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Register Radio: Lent and HHS Mandate Update

Author Paula Huston and Register Blogger Jimmy Akin

Friday, February 17, 2012 12:44 PM Comments (2)

In the first segment of Register Radio, author Paula Huston spoke about some simple practices that Catholics can do to observe the season of Lent. Huston is the author of “Simplifying the Soul: Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit” - Lenten retreat that offers daily meditations and practices to help the faithful work toward greater humility and simplicity.

“When we slow down, even things like how we do the dishes can become a prayer,” said Huston. She said that she hopes the book can offer ideas for “busy modern people who don’t live in monastaries.”

During the show she encouraged people to “start with what you can do,” and offered one practical idea that could help make Lent more fruitful. To find out what it is, listen to today’s show.

In the second segment, National Catholic Register blogger Jimmy Akin dissected the Health and Human Service’s mandate so-called “accommodation.” According to Akin it’s a deception that’s actually worse than the original policy.

“The previous policy allowed some Churches to not cover contraception and abortion-inducing drugs,” said Akin. “This policy changes that so that every insurance company has to offer them. It expands the availability of contraceptive and abortion-inducing medications, resulting in the Church to be involved in something gravely evil.”

As always, Register Radio airs today on EWTN’s affiliates at 2 p.m. EASTERN, and re-airs on Saturday at 7:00 a.m. EASTERN or Sunday at 11:00 a.m. EASTERN. You can also listen to the show after it airs on the Register Radio page or download the podcast for later listening.

 

Filed under hhs mandate, jimmy akin, lent, paula huston

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Marbury vs. Madison 5 US(2Cranch)
“....the particular phraseology of the constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written constitutions, that a law repugnant to the constitution is void, and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument”.
The “Birth Control Mandate” is not really about contraception or women’s rights.  It is an attack against the rights to freedom of religion, freedom of speech and of the press.  If the right to freedom of religion is breached, it would not be long before unconstitutional laws taking away our other freedoms, are forced upon us.  This is a line in the sand.

lord the good shepherd

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Tim Drake is an award-winning journalist and author. He serves as senior writer with the National Catholic Register. His articles have appeared in publications such as Faith and Family magazine, Our Sunday Visitor, Catholic World Report, Catholic Exchange.com, Columbia Magazine, Gilbert! Magazine, This Rock Magazine, and many others. Tim has been a guest on both television and radio. He has appeared on Vatican Radio, FOX News, and EWTN. He is a frequent guest on Sirius XM Satellite Radio's The Catholic Channel. He co-hosts the weekly radio program "Register Radio" on EWTN, airing Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. Eastern. Tim has published six books - his most recent being the coffee-table book, Behind Bella: The Amazing Stories of Bella and the Lives it's Changed, (Ignatius Press, 2008) - and has contributed to several others.