You don't speak for me - Women's issues?

Who gave the Pro-Abortion side the right to speak for me?  I never did.  Why is abortion the ONLY thing they consider a woman's right?  It isnt a right I want, and by the way a right is not something you just want.  I want universal access to education for all people, not the right to end lives because they are inconvenient.  I want an end to hunger and homelessness for all people.  I want everyone to have the right to freely elect their leaders.  These are women's rights because they are human rights.  Only when all people have have the same rights will we have a free world.  No one has the right to end another life, ever, period.  If we lived 100 years ago we might have needed to execute murders to keep others safe but that is no longer the case.  Life is the ultimate right.  Don't tell me what to think and you have no right to speak for me.  I am a woman, and I can speak for myself.

Women should have the right to not fear being raped and to be made to suffer for unwanted pregnancies here and around the world.  We need to work for the day when no where in the world would a woman fear to say she had been raped for fear of being killed herself.  We need to work for a day when rape is not used as a weapon of war.  It needs to be unthinkable to violate any person.

In the past and still in parts of the world a woman pregnant outside of wedlock was doomed.  She couldn't marry or work so how could she support herself and her baby?  That should never happen.  We all make mistakes and things happen that we don't intend.  We shouldnt hold that against anyone. We should instead help them.  If we had done that from the beginning abortion would never have been thought of.  In a way abortion is our fault.

All human rights start from the most basic right, the right to life.  If we don't uphold that right then all the others can be taken away.  And all rights come from God not our governments.  If your rights come from your governement again they can be taken away when the government changes and when popular opinion changes.  Popular opinion can not change our rights.

Is Christ the King of my life?

The kids in my Youth Group always ask for us to help them relate what we believe to their everyday life.  When I think of this beautiful feast day, I think of the cry "Viva Christo Rey!". The cry given by Mexican martyrs in defense of their religious freedoms.  I am not calling for an armed uprising but if Christ is really our King, then we are His army and an army does what their leader says and defends the King.

Do I do what He says?  Do I bravely take up the defense of  His Church?  Soldiers are brave and you have to be brave when your only weapon is Love.  Though one of things I like best about the Harry Potter books is that they maintain that Love is the most powerful weapon in the world.  No matter how hard it is to do we have to fight hatred and ignorance with Love.  Yelling at someone and calling them names will never convert them.  But if we learn our faith and Church history well enough then we can loving defend her.  If we spend time thinking about why we Love our Mother the Church and our Lord then we will feel more comfortable sharing our faith with our loved ones.  The better we know our faith the stronger our faith will be.

Today is a day to think about how we are going to march into Advent and the Christmas season.  Advent is coming of the light.  We sit in the darkness of winter waiting for Him to come.  Now is the time to prepare our hearts and strengthen our faith for the new year to come.  Practice loving this season by forgiving old hurts and reconnecting with anyone we are separated from.  Do nice things for those around us, especially for those we don't get along with.  The ultimate Love is coming into the world, Christ our King, make the ready by sharpening the weapon He gave us, sacrificial Love.

By the way, if you found this blog interesting (or not) or learned anything (or not) I would like to hear from you.