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Re: Video: Bucket of Babies So Full Lid Won’t Close Schlepped out of Planned Parenthood

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 23:10:33 -0000

Does this not turn your stomach? Take your breath away? Literally? And if not, what has happened to us?

Just another day on the streets of the world, in this case a city named after the same Saint as my city.

Where is the Church?

Where am I?

Abortionists are and always have been the bottom feeders of the medical profession. Driven by greed. Pure greed. And cashing in on the selfishness of their customers who bring them their unwanted children, that they may be dispatched to body bags such as these. A different kind of greed.

What kind of monsters have we become?

To abortionists women are just collateral damage in their profit driven assault on human beings.

Murderous thugs masquerading as "doctors".

"Hitmen as the Pope so aply called them.

Serial killers. You doubt that? Look at this macabre scene.

They never left the back alley.

And yet they rely on young men like this to ply their deadly trade. "We just bought this" he says of that brand new van- being an abortion profiteer has its perks.

And make no mistake about it abortionists REQUIRE the "tacit" approval of the Christian community that now, thanks to a tiny virus, can't even hide in our churches and Sing It Louder ( www.singloudermovie.com ).

Imagine all the lost opportunities pastors of now empty churches passed on, to confront this Evil and guide and challenge their flocks, and THEMSELVES, in a proper response. And make no mistake about it, while our churches are being shut down, abortion mills will continue to "thrive". Spilling the remains of their victims into the streets.

Will even this scene be "shared" across the church worldwide and finally move the Church to show up on the front lines? Or will the sidewalks continue to look like this one. Empty, save one lone woman presenting us this evidence of our failure to be our brother's keeper.

That my "friends" is up to us.

And the streets will not lie.

Re: Pro-Life Activist John Ryan Faces Terrorism Charge Over Threat to St. Louis Planned Parenthood Clinic

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 21:49:02 -0000

It took a year and a half before the city would allow me my day in court. Jury was back in an hour, unanimous not-guilty. One member of the jury sought out my attorney and told him there was no deliberation (mind you most of the jury self-identified as "pro-choice") as there was no case. He said they all agreed immediately that it was not-guilty and were mystified how it ever got to court. We filed a federal lawsuit against Planned Barrenhood which remains underway. I notice this so-called news site didn't bother to f/u on the story.

Re: Gory Photos in Hand, Anti-Abortion Group to Set Up on St. Louis Campuses

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:59:28 -0000

THAT should never happen to any human being. What kind of a people are we that we would seek to solve OUR problems by poisoning, crushing, decapitating, dismembering and/or otherwise killing someone else who is completely innocent?

Re: Will GOP Fund Planned Parenthood But Not Border Wall?

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:24:52 -0000

Gerald, just to be clear, your solution for the problem of an "uncaring mother" is to kill the child? You can't be serious.

Re: In Election, Protecting Conscience as Important as Ending Abortion

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:37:12 -0000

Your points are well taken, particularly about the Germans turning their anger on those who forced them to "see." what they had up to that point avoided seeing by sing(ing) it louder. Actually I would argue that, since we are made with both thoughts and feelings, arguments that only appeal to one or the other are incomplete. When I ask those engaging in this debate to describe exactly what an abortionist does to a human being it is as you rightly point out logical (so we know exactly what we're talking about) AND, in people of good will, should evoke emotion. It's using the full brain. I also challenge others to the same thing I challenge myself to do: assume the perspective of the intended victim of abortionists when making their arguments. Since abortion is committed on those victims it is both logical and again hopefully evokes emotions (the formula for compassion). Thanks for sharing.

Re: A joyous celebration of life, despite the rain

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 12:51:51 -0000

Here's a thought. Dismembering, crushing, decapitating, poisoning, or otherwise killing innocent human beings is bullying. Rescuing human beings from such bullies is...the decent thing to do.

Re: Limiting God

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:03:40 -0000

What it means to be a real man. Can't say that I agree with everything
Michael has said thru the years, but God bless him for finding his way
back to the Church. All I can say is welcome home Michael. You are
loved.

