Monday, April 6, 2009

I was saddened to read this sermon from a professing Christian. It speaks for itself…

Finally, the last sign I want to identify relates to my fellow clergy. Too often even those who support us can be heard talking about abortion as a tragedy. Let’s be very clear about this:

When a woman finds herself pregnant due to violence and chooses an abortion, it is the violence that is the tragedy; the abortion is a blessing.

When a woman finds that the fetus she is carrying has anomalies incompatible with life, that it will not live and that she requires an abortion - often a late-term abortion - to protect her life, her health, or her fertility, it is the shattering of her hopes and dreams for that pregnancy that is the tragedy; the abortion is a blessing.

When a woman wants a child but can’t afford one because she hasn’t the education necessary for a sustainable job, or access to health care, or day care, or adequate food, it is the abysmal priorities of our nation, the lack of social supports, the absence of justice that are the tragedies; the abortion is a blessing.

And when a woman becomes pregnant within a loving, supportive, respectful relationship; has every option open to her; decides she does not wish to bear a child; and has access to a safe, affordable abortion - there is not a tragedy in sight — only blessing. The ability to enjoy God’s good gift of sexuality without compromising one’s
education, life’s work, or ability to put to use God’s gifts and call is simply blessing.

These are the two things I want you, please, to remember - abortion is a blessing and our work is not done. Let me hear you say it: abortion is a blessing and our work is not done. Abortion is a blessing and our work is not done. Abortion is a blessing and our work is not done.


These were the concluding remarks from a sermon given by the Rev. Katherine Ragsdale, dean of the Episcopal Divinity School.

Some wonder if our nation is under a curse. Some wonder if the hand of judgment has come to our shores. Some wonder if God has turned His back on His people.

I wonder if God’s people see they have turned their back on their God.

We read in Revelation 2:20 the following rebuke, “Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.”

Let us pray for Katherine Ragsdale. Let us pray for the Episcopalians. Let us pray for our nation. And let us all repent.

1 comment:

  1. I seriously can't understand how this person has ever read the Bible. How many times is sacrifice mentioned in the Bible? It amazes me that she considers any Abortion a blessing, but especially the blessing that a woman's golas need not be compromised by the inconvenience of a baby. The same argument could be used to support a rapist killing his victim - he is enjoying the "blessing" of expressing his sexuality as God has given it without being hindered with the inconvenience of a witness.

    Prayer is the only weapon we have against this level of selfishness.

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