Prudence and Courage
Sunday, December 16th, 2007“And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.” Luke 16:8
Because the war against the culture of death must not resort to violence, we sometimes forget this basic fact of conflict: if we want to be good soldiers, we have to be willing to be casualties. If all the Christian doctors enter radiology and pathology, we might not get fired for defending the dignity of human life, but we won’t save many children either. If Henry Morgentaler was man enough to go to prison to make abortion available, and we’re too soft to put ourselves in harm’s way to end it, where does that put us in the eyes of God?