Matthew Creswell

Married father of two sons, 20 and 11 🇺🇸🇻🇦 ✝️ Go Beavers! 🦫

[Matthew Creswell @creswellm]

@ZainabSana2622 It’s not right that you say this, because it will lead others to make poor decisions.

[Matthew Creswell @creswellm]

@DarrigoMelanie False. It’s abortion.

[Ojike Uzoma @Xtopher_Uzo]

When did Mary give birth to other sons and daughters?

When Jesus Christ was 12 years old, His parents were on a long journey when they realized He was missing. They eventually found Him in the Temple.
But who came looking for Him?

His father and His mother.

That is exactly what the Gospel of Luke tells us.

The Bible does not mention any brothers or sisters traveling with His parents, even though this was a long-distance journey.

Now, if Mary had several other children, where were they? Were they left behind during such a long journey?

Where were the remaining children?

Or are you trying to tell us that the age gap between Christ and His next sibling was 12 years?

I think this is a question Protestants need to ask themselves.

Let us even agree, for the sake of argument, that Mary and Joseph started having other children after the Temple incident.

Now, let's go further.

Jesus Christ began His public ministry at the age of 30. By then, Joseph had already disappeared from the Gospel narrative. It is generally understood that he had died before Christ began His ministry.

Yet by this time, the people of Nazareth were already saying, "Is this not the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon?" They also mentioned His sisters. This means, If Jesus truly had siblings, then there were at least four males and multiple females. (The Bible records this.)

That would mean that Joseph and Mary had at least four more sons and several daughters within an 18-year period, assuming Joseph died when Jesus was around 30 years old. While this is not impossible, it is certainly something worth thinking about.

It is also important to note that when the people of Nazareth referred to Jesus' "brothers" and "sisters," they were not referring to little children. They were referring to well-known adults in the town of Nazareth. How's that possible, considering their age difference?

Considering these facts, it makes much more sense that, during the Crucifixion, Jesus entrusted His mother to John, His beloved apostle. If Mary had several living sons, this action would have been highly unusual.

Using Biblical proof and Sacred Traditions (words of mouth), it is impossible to come to a conclusion that Mary had other Children.

[Dr. Abby Johnson @AbbyJohnson]

A child with disabilities is just as entitled to their right to life as a child without disabilities.

Aborting a child because of a handicap is evil.

[Natalie Jean Beisner @NJBeisner]

Every abortion debate eventually comes back to the same mistake or willful misconception:

People confuse developing with not fully human.

A newborn isn’t fully developed.
A toddler isn’t fully developed.
A teenager isn’t fully developed.

Development doesn’t determine human value.

From the moment of fertilization, that child is a living, genetically distinct human being with his or her own DNA. The same person who will later become a newborn, a toddler, and an adult.

The only thing that changes is size, location, and stage of development—not humanity.

And once we decide some innocent humans are less worthy of protection because they’re smaller, weaker, or more dependent, we’ve abandoned the very principle that every human life has inherent value.

The right to life isn’t just another right.

It’s the one every other right depends on.

[Fr Matthew P. Schneider, LC🇻🇦 @FrMatthewLC]

We need to pray for Church unity as the SSPX keeps planning to create a schism this week.

St. Peter & Paul, pray for unity.

[Ojike Uzoma @Xtopher_Uzo]

THE BLESSED VIRGIN, MARY REMAINED EVER-VIRGIN.

The Bible says that Joseph "knew her not until" she gave birth to Jesus Christ. But the Bible never says that Joseph knew her after she gave birth. If you believe the Holy Spirit inspired Scripture, then you must also believe that the Holy Spirit is not an author of confusion.

The text clearly tells us what did not happen before Christ's birth. It does not tell us that the opposite happened afterward.

Think about it this way. If I say, "I owned this car until 2023," that doesn't automatically mean I got rid of it in 2024. It simply tells you that up to that point, I still had it. You could come in 2024 or even 2026 and still find me driving the same car.

In the same way, "Joseph knew her not until she gave birth" does not prove that he had marital relations with her afterward. The word "until" does not, by itself, imply a change afterward.

If Scripture wanted to tell us that Joseph and Mary later had marital relations or other children together, it could have said so plainly. But it doesn't.

I conclude that Matthew 1:25 is not evidence against Mary's perpetual virginity. It simply tells us that Joseph did not know her before the birth of Christ, and it says nothing about any change afterward.

