A Light in Defense of the Unborn

You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;' but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. 'It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,' but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery. 'Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,' but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black. But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one. 'You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'* But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you. 'You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor,* and hate your enemy.*' But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven.

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	A Light in Defense of the Unborn

Author: Teresa Tyszkiewicz,
Love One Another! 18/2011 → Science and Faith

In April of 2007 Mexico City’s Legislative Assembly, thumbing its nose at the legislatures of the rest of the country, passed a law legalizing first-trimester abortions.

On April 24, the Basilica of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City offered up a Holy Mass for the unborn, the victims of abortion. Several thousands of the faithful attended. Suddenly, in the course of the Mass, a wondrous light began to emanate from inside the Image at the level of the Madonna’s womb. The light grew in intensity and took on the shape of a human embryo. Though clear and white, it was not a dazzling light, so that one could see features and movements characteristic of an embryo in a mother’s womb. Photographs taken by witnesses caught the miraculous phenomenon.

Our Lady of Guadalupe is revered as the protectress of unborn children. The miraculous Image portrays her as pregnant. On April 24, 2007, she worked a momentous miracle, drawing the attention of those praying to her to Jesus, the Incarnate Word, while He was still an unborn child. In this way she was calling on the faithful to take up a decisive struggle in defense of the life of unborn children.

Human life begins at the moment of conception and it is sacred. Every human being at every stage of his or her development, but especially while in the mother’s womb, in old age, and when incurably ill, has the right to life and unconditional respect. Euthanasia and the legal murder of unborn children are monstrous crimes and travesties of justice, the greatest single menace to humanity and modern civilization. It is Jesus Himself, through the teachings of the Catholic Church, who tells us that, “Abortion and euthanasia are crimes which no human law can claim to legitimize. There is no obligation in conscience to obey such laws; instead there is a grave and clear obligation to oppose them by conscientious objection” (John Paul II, Evangelium vitae 23).

Teresa Tyszkiewicz

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The above article was published with permission from "Love One Another!" in August 2016.

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