Solemnity of All Saints (November 1, 2026)
Solemnity of All Saints (November 1, 2026)

As children of God, we were created to worship God. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that, “God’s first call and just demand is that man accept him and worship him.” (CCC, 2084) The act of abortion is the antithesis of the worship imagery presented in the Book of Revelation. Here a great multitude from every nation, every race, and tongue are gathered before the throne to worship God. With abortion, an innocent life of the human family, willed into existence by God, is intentionally terminated and deprived of the faculty to worship. In abortion, an innocent life of the human family, willed into existence by God, is intentionally terminated and deprived of the faculty to worship.

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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 25, 2026)
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 25, 2026)

In the passage from Exodus, one of the social laws that people must observe is the care of “aliens,” widows, and orphans. Another word for “alien” is “immigrant.”

While the pro-life movement rightly spends a lot of energy defending the sanctity of life from conception to natural death, the focus naturally tends to be on those controversial issues surrounding the beginning and end of human life (abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia).

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