[Catholic Frequency @CatholicFQ]

In 1979, not long before he died, Archbishop Fulton Sheen gave his final interview to Marie Torre of WABC. The 5 most important things he said in the interview were....

1. Modern erotic culture is a failure of purpose, not merely a failure of rules.

2. The family depends on sacrificial love, not mutual self-satisfaction.

3. The human heart wants life, truth, and love in an absolute form; this desire points to God.

4. The Church cannot become credible by copying the world.

5. Children require moral formation, not permissive abandonment disguised as freedom.

When he gave this interview, no one knew it would be his. Let us never forget his wisdom.

[☩ 𝕁𝕄𝕋 ☩ @SecretFire79]

“But we have to abort our baby! The doctors told us it would have Down Syndrome!”🥴

This clip comes from Star Trek: The Next Generation, "The Masterpiece Society."
This clip shows a good argument against abortion.

In the end, the blind man who would have been terminated on her world solves her people's problem and saves them.

[EXΛNXC 🇻🇦 @exanxc]

There are 3 Popes mentioned in the Bible according to Early Church Fathers.

[Matthew Creswell @creswellm]

@_wej01 FYI This isn’t an abortion.

[Matthew Creswell @creswellm]

@HomemakingLady There has never been a single person who has ever existed for whom Jesus Christ did not die.

[Fr. Joseph Krupp @Joeinblack]

I just saw the public discussion about Vance, not baptizing his children as infants.
To my Catholic Brothers and sisters, you should schedule a baptism as soon as possible for your kids.
One reason among many is the spiritual protection of your child. When we trace the cross on their head and claim the child for Christ, every demon, every angel can see that mark.
It matters.
For my brother priests, I beg you
in the name of Jesus, stop prohibiting baptism until parents jump through hoops.
I buried an infant this week whose pastor refused baptism for them. Enough with trying to control and protect yourself from feeling used.
Enough with the nonsense of “protecting the sacrament”.
Jesus doesn’t need you to protect him, but he does need you to protect the souls of these little ones.
If parents come to you seeking baptism for their child, you do it.

[Allie Beth Stuckey @conservmillen]

When my oldest was born, they refused to let me hold her because her oxygen levels were low. But I was persistent, and they eventually relented, allowing her to lay on my chest until the NICU nurse came to roll her away. When the nurse arrived, I asked that they check her oxygen levels one more time before taking her. They did. Oxygen: 100%. Perfect. The nurse shrugged and left. Our baby girl was healthy. She just needed me. My heartbeat, my warmth, my touch. She needed her mom.

Stories like this aren’t rare. Newborns need their moms to regulate their oxygen and heart rate. That’s why, when at all possible, most doctors and hospitals give baby to mom right away.

We know this when it comes to normal births, but when it comes to surrogacy - especially the kind when two men are purchasing a baby from a woman - the baby is immediately and intentionally taken away from his or her mom and given to two strangers. It is not surprising that these babies often undergo complications post-birth. Beyond that, we don’t fully know the physiological and psychological effect of robbing babies of their mothers at birth.

It’s worse treatment than we give puppies and kittens, but when it’s for “inclusion,” it’s celebrated.

Adoption is one thing - it redeems a broken situation. But surrogacy is another - it intentionally creates the broken situation.

Babies’ needs will always matter more than adults’ wants.

[Matthew Creswell @creswellm]

@BibleInContext1 The definition of the doctrine is not synonymous with the origin of why we believe what we do. By the way, the answer to the first question is Jesus.

[MrCasey @MrCasey62]

“The fact is Mary is the Mother of God. Therefore she has a role to play which can’t be discounted or ignored. That’s the way God wanted it to be. The first Protestant Reformers didn’t reject the title ‘Mother of God’—it never occurred to them.” ~ Fr. Hugh Barbour

[Secular Pro-Life @secularprolife]

"I already loved her and decided against it. She'll be 16 next month."

[Bryan Kemper 🇺🇸 @BryanKemper]

Abortion is murder.

[Kristan Hawkins @KristanHawkins]

When a child learns that his mother chose abortion, his reaction is often immediate:

"Wait... I had a brother or sister?"

Children instinctively understand what our culture works very hard to deny: abortion doesn't end a pregnancy. It ends the life of a child.

[Matthew Creswell @creswellm]

@LizzieMarbach The Holy Sacrament of the Altar is no longer bread and wine. 1 Corinthians 11