Canadian Miriam Lancaster, 84, went to a hospital in Vancouver late March with severe back pain. She told EWTN that before any tests or diagnosis, a doctor offered assisted suicide: “The very first thing she said to me was: ‘I would like to offer you MAiD.’” She had come for treatment and responded: “No, thank you.” Lancaster added that her husband had previously been told the same and had replied: “There is no way that we are going to take measures to end our life. That is in the hands of the Lord.” A few years later she gave the same response.
When Miriam Lancaster went to the hospital for severe back pain, she was stunned to be offered euthanasia instead of real care. In this conversation, she shares how that moment exposed a terrifying shift in our culture: suffering patients are being treated as problems to “solve,” not persons to love. She says, her husband had also been offered assisted su*cide a few years earlier as well. From a Catholic perspective, Miriam’s story is a stark reminder that every life—especially when it’s fragile, disabled, or in pain—is precious, unrepeatable, and entrusted to us by God, not the state or the medical system. Her witness challenges us to build a society that offers compassion, accompaniment, and authentic palliative care, never a lethal injection disguised as “dignity.”
Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman BREAKING: Iran's FM Araghchi on the Strait of Hormuz: It is not in international waters. It is the internal waters of Iran and Oman. The strait is currently open and is closed only to those who are at war with Iran. For many of them, especially those from friendly countries, we have put arrangements in place so they can pass through the strait safely. Some countries have passed through the strait after reaching an agreement with Iran. The Strait of Hormuz can be a waterway of peace, enabling the calm passage of ships from all countries. x.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/2039345578287550503
"PSALM 28 Bring to Our Lady, O ye sons of God: bring to Our Lady praise and reverence. Give strength to thy saints, O holy Mother: and thy blessing to those who praise and glorify thee. Hear the groans of those who sigh to thee: and despise not the prayers of those who invoke thy name. Let thy hand be ready to help me: and thy ear inclined to my prayer. Let the heavens and the earth bless thee: the sea and the world. Glory be to the Father, etc."
[Saint Bonaventure – XIII Century AD; Civita di Bagnoregio, Papal States/Lyon, Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles; (Aged 52-53); Cardinal; Teacher of the Faith; Seraphic Doctor; Doctor of the Church; Scholastic Theologian, Philosopher] “PSALM 25 Judge me, O Lady, for I have departed from my innocence: but because I have hoped in thee I shall not become weak. Enkindle my heart with the fire of thy love: and with the girdle of chastity bind my reins. For thy mercy and thy clemency are before my eyes: and I was delighted in the voice of thy praise. O Lady, I have loved the beauty of thy face: and I have revered thy sacred majesty. Praise ye her name, for she is holy: let her wonders be declared forever. Glory be to the Father, etc. PSALM 26 O Lady, may thy light be the splendor of my countenance: and let the serenity of thy grace shine upon my mind. Raise up my head: and I will sing a psalm to thy name. Turn not away thy face from me: for from my youth up I have greatly desired thy beauty and thy …കൂടുതൽ
THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY Fifth Mystery of Light: The institution of the Eucharist. In the Fifth Luminous Mystery, “By celebrating the Last Supper with His Apostles in the course of the Passover meal, Jesus gave the Jewish Passover its definitive meaning. Jesus' passing over to His Father by His Death and Resurrection, the new Passover, is anticipated in the Supper and celebrated in the Eucharist, which fulfils the Jewish Passover and anticipates the final Passover of the Church in the glory of the Kingdom". (Article 1340 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church)
5 The Institution of the Eucharist. holylandrosary | October 16, 2009 Thursdays: While they were eating, Jesus took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to His disciples and said, "Take and eat, this is My body." Then He took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "This is My blood." (Matthew 26:26-29)
Low IQ fanboys. This is what your church wants. Basically man-children. When tradition has been completely erased, there is no need for memory. Everything is transient and juvenile. There is nothing eternal, and thus there is no peace, only disturbance, like a churning adolescence.
This morning, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa of Jerusalem celebrated the Lord's Supper in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He washed the feet of twelve friars. In his homily, he said: "There is a tension we cannot ignore: outside, the doors of the church of Holy Sepulchre are closed. War has turned this place into a refuge, an 'inside' cut off from an 'outside' weighed down by fear and strain. We are here, as within a womb of peace, while the world around us is being torn apart, and we wish we could change all of this."
Cardinal Pizzaballa today in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre: “We are in the place where a stone once sealed death. And yet today we are here to celebrate life. There is a tension we cannot ignore: outside, the doors of the Holy Sepulchre are closed. War has turned this place into a refuge, an “inside” cut off from an “outside” weighed down by fear and strain. We are here as within a womb of peace, while the world around us is being torn apart, and we wish we could change all of this. And yet, here and now, the Word of God places before us a gesture that overturns all our human ways of thinking."
