Everyday For Life Canada: November 2024

The slippery slope of legalizing euthanasia

Euthanasia is legal in a number of European countries including Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Spain and it looks like the United Kingdom will also soon join the group and expand the culture of death.

In Canada, Medical assistance in dying (MAID), which is another expression for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide was legalized on June 17, 2016. Since then, over 65,000 Canadians have been intentionally killed through "health care". All legal.

Before 2016, euthanasia was pushed in Canada as much needed compassionate medical care. Why let a person suffer in pain when a solution is available? It's was positively refereed to as "end of life care" and "death with dignity".

Nov

Happy Thanksgiving Day to our American neighbours

We post today the mediation of the day from the Magnificat as Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day. The cited statement is the 1878 Thanksgiving Proclamation by Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States of America.

We can't even imagine a similar Christian message issued anywhere in the West in our woke, secular and post-modern times.

Nov

Canada is now colonized by the sexual letters of the alphabet

Recently, the small Emo Township was fined by the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal for not flying the "pride flag" in June of 2020. Borderland Pride made the complaint and the town must pay $15,000 for deciding otherwise.

Student Josh Alexander was expelled form his Catholic school, St. Joseph High School, in Renfrew Ontario. Why? He dared defend Church teaching that there are only two sexes, male and female. Students and staff must now believe in all the sexual letters of the alphabet.

Nov

There can be no truth and reconciliation without truth

In Canada, we now have a holiday to celebrate the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. There is no question about it: truth is needed to reconcile. However, the APTN, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, released a video production purporting to be a documentary that contains many distortions and promotes a very divisive narrative.

Reconciliation can only take place in the light of honesty and truth. The documentary makes no effort to tell the other side of the story.

Nov

Russia rejects transitioning and the no children propaganda

Times of India reports that "Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed into law a bill banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal.

Nov

Feast of Christ the King

The 1885 encyclical by Pope Leo XIII titled, Immortale Dei (Latin for Immortal God) is a very appropriate document as we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. Pope Leo writes about the importance of nationhood being founded on Christian principles. We must align the temporal world to the supernatural. It’s the kind of encyclical that provides the antidote to our progressive and woke times.

The encyclical teaches the faithful that human beings live in the natural and temporal world.

Nov

The new TCDSB Chair has taken an anti-Catholic stand on several issues

The new Toronto Catholic District School Board chair has voted against Catholic teaching on a number of controversial issues since first being elected in 2018. Trustee Markus de Domenico became the Board chair just weeks ago.

However, many times his voting record has not supported Catholic teaching. As a small example, of many: when the 2019 new Code of Conduct was passed he supported it.

Nov

Canada's pro-life grandmother warrior writes moving letter from jail

We post a passionate letter that Campaign Life Coalition recently received from pro-life witness Linda Gibbons. She is a 76 year-old grandmother. Her "crime" is peacefully witnessing for unborn life in front of a Toronto abortion provider. She's presently in jail at the Vanier Centre for Women, in Milton, Ontario. In her battle to speak for the voiceless, when added up, she has spent over 10 years in jail. Courtesy of CLC, we share her message of love, faith and life with our readers.

Nov

St. Cecilia memorial

Here's what the Catholic Encyclopedia says about Stefano Maderno's captivating sculpture of the 3rd century martyr St. Cecilia. Today, we celebrate her memorial in the liturgy.

Stefano Maderno (1576-1636), a sculptor of the Roman School and of the era just preceding Bernini, his contemporary. He is believed to be of Lombard origin from the neighbourhood of Como; probably he was related to Carlo Maderna, the architect and sculptor, who was also born near Como, at Bissone.

Nov

Night Prayers

Act of Contrition

O my God, I am heartily sorry for all my sins. Because of them I deserve the eternal pains of hell. But most of all, because I have offended Thee, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, to avoid the proximate occasion of sin and never to sin anymore. Amen.