Family

‘40 Days for Life’ prayer campaign begins today

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February 22, 2012
An Orthodox Christian monk praying at sunset.

Remember, O Lord, the wretched, the abandoned, the wronged, families enduring trials, and give them thy rich mercies.
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William Wordsworth: Blest the Babe, Nursed in his Mother’s arms

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February 19, 2012
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), La Jeune Mère (1898), detail. From Wikimedia Commons.

Emphatically such a Being lives, / Frail creature as he is, helpless as frail, / An inmate of this active universe.
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‘My child, let me not have the grief of seeing you unable to respect your partner in life’

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February 17, 2012
The actor David Garrick and his wife, by William Hogarth (1757). From Wikimedia Commons.

“I know that you could be neither happy nor respectable, unless you truly esteemed your husband; your lively talents would place you in the greatest danger in an unequal marriage.”
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Doonby (Movie) — Official Trailer

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January 27, 2012
A scene from the movie ‘Doonby’ (downloaded from media page at official website)

“You wonder where it’s going, but even if you know it’s a pro-life movie, you’re surprised, delighted, and moved by the way it ends.”
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Tens of thousands Walk for Life in San Francisco

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January 24, 2012
The Annual Walk for Life West Coast, in San Francisco (January 24, 2012).

Organizers said there were quite a number of Orthodox priests, as well as other bishops and priests from all over California.
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Robert L. Woodson: The power of presence

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January 16, 2012
A Greek Orthodox priest prevents a rioter from throwing a Molotov coktail.

These men are rebuilding civil society, demonstrating the concern and care for individuals at a personal level that is most effective in transforming behavior and meeting people’s needs.
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Margaret Thatcher on society and personal responsibility

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January 15, 2012
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the UK 1979-1990

There is a living tapestry of men and women and people, and its beauty depends upon how much each of us is prepared to turn round and help, by our own efforts, those who are unfortunate.
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The culture that created you is a Judeo-Christian culture

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January 13, 2012
Abolitionist William Wilberforce, by Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830).

‘Western culture is just like most other civilizations in that it engaged in slavery, but unique in that it is solely responsible for ridding the world of it.’
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Life and family issues underlie all economic issues in global debt crisis

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January 10, 2012
A scene showing a Regency period family at table.

The real winners in social security are those who had few children or none. They rely on other people’s children to pay taxes, but avoided all the costs (and heartaches) of rearing children themselves.
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Private firms and charities to be paid for helping to fix ‘broken Britain’

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January 7, 2012
Broken windows at the former Unwin Brothers' Printing Works, Westfield, Surrey. © Colin Smith (Geograph), licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Licence.

Private firms and charities are to be paid bounties of up to £15,000 a time to lead a crackdown on Britain’s 120,000 ‘Shameless’ families, costing taxpayers an astonishing £8 billion a year.
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