I read something on a Catholic message board the other that chilled my blood. The mother of one of a cognitively challenged brother in Christ had posted my piece “Special Love for Special Children” to the board, letting others know about the work of the Order of Alhambra does among God’s special children. Nothing unusual about that.
Nevertheless, one of the homosexual activists (at least it appears that way) on the list replied: “If I had Down’s Syndrome, I would hope that my parents would have the good sense to abort me because I could not lead a productive life.” This made me sick. Not only can we not reduce God’s creation to mere utility, but we Alhambrans know from our service to God’s special children that there would be much less Christ-like love in the world if we aborted all our special brothers and sisters in Christ. Yet such is the way of the culture of death.
That being said, John Pacheco a good friend of mine (and future Godfather to the daughter Sonya and I are expecting in November) in Ottawa is trying to organize a Eucharist Procession on Parliament Hill in order to assert the Culture of Life against the continuous on-slaught from the culture of death. Of course, John is hoping our American brethren (including my fellow Catholic Light blogmates) will support us as well. He’s got a number of local priests backing him, but still needs signatures to bring the Archbishop when he asks for permission. You can check out the petition here:
http://www.catholic-legate.com/main.html
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“I will abandon myself fully to the Holy Spirit, allowing myself to be led wherever and whenever the Spirit wants, accompanying the Spirit, for my part, with effective and strong resolutions and serious discernment… The Holy Spirit descends upon us with great gentleness, never with a racket.”–MotherCabrini