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“For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.”

How gracious then is our God to us. Today we remember with thanks all those who have gone before us. We also seek to offer them aid and mercy by reaching out to them in prayers. They grace given to us by Christ is meant for not merely those of here and now but for all those who have ever been and all those who are yet to be. Often we become so wrapped up into our daily lives we forget those who have gone before us. On this special day we are called to reflect that God is God of the Living and the Dead.  We in life hope to live forever in God’s presence but often our preoccupation with this life causes us to misinterpret God’s will. In those moments we repair our relationship with God through the gift of Reconciliation. That repairs the breach between God and us but we hold onto much more that would make our entry into eternity disastrous. God knows we are working toward a renewal of our truest selves but cannot ourselves accomplish. That is where the Church understands that there is midpoint where we get rid of that would prevent us from standing forever in God’s presence. This midpoint is for us Purgatory, a place where we purge ourselves of those earthly concerns that weigh us down. God’s grace overcomes all our faults but we hold tight to some elements that only God’s love and mercy can purge from our souls. We can thus assist those who have gone before us by remembering them in prayer until they behold the Beatific Vision forever. In this world we too must do everything we can to make ourselves ready for the day when we meet God face to face.

Then we must do all we can to live true and virtuous lives free from grave or mortal sins. In the next few days we as a nation must bring our Faith to bear in reaction to the sin active in the world today. We are called to act on behalf of all those unable to defend themselves and bring about justice for all humankind.  There are wars which have unjustly taken the lives of millions, poverty which has reduced the opportunity for millions more but the greatest evil we now face is that of direct taking of human life through Abortion, Physician Assisted Suicide, and Capital Punishment. Over 50 Million infants have had their lives stolen because we have not stood up to defend them. Countless more millions will die if we do not stand for God and Life. How long will it be until all human life is as worthless to our society as infants, the ill and infirm, and those accused of Capital crimes. The Document “Forming Conscience for Faithful Citizenship” States: “There may be times when a Catholic who rejects a candidate’s unacceptable position may decide to vote for that candidate for other morally grave reasons.”

A good friend of mine, Dr. Paul Camaratta, speaking as a private citizen responded to what some people believe: That voting for a Anti-Life so called Pro Choice Candidates is allowable as a Faithful Catholic, when he wrote : “As to the ‘proportionality’ argument, that is, that one would have to have a proportionate reason in order to vote for a pro-choice, pro-FOCA candidate that would outweigh the harm that might be done instead of voting for someone who would attempt to outlaw abortion, Archbishop Chaput said it best – “What is a ‘proportionate’ reason when it comes to the abortion issue? It’s the kind of reason we will be able to explain, with a clean heart, to the victims of abortion when we meet them face to face in the next life — which we most certainly will.”

Please prayerfully consider what you are called to do as a Faithful Catholic Citizen of the U.S.A. If you have not had a chance read the Documents on Faithful Citizenship at the Saint Patrick Parish Website http://www.stpatspana.org. May God Bless the whole world with the courage to live our faith and enter into God’s kingdom as defenders of each other’s lives.