Awesomeness

Here are two examples of awesomeness to brighten your day.

First: At the 5:30 pm Sunday mass at St. Leo's, Fr. Jerry Wooton gave a short and direct homily against voting for pro-choice politicians and those who support embryonic stem-cell research. He reminded us that abortion really means 1.5 million murders a year, and asked what policy or set of policies could possibly balance that out. He noted that abortion is always a moral evil, while capital punishment and war can, depending on the circumstances, be either morally neutral or morally necessary. He pointed out that the Nazis, at the height of their bloodthirstiness, killed 800,000 people per year. He concluded this section of the homily by stating, "So, if you know of a candidate who is pro-abortion, but whose opponent is worse than the Nazis on other issues, I guess you can go ahead and vote for that person. But I can't think of anyone like that."
He then noted that the ESCR debate is somewhat personal for him as he suffers from MS. He argued that what promoters of ESCR are really saying is that other people should die so that they can live a more comfortable life.
Finally, he summarized briefly and sat down, the whole homily could not have taken more than seven minutes. Short and sweet.

Next I must tell you about our wonderful OB-GYN clinic, the Tepeyac Family Center. As you might guess from the name the place is solidly Catholic and does not promote any contraceptive or abortive practices. Today we saw Dr. Bruchalski, the man who founded the clinic, for my six-month pregnancy visit. While we were chatting he told us this story. "So many women get it backwards," he said. "I had a patient come to me and ask, 'Doctor, is it better for me to do sit-ups or push-ups during my pregnancy?' I asked her, 'Are you going to have the guts to stay at home with your child after the baby is born?', and she said, 'No.' So I told her, 'Then it doesn't really matter what you do about exercise. Do whatever you want.'" He reports that she is still a patient of his.