Today people, many people, young and old, gather in Washington D.C. to march for life, to be the voice of the voice of the voiceless. The unborn cannot speak for themselves, so some one must stand up and defined the most vulnerable and innocent of our society.
For 39 years, since Roe V Wade, people have gathered on the front steps of the capitol to raise awareness that to legislate the killing of a child in his/her mother's room is an evil that must be stopped.
Society rises and falls on how it takes care of the most vulnerable. What does legalized abortion, the killing of children, tell us about our law makers?
Yesterday, we read the story of Jonah. God invited him to march for life in the city of Nineveh. After the one day march, this single person was able to get the people's attention and a change took place.
How much more if all of us chose to stand tall and march for life in our society!
We must be the modern day Jonah, convicted of the truth, willing to proclaim the message of God, life is a sacred gift that demands our protection. We must proclaim the message of the gospel of life.
WHo thinks that 53 millions abortions since 1973 is okay. We have a distorted sense of reality if this is okay.
Today the church ask us to pray for the conversion of our society. we should fast, do penance, pray extra. Then we should also act as well.
The words of Martin Luther King Jr comes to mind.
"God who ha given us a mind for thinking and body for working would defeat his own purpose if he permitted through prayer what can come by work and intelligence. prayer is a marvelous and necessary supplement for our feeble efforts but a dangerous substitute."
We can no longer be bystanders or spectators. Like Jonah, we must get involved and stand tall and speak the message God has given us.
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