Having posted my list of ten things that eat at my heart day and night, I now want to say I desire only peace. I do oppose abortion on almost all grounds. However, Tay-Sachs disease is a horror.
Fr. Michael Cassagram, OCSO told someone in the lobby of the Abbey of Gethsemani recently, we should pray for positive things to occur. I've been thinking about that, and decided that the ten things needed posting first, so my feelings could be clear, and then I can repudiate my anger and say, "I pray for peace."
The entire Christian world, not just the Catholic Church, is ripped apart right now, and the enemy is we ourselves. Hard to blame Islam for the plummeting numbers in churches across Europe and the United States. And what is causing all this? Our lack of peace with each other. Our lack of peace with ourselves.
When people are contentious -- God forbid I should be such a person, Ha! -- usually their anger is from within and is born of a feeling of powerlessness. Too many voices are unheard and it causes untold amounts of pain and suffering. So why do we keep crushing voices that don't agree with us?
Power. Clutching to power.
Now, I think that stem cell research is fine so long as you don't kill a fetus to get that cell. They can get the cells from the umbilical cord. You do not have to kill a fetus to get it. Do I think that killing a fetus is murder? Why, as a matter of fact, yes, I do.
Do I think it is the only thing in the world to pray for, or worry about, or obsess over? Absolutely not. The reason this all came up today was because of my Lectio on those three little verses from the previous post.
I have sworn off causes many times here, so here is another time. You can keep count for me, because I gave up counting long ago. All I have to offer are my prayers. Maybe that should be all you, and the rest of the world should offer.
Pray.
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