Weep for yourselves and for your children

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"A large crowd of people followed Jesus,
including many women who mourned and lamented him.
Jesus turned to them and said,
"Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me;
weep instead for yourselves and for your children
for indeed, the days are coming when people will say,
'Blessed are the barren,
the wombs that never bore
and the breasts that never nursed.' " Lk 23:27-29

My skin grew goosebumps yesterday when our priest read these words during the Passion.

...the days are coming when people will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore'

Isn't that what our president said when he told America, "Look, I got two daughters — 9 years old and 6 years old," he said. "I am going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."

...the days are coming when people will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore'

Isn't that what Planned Parenthood says when they publish on their website: "Abortions are very common. In fact, more than 1 out of 3 women in the U.S. have an abortion by the time they are 45 years old."

...weep instead for yourselves and for your children for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore'

And is that not why Mother Teresa said, "Any country that accepts abortion, is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what it wants. That is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion."


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