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AMA: The world has gone bonkers. The American Medical Association intends to “advocate for the removal of sex as a legal designation on the public portion of the birth certificate, recognizing that information on an individual’s sex designation at birth will still be submitted through the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth for medical, public health, and statistical use only.”
N.b., the bolding is in the original.
CATHOLIC: [14:40] – We do not know exactly when the use of incense was introduced into Catholic rituals, but the Jews used incense in their Temple rituals, so it would be safe to conclude that early Christians adapted it early on. The smoke is intended to symbolize the prayers of the faithful drifting up to heaven.
“Let my prayer come like incense before you; the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.” – Psalm 141
Incense also creates the ambiance of heaven.
“Another angel came in holding a censer of gold. He took his place at the altar of incense and was given large amounts of incense to deposit on the altar of gold in front of the throne, together with the prayers of all God’s holy ones. From the angel’s hand, the smoke of the incense went up before God, and with it the prayers of God’s people.” – Revelation 8:3
INDIANA: Yet another flag kerfuffle over a patriotic high school boy flying the American flag on his truck, this time with the authorities threatening to make it impossible for senior Cameron Blasek to graduate and receive the diploma he had earned. Cameron talked to his parents, who agreed he was in accordance with both the school’s rules and the Flag Code. They fully supported his choice to fly the flag to school the next day. When the call to the principal’s office came, Cameron read him the code book and he backed off. “They didn’t really have anything to hold against me,” he said.
TRANS: The surgeons making big bucks hacking up healthy genitalia often tell parents that their offspring will commit suicide if they don’t sign off on the procedures. I looked at the single study they use to justify this and found it to be totally bogus. The rate of suicidal ideation is higher among teens with gender issues than among teens who are comfortable in their bodies. However, the rate of actual suicide attempts jumps dramatically following gender reassignment surgery.
One study found the after rate to be 18 times higher than among similar aged peers who had no gender issues. The results of a new study are shown in the graphic above. This one did not compare post-surgical suicides with the general population, but with the patients’ own pre-surgery behaviors. As you can see in the box I outlined in red, the 357 females showed a 0% change, while the 869 males showed a 38% increase.
GRAMMY NOTES: I am just busting my buttons over hearing that our very own Bunny was chosen to carry the thurible for the 2+ hour Easter Vigil service this year! It’s an incredible responsibility and honor. The photo is from the Service of Light which begins at sundown when, according to Jewish custom, is the beginning of the next day – i.e., Easter.
Outside the entrance to the church, a fire is lit and blessed, the new Paschal Candle is lit, and the priests and altar servers enter the darkened church. The people in the pews have all been given unlit candles. As the procession moves down the aisle, the blessed flame from the Paschal Candle is transferred to the person on the end of the aisle, who then shares it with the person next to them, and so on. As the procession moves forward, so does the Light of Christ illuminate the church. When I was a teen-ager, the rising of the light was accompanied by a stirring trumpet fanfare; it still gives me goosebumps to remember it.
The Easter Vigil is the longest and most moving of all Catholic liturgies. During the Liturgy of the Word, there are seven readings from the Old Testament, one reading from Saint Paul, and then the Easter Gospel. In between each reading, the congregation recites a Responsorial Psalm. Via these Scripture passages, the story of salvation unfolds God’s faithfulness regarding his people, which the priest will elaborate on during his homily.
Following the homily, adults entering the Catholic Church will be baptized as all present are asked to renew their own baptismal promises. Then, all adults entering the church will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. Later, all these individuals will receive their First Holy Communion as well. They will have all made their First Penance at some point not long before. For most, preparation will have taken as long as two years, depending on how much catechesis they have had in the past.
Finally, the faithful will celebrate the Liturgy of the Eucharist, through which, with the celebration of the Sacrament, we are made contemporaries of Jesus through His command, “Do this is memory of me”, and our response, “We proclaim your death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.”
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