Sanctuaries are much in the news these days. Sanctuary cities are providing protection for
people who may face deportation under newly imposed orders affecting
undocumented immigrants. We have
wildlife sanctuaries, marine sanctuaries, and sanctuaries in our churches. Sanctuaries are where we seek protection and
safety.
At the Opening Mass for the March for Life on Thursday,
January 26, Cardinal Dolin spoke about the primal sanctuary, the mother’s womb.
When we violate this most sacred
sanctuary, no other sanctuary remains safe.
I would urge everyone to follow the link and read his message.
I watched the 2017 March for Life coverage on EWTN for about
six hours. For the first time in
history, the vice-president of the United States spoke a strong pro-life
message at the rally. While there has
been much criticism of Donald Trump’s first days in office, one cannot deny the
glimmer of hope we now have that Roe v. Wade may someday be overturned. Imagine how different the mood at the Rally
would have been different had the election gone the other way.
Now, acceptance of euthanasia appears to be spreading like
darkness over society. As one speaker so
aptly put it, once we lose respect for the beginning of life and the end of
life, we lose respect for what lies in between.
The evidence is apparent in the senseless killing of innocent lives we
hear about most everyday.
Liberal minds view anyone who voted for Donald Trump as a
bigoted hate monger. Nothing could be
further from the truth. Oh yeah, you can
find a few who supplant the message and twist it to fit their own sick
agenda. Jascha Heifetz is quoted as
saying, "No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find
some people on your side that you wish were on the other side."
The country is now in an uproar because Trump imposed a
travel ban on those coming from primarily Muslim countries. The question seems to be whether the ban
targets a specific religion. Where were
the protesters when Obama’s healthcare mandates targeted Catholic institutions,
businesses, hospitals, and orphanages?
Trump was elected by those who saw respect for human life in
a frightening decline. They saw
government encroaching on freedom of religion by mandating immoral
behavior. They saw the basic rights to
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness being eroded. The other candidate would have exacerbated
the problem. We had no choice.