Re: Pope Francis: Year four begins

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:49:56 -0000

Well if the "gates of Hell" won't prevail I'm confident an NCR public relations campaign claiming the "spirit of Francis- or is it Frank by now?" won't work either.

Re: Pope Francis: Year four begins

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 15:07:42 -0000

I'll be brief and use direct quotes. Dennism said (6hrs ago) "For what it is worth, it is idiotic and incomparably distasteful to compare the decision to use contraception with an ISIS terrorist." mischaracterizing what I actually said (15 hrs ago) "Isis terrorist may truly believe that he is called to decapitate Christians, he is not to follow such a poorly formed conscience. Same for a Catholic who is completely convinced that their conscience is calling them to have an abortionist decapitate their child." So how am I misreading what remains in black and white?

Re: Pope Francis: Year four begins

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:26:55 -0000

Dennism, disagreeing with an individual is not devaluing them. I'm sure you don't devalue me as a human being just because you disagree with me. I spend valuable time in dialogue with you and others because I do value them. I don't know that either one of us can speak for most dissenters but I do know the 30 thousand or so Christian churches out there were all formed in the same manner. Individuals convinced that their view of church trumped the Catholic Church. I would be glad to have a conversation about contraception but if you re-read what I actually wrote- the comparison was between Isis terrorists who, undoubtedly in good (though terribly formed) conscience behead Christians, and Catholics who believe their conscience is calling them to have their child beheaded by an abortionist. Also, if you re-read what I actually wrote regarding forming our consciences I focused on forming our conscience to the mind of God (quoting the actual words of Vatican II). No one in their right mind could claim that it is the mind of God that Isis or abortionists behead innocent human beings. Surely this is one point on which we can agree.? And while Jesus did not select theologians, etc He gave the power to "bind and loose" to Peter and by extension to the Apostles. Not to every John, Dennison and Harry. ...." As to the Creed, I'd refer you to the Catechism of the Catholic Church 633 "Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, "hell" - Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek - because those who are there are deprived of the vision of God."

Re: Pope Francis: Year four begins

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 23:51:24 -0000

Thanks for the reply. I certainly hope I didn't give you that idea that I devalue the individual. We are each made in the image and likeness of God. A God who wants us to spend an eternity with Him. My reference was to individuals who take it upon themselves to reshape the church to THEIR vision. The effect is creating God in our own image and likeness which is backwards. And of course far from apologizing for it's antiquity, at every Mass (which is "the source and summit of the Christian life" (Lumen gentium, no. 11) the events on Calvary Hlll over 2,000 years ago are represented. Here's the rub. Individuals are duty bound to follow their INFORMED (aka properly formed) conscience. Funny how that whole "properly formed" part gets left out. Formed in "obedience to God’s voice within us (see Vatican II, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, 16) aka "the mind of God". That's why even though an Isis terrorist may truly believe that he is called to decapitate Christians, he is not to follow such a poorly formed conscience. Same for a Catholic who is completely convinced that their conscience is calling them to have an abortionist decapitate their child. Such actions, on their face are not of God. The fact is the only individuals protected against errors in matters of faith and morals when officially teaching for the church that is, is.......da Pope. Which is why it's so silly to see the imaginary "spirit of Vatican II" invoked in contadiction of the actual documents of Vatican II by so many on this thread. No doubt they would invoke their conscience but would have no chance of convincing anybody but another conspiracy theorists that basing their conscience formation on an imaginary reality is properly forming it . But the bottom line is that God so loved the world that he sent His only begotten Son, that we might be saved. And His Son in return left us the church and with that the Eucharist, the source and summit of the faith, and promised to be with it till the end of time. Pretty cool stuff.

