In the USA, this week is the anniversary of the Supreme Court's legalization of abortion in 1973. This decision legalized millions of serial killings. Thankfully, this decision was overturned a few years ago at the federal level, but its diabolical ideas continue powerfully today in our culture of death.
However, there is hope, because there is Jesus. Jesus, the Way, the Truth, and the Life (Jn 14:6), has already conquered death (see Rm 6:9). We must commit ourselves to the "new covenant" of Jesus (see Heb 8:8; Jer 31:31ff). We must live our Baptisms as fully active members of the Body of Christ, the Church. We are members of the Church that has been given the "authority to expel demons" and to "preach the good news" of Jesus (Mk 3:14-15). By obedience to the Lord — especially to His call to pray and fast (Mt 17:21, NAB) — we will displace our culture of death with a civilization of love and life. There is hope in Jesus and only in Jesus.
| PRAYER: | Father, may I die to myself to save lives and to lead others to You. |
| PROMISE: | "Truth shall spring out of the earth, and justice shall look down from heaven." –Ps 85:12 |
| PRAISE: | St. Francis de Sales said: "I would rather give an account to God for too great gentleness than for too great severity." |
Reprinted with permission from Presentation Ministries, a lay association of the Catholic Church that focuses on evangelization and discipleship through Bible teaching, daily Mass, the charisms of the Holy Spirit, and Small Christian Community. Their ministries include:
· One Bread, One Body
· Daily Bread Radio Program
· Annual Bible Institute
· Discipleship Retreats
· Guadalupe Bible College