(Part 4 of 5 Series on Our Eucharistic Faith and Pro-Life Commitment)
Two lessons each person needs to learn are, “1. There is a God. 2. It isn’t me.” The Eucharist, as the perfect sacrifice, acknowledges that God is God, and that “it is [His] right to receive the obedience of all creation.” (Sacramentary, Preface for Weekdays III).
Abortion, on the contrary, proclaims that a mother’s choice is supreme. “Freedom of choice” is considered enough to justify even the dismemberment of a baby. Choice divorced from truth is idolatry. It is the opposite of true worship. It pretends the creature is God.
Real freedom is found only in submission to the truth and will of God. Real freedom is not the ability to do whatever one pleases, but the power to do what is right.
Peace and Blessings,
Fr. Ken