Re: Pope Francis: Year four begins

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 16:50:16 -0000

Denism, you sure can turn a phrase. I'm not sure I understood all of it but I do get the gist. Anything/anyone who disagrees with your vision of what church should be is out of touch, antiquated (Pharisees no less- now there's an antiquated term) and to be dismissed-or waited out. Well Dennism, unlike just about every Christian variation of the original church which Christ founded the Catholic church IS antiquated. Over 2,000 years antiquated and counting. Jesus did not take a poll or form a democracy when He formed "My church", indeed when it came to the Eucharist He all but encouraged followers to leave Him for their own version of "church" (if you'll allow me the liberty) rather than update His teaching. Including His assurance to Peter that PETER had the Keys to the Kingdom. When I read all the commentary about all the terrible Bishops we have I can only imagine what they think of Jesus’ choice of a man who would three times betray Him, seemed to live with his sandal in his mouth, and who when HE decided to tell Jesus what “church” should be was told “Get behind me Satan.” What was He thinking? Can only imagine how the blogosphere would have lit up over that one? I'm waiting for some commentator to call Our Holy Father "Frank" as they massage him to be the Pope they want him to be. I have suffered through decades of clericalism- priests who take advantage of their position to impose whatever form of liturgy THEY decide on the faithful, deprived us of Communion by deciding for THEMSELVES what matter to use and instead of the Eucharist giving out a loaf of leaven bread because it made THEM feel better, and telling the faithful contraception is a fine "choice" because THEY want to bring what THEY see as the antiquated church into the 20/21st Century (sorry for the caps but bold doesn't work). So we have dennism's Church, Fr. Jim's church, Luther's church, Calvin's church....you get the idea. Each one convinced THEY are the real deal. Everyone else is behind the times. Sorry, not willing to accept that all of the Saints of the Church and even Jesus Himself just got it wrong- but the bloggers of the 21st century are right. And if that's the bus you want to throw me under- that's some pretty good company. Come to think of it maybe we could update things a bit- we’ll call it the “Bus” of Peter. Have a blessed Holy Week.

Re: Slavery in the 21st century

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:45:44 -0000

John, man up and tell me what abortion is. You describe for me exactly what an abortionist does to a human being. Then you tell me if that's torture.

Re: Slavery in the 21st century

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 23:51:50 -0000

John, the only torture going on is by abortionists who dismember, crush, decapitate, poison, and otherwise kill innocent human beings. Now you tell me how what SCOTUS ruled is not slavery?

Re: Slavery in the 21st century

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:27:38 -0000

John, the Abolition Project defines slavery as "To be a slave is to be owned by another person." SCOTUS determined that all human beings, for the first 9 months of their lives are the property of their moms. Explain where I am going wrong.

Re: Pope Francis: Year four begins

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 21:25:45 -0000

Manuel, better than all those put together- from the lips of Jesus Himself. How cool is that?

Re: Pope Francis: Year four begins

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:34:31 -0000

Back in the day it was "the spirit of Vatican II" that was invoked to justify any number of aberrations by the National "Catholic" Reporter types. When in fact the only spirit of Vatican II was the Holy Spirit that guided that council. Vatican II is a series of documents that are readily accessible and contradict much of what is claimed by the "spirit of Vatican II" gang. Now we have the "spirit of Francis". People speak of Pope Francis as if he's their best friend. And attribute to him whatever it is they want THEIR "Catholic" church to be. Sorry folks that's not the way it works. At least Luther (eventually) had the integrity to leave the Church when he realized he couldn't square HIS beliefs with the Church's. I have no doubt Jesus Himself would have been found wanting by the commentators who seek to use "Francis" as a tool for their version of the Church. I know that because Jesus promised that He would always be with the Church and that the Church would prevail even against the gates of Hell- btw he said that to Pope Francis' predecessor.

Re: Slavery in the 21st century

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:20:53 -0000

John, what would you call declaring a human being the property of another human being? That is what the Supremes claimed the authority to do in Roe. In fact they enshrined in "law" the slave-owners' right to dispatch with her property in "whatever way she would "choose".

