Pro-life reflections and intercessions related to the Sunday readings
We have each been given gifts for which we will be called to account. The greatest of our gifts is our own vocation, and we are called to live this faithfully: priests are called to be diligent pastors to their parishioners; parents, loving and faithful guardians of their children. We may be afraid of failing in our duties; afraid of the responsibility our vocations require, but we cannot allow fear to prevent us from achieving fulfillment in our vocation.
Read MoreThe book of Wisdom encouraged Jews in their faith as they tried to live observantly in a Hellenized culture. As in their time, with growing scientific knowledge and a plurality of philosophical systems from which to seek wisdom, we Catholics need to see anew the wisdom in our own rich tradition.
Read MoreAs 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 which takes place in practically every corner of our world is the antithesis of the worship imagery presented in Revelation, where a great multitude from every nation, every race and tongue, are gathered before the throne to worship God. 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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