Pro-life pilgrims are gathering in Washington DC from across the nation and beyond for the annual Walk for Live event. The purpose is clear, to convince our nation's leaders that abortion is murder. Our nation has had heinous laws before and lawful protest overturned those as well. Now as we move forward will we continue to be a nation that embraces the culture of death? Will we as a nation condone the senseless murder of innocent children? Will we rise up and show the world the city on a hill that President Reagan spoke of so often? Pray for the brave pilgrims who are representing us in our nation's capital. Pray that their devotion and peaceful, prayerful protest will change even the most hardened of hearts. If we continue to embrace murder as a way to deal with as some would say "life's inconveniences", we will not truly have peace. Spend some time each day this week to pray that the United States become a nation that embraces life!
Kurt Hilgefort, is a Catholic father of six who publishes his thoughts on his blog Shadows of Augustine . He responded to my seven question survey with the following answers. Kurt is the first layperson to respond to the seven question survey and I think that his experience is extremely relevant to me personally and I hope that you are inspired by his thoughts as well. If you would like to respond, please send an email to fellmananthony@gmail.com with your thoughts and I will be happy to publish them as well. 1. What is the biggest challenge to your faith that you have faced so far? The biggest challenge for me has been the whole dying to self thing. On an intellectual level, there are no barriers. It comes down to a matter of accepting the authority of the Church that Christ founded upon Peter. My challenge is not in the intellect, but rather in the will. The challenge for me has always been to continually seek conversion. I want to be transformed, but I want it to be over all ...
