We live in a time that calls for heroes.
Tim Roach of Fairbault, MN was an
out of work electrician. His
unemployment benefits were about to run out when he received a phone call
offering a job making 65-70k a year for
at least 11 months. Unfortunately, the
job offer was for the construction of a Planned Parenthood Clinic in St. Paul,
MN. (Planned Parenthood is the largest
provider of abortions in the US). What
did this Catholic father of a 9 year old boy and 11 year old daughter do? He turned down the offer. As his wife said, “Through this whole process, our faith has deepened. We feel like it was a test of our
faith. We chose to stand by our faith.” Amen!
(Source: TheCatholicSpirit.com)
Tim Roach and his family are heroes.
Several
years ago, Planned Parenthood decided to build a new abortion clinic in Austin,
Texas. As they began planning for its
construction they encountered a problem, no construction company in the area
wanted to participate in such a project.
It started with one Christian owner calling his colleagues and urging
them to live up to their convictions.
The call kept spreading, and soon not a single construction company
within 60 miles of Austin would take on the project of building this abortion clinic. These
construction workers are heroes.
Many of you
have taken part in prayerful vigils like 40 Days for Life (DFL). We don’t often see the fruits of such heroic
witnesses. Last spring, a woman and her two-year-old stopped by 40 DFL in Milwaukee.
She wanted to show sidewalk counselors her little boy, alive today due to
pro-lifers’ sidewalk counseling efforts. The mother had gone to the clinic
seeking an abortion and had encountered these witnesses to life. In talking with them, she changed her mind. This past fall 821 babies were spared
abortion through the witness of faithful pro-lifers. Since 40 Days for Life began 6749 babies have been reported to be
saved. And these are only those we know of.
These pro-life witnesses are
heroes.
And of course this care
for the unborn doesn’t end there.
Jennifer Dunnett, is a member of the Servants of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
an apostolate dedicated to the defense of human life. Jennifer was praying at the abortion clinic in Madison, WI when
she encountered a young pregnant couple who didn’t feel they had any other options outside of
an abortion. Jennifer talked to them,
loved them, and was able to direct them toward resources that could be of
assistance. Jennifer even helped
organize a baby shower for them! That
young couple chose to give life to their baby.
And Jennifer? The couple invited
her to the hospital where the birth of Baby Zion took place. Jennifer
later worked with them to bring their child to God in Baptism. Jennifer
is a hero.
Every single one of us has a heroic role to play in what has been called
“the defining issue of our day.” There is no age so corrupt that saints can’t
flourish. The examples described, are
simply accounts of regular men and women of faith taking a stand in whatever
large, or small way, was presented to them.
They are heroes of our time. May
each and every one of us do likewise.
God
bless you!
Phil Lawson, MTS
Pastoral Associate
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