Pro-life reflections and intercessions related to the Sunday readings
While all of us are sinners, we know Catholics who, despite their attendance at Holy Mass, stubbornly persist in grave sin. Today’s readings and Gospel instruct us on our responsibility and the importance of respectfully relating to sinners and leading them to repentance.
Read MoreHow often do we who strive to defend the sanctity of life feel like lamenting like the Prophet Jeremiah, who in the first reading was called by the Lord to be a prophet to Judah?
Just as Jeremiah expressed his frustration with the Lord for seemingly having duped him into proclaiming the Lord’s words and then facing rejection from those in authority, we Catholics today too must endure ridicule at the hands of a culture that doesn’t want to hear about the inherent dignity of the human person through all stages in life.
Read MoreIn today’s second reading, St. Paul pours out his heart in praise of the mysterious God who bends history towards redemption.
It might be hard to believe, and we may wonder how crimes against the dignity of the human person such as abortion and euthanasia fit into His designs, but God indeed allows all to sin that all might taste salvation. Despite man’s rebellion, God’s saving plan, in His infinite wisdom, moves forward.
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