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Calls for an awakening of the national moral conscience
"And I repeat again to all clergy in My Son's House: you shall not rationalize sin. Abortion is murder, and murder condemns you to hell without repentance! Euthanasia is murder, and murder condemns you to hell without repentance! The Commandments of your God must be followed, and no changes will be made upon them to suit the basic fallen nature of mankind." - Our Lady of the Roses, November 20, 1979
The above Messages from Our Lady were given to Veronica Lueken at Bayside, New York. Read more
LifeSiteNews reported on January 26, 2007:
Archbishop Raymond Burke, archbishop of St. Louis, MO, addressed the annual March for Life’s Rose Dinner and delivered a message of both encouragement and warning for the pro-life population of the United States.
The Rose Dinner is held every year at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, D.C. in the evening after the March for Life and, according to its website, is an opportunity “to enjoy delicious food, learn about important pro-life issues, and toast to the hope for a successful pro-life year.”
Burke began his address reminding his listeners that another crucial front has arisen in the battle against the culture of death. “Given the legalization of procured abortion in our nation, we should really not be surprised that now the agents of the culture of death seek a constitutional guarantee of the right to generate artificially and destroy embryonic human life. A nation that permits abortion at any stage, including the practice of partially delivering a baby into the world in order to destroy it brutally, has so deadened its conscience that it is no longer horrified at the thought of embryonic stem cell research, which has rightly been called Frankensteinien.”
Referring to his home state of Missouri’s passage of Amendment 2 at the end of last year, Burke described the amendment as a constitutional amendment which “guarantees the right to clone human life and to destroy the embryonic human life created in order to harvest stem cells.” The archbishop attributed the passage of the amendment despite Missouri’s identity as a pro-life state to the citizens succumbing “to the diabolically clever lies propagated by the financially and socially powerful proponents of the proposed Amendment 2.”
Burke went on to describe, as an example, the actions of former Missouri Republican Senator John Danforth, a supposedly “pro-life” senator and ordained Episcopal priest, who appeared in television and newspaper ads and, according to Burke, encouraged people to “abandon the heartless moral concerns of what he calls the ‘Christian right’ and to exercise compassion for those suffering from serious injuries and grave illness by guaranteeing the right to embryonic stem cell research in the state of Missouri.”
Burke likened such a position to the racist ideologies that have plagued our nation in the past saying that it is “a classic example of the powerful denying the right to life to the less powerful – indeed, the voiceless.” He went on to explain that arguments that deny the humanity of an embryo based on its size are simply a racist justification of “our manipulation and destruction of human life.”
Burke said that proponents of the culture of death shy away from discussing the humanity of the embryo or the unborn fetus and went on to explain the scientific basis for recognizing the human embryo as “a distinct genetic being who only needs protection and nurturing to grow and develop.”
Burke cautioned that unless there is a re-awakening of the national conscience, the United States will soon see “the move to permit infanticide up to a certain age because the small child has not yet achieved the sufficient ability to relate with others - even as we witness a growing acceptance of euthanasia in the cases of persons who we no longer consider productive and able to relate in society according to whatever standard we conveniently establish.”
He claims that such an awakening will only come with the individual awakening of American citizens because he believes that, given the truth, the American people will not accept the killing of human life. Burke attributed the current cultural situation to “the programmatic lying which is the condition for the existence of the culture of death.”
The Archbishop encouraged his audience assuring them that there were signs that the culture of life in America was winning out. He used as one example the recent growth of the Silent No More campaign, comprised of “heroic” men and women who have previously had or collaborated in an abortion and who now deeply regret their decision.
He also drew attention to positive signs in Hollywood – namely, the actors and professionals involved in the production of the movie Bella. The archbishop praised Bella saying that it is “an outstanding contribution to the new proclamation of the Gospel of Life.”
Burke emphasized the importance of returning to an understanding and obedience to the natural moral law which he referred to as the “fundamental truth that we seek to communicate.” He stated that only through heeding the natural moral law will our society “keep our eyes fixed on the moral principles upon which the foundation of our nation rests – those expressed eloquently in the Declaration of Independence – namely, that man is endowed by his Creator with certain inalienable rights among which the first place is held by the right to life.”
Finally, Burke exhorted his listeners to always pray saying, ““Only through prayer will we know the truth and have the courage to speak and defend the truth.”
Burke concluded his talk by calling on the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Unborn, and reciting the prayer that Pope John Paul II used to conclude his encyclical Evangelium Vitae:
“Oh Mary, bright dawn of the new world. Mother of the living, to you, do we entrust the cause of life. Look down, oh Mother, on the vast number of babies not allowed to be born, of the poor whose lives are made difficult, of the men and women who are victims of brutal violence and the elderly and sick who are killed in indifference or out of misguided mercy. Grant that all who believe in your Son may proclaim the Gospel of Life with honesty and love to the people of our time. Obtain for them the grace to accept that gospel as gift ever new, the joy of celebrating it with gratitude throughout their lives and the courage to bear witness to it resolutely in order to build together with all people of good will a civilization of truth and love to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and Father of Life. Amen.”
