Abortion is unacceptable even in a non-religious arena. It is plain murder of an infant, even how small it is. It goes to the basic moral principle, do not do to others what you do not want be done to you. If someone justifies abortion to you, simply ask him “do you want to be aborted?” “How would you feel if your mother aborted you?” Or “who wants to get aborted first?”

If a pro abortionist goes to saying that that unborn infant is not yet alive, it is not true. Once the egg cell and the sperm cell join together or on conception, life has stared. Even though how small the fetus is, it is already a human being. At 12 weeks the fetus already moves. That small fetus has the same potential as you and I have when it comes out in the world. In that way that unborn infant should be given the same respect and dignity in life as we give ourselves. The unborn should be given the same right to live life. We ourselves also started as a fetus in our mother’s womb.

Many pro abortionists say that abortion is justifiable for social, economic and population issues. They say it is better for the child to be killed before it is born to prevent future suffering, like poverty. Well, it is still not morally acceptable to murder a child in that premise. What if you got a terminal cancer at a young age of twenty years old, and you got no money to pay for the hospital bills. To prevent you from further suffering in the future, I will just murder you. I don’t think its good logic. Again, do not do to others what you do not want be done to you. No amount of reason or law to make abortion acceptable. We might as well set all the murderers free from prison then.

On the matter of the woman’s choice to do what she wants with her body, I am all for that. She can jump of the bridge if she likes, but after her infant is born. For she shares her body with her infant, and that infant’s life should be respected and preserved. Would a sane mother kill her born child? It goes the same for the unborn. No amount of poverty or decease can justify a single abortion. It goes to the basic human principle of respect for the lives of others. We do not decide who lives and who does not. It is one thing to commit suicide, it a whole different thing to commit murder.

In the celebration of the Year of the Eucharist, Pope John Paul II calls us to be witness in Jesus Christ, especially through charity.

"May this invocation resound in every Christian community: that in recognizing the resurrected Christ 'in the breaking of the bread,' the faithful will witness to him with concrete charity," the Pope said when addressing the crowd in St. Peter's Square.

The Pope unites the celebration of the Eucharist with our mission to help the needy. This celebration of the Eucharistic Year asks us to put Jesus Christ in the center of our lives.

Following Jesus' life and teachings means being servant of God. Jesus himself told us, “I came here to serve, not to be served.” This is what Jesus tells us.

Charity is one great way of serving others. Through charity we can not only help others but offer ourselves to them as well. It is not only money we can offer to the needy, also love. Money can be earned, love can only be given.

The Pope tells us “to continue with the work of formation and with activities in the service of the poor and needy.”

Let us celebrate this Eucharistic Year with faith, hope and charity. And Jesus being at the center of everything we do.

I have just finished reading Father Groeschel's book “Healing the Original Wound.” I recommend this book for those people who is searching some meaning in life or looking for some conversion. I like to share to you his thoughts on modern day paganism or neo-paganism

For us Catholics, paganism is worshiping a person or thing other than God (Holy Trinity).

In this modern age of information and technology we have been distracted from our God. We have come to give more time acquiring wealth and power for ourselves. This is what Fr. Groeschel warns us. Every time we put the pursuit of wealth and power as the center of our life, we practice neo-paganism. We have the tendency to put ourselves in the center of the world. We become fanatics of ourselves, giving ourselves gratification and glory. Every time we take Jesus out of the center and priorities ourselves and our desires, we become pagans. We are often guilty of these, consciously and unconsciously. If we took advantage of others for our own interest, we become pagans. If we twist and distort the rules of the church for our own sake, we become pagans. If become self centered, we become pagans.

What I have observed today is the more technology moves forward, God is left behind. In this age of information and technology, we have lost the TRUTH about God. We have come to worshipers of ourselves.