Re: Slavery in the 21st century

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:28:49 -0000

As reprehensible as "human trafficking" is, and it is- slavery was again enshrined into "law" by the Supreme Court's Roe and Doe decisions in 1973. In fact that court utilized its same discredited rationale from the Dred Scott decision to declared certain human beings property of others. Such that every human being born since that infamous decision was themselves a slave for the first 9 months of their life. SCOTUS determined their owner (in this case their mother no less) had the absolute right to dispatch with them however they chose up to and including have them dismembered, crushed, decapitated, poisoned or otherwise killed.

Re: Editorial: Best Picture win for 'Spotlight' is fitting humiliation for church

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:02:18 -0000

The same lay people who rape and sexually abuse children, including their own, at an even greater rate than priests? Lay people who cover up that crime.?Lay people who run schools where such horrors are perpetrated and who transfer the perp? So Christ (who by the way was fully a MAN as well as God, which apparently is a bad thing) did not look Peter in the eye and tell HIM that he was the ROCK on which He would build His church? That whatever HE declared loosed and bound would be so in Heaven? That the gates of Hell would not prevail against His church? That HE didn't "ordain" Peter at that very moment? And at the Last Supper? The structure didn't fail those children any more than the structure of schools and marriage fails children who are sexually abused/molested there. It is the sins of the individuals involved that failed. Sorry, Christ did not form a democracy. He did not seek the input of the people before sharing his teachings. If you doubt that just read John 6 as He let those who found it too hard to believe in the Eucharist....leave.

Re: Editorial: Best Picture win for 'Spotlight' is fitting humiliation for church

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 10:22:12 -0000

It is not the structure that failed. It is individuals who failed- first and foremost the perpetrators, a permissive climate (that would be a "liberal" climate) that knew no boundaries (I remember when I first heard about a homosexual sub-culture in seminaries and dismissed it as right wing propaganda- boy was I wrong), and some Bishops who failed miserably to protect their flocks- including Archbishop Weakland. Like it or not Jesus chose very broken vessels to run His church. And he started with the predecessors of these Bishops. One betrayed him to death, not unlike the Bishops who betrayed our youth and including Bishops today who betray the unborn with their silence and/or failure to confront "Catholics" like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden who support and promote what abortionists do to human beings. It is reprehensible. But He also promised to be with us always and that the gates of Hell will not prevail against the Church. Might want to keep in mind regarding the notion of putting lay people in charge- lay folks perpetrate such horrors at an even greater rate, including against their own children.

Re: Editorial: Best Picture win for 'Spotlight' is fitting humiliation for church

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 08:31:28 -0000

rdp46 Just to be clear it's the ENTIRE Episcopacy! Every single Bishop? Wonder what Christ was thinking when he named their predecessors to lead the flock? Was He wrong as well? I sense an agenda here that has more to do with the Church than the despicable abuse that was perpetrated?

Re: Editorial: Best Picture win for 'Spotlight' is fitting humiliation for church

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:56:03 -0000

John...John....John. You had it at your first three words.

Re: Editorial: Best Picture win for 'Spotlight' is fitting humiliation for church

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:51:42 -0000

rdp46 I must have missed that edition of NCR. In fact of any newspaper or magazine that reported that story. Be glad to look it up if you'll give me some cites. Names of the clinics that closed and the providers involved would be helpful as well as how you know the religious background of the providers. And exactly what carpet are they being called on. And by whom- be particularly interest in professional journals that did so. If it did happen it's the best kept secret of this whole sordid affair. I'm amazed that you give our profession a pass 'some rascals' but give absolutely no quarter to the entire hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Suggest you spend a bit more time on the plank in the eye of our profession.

Re: Editorial: Best Picture win for 'Spotlight' is fitting humiliation for church

John_Patrick_Ryan1 — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:23:52 -0000

JohnMcCormack you use the plight of those who were abused to further your cause which is anti-Catholic to the core. Every one of your posts is laced with such vitriol. Pray that someday you are healed of your bitterness.