Pro-life reflections and intercessions related to the Sunday readings
In 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.
Read MoreIn today’s poignant Gospel, the Syrophoenician woman whose young daughter was possessed by an “unclean spirit”, throws herself down at Jesus’ feet in the posture of a humble supplicant and begs for healing and exorcism for her beloved daughter. The first reading tells us that God has filled His children with good hope. Let us pray that our hearts will be filled with a renewed hope for an end to abortion and euthanasia in Canada.
Read MoreIn his long journey, Elijah did not encounter God in heavy wind, earthquake, or fire, but unexpectedly in “a sound of sheer silence”. How true that many of the most important things in life – falling in love, the first stirrings of conscience and remorse, the conception of a child – occur in this silent way, without fanfare.
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