Reflection
1 Samuel 18: 6-9; 19:1-7
Psalm 56
Mark 3:7-12
Need help? Just ask! In our gospel reading today, Jesus is well underway with His ministry and the people are beginning to see Him for who He really is – someone who can be counted on to help us whenever we need His help.
The healing Jesus gave people was not random. Each miracle was intended to grow that soul closer to God in a loving relationship where people understand that God cares for them on a very personal basis.
Today we celebrate the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children.
The greatest miracle we experience in this world is the miracle of life. Each and every baby that is conceived is a miracle and clear reflection of God’s great love for us. And yet, today we consider the demonic stuff done to destroy God’s children as something to be treasured as special and brave. That is just plain sad.
The perverse way we value the unborn has crept its way into every aspect of life. Violence, shooting and killing people has become acceptable as a means of forcing one’s will on another. In her speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said “…the greatest destroyer of peace today is the cry of the innocent unborn child. For if a mother can murder her own child in her own womb, what is left for you and for me to kill each other?”
We are called to treasure each life as a genuine gift from God, not something we get to choose to destroy. We have to treasure that unborn child and we can’t stop there – we need to care for the mother, father and the child after that baby is born.
Are you someone who claims a woman has the right to choose? Spend time considering what you are really thinking. It is wrong. Simply wrong.
Give God your prayer today with a great big smile!