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That final paragraph is spectacular.
“In ancient Rome, there was a potestas patria or the right of the father to dispose of a child. In our modern day, there is the potesta matria or the right of the mother to dispose of a child. In between pagan Rome and pagan today there was, and still is, a group of God-loving people who will protect those who are incapable of independent existence because they sense in their own frailty the mercy of God and, therefore, resolve to extend it to others.”
I didn’t fail to notice your reference this Friday, thanks Sam! Holding down the fort in STL, MO this evening with a Benedictine Monk friend, a fish dinner and plenty of prayers for the unborn. PAX!
I never tire of reading golden nuggets of the Great Blessed Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Thanks for posting this, Sam! Viva Cristo Rey!!