This weekend we celebrate our Respect for Life. The family is the foundation of our society. We have the right to marry and establish a family, the home is sacred, a worker is entitled to a standard of living suitable to himself and his family, the family, fatherhood, motherhood and childhood are to be protected. Parents have the right to choose the education of their children.
All life is to be respected.
These ideas are basic to our Catholic way of life. At times our nation has stood up for life as when we said that slavery was wrong. At other times we have failed to support life as when we allow partial birth abortion. Then taking a small leather pouch from his pocket he brought out a very small round mirror about the size of a quarter. One day, on the road, I found several broken pieces of a mirror.