A Pastor’s Reflections was created in 2015 by Reverend W. Ross Blackburn, who has been a pastor in the Anglican Church in North America for 20 years, and a longtime contributor to the Human Life Review. It was then expanded to Pastoral Reflections, with contributions from a variety of clerics and religious who write on abortion and other grave moral transgressions that not only hurt individuals but deform the culture and threaten religious liberty. We are expanding again, this time to include the lay faithful, in our new feature Faithful Reflections. We look forward to continued wisdom from our pastors as well as thoughtful reflections from those for whom faith is foundational. 

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Why Would Mary McAleese Attack Infant Baptism?

  In Shakespeare’s last play “The Tempest,” the island creature Caliban is enslaved by the exiled Duke of Milan who teaches him speech. Caliban used his new skill to curse his master, saying, “you taught me language and my profit on’t is I...
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Strive for the Lord

  The overtime victories of Team USA against Team Canada in men’s and women’s ice hockey at the Winter Olympics were the cause of resounding rejoicing south of the Canadian border, and of national stunned sadness, if not depression, to the...
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Come Be Reconciled and Saved

  Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. The word “temptation” has a different meaning in our language than it has in the language of the Bible. For us, to be “tempted” means to be attracted to a choice...
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Patience and the Art of Dying

  The pro-life sensibility extends beyond the manifest beauty of a baby and the awesome realities of prenatal life. It extends beyond the intricate, sometimes self-sacrificing, and perduring interconnections of mother and child. Indeed, the...
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Leo and the Label “Prolife”

  Like you, I’ve heard my share of sophomoric pro-choice jibes. “If only prolifers were concerned about children after they’re born!” Or, “If you were really prolife you’d be protesting the death penalty!” You, the reader, likely know many...
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Dasein ohne Leben (or “Existence without Life”): A Nazi Film Argues for Killing the Weakest

  The Nazis produced powerful propaganda. Among their many propaganda products was “Dasein ohne Leben,” which is German for “Existence without Life.” The original film and its copies were lost at the end of World War II.  What follows is...
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