Looking back in history, I am struck by the intensity of debates of issues that seem meaningless or very difficult to understand today. As well, being in the Easter Season and hearing the readings from the Acts of the Apostles, we can only dimly understand the questions that roiled the apostles in the early Christian churches. It has struck me that the same is true in our time. In my many decades in the pro-life movement, I’ve been involved in intense debates about all aspects of the abortion and euthanasia issues and the legislation and methods to overcome, defeat, or restrict them. As intense as these debates were at the time, many of them have faded now into history. This has caused me to reflect on one of the major roles of Priests for Life Canada.
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Lots of us celebrate an anniversary by going on a holiday. I decided I would go to visit my sister in Albuquerque, New Mexico while celebrating my 50th anniversary of activity in the pro-life movement. It may not surprise people that while I was there, I spent one morning picketing outside an abortuary that is notorious even by the lax New Mexico standards. This Southwestern Women’s Options abortuary specializes in late term abortions. New Mexicans doesn’t impose bubble zone injunctions. So we were there - literally on the edge of the parking lot - watching as women drove in from Texas and Oklahoma to have late term abortions in an otherwise unassuming facility. It was cold! As I was standing talking to the only other person who was the lone Truth Bearer at the abortuary…
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The good part about January is that, although it may not feel it, the days are getting longer. There are those signs of light that we all need in the midst of a quite blue Canadian January.
As Catholics our inspiration, our lights, are to be seen in the saints. I would like to suggest four saints to inspire us in our pro-life work.
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