The Gospels are filled with stories about Lord Jesus’ healing the sick. It is not simply their infirmities and suffering that draws his attention to them: it is their faith in the midst of infirmities and suffering that captures his notice.
Once again, the proponents of abortion under their hackneyed banners of “reproductive rights” and “women’s health,” are rallying against pro-life supporters and others who are voicing their outrage at Planned Parenthood’s selling of dismembered aborted fetus’ parts, as discussed by executives on recently revealed videotapes.
(Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., preached this homily Aug. 14 in St. Mary Church, Colts Neck, where he celebrated the Vigil Mass for the Solemnity of Our Lady of the Assumption. Following the Mass, Bishop O’Connell blessed the parish’s new outdoor prayer garden and newly restored Marian Grotto.)
Watching all of the political craziness that surrounds the 2016 presidential campaign as it currently unfolds, commentators seem to be focused on a common theme: people are angry. Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike are angry with Washington, D.C., and the direction our government and our country have taken in the last decade. So many candidates make promises that none of them keep. And they are not helping calm people’s fears.
I am sure that most people who have watched recent video revelations and news reports showing the harvesting and selling of organs and body parts from aborted human fetuses by Planned Parenthood are horrified.