I Nearly Wept

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In a change of pace from my recent posts...

(Borrowed from Tennessee Right to Life website)

I feel the need to share the grave remorse that I feel for our nation and our culture as I watch the National March for Life, which is currently happening in Washington, D.C.  As I watch live coverage, there are times during which I am on the verge of weeping.

Quite simply, I am grieved that people in our country could ever support and justify the killing of innocent lives.  Moreover, I am astonished that our government(s), which have been founded upon the primary responsibility of protecting the rights of every person, could sanction such killing.

There is no excuse, no justification for the atrocities that have been perpetrated over the past 36 years.  And, because some ideologues still try to make excuses and justifications, my heart breaks.  Yes, my heart is broken: for those children who will never experience life; for those parents who may never know the joy of loving those particular children; for the people who are involved in the process of killing babies.

The evil must cease!  If it does not, the very foundation of our society and culture will be eroded, and we will all become "disposable" at some point.  That cannot happen!  We are all worthy of life; we are all worthy of being defended from attacks on our being!

Friends, please join me in prayer and penance.  We must make reparation for 36 years of institutionalized evil; for the social sin that is so prevalent among us.  Offer Rosaries, Masses, fasting, and other forms of prayer.  God will hear those prayers and receive those sacrifices; He will use them to bring about beautiful things, even in the face of such grave evil.

God bless! 

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