{"id":366,"date":"2016-04-03T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frsteve.ca\/?p=366"},"modified":"2016-05-16T14:45:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T18:45:06","slug":"divine-mercy-and-suffering-there-is-no-mercy-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frsteve.ca\/index.php\/2016\/04\/03\/divine-mercy-and-suffering-there-is-no-mercy-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Mercy and Suffering, There is No &#8220;Mercy Killing&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-369 \" src=\"http:\/\/frsteve.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/divine-mercy.jpg\" alt=\"divine mercy\" width=\"334\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frsteve.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/divine-mercy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/frsteve.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/divine-mercy-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/>When Our Lord appeared to St. Faustina some 80 odd years ago, He called this to be a time of His Mercy.\u00a0 To reacquaint us with the incredible Mercy of God.\u00a0 Pope Francis has appointed this year as the Year of Mercy.\u00a0 And yet, here in Canada, we are approaching the Supreme Court decision to discuss permitting Physician Assisted Suicide country-wide.\u00a0 How desperately we are in need of mercy when we begin to think that murder is ever a mercy.\u00a0 We rob those we kill of the opportunities to grow in sanctity, and we rob them of their lives under the guise of &#8220;compassion&#8221;.\u00a0 Listen to my homily above for more.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>*Note:<\/strong> I spoke incorrectly in my homily.\u00a0 Technically speaking it is the Federal government that is making the decision.\u00a0 The Supreme Court has left the decision in the hands of the government to prepare a proposal to discuss whether or not to make a law legalizing Euthanasia anyway.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/frsteve.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2SundayEaster_Divine_Mercy_and_Euthanasia.mp3\"><strong>Homily download link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Call to Action:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forums.dionet.ca\/parishbriefings\/Shared%20Documents\/2016-03-March\/15RPF-PAS%20Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a link to the Bishop Fabbro&#8217;s letter regarding this matter<\/a><\/strong>, and below is a video on the matter presented by Cardinal Collins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N8OWDN_F5qA\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It is of the utmost of importance that we contact our local Members of Parliament now, and let them know we are opposed to this.\u00a0 If you listened to my homily above, you will know how dire this is, and the Federal government will be meeting already this June 2016 to make a decision on Euthanasia Canada-wide.\u00a0 So I am providing you all with the address to contact the House of Commons (postage is free, no stamps needed).\u00a0 If you live in Sarnia, our MP is <strong>Marilyn Gladu<\/strong>.\u00a0 Address your letters:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Name of Your Member of Parliament<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>House of Commons<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ottawa, Ontario<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>K1A 0A6<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Sample Letter:<\/h2>\n<p>Do you want to contact your MP but don&#8217;t know what to say?\u00a0 It&#8217;s best to write in your own words because it will be worth more when they get the letter, but if anyone asks (just leave a comment) I can write up a little draft of something you can say or use as a template.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t have time yet this morning to come up with something.<\/p>\n<h2>Further Clarification for Questioning Catholics<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_368\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368\" class=\"wp-image-368 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/frsteve.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/antichrist-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"antichrist\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frsteve.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/antichrist-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/frsteve.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/antichrist-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/frsteve.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/antichrist-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/frsteve.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/antichrist.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Signorelli&#8217;s Anichrist&#8221; &#8211; The part of the painting I mentioned in my homily.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This homily raised some questions that I couldn&#8217;t go into at the time.\u00a0 So I wanted to mention a few of those questions that you might have regarding Euthanasia.\u00a0 I only had time to put up a few right now, so if you have any others, please leave them in the comments and I will reply and also add them to this post.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q. <\/strong>Is pulling the plug considered Euthanasia?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A.<\/strong> Depends what is meant by this and the circumstances.\u00a0 Euthanasia a the direct action of taking a life (i.e. murder).\u00a0 If someone is hooked up to machines such that they are an extraordinary means of keeping the person alive (that is the person&#8217;s body is shutting down and the machines are all that is keeping the body processes functioning, and without them the person would die) then turning off the machines and allowing the person to die naturally can be a dignified death.\u00a0 If we didn&#8217;t have the machines, that person would have passed away naturally anyway.\u00a0 However, a respirator today is a pretty ordinary means today to keep a person alive.\u00a0 Not to mention, someone could just be on a respirator for a time and then will be okay later.\u00a0 It would have to be a very serious situation with no reasonable hope of survival that a person could be morally removed from medical devices.\u00a0 If someone is recovering, you obviously don&#8217;t want to unplug the machines and let them die.\u00a0 We should try to care for and heal people, but when the means of doing so become extraordinary, they are still permissible, but not necessary.\u00a0 The question you have to ask yourself is whether your action (or the omission of the action) is in itself or by intention causing the person&#8217;s death in order to eliminate the suffering, or is it simply to allow the person to pass away naturally, as the only recourse is extraordinary means.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q. <\/strong>What would happen to Catholic Hospitals if all these laws are passed?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A.<\/strong> If Catholic Hospitals are <strong><em>required by law <\/em><\/strong>to provide Physician Assisted Suicide, then they simply cannot function.\u00a0 I mean, they&#8217;d have to outright refuse.\u00a0 There&#8217;s no way around it.\u00a0 Even if you refer someone to a place where they can be Euthanized, that&#8217;s still telling a person where they can go to get killed.\u00a0 Honestly, either the government would have to back down, or hospitals would have to simply refuse and be prosecuted, or ultimately they would have to turn the hospitals over to secular ownership (this last option is the most likely outcome if the government doesn&#8217;t back down).\u00a0 The Catholic hospitals simply cannot run if they are forced to provide Physician Assisted Suicide. \u00a0This doesn&#8217;t say much for the Catholics who work in hospitals.\u00a0 Because even if all the hospitals become secular-run, the poor Doctors and Nurses would be faced at the very least with the requirement to refer people in cases of Euthanasia.\u00a0 A Catholic in good conscience can&#8217;t do this.\u00a0 So again, does this mean that no Catholic can ever work in hospitals again?\u00a0 In Canada, yes.\u00a0 Well, apart from the ones who decide to make immoral referrals against their conscience (or just don&#8217;t care).\u00a0 This is why it&#8217;s so important right now to contact your MP before the June 2016 meeting, to stop these laws from being passed, because it&#8217;s a good chance even these new proposals will be accepted, and then you can say goodbye to all the Catholic hospitals in the country.<\/p>\n<h3>More Q &amp; 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