let Us Build a Culture That Cherishes Innocent Life’ President Trump makes the defense of the unborn part of his address to the nation.
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/mbunson/the-state-of-the-union-let-us-build-a-culture-that-cherishes-innocent-life
New York Ignites New Push by States to Expand Abortion
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/new-york-ignites-new-push-by-states-to-expand-abortion
Saginaw Priest canned for being too traditional
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/saginaw-priest-removed-from-parish-for-traditional-style-of-worship
Student Questions:
Q1: Does the New York law on abortion make the “safe abortion” argument incoherent?
2270 Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person - among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.72
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.73
My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth.74
2271 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law:
You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the newborn to perish.75
God, the Lord of life, has entrusted to men the noble mission of safeguarding life, and men must carry it out in a manner worthy of themselves. Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception: abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes.76
Q2: What is the Church’s stance on LGBTQ+ issues?
2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity,141 tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered."142 They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.
2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.
Q3: Can you be married but intend to never have kids?
1652 "By its very nature the institution of marriage and married love is ordered to the procreation and education of the offspring and it is in them that it finds its crowning glory."162
Children are the supreme gift of marriage and contribute greatly to the good of the parents themselves. God himself said: "It is not good that man should be alone," and "from the beginning [he] made them male and female"; wishing to associate them in a special way in his own creative work, God blessed man and woman with the words: "Be fruitful and multiply." Hence, true married love and the whole structure of family life which results from it, without diminishment of the other ends of marriage, are directed to disposing the spouses to cooperate valiantly with the love of the Creator and Savior, who through them will increase and enrich his family from day to day.163
