Wake Up!

I love this theme of "Wake Up!"
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bishop-takes-to-twitter-urges-faithful-to-wake-up-to-civilizations-destruction
If taken far enough, perhaps it could bring about the real change of direction we need in the world. It seems that many in the culture want to attack the symptom without addressing the underlying pathology. Why are so many surprised that unstable people act out in violence when they were raised playing violent video games living in the culture of death? We now have two generations of people who were raised with abortion on demand being the "law of the land." If the lives of the unborn are disposable, why would we expect respect for the born.?
Perhaps we will wake up a sleeping giant of common sense and respect.

Autonomy is the new god of the culture of death

Alyssa Milano says she is happy and joyful about her decisions to have two abortions in this article:

https://churchpop.com/2019/08/23/alyssa-milano-denounces-catholic-faith-after-revealing-she-had-2-abortions/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Qe42Kt-lC7prfUPowpyarLTZ9uIJ_xJVn0lasz1jt05gEnWMTV8Fw5JpjRQWSBikgyqvkrUyDEE8JYUMa9YZrdmMJ8A&_hsmi=76038105

My response is the classic: "Me thinks she protesteth too much." I am not convinced of her having any joy and fulfillment as a result of two abortions in order to organize her career. As a matter of fact, it seems she is trying to convince herself more than she is trying to convince me, the reader.

I agree we have to pray for Alyssa Milano and all those who buy into the lie that radical autonomy is a human right. Belly buttons are proof of that. We also need to invite her to repent and come back home to the Church where she will find true and lasting joy in a life of love and service.

Culture War (follow up)

I used the phrase "radical autonomy" in my previous post "Culture War" pointing out the goal of the pro-abortion movement. This article shows that Alyssa Milano admits it on twitter but uses the phrase "bodily autonomy." This is the new gnosticism. It means you decide to do whatever you want with your body and never deal with the bodily consequences of that decision. Of course, this is contrary to reason. You can decide to do the thing that makes babies, but if a baby is made, you can kill the baby as long as you do it before she is born. Of course that is also contrary to reason as the location or size of the human being does not provide her worth. We need to change hearts and change laws to protect the unborn. Thank you Governor DeWine and the Ohio legislature for passing the heartbeat bill!

Culture War

The culture war is raging. At one hand some lawmakers in Georgia know that the child in the womb is a complete human being at that particular stage of her development, and therefore must be protected by law. The governor is expected to sign the bill that says the child's life cannot be ended by abortion once a heartbeat is detected. Of course, there are a bunch of exceptions that are still contrary to natural law reasoning, but it should be an incremental step in reducing the number of abortions.
On the other hand, Alyssa Milano is sending letters to these lawmakers and getting other actors to pledge a boycott of Georgia's growing film industry if the bill is made law. Reading the names of some of the actors who have signed the letter of boycott caused me to sarcastically exclaim: "Shocker!" At the same time I wonder why so many people, which seems like half of the country, can disregard the life of the unborn child.
These people are actors, become activists. They probably think they are doing a good thing for women. Because radical autonomy is sacrosanct in the culture, the life of the unborn is disregarded by many because it threatens that radical autonomy of the mother. Abortionists know exactly what they are doing in taking the life of the unborn child, but these children are seen as collateral damage in the fight to protect radical autonomy.
I remember Alyssa Milano doing those Unicef commercials several years ago. It was all about the children. She had so much passion to get us to give what we could to save the children. I'll never get the chance to interview Alyssa Milano, but I would love to find out where the disconnect is. These same children she is so passionate about saving in the Unicef commercial were the same ones in the womb a day or two ago, when their lives were worthless, according to this line of thinking.
When I first saw the Unicef commercial, and noticed the passion in Alyssa Milano's voice, I thought she must be pro-life and Unicef must be a pro-life organization. It didn't take long to find the truth that Unicef is on record as being pro-abortion, and now we see that Alyssa Milano is also. Their way of fighting poverty is killing the poor.
Our belly buttons prove we were never promised radical autonomy, but we have some responsibility for others. In our human freedom we can choose the good of the other, which is the definition of love. This is where we have to get the hearts of the citizens of this country. What I can do for another is so much more important than any threats to my convenience, or plans. While we are working on conversion of hearts, we also have to make laws that protect the most vulnerable poor ones among us, the unborn.