ഫ്രാൻസിസ് മാർപാപ്പയുടെ വക്താവായ ഫാ. അന്തോണിയോ സ്പദാരോ എസ്.ജെ "അമേരിക്കയിലെ ഇവാഞ്ചലിക്കൽ മൗലികവാദത്തിനെതിരെയും കത്തോലിക്ക മൗലികവാദത്തിനെതിരെയും" ലാ ചിവിൽത്ത കത്തോലിക്കയിലെ ലേഖനത്തിലൂടെ വാദിച്ചു. പരിശുദ്ധ സിംഹാസനത്തിന്റെ പരിശോധനയ്ക്ക് ശേഷമാണ് ലാ ചിവിൽത്ത കത്തോലിക്ക പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കുന്നത്. "അമേരിക്കയിൽ പൗരോഹിത്യഭരണം സൃഷ്ടിക്കാനുള്ള സാധ്യതയാണ് യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ കത്തോലിക്കരുടെയും ഇവാഞ്ചലിക്കൽസഭക്കാരുടെയും സഹകരണത്തിലൂടെ ഉണ്ടാവുക" എന്നതാണ് ലേഖനത്തിന്റെ പ്രധാനഭയമെന്ന് thecatholicthing.org-ൽ മാധ്യമപ്രവർത്തകൻ റോബർട്ട് റോയൽ എഴുതുന്നു. "നിങ്ങൾ സാധാരണയായി അത്തരത്തിലുള്ള ആരോപണങ്ങൾ [ഗർഭഛിദ്ര ശൃംഖല] പ്ലാൻഡ് പാരന്റ്ഹുഡിൽ നിന്നോ സ്വവർഗ്ഗാവകാശ സംഘടനകളിൽ നിന്നോ കപടപണ്ഡിതന്മാരിൽ നിന്നോ ആണ് കേൾക്കാൻ സാധ്യത. വത്തിക്കാനിൽ നിന്നല്ല", അദ്ദേഹം അഭിപ്രായപ്പെടുന്നു. "അമേരിക്കയിൽ ഉയർന്നു വരുന്ന പൗരോഹിത്യഭരണം പോലുള്ള എന്തോ" ഒന്നിനെ നിശ്ചയമായും അദ്ദേഹം കാണുന്നു. എടുത്തു പറയുകയാണെങ്കിൽ "ബഹുത്വത്തെയും ഭിന്നതയെയും സഹിക്കാനാകാത്ത ലൈംഗികാധിപത്യത്തിന്റെ പൗരോഹിത്യഭരണം". ചിത്രം: Robert Royal, twitter., #newsYcqbhyiqjn
'What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits towards me?' (Ps. 116.12). Reason and natural justice alike move me to give up myself wholly to loving Him to whom I owe all that I have and am. But faith shows me that I should love Him far more than I love myself, as I come to realize that He hath given me not my own life only, but even Himself."
[St. Bernard of Clairvaux – XI-XII Century AD; Burgundy, Kingdom of France/Clairvaux, Kingdom of France; (aged 62-63); Abbot; Mystic; Leader; co-founder of the Knights Templar; Last of the Fathers; Doctor Mellifluus] “Chapter V ~ Of the Christian's debt of love, how great it is From the contemplation of what has been said, we see plainly that God is to be loved, and that He has a just claim upon our love. But the infidel does not acknowledge the Son of God, and so he can know neither the Father nor the Holy Spirit; for he that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father which sent Him, nor the Spirit whom He hath sent (John 5.23). He knows less of God than we; no wonder that he loves God less. This much he understands at least--that he owes all he is to his Creator. But how will it be with me? For I know that my God is not merely the bounteous Bestower of my life, the generous Provider for all my needs, the pitiful Consoler of all my sorrows, the wise Guide of my course: but that …കൂടുതൽ
Judge Andrew Napolitano says Trump is “not all there” and heading for a war illegal, unwinnable, and driven by pressure from Israel and donors. It's a disaster in the making. INTERVIEW: Mercenaries for a foreign country
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Paola Fanelli on April 1 as Director of the Directorate for Personnel of the Holy See, a role within the Secretariat for the Economy. She takes over responsibility for personnel policy across Vatican dicasteries. There is no public record of her expressing views on Catholic teaching. She brings a background in organizational change and human resources. Her institutional background is rooted within BNL BNP Paribas (banking). Notably, she took part, as a BNL representative, in a closed-door think tank in 2018 organized by UNICEF Italy. Fanelli's position has, because of its unique weight, a somewhat unusual history. On March 6, 2020, the Holy See Press Office announced that such an office had been established, in a reform effort backed by Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich. But the next day, the same office clarified that it remained merely a proposal under consideration. The idea stalled at the time, amid internal resistance and broader reform turbulence. With …കൂടുതൽ