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Vincent, Roe, Good from Evil

Saint Vincent the Deacon (+304), who suffered grievous tortures witnessing to his Catholic faith under the Diocletian persecution, is a providential saint for this sombre anniversary of the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision of the United States of America which legalized abortion across the nation. It may be beneficial to take some time today to ponder precisely what the euphemism of ‘abortion’ entails: The pagan governor was so angered at the saintly Deacon’s outspoken manner, refusing point black to consign the Holy Scripture to the fire, that he had Vincent subject to the most painful of tortures, racking him, his flesh torn by hooks, salt rubbed in the gaping wounds, and then burned alive on a red-hot gridiron – so too the unborn have their incipient lives snuffed out, by ‘curettage’ – the ‘scraping’ of the contents of the uterus, as they put it – by saline injections, by poisons of various sorts.

And, like Vincent, they suffer silently. In fact, the jailer was so impressed by the saint’s quiet resolve and equanimity that he converted on the spot.

Many are still thankfully aware of the evil of abortion as the annual March for Life signifies, over a hundred thousand souls witnessing to this ongoing holocaust. Too often, however, concerns continue to be, over-ridden, the rightful autonomy of the States squashed as the Supreme Court’s universal ‘right to abortion’ covers the nation in blood. Now any attempt to repeal abortion is a long and laborious endeavour south of the border, and nearly impossible here in Canada; we must not underestimate the pedagogical effect of law, both of the good and bad variety.

Praise the Lord

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