This past Sunday was
Mercy Sunday. Our priest gave a great homily on the necessity of the
Mercy of God through the Sacrament of Confession but also for us, being members
of the Body of Christ, our necessity of doing His work. Works like feeding
the hungry, clothing the poor, burying the dead and so on.
I was incredibly moved
by his homily because when he began speaking on the need of protecting the
defenseless I couldn't help but picture a young person in the womb whose heart
is being stopped intentionally through abortion. Who is more defenseless
than a baby not yet born? And what are
we doing to defend him or her? You see, a 6 week-old embryo is just that,
a baby. A young one but a baby
nonetheless.
This young one, this
person who was conceived into this world only six weeks prior already has a
beating heart. This living organism is
growing, therefore is alive. Its parents are human beings therefore IT is
a human being. A living human being growing in the womb with its own
distinct DNA, different from either of its parents.
Our call as Christians
is to have mercy on those who need it. This entails us to DO something to
those who need our support and protection. How much have we done to help
these defenseless human beings from dying horribly?
These babies not only
have a beating heart at 6 weeks gestation, they also develop earlobes, fingers,
have a brain and can even move their limbs.
These babies even have fingernails by the end of the twelfth week of
gestation which is the end of the first trimester when most abortions occur.
Let us not neglect our Christian
duty by ignoring this holocaust. It is
indeed a holocaust of massive proportions. Around 6 million Jews died
during those years while there are about 1.5 million abortions A YEAR in this
country alone. That comes to about 55 million dead babies since Roe v.
Wade passed in 1973.
Let’s stand up and be
counted. Let’s do whatever we can to reduce the number of abortions a
year by voting for those who have pro-life stands into office that they may
institute pro-life laws.
God Bless
Nathan
Nathan
Awesome post, Nathan. I don't think there are enough priests preaching the pro-life message. We Catholic families, too, need to speak out on the end of abortion. It is our duty to elect pro-life politicians also. We had a Democratic politician come to a Catholic Veteran's group I belong to and try to get our votes. I asked what his stand on abortion was and he actually said the abortion was the law, and although he was personally pro-life, he felt that the national budget needed more attention. Needless to say, he lost my vote, and he did not get elected. This is a highly pro-life state and Catholics are only about 15% of the population. Just an interesting fact.
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