I know a person whose mother wanted to abort her the entire
time that baby was in the womb. I pray for that person, who grew up cursed by
her mother.
I pray for God’s mercy and justice to prevail.
I know a person who curse his parent, but repented and went
to confession. I pray that curse is lifted through mortification and
contrition.
Many people say thing they think they do not mean.
Many people, more than one would like to think, do not want
their children.
We need to reach out to those children who have grown up
under a death sentence of rejection and pain.
Reading both St. John of
Vianney and Garrigou-Lagrange over the past two weeks, I am struck by the
awareness of how far our culture, our society has fallen away from
Christianity. I am too aware of how accommodating the Catholic leaders in our
parishes, our dioceses, have been towards evil.
Too often in America
We have forgotten Who God Is. America
A friend of mine told me that she is so tired of rude
people. She is so tired of bullies. She meets these people daily in her place
of work.
She has no recourse; believe it or not, as these people are
customers and the customers are always right. If one of her fellow workers
treated her the way these people do, that person could be fired or fined. But,
not the public.
Her only defense is great humility and prayer. She must see
that God has allowed these people to be horrible to her. Like King David’s
response to Shimei, she must think, God has allowed this, therefore, I must
endure this.
Try, I say to my friend. Please try to let go the hurt in
your soul and mind from rude and even ignorant people.
God is allowing this trial for you to endure for some
reason.
And, think of Christ’s Passion. He is God, and yet, He
allowed Himself to experience horrible rudeness, blasphemy, unbelievable
torture of both mind and body, for our sake.