St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr, Pray for Us!

Here is the account of the glorious martyrdom of St. Agnes, taken from Butler's Lives of the Saints, in honor of her feast day, January 21. In St. Agnes we see the true Christian abhorrence of impurity.

A great danger facing Catholics young and old is a lack of focus on the virtues that are absolutely necessary for salvation. We must strive for the “higher ground” in our thoughts and deeds, and nowhere more so than in purity. The young suffer from lack of catechesis, or worse, false catechesis. Adults may suffer from a lack of knowledge, or from desensitization due to immersion in the world.

St. Agnes provides a glorious example of setting one’s heart on the love of God alone. Even though we are not all called to the chastity of religious life, we can strive to imitate St. Agnes in her ardent love of God and her uncompromising zeal for purity. Undoubtedly, this would bring an end to abortion and all the associated sins against life, marriage and chastity.

The Romans sought to defile St. Agnes. Tertullian reproached their evil designs in these words "By condemning the Christian maid to the lewd youth rather than to the lion, you have acknowledged that a stain against purity is more dreaded by us than any torments or death. Yet your crafty cruelty avails you not; it rather serves to gain men over to our holy religion." St. Agnes' confidence in the Lord Jesus is an example for youth today, to strengthen them in attacks on their chastity, especially the horrendous classroom sex-education programs run by the American bishops (see Mothers' Watch for more information).

Brown Bagging it at Planned Parenthood

Crimes against the unborn are not the only human wreckage accomplished at Planned Parenthood Abortuaries. No. Human and societal damage blossoms out of the doors of Planned Parenthood locations everywhere.

We usually protest abortion at a nearby Planned Parenthood on Saturday mornings. So often, we withness young women stopping by Planned Parenthood for a short visit. They stop in quickly, walk out with a small brown paper bag and check off one more item on their list of Saturday moring errands. What is in these little brown bags?

Does The Soul of an Aborted Baby Go to Heaven?

The short answer is no. Here is why:

At the moment of conception cells start to divide. Science confirms this. A new life begins; a baby starts to grow in the womb of its mother.

More importantly, at the moment of conception, an immortal soul is infused into that new being. The soul is immortal. It is made to share God's Beatific Vision in Heaven. The purpose of that soul is to know, love, and serve God in this world and to be eternally happy with Him in heaven.

However, due to the sin of our first parents, the soul inherits the stain of original sin. This stain must be removed from the soul and replaced by the unremovable seal or character of Christ.

No Salvation Outside of the Catholic Church and The Abortion Issue

The dogma of “No Salvation Outside The Catholic Church” is sealed with the highest teaching authority of the Church. It is defined infallibly or “Ex Cathedra.” It cannot be “overturned.”

No one, not even the Pope, can change or water down this dogma as it comes from God Himself through the Extraordinary Magisterium of the Catholic Church. Here are three infallible pronouncements that ALL CATHOLICS are bound to believe:

"There is but one universal Church of the faithful, outside of which no one at all is saved." -- Pope Innocent III, Fourth Lateran Council, 1215 A.D.

“We declare, say, define, and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff."  -- Pope Boniface VIII, the Papal Bull "Unam Sanctum," 1302 A.D.

"The most Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that none of those existing outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics, can have a share in life eternal; but that they will go into the eternal fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels, unless before death they are joined with Her, and that so important is the unity of this ecclesiastical body that only those remaining within this unity can profit by the sacraments of the Church unto salvation, and they alone can receive an eternal recompense for their fasts, their almsgiving, their other works of Christian piety and the duties of a Christian solder. No one, let his almsgiving be as great as it may, no one, not even if he pour out his blood for the Name of Christ, can be saved, unless he remain within the bosom and the unity of the Catholic Church." -- Pope Eugene IV, the Papal Bull "Cantate Domino", 1441 A.D.

These dogmas are not teachings of hate. Quite the contrary. They are teachings of true Charity.  Eternal life hangs in the balance.

So what does this have to do with abortion?

The horrific catastrophe of our day known as "Population Control" was started in 1798 by an Anglican clergyman named Thomas Malthus. After listening to Benjamin Franklin proudly declare that the American colonies were growing at a rate of 3% a year, Malthus, considering himself somewhat of a mathematician, concluded that by 1890, there would not be enough room on the earth for any more people, for he reasoned that food supplies were growing arithmetically, and the population was growing geometrically. Also, because of the Industrial Revolution, sanitation was becoming more widespread, much to the regret of Malthus, who said:

Saint John The Baptist - ProLifeLeague Mission Statement

Our mission is to save the unborn, un-baptized soul from the tragedy of abortion.

Who are we?

We are a group of Catholics committed to spiritual warfare against abortion.

What do we do?

We prayerfully appeal to those considering or seeking an abortion to Choose Life.

We ask those considering abortion to think; think about their baby, think about God and His plan for Salvation and think about themselves.

We wage spiritual warfare against abortion, and encourage others to do so, through prayer, almsgiving and sacrifice.

We promote an awareness of the eternal consequences of abortion, based on infallible teaching of the Catholic Church.

Why do we do it?