JESUS IN THE FLESH AND
THE PROBLEM OF ABORTION
Adapted from a blog post on Dominicanajournal.com
By Br. Reginald Hoefer, O.P.
Restlessness seems ubiquitous today.
People are uncomfortable with the stability
of human nature and obsessed with the
idea of personal autonomy. The abortion
industry feeds on this discomfort because
it offers us a way to pursue our bodily
pleasures without being subject to their
natural, biological consequences. Having
children is an inherently selfless endeavor
because it makes us give up our own
freedom; but abortion provides us a way to
av oid that.
Thus, for some, Church authorities seem to
be trying to keep women from enjoying the
kind of autonomy that is their “God-given
right”: “A woman shouldn’t have to carry
a baby to term if doing so would infringe
upon her chosen lifestyle, should she?”
of the pro-abortion lobby and their media
allies protects our cultural selfishness: it
strives to ensure an autonomy such that
we need not even be subject to our own
biological processes.
God’s remedy for our restlessness was to
become human and show us the goodness
of our own nature. He renews this great
act of mercy daily by giving us His own
flesh in the Eucharist as healing for our
unhappiness. He is infinite, and only He
can fill our infinite longing for happiness.
A few protesters on the steps of the
Supreme Court sport signs like “Pro-faith.
Pro-family. Pro-choice.” The newspapers
show pictures of these “Pro-choicers” next
to a few “Pro-lifers” but they often ignore
the overwhelming presence of the March
for Life. Why? The reality is that the activity
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