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Cuando muere un solo niño, el mundo llora.

Cuando mueren 40 millones, ¡el mundo pretende que no sucedió!


¿Quién responderá por los pequeñitos, por aquellos que no pueden hablar por
sí mismos?


Más de 150 personas de la Arquidiócesis de Miami han dicho presente, y han
contestado: “Envíame, Señor”. Como directora del Respeto a la Vida para la
Arquidiócesis de Miami, tendré el privilegio de dirigir nuevamente un gran grupo
de estudiantes de escuela superior y sus chaperones hasta Washington, DC el 20
de enero, para la Marcha Anual por la Vida.


Iniciaremos nuestra peregrinación de tres días con una visita al Museo
nacional del Holocausto. Allí los estudiantes verán con claridad el mal que el
ser humano es capaz de hacer a otros. También verán cómo el pueblo alemán
respondió: “No sabíamos”, cuando el horror del nazismo se reveló al final de la
Segunda Guerra Mundial. Entonces se les pedirá que consideren lo que las futuras
generaciones pensarán sobre nosotros, un pueblo que ponía fin a las vidas de sus
propios niños por medio del aborto electivo, a razón de uno cada 23 segundos. ¿Acaso
responderán también: “No sabíamos”?


El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica (#2270) declara: “La vida humana debe ser
respetada y protegida de manera absoluta desde el momento de la concepción.
Desde el primer momento de su existencia, el ser humano debe ver reconocidos sus
derechos de persona, entre los cuales está el derecho inviolable de todo ser
inocente a la vida”.


El 22 de enero marcharemos en la capital de nuestra nación como testigos
visibles de las enseñanzas de nuestra fe católica. Proclamaremos la santidad de
toda la vida humana y por nuestras acciones le declararemos a los 4,000
pequeñines que murieron ese día por el aborto, que rehusamos actuar como si no
hubiese sucedido, como si sus vidas no importaran.


I Corintios 9:16 dice: “Si anuncio el Evangelio, no lo hago para gloriarme:
al contrario, es para mí una necesidad imperiosa. ¡Ay de mí si no predicara el
Evangelio!”


Nuestra obligación es hablar a todo el que podamos, donde podamos, cuando
podamos, de manera que nadie pueda decir que no actuamos porque “no sabíamos”.


Todos estamos llamados a “predicar la verdad en AMOR”: amar a la joven madre
en la crisis de un embarazo, de manera que tenga el valor de dar vida a su hijo.
Amar a la mujer o al hombre que sufre por un aborto pasado, que tenga el valor
de recibir la misericordia sanadora de Dios.


Mi oración para este mundo es que pronto lleguemos al lugar donde se
encuentren la bondad y la verdad. Si podemos descubrir en todas las cosas la
voluntad de Dios y no la nuestra, entonces experimentaremos la paz que el Señor
quiere para nosotros.


Y cuando se escriba la historia final de la humanidad


y se pregunte:


¿quién habló por la VIDA?



  • ¿por los no nacidos?

  • ¿por las personas especiales?

  • ¿los enfermos?

  • ¿los ancianos?

  • ¿los pobres?


Cuando esa terrible y hermosa pregunta se le haga a la humanidad, ¡entonces
quiero mi nombre estampado en el Libro de la Vida junto al tuyo!


El Libro de la Vida


Joan Crown

Directora, Ministerio arquidiocesano del Respeto a la Vida


Comments from readers

Barbara Groeber - 01/22/2010 09:17 AM
Thirty seven years ago today, in a 7-2 vote, the highest court in our nation handed down the incomprehensible decision that our unborn children are really not people at all, and may be killed all nine months in the womb. Two subsequent rulings of the Supreme Court, Steinberg v Carhart and Gonzalez v Carhart, expanded the Roe v Wade decision to include the killing of babies who were already partially delivered. This procedure is known as Partial Birth Abortion.

We have been watching these children die at the astonishing rate of 4,000 a day, 365 days a year, for the past 37 years. These numbers, by the way, only represent the documented body count of those abortionists who turn in their statistics, the law does not require them to do so.

Last week a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, and who was the first to respond? Whenever and wherever there is a need, the heart of the American people is always so giving. In particular, I hear the voice of so many women that I know wanting to go and help the little children of Haiti who are suffering.

