If the physician presumes to take into consideration in his work whether a life has value or not, the consequences are boundless and the physician becomes the most dangerous man in the state. (Dr. Christopher Huffland, +1836)
Day: March 5, 2021
Emily at 24 and Euthanasia
This video is not easy to watch, so be forewarned. However, it does signify in a visceral, personal way why we should not kill people – not least, the mentally ill; that people don’t really want to die; and that if more knew of God and His love, how much more bearable, even joyful, their lives[…]
Let My People Go…
In this Lenten season, readers may feel like the Israelites, under their heavy taskmasters in Egypt, forced to make bricks without straw. People must pay rent and mortgages and taxes without jobs or income; look for a job, when there are so few and nearly everything closed; maintain some sort of social life when most[…]
Compassionate Killing: Lessons Learned From Nurses in the Nazi Era
We posted this documentary in the article on the barbarism of Bill C-7, but thought it important enough to stand on its own. Fascinating, if sombre and evocative, how subtly those dedicated to healing – in this case, nurses, who were tasked with much of the actual hands-on dirty work – can devolve into killers,[…]
Lent’s Little Lights
One of the most beautiful uplifting things that helps me stay focused on Lent is the theme of light. In his Angelus address of Sunday 28 February 2021, Pope Francis invited us to ignite the light of the transfigured Christ everywhere we go. He told us: We are called to experience the encounter with Christ so that, enlightened by his light, we[…]