tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560483615460834385.post1516597250673052722..comments2024-03-17T22:14:39.612-04:00Comments on On This Rock: Feast of the Holy Innocents and AbortionFather John Hollowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850864104003705536noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560483615460834385.post-59126428051702559532010-12-31T15:56:09.931-05:002010-12-31T15:56:09.931-05:00Mike,
Well said! I think of the line from Bella ...Mike,<br /><br />Well said! I think of the line from Bella that the woman says who is considering an abortion - "I want to bring a child into the world out of love" and I think that says so beautifully the feminine desire to enter into and embrace the vocation to motherhood. There is also a great piece of fiction that I have my kids read at Ritter called "Miranda Over the Valley" by Catholic author Andre Dubus about a woman who has an abortion. The story is absolutely amazing (and very short). A great part of the story is when the woman's parents are pressuring Miranda to have an abortion and Miranda keeps looking for her boyfriend to step up and say, "I'll take care of her and the child" but he never does. <br />Our country needs men to be men!!Father John Hollowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850864104003705536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560483615460834385.post-44532985931348624322010-12-31T05:42:01.345-05:002010-12-31T05:42:01.345-05:00Father, I agree with everything you say here. But...Father, I agree with everything you say here. But I think THE point that often gets overlooked when it comes to the destruction of innocent children in our day and age is the fear of the fathers. The fear of men that somehow their lives will be negatively impacted if they are required to take responsibility for the children they have helped to conceive. In an overwhelming majority of the cases, the women who has the abortion often gives as a primary reason the pressure she felt to abort from the husband or boyfriend who does not want the child. I'm not saying I necessarily know how, but as a society we have to do a better job of instilling a sense of responsibility in our young men. As men, one of the primary roles God has given us is protector. If the men of our nation would stand up and begin protecting our women, abortion would come to an end!!!Mike Nygrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05227856816662815498noreply@blogger.com