I am compelled to ask the obvious: America, why are we not outraged at the indiscriminate killing of our own children? Could it be because we cannot bring ourselves to believe that these are real children? Could it be that we cannot wrap our minds around the idea that there is a holocaust going on in the USA?

When was the last time you allowed yourself to look upon the human remains of an abortion procedure? I challenge you to go to this website: www.priestsforlife.org/resources/abortionimages/inc We cannot begin to address a problem we refuse to admit exists!

My prayers are with Joan, Dr. Jim Dugard, and all of these young people from the Archdiocese of Miami as they march for life today to the Supreme Court building. These students will be wearing backpacks with the name Fr. William Kidwell emblazoned on them. Fr. Kidwell so understood the plight of the unborn and the importance of educating our youth on the Life Issues, his faithfulness to the pro-life cause continues to inspire all of us! Joan, he is smiling down from heaven on all of you today!
Mr. Alexis Ibarra - 01/21/2010 08:20 AM
Joan,

I hope this small note finds you well and getting ready for another year in Washington. I wanted to send you word to let you know that you are in my prayers; many blessings for the Respect Life March. I am sorry not to be sharing the trip with you this year. In solidarity with all of you, my classes and I will be offering special prayers and making sacrifices for the lives of the unborn. My best to everyone attending, I pray for safety and conversion. Have a blessed trip.

God Bless you and all who are participating in the March for Life!!

ps. I look forward to reading all the student posts. Peace.
Br. Jay Rivera - 01/20/2010 12:49 PM
In every age and in every generation the Holy Spirit raises up prophetic voices to proclaim Truth. We must thank God that in our Archdiocese He has raised such voices among the young who will attend the March for Life this week. Let us support them with prayers and gratitude for bringing the Gospel of Life into the public arena. Hopefully the statement made by our young people and all those who will be present in Washington will be heard by our civil leaders and the citizens of the world.

The message is as simple as it is profound. Human life is priceless. It flows from the creative Word of the Father who became the Incarnate Logos. Like the second person of the Trinity, every human being has a special place in the eternal heart of the Father. So great is the Father's love for humanity that he bestows human nature on his only Son as a gift. So that through the Incarnation of his Son, the Father reveals himself to the world and draws the world into his divine life, revealing and affirming, once and for all, the dignity of human life.

Like the Apostles, our youngsters going to Washington, their sponsors and chaperones, the staff at the Office for Respect Life, their parishes, home schools and those who are supporting them locally are part of a great mission: to proclaim what God has revealed about himself and man�s relationship with him.

May God continue to bless the Office for Respect Life, the schools, parents, teachers, and young people who responded to this call as did Abraham and Mary.
Mary Salter - 01/19/2010 04:50 PM
Pro-lifers at St. John Neumann parish in Kendall who are not able to attend the March for Life in D.C. this year will also have an opportunity to commemorate this sad anniversary. We will gather at the intersection closest to the church at 5:30pm to pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary for Life. We will have signs, "Pray to End Abortion" and a large banner which reads "Since Jan 22 1973, Roe vs Wade, 50 million Babies Killed! Help us end the killing!" followed by the phone number of the Sunset Respect Life Office. We will light candles as dusk falls. Our parish is in a residential neighborhood and we are eager to show our neighbors driving by, driving home from work, that we are a pro-life parish. After the Rosary, we will have a song and prayer service led by our pastor at our "Garden of Innocents." Others interested in joining us are welcome!
Evalina Van Lengen - 01/19/2010 04:50 PM
Joan, I feel very honored to have been working with you for so many years. You have inspired so many people to be actively involved in the pro-life movement. I know the students will have an experience of a lifetime and I pray that this will energize them to become more active since they are our future. Please make sure that they write to the Florida Catholic expressing their experience and I hope that next year you will be able to take three time the number of students and Catholic High School principals will encouage students' participation.
Richard DeMaria - 01/18/2010 08:55 PM
Joan: I am eager to read the blogs of the students who make this pilgrimage with you. I know three of the students from ACND and they are fine respresentatives of the next generation. I pray that the trip is safe and that it is a life-changing experience for those who go as well as for the unborn whom you are reprsenting: for them it will not be life-changing but life-saving.

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