The Gift of Life
Our Church proclaims various truths to the world. Some are more important than others. One of the important ones is that all human life from its beginning, through its middle, to its end is endowed with an inherent dignity regardless of whether the life in question belongs to the greatest of us or to the least of us. In every truth are implications. One of the implications of this truth is that we must respect life not disdain it, esteem it not despise it.
To disdain one aspect of human life is a slippery slope down which we slide into the delusion that there are good reasons to think similarly about other aspects of human life. But, there is no in-between. You cannot live in both worlds. The door between respect for life and disrespect for life must stay closed. Open this door and all mortals tremble because their own lives become vulnerable as Death passes through.
Death, the enemy of life, tries to circumvent the truth of the dignity of life with the odious tactic of pretending that human life is not human life but something less, something subhuman or something nonhuman. The tactic of dehumanization was used by the colonial powers against native Americans, by slave owners against their slaves, by the Holy Inquisition against so-called witches, by governments against their heinous criminals, by the Nazis against their enemies, by the abortion industry against fetuses, and by the allies of Death whenever living human beings stand in the way of their lethal purpose.
To protect our own lives we must protect all lives. Otherwise, what is our defense when our lives stand in the way of those who want to carve out an exception against us?
In the article, the Purpose of Mom and Dad, we learn that God put our parents on the earth so we would experience and come to know unconditional love. God wants us to appreciate unconditional love because that is the type of love He holds for us. And this is why abortion is such a horror because it is the antithesis of unconditional love.
Evil is triumphing when the answer to the question, "how did you die?" is "My mommy killed me." and we are not up-in-arms. Add up the number of abortions. Put is number of children in an immeasurably long line. Picture each of them saying one after another with a tear in their eyes, "My mommy killed me, my mommy killed me ..." and your heart will break. If it breaks your heart, think how much it breaks the heart of a mother who has had an abortion! 'Mommy, why did you kill me?' is no question any mother ought to face either now or later on judgment day. God did not put a mom on earth to kill her child. God did not put a dad on earth to encourage or force a mom to kill her child. It is a perversion of the law of nature whenever a mom or dad kills their child. Moms and dads are put on this earth to love and cherish their children fulfilling their mission of faithfully reflecting the immeasurable love that God holds for us. Only the evil one rejoices when a mom or dad kills their child. Those who know the loving nature of God mourn!
