Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

Photography©Michael Seagriff   Pondering Tidbits of Truth is my simple and inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from time to time. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. "Catholics have a duty to work tirelessly for human dignity at every stage of life, and to demand the same of their lawmakers. But some issues are jugular. Some issues take priority. Abortion, immigration law, international trade policy, the death penalty and housing for the poor are all vitally important issues. But no amount of calculating can make them equal in gravity. The right to life comes first. It precedes and undergirds every other social issue or group of issues. This is why Blessed John XXIII listed it as the first human right in his great encyclical on world peace, Pacem in Terris and as the U.S. bishops stressed in their 1998 pastoral letter, Living the Gospel of Life , the right to life is the foundation of every other right."   ...