The Voice of Truth Will Never Go Out

In some recent conversations, watching the news, and following some posts on face-book I could not help but notice that compassion on a spiritual level, one that keeps God in mind always looks to the good even in the light of any possible human suffering and one that chooses the good regardless of what society may wish.  Allow me to explain and please be patient as this unfolds.

When I read St. Paul’s letter to the Galatians for this Sunday’s 2^nd reading there was a verse which made me recall all of the above, the verse in which he writes, “God set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace.”  I thought about that and how God knows us from the very beginning of our HUMAN existence which takes place at the moment of our conception.  Allow me for arguments sake to move the life of St. Paul forward into our own day and to go a step further.  What if St. Paul’s mother became pregnant out of wedlock at the age of seventeen in our 21^st century?  Human compassion as it is understood now allows for St. Paul’s mother to decide if she will go through with the pregnancy or abort it.  Human compassion when it becomes devoid of God turns into false compassion which would call out to the mother with the following reasoning.

1)   You are too young to have a baby

2)   How will you take care of that child

3)   It is not fair to bring that child into the world to live with little to no means

4)   You had plans to go to college, find a job, and finally a husband, this will set you back

5)   Having a child out of wedlock may bring you shame

6)   How will you walk through the hallways in school with a belly with everyone knowing you are pregnant

All of the above is false compassion and if the mother goes through with the abortion then there would never have been a St. Paul!

False compassion if I may suggest rather strongly is actually demonic in nature as it is based on the lies of Satan, an angel of Light who at first looks beautiful, seemingly right, reasonable, and good, but when we dig a little we begin to notice that – that light is void of life, is actually ugly, unreasonable, and evil.

Let’s take a look at how false compassion works.  Just recently in the State of NY they are trying to pass a law onto consumers that they must be 21 years old to buy cigarettes.  Many laws have been passed where people can no longer smoke in restaurants, bars, and even the work place.  Some of these laws are good, since smoking is not healthy, however it is not illegal to smoke in your private place or in some places outside, but it is ridiculous to make the age 21 before someone wishes to smoke, when at the same time NY is trying to pass a law that will allow a 12 year old girl to go to a pharmacy and purchase the after morning pill in order to not become pregnant or to terminate any conception that has already taken place, all done without even the supervision of a parent or guardian.  However, if a 20 year old soldier just back from Iraq, a decorated combat veteran who has placed his life in harm’s way asks for a cigarette he will be denied because he must be 21.  These laws are upside down because compassion has been skewed and misdirected.

Another example is that if someone destroy an eagle egg they can be charged with a federal offense, but if a doctor performs an abortion and kills a HUMAN being there is no penalty, not only is it not a penalty but it has been twisted into a good, all in the name and protection of a person’s choice, again compassion has been redirected through lies from the father of lies.

If you remember sometime ago Michael Vick found himself in a world of trouble for sponsoring dog fights and even for the cruel, unjust, and torturous behavior towards dogs.  He was rightfully punished, because it is sinful to harm an animal for harm’s sake or for one’s pleasure, it is sick actually.  If you recall, the Michael Vick story received unbelievable amounts of attention and air time in the media,hour after hour, day after day, for weeks on end.  Michael Vick had become the world’s biggest monster.  However, when Doctor Gosnell was arrested for the killing of babies who had survived botched abortions the media only covered it for a few days and then buried the story, no real outcry, not nearly the attention Michael Vick received for killing dogs.  As a society we are more outraged at cruelty to animals than to human beings or even eagle eggs.

My friends please don’t misunderstand me, I like animals and cruelty to animals should not go unpunished, but when compared to human beings, well there is no comparison in terms of the value and dignity of a human life.

In the end it all comes down to choice or the power of choice.  Radicals keep harping about choice, be it a women’s choice to end the life of a human being in her womb, be it the choice to allow a twelve year old girl to purchase an after morning pill, be it a choice to give more airtime to a dog killer than a killer of human lives, be it a choice to end someone’s life via assisted suicide because it is more compassionate to end a life than to allow someone to remain on the Cross with Christ.   Human suffering is very hard, almost unbearable, but to end a life simply due to compassion is wrong,  Job did not end his life nor did Christ come down from the Cross, but rather through their suffering they brought peace to others and in the case of Christ He brought us salvation.  False compassion says, “Jesus, get down from that Cross, Job just give up, and to all of you just choose what’s good for you.”  All of it is based on lies.  Compassion is taken and twisted looking as though it was a good, but in fact it becomes evil, no different than what we do when we sin, we justify it.

My friends I feel very strongly about all of this.  Society is moving in the wrong direction, leaders simply appease people or their voters; we have become more and more hedonistic.  St. Paul is clear, “God set me apart from my mother’s womb.”  That means God is already in relationship with a person, in this case St. Paul.  I cannot understand either on a biblical level or through my understanding of the natural law how a person can actually believe they have a choice to terminate a human life in the womb?

What are we to do about it?  We must become a voice that shouts from the roof tops that this is wrong and invite people back to the Gospel Truth, one that is understood via Scripture but also through common sense.  Some will shut us out, others will mock us, and eventually the way society is heading we will be labeled as people of hate, hate speech will be made a crime (already the case in Canada), intolerant and slowly things will be taken away from us, and maybe that which we preach may even one day be considered criminal.  But that will not stop us because we speak in behalf of Christ.

Nothing stopped St. Paul, he didn’t care if they whipped him, stoned him, dragged him through the streets, he preached and preached because even though they killed him in the end and now he is a glorious martyr they could never extinguish his voice because the voice of Christ will never go out, Amen!