Working it out

Moral Lethargy
There is a great Q&A with Theologian Fr. Thomas Williams at Zenit. Toward the end of the article while discussing pro-abort pols and pro-abort political parties he says:

"Sometimes a prophetic voice is needed to shake people out of their moral lethargy, especially when people have come to accept as "normal" something which by rights should provoke moral outrage.

If publicly supporting abortion doesn't constitute a sufficient pastoral reason to justify the denial of Holy Communion, it is hard to imagine when recourse to this measure would be appropriate."

Such moral clarity is hard to come by these days. Even though I consider myself pro-life, I know that I can get lulled into passivity about abortion. It is hard to maintain a proper moral outrage, when the outrageous actions continue day in and day out and are supported by almost half of the country and 99% of the media and Hollywood elite. I thought the Father's answer to the last question is a wake up call:

"Q: Is this issue really that important? Should bishops really risk their moral authority on the question of pro-abortion legislators?

Father Williams: A glance at the past may prove instructive. History tends to be severe in its judgments of Church leaders who failed to use all the means at their disposal to put an end to egregious sins against human rights.

It is sufficient to recall events of the past centuries such as the African slave trade or apartheid or Hitler's Germany to bring home this argument.

Situations which appeared complicated and multifaceted at the time take on a peculiar starkness when viewed with historical hindsight.

A dispassionate analysis of the facts may show that the current situation with legalized abortion is no less grave than the greatest human rights issues of other times.

Though we may be inured to the grim reality of abortion, it seems likely that once civilization has comes to its senses, future generations will look back on our time as one of the most barbarous in history, not merely for our wars and terrorism, but especially for the antiseptic extermination of the most defenseless members of our society, the poorest of the poor, precisely because they have no voice.

Furthermore, the mere magnitude of the crisis -- now more than 40 million planned deaths of unborn children in the United States alone since the legalization of abortion in 1973 -- is sufficient to make abortion the greatest social justice issue of all time"

The "greatest social justice issue of all time" and what am I doing to stand against this issue? Practically nothing! I think I need to re-evaluate my priorities and come back to my senses so that I can be one of the voices calling civilization back to its senses.