An examination of the relationship between faith and science via quotes and pictures.

Man is on a search to know his origin and his finality. God allows us discover the physical truth yet we know that our search must not end there. The inquiry is distinctively common and human. It is our common ground. God reveals to us that we are his, that he created us out of love, all of this to initiate a covenant with us! This is developed through the prophets, psalms the liturgy and wisdom sayings of the CHOSEN! The first three chapters of Genesis are structured to teach us all of this as well as the drama of sin and hope of salvation. These are the principle source of catechesis on these mysteries. (My paraphrasing of CCC 280-289)

Pensacola abortion clinic closes at end of pro-life campaign

An abortion facility in Pensacola, Florida has announced that it will close, bringing joy to participants in the three 40 Days for Life prayer vigils at the site. One pro-life organizer said the closing was “an answer to prayer.”

The Community Healthcare Center, which was dually licensed as an abortion clinic and as a clinical laboratory, faced a $413,000 fine after the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) found its lab license had been expired for 413 days. The clinic was fined $1,000 for each day it was unlicensed, the Pensacola News Journal reports.

Instead of paying the fine, the abortion clinic decided to shut down, AHCA press secretary Tiffany Vause reported.   (Click above link for more article...)

Spanish cloistered nuns see surge in vocations

A 43 year-old prioresses has revolutionized an old Poor Clares convent in Spain, turning it onto a magnet for dozens of young professional women.

Sister Veronica joined the Poor Clares Convent of the Ascension founded in 1604 in Lerma (Spain) at at time when it was going through a vocations crisis. It was January 22, 1984, and Marijose Berzosa - Sr. Veronica's name prior to entering the convent - decided, at age 18, to leave behind a career in medicine, friends, nightlife and baketball.

"Nobody understood me. There were bets that it would not last, but they did not feel the force of the hurricane that drew me in," says Sr. Veronica. "I was a classic teenager looking for a way out ... and I made a decision in just 15 days." .... (See video below or click link above for more of the article)

Pharmaceutical company cites Vatican document to defend its use of aborted baby

A pro-life group is criticizing pharmaceutical company Neocutis’ defense of its use of cells harvested from an aborted fetus in the development of burn treatments and anti-aging creams. While the company said it takes seriously concerns about the dignity of human life—going so far as to cite a Vatican document—the pro-life group is questioning Neocutis’ version of the facts.

Last week the organization Children of God for Life released a statement criticizing Neocutis’ use of cells harvested from an aborted fetus in the development of anti-aging creams. The group also called for a boycott. (Click title to read entire article)

Director of Planned Parenthood at 40 Days for Life Birthplace Resigns after Watching Abortion Ultrasound

By Kathleen Gilbert




BRYAN, Texas, November 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The director of the Texas Planned Parenthood abortion mill where the 40 Days for Life campaign began has resigned, saying she experienced a conversion after watching an ultrasound video of a child being killed by abortion.

"I just thought I can't do this anymore, and it was just like a flash that hit me and I thought that's it," said Abby Johnson in an interview with local news network KBTX 3. ...  (Click above for full article)

'We are never alone,' Pope exclaims on All Saints Day

'We are never alone,' Pope exclaims on All Saints Day

Vatican City, Nov 1, 2009 / 09:58 am (CNA).- To the faithful gathered on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI presented the communion of saints, a “beautiful and comforting” reality that says “we are never alone.” In particular he held up the ancient cult of martyrs in the early Church, and in this Year for Priests, “the saintly priests, both those canonized…and those many more that are known to the Lord.” Pope Benedict also spoke of Monday’s commemoration of the faithful departed, also known as All Souls Day. "I would ask,” he said, “that this liturgical memory be lived in a genuine Christian spirit, that is, in light of the Paschal Mystery.” .... (Click link above for more)

Same-sex marriage law in D.C. could ‘suppress’ Catholic institutions, archdiocese warns

Same-sex marriage law in D.C. could ‘suppress’ Catholic institutions, archdiocese warns

Pope Encourages the young to Evangelize through the Internet - Catholic Online

Pope Encourages the young to Evangelize through the Internet - Catholic Online

It falls in particular to young people to take on the responsibility for the evangelization of this 'digital continent.'

ROME (Catholic Online) - There is no question that the internet and the tools of the digital age present an extraordinary opportunity to the Church in this new missionary moment, the Third Christian Millennium. As in every age, the Church does not reject new technologies or new advances. Instead she seeks to ensure that they are placed at the service of the truth. The truth is a Person, Jesus Christ, who reveals the human face of God.  (Click title for rest of article)

I love how the physical universe reflects the spiritual - check out the connections...

The connections:

Watch the video then read ...

"We are all connected" = One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism

"Nature's Imagination"= The eternal memory of God reflected in all he has made

"Laws of Nature" = God is sacrificial love which orders the spiritual universe yet gives humanity the freedom and authority to govern it.

"Think about all of this" = We have a desire to return to the mystery we were created from

"The way those atoms are put together" = Creation - God has an infinite will that is accomplished through billions and billions of free wills – I call that Almighty!

“Made of star stuff” = We are made in the image and likeness of God

“For the universe to know itself” = The intellect, memory and will of man desires a relationship with the infinite intellect, memory and will of God.

“We’ve traveled this way before” = Man is on a pilgrimage throughout life that effects the entire universe Physical and spiritual. God is on a pilgrimage toward man.

“Elevating and Exhilarating” = Ecstasy in prayer

“Light bouncing around the room”= Omnipresence of God - it appears to be a mess to us, but we call is Divine Providence

“It’s all really, really there” = We can all make an act of faith, hope and love. Even if I do not believe though, God is really, really there.

“Inconceivable nature of nature” = Who can know the mind of God?

Do you know the Holy Spirit's plan for the NEW Millennium? Behold....

John Pual II wrote an amazing letter about the new millenium called "NOVO MILLENNIO INEUNTE" YOU CAN READ IT! I know you CAN....



APOSTOLIC LETTER

NOVO MILLENNIO INEUNTE
OF HIS HOLINESS
POPE JOHN PAUL II
TO THE BISHOPS
CLERGY AND LAY FAITHFUL
AT THE CLOSE
OF THE GREAT JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2000

To my Brother Bishops,
To Priests and Deacons,
Men and Women Religious
and all the Lay Faithful.

1. At the beginning of the new millennium, and at the close of the Great Jubilee during which we celebrated the two thousandth anniversary of the birth of Jesus and a new stage of the Church's journey begins, our hearts ring out with the words of Jesus when one day, after speaking to the crowds from Simon's boat, he invited the Apostle to "put out into the deep" for a catch: "Duc in altum" (Lk 5:4). Peter and his first companions trusted Christ's words, and cast the nets. "When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish" (Lk 5:6).

Duc in altum! These words ring out for us today, and they invite us to remember the past with gratitude, to live the present with enthusiasm and to look forward to the future with confidence: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever" (Heb 13:8).

The Church's joy was great this year, as she devoted herself to contemplating the face of her Bridegroom and Lord. She became more than ever a pilgrim people, led by him who is the "the great shepherd of the sheep" (Heb 13:20).  ....   Read it all:  http://tinyurl.com/36a24