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There are four sins that cry out to Heaven for vengeance (extreme punishment):
1) Willful murder.
2) The sin of Sodom.
3) Oppression of the poor.
4) Defrauding the laborer of his wages.
Euthanasia, abortion, physician-assisted suicide, mercy killing, and homosexuality cry out to Heaven for extreme punishment on the United States.
Many people are ignorant of the Church's teaching regarding ordinary nursing care towards extremely ill or terminally ill patients. The Church states that "decisions about these patients should be guided by a presumption in favor of medically-assisted nutrition and hydration” and that for patients, even in an irreversible coma, "all care should be lavished on him, including feeding."
Pope John Paul II, March
20, 2004:
The Holy Father emphasized that water and food, even when administered
artificially, are "a natural means of preserving life, not a medical
procedure. Therefore, their use must be considered ordinary and appropriate and
as such, morally obligatory."
The probability that there is little hope for recovery, "when the
vegetative state lasts longer than a year, cannot ethically justify abandoning
or interrupting basic care, including food and hydration, of a patient."
Death by starvation or dehydration carried out "consciously or deliberately is
truly euthanasia by omission."
The Pope recalled the "moral principal according to which even the
slightest doubt of being in the presence of a person who is alive requires full
respect and prohibits any action that would anticipate his or her death. . The
value of the life of a man cannot be subjected to the judgement of quality
expressed by other men; it is necessary to promote positive activities to
counteract pressure for the suspension of food and hydration, as a means to
putting an end to the life of these patients."
Bishop Henry
Gracida (interview
with Barbara Kralis)
"Some Catholics would argue that they are simply
following their conscience and that the Church allows them to do so. They choose
to forget that the Church says that one can only safely follow an INFORMED
CONSCIENCE, i.e., a conscience that has been formed and illuminated by the
teachings of the Church. The Church has given clear and explicit guidelines
regarding the removal of a feeding tube through which 'nutrition and hydration'
is supplied to a sick person.
"All persons who wish to remain in communion with the Catholic Church, to
receive Holy Communion and the other Sacraments, must assent to the teachings of
the Church in matters of faith and morals.
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"If a person supports euthanasia and assisted-suicide through the
illicit rejection or removal of a feeding tube, they are not in communion with
the Church. They have separated themselves from the Church."
Pontifical Council on Health Affairs, “Cor Unum,” June 27, 1981:
“On the contrary, there remains the strict obligation to continue by all
means those measures which are called ‘minimal’, which are intended normally and
customarily for the maintenance of life (alimentation, blood transfusions,
injections, etc.). To interrupt these minimal measures would be equivalent, in
practice, to wishing to put an end to the life of the patient.”
Pontifical Academy of Sciences, October 1985:
“If the patient is in a permanent coma, irreversible as far as it can
be foreseen, treatment is not required, but all care should be
lavished on him, including feeding... If treatment is of no
benefit to the patient, it may be interrupted while continuing with the care
of the patient.”
U.S.
Bishops, Nutrition and Hydration: Moral and Pastoral Reflections:
”Therefore we are gravely concerned about current attitudes and
policy trends in our society that would too easily dismiss patients without
apparent mental faculties as non-persons or as undeserving of human care and
concern. In this climate, even legitimate moral arguments intended to have a
careful and limited application can easily be misinterpreted, broadened, and
abused by others to erode respect for the lives of some of our society’s most
helpless members. In light of these concerns, it is our considered judgment that
while legitimate Catholic moral debate continues, decisions about these
patients should be guided by a presumption in favor of medically-assisted
nutrition and hydration.”
New
Jersey Catholic Conference, January 22, 1987:
Another pertinent statement regarding the nutrition/hydration debate
was given by the New Jersey Catholic Conference on January 22, 1987 in a
friend-of-the-court brief entitled, “Providing Food and Fluids to Severely Brain
Damaged Patients.” This document was in reaction to the Nancy Ellen Jobes case
pending at the time before the New Jersey Court:
"The [New Jersey Catholic] Conference maintains that nutrition and hydration, being basic to human life, are aspects of normal care, which are not excessively burdensome, that should always be provided to a patient. Nutrition and hydration are clearly distinguished from medical treatment. Medical treatment is aimed at curing a disease. Nutrition and hydration are directed at sustaining life. Medical treatment is therapeutic; nutrition and hydration are not, because they will not cure any disease. For that fundamental reason we insist that nutrition and hydration must always be maintained....” (Origins, January 22, 1987, p. 583)
"No
man shall murder--and it is murder, My children, when he shall give the
excuse of saying an individual is no longer living or a part of the world
because he has become emaciated, because he lives only with prayers and the
help of all scientific means." - Our Lady of the Roses, June 5, 1976
"Who will be safe in your land, My children? You will one day grow old. Will you be a burden to your family, to be removed without heart? When you grow sick, you are ill, will you become too much of a burden to your society and they will remove you?" - Our Lady of the Roses, March 25, 1972
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These prophecies came from Jesus, Mary, and the saints to Veronica
Lueken at Bayside, NY, from 1968 to 1995:
