How Shall we Change The World?

With the selection of a new supreme court justice, talk again arises of the possibility of overturning Roe V. Wade. Discussion in the political and religious sphere is going wild, and it's certainly a question that must be asked.



Consider, for a moment, that such a case is overturned. The questions must be, how can we sustain that? If we woke up tomorrow and Roe V. Wade was gone, what would be the response? Certainly we would rejoice, but I am certain the backlash would be enormous; laws among liberal states would be expanded in protest, and the the political fighting would be bloody.



Now, I'm not saying we shouldn't overturn such a case, as the case is a very matter of life and unjust murder. But how do we sustain it? How do we push to truly achieve a society that values life, from conception to natural death?



It must happen at the lowest level. It must happen at the community and family level. We may not be able to change such laws right now, but we can, we must, change people.



When discussion arises, when we are called to respond, do we shy away, or seek to give a charitable and clear account for the truth? Do we seek to at least, when we have the chance, make people think? "If Catholics truly live like Catholics, the world would be converted overnight!"(Mother Angelica, I apologize for butchering the quote from memory). If we could each convince ONE person of the sanctity of life, of the evil of abortion, of why it may be wrong, we would AT LEAST double our numbers! We must change the culture before we can hope to dissolve such unjust laws and "rights". We may fail. We may struggle and suffer. But it is a victory if we can witness the Truth, by the Grace of God, to one person.



Everyday we must seek this, for what matters is the love with which small deeds are done.



Please pray for the conversion of sinners, and for my unworthy self in my time of need.



Memento Mori.