Pro-life reflections and intercessions related to the Sunday readings
Just as St. Paul exhorts the strong to serve the weak because Christ “did not please Himself”, we Catholics, with “one voice” should defend the weakest among us, including the pre-born, the elderly, and the disabled. The doctrine of the resurrection of the body is a consoling truth of our faith, especially when we think of those “little ones” who have been killed so gruesomely.
Read MoreJesus urges us to be vigilant. We must not allow ourselves to forget that He will return soon. We can be tempted to live life according to our own selfish desires, but St. Paul warns us to resist such a temptation. Drunkenness, promiscuity, and lust are all distractions from our true happiness.
Read MoreBy now, many Catholics and institutions have set up the manger scene, the representation of the birth of the little child Jesus that was popularized by St. Francis.
Let us make use of these representations of Jesus’ birth in order to grow in our piety. It also gives witness to our pro-life cause, for it shows in all its splendor the dignity and beauty of the Little Babe who was in Mary’s womb.
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