February 28, 2026

Abortion remains a hot topic in our national milieu.  There are protestors and anti-protestors, court rulings and appeals, marches, bumper stickers, and a multitude of other ways by which this issue keeps spilling out into the public forum.  If we take a step back for a moment, however, out of the ideological cage, we just might appreciate how confusing and poorly framed all of this fanfare really is!  How many so-called pro-lifers, for instance, carry out spiritual abortions on a daily basis: not following through on intentions, abandoning relationships, or repressing feelings and emotions that never see the light of day?  Likewise, how many so-called pro-choicers shut down the conversation, put a ban on curiosity and other genuine acts of wonder, lay down artificial boundaries in debates, or categorically reject any appeal to the transcendent?  Let’s therefore admit that the political label we are hiding behind simply masks an insecurity and start getting in touch with our human fertility.  We shall discover a spiritual embryo within, a unique capacity to think and choose, which, when taken to full term, constitutes the fullest expression of life.  Lord Jesus, teach me to conceive without shame, to be pregnant but not afraid, to give birth with great ease, and to spend my eternity, like you, in a state of perpetual and patient motherhood.  Amen.