life abundant

When John Paul II was alive often times he would stand in Rome and look out across the Atlantic Ocean and he would point out that the American Society had become a culture of death.  

He was trying to help us see that we had lost the splendor of life.

Today in Washington many come to march for life.  The act itself of marching reminds us that it isn't enough to take a stand for life, we must together march, to be united in moving forward.  Only together can this culture of death be transformed can the splendor of life return.  

On this day of penance as we mourn the roe v. wade decision; as we look back over the past 35 years and are overwhelmed by the number of babies who were never given the opportunity to  breathe, to laugh, to love, to hurt, to grow, to smile, to frown, to live some 48 million babies, we gather to march forward lamenting yet hoping that one day life will once again be seen as the greatest miracle on earth. 

Together we transform this culture of death into a culture of life abundant!