We say that Poland is inactive a Catholic country, that our Homeland was and is inactive a strong God; that we have not yet lost our attachment to Tradition and the Church, and that love for Mary and faithfulness to Christ inactive distinguishes us from another countries of Europe and the world. There's a point to that. However, looking at the current attitude of Poles towards the most fundamental value of the right to life, it is with pain to say that we are on a downward slope and are speeding down to the top of the states ignoring the Divine order of the world.
Following what is happening present around the draft laws aimed at legalising crimes on unborn people, it is worth asking yourself: how did our Polish Catholic Nation come to lose its spirit and bend to the devil's force of abortionists?
It is besides worth asking yourself: why the actions of specified many and dynamic organizations pro life in Poland they seem ineffective today? Why is there not a tiny group among Catholics, including those active and practicing, who have forgotten that all man is the work of God and belongs to his Creator? These people, in the face of a vicious assassination of the most vulnerable, are completely silent or fall into a thought trap, promoting the thesis that a man conceived under his mother's heart is only her property, and that she has the right to do whatever she wants with him.
We can besides see how crowds of lovers, supporters and promoters of human life are silenced by the increasingly virulent cry and arrogance of abortion environments. There is besides a increasing increase in the impact of the second on the young generation. Looking at this sad reality, you can get the impression that the balance of the triumph of death on life begins to tip to the other side. Unfortunately, the possible of her triumph becomes more real. Especially erstwhile we look at Ireland or another Catholic countries, which in specified a distant past were the beloved "daughters of the Church" and present destruct themselves.
Certainly many factors affect this situation. To answer these questions truthfully, we must honestly admit that in this war for life we do not have any thoughtful strategy present or our plan is flawed in its premise. due to the fact that in order to win the war, you gotta admit the intentions and realize the tactics of the enemy. We request to be able to decently measure the strength of his weapon, to discern its potential, and to wisely measure its capabilities. Its nature must be explored and the past of its actions must be traced. Only then can 1 hope that the most effective weapon will be reached in a thoughtful way. The war must be well prepared on many levels, both tactically, militarily and spiritually. However, this third, last, spiritual dimension seems to be the most important. Our Polish past convinces us of this.
So let us halt for a minute in the analysis of the origin and effect of this war, in which we are all now participating.
Problem not only in abortion
We must be aware that this war has already begun in paradise, and the serpent has caused it. A man who, under the influence of the devil, betrayed his Creator then found salvation in God’s infinite Love. It is for man that the boy of God is yet born, and the prophecy of Genesis is fulfilled. For thou hast done this, be cursed among all home and field animals: thou shalt crawl upon thy belly, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy being. I bring enmity between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring: she will crush your head, and you will crush his heel(Gen 3, 14 – 15). The description of the first sin shows the form of the punishment that God predicted for Adam and Eve for yielding to Satan. In turn, the book of Genesis clearly presents the consequences of the sin of the first parents on their offspring. It besides brings hope for the planet in the form of protoevangelia, or first announcement of the coming of the Lord Jesus as the Savior of man. The fresh Eve, or Mary, is chosen by God and excluded from the law of sin. Through his Immaculate Conception he becomes the 1 through whom Jesus will come--the salvation of the world. That was erstwhile the war began between the humiliated Satan and any of Eve’s offspring, who would yet defeat him. Thus, if Mary came into the womb of Saint Anne, and a Savior was born through Mary's womb, the logic indicates that Satan will hatred the womb of a female most, the fact of conception and that period in man's life erstwhile he is under the heart of his mother.
Pope John Paul II in the Encyclical Evangelium Vitae He wrote: “Mary is truly the parent of God, Theotókos, whose motherhood gives the highest dignity of calling to motherhood, inscribed by God in the life of all woman." It is in the womb, under the heart of the parent that all human life begins. It is simply a holy place, so Satan hates the womb. For this reason, to this day, it poisons all that comes out of the sphere of fertility and sexuality of man. Satan failed to deceive the Immaculate Concepted Mary, so with anger and hatred he focuses on the bosom of all woman. By inciting sins, it is in the fields of fertility, sexuality, and the transmission of human life that he does everything he can to accomplish his goal. Promotion of nudity, pornography, all moral promulgation, breaking up the unity of matrimony and divorce, betrayal, contraception and birth control, feminism, sexual deviance and loose conduct, conception experiments (in vitro), abortion, sexual freedom and liberation from nonsubjective natural law are simply the consequence of Satan's madness and anger.
It seems so apparent that in order to successfully win the war on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death, it is not adequate to think only of abortion. But that, unfortunately, we all forget. With ambon, it is alternatively hard present to hear the official, firm teaching of the Church in relation to the elusive fashion of women, which not only does not defend women from failure of individual beauty, delicacy and dignity, but is in itself sinful and manifestly provokes men with the lowest impulses of emotional stimulation. Misunderstood and far-reaching tolerance has taken the voice of all those who, in public space, should loudly defend the modesty, purity and dignity of a woman. The barely audible words of those who dare to score and criticize this devilish sleaze are considered hatred speech.
One must besides bear in head that Satan's reasoning goes on: from the beginning of the planet the devil has done everything possible to bring as fewer people into the planet as possible. With the declining birth rate, there are besides less priests, consecrated persons and saints, or those who consecrated, baptize, absolve, exorcism, sanctify and bless. For there will be little hands through which Christ will come to man. I think this is 1 of Satan's most crucial goals.
There is another side to this war—the devil knows well that the mortal sin of execution leads the soul of the perpetrator to hell. Yet, killing an unborn kid is not the only part of his mother. It is besides attended by a father, doctor, nurse, pharmacist, frequently household members, friends or persons who establish barbaric laws. It must besides be remembered that this 1 mortal sin poisons the soul and drags it to the next works of evil. So from Satan’s perspective, killing an unborn kid is simply a perfect tool for fighting God. If 1 abortion and its effects have a mechanics and consequences, it is hard to imagine how powerful this problem is in the scale of all mankind. statistic indicate that about 50 million human lives are committed annually. All wars and armed clashes combined did not bring as many victims as abortion.
One crucial aspect must be taken with large humility: man at the beginning of his existence on earth received a clear command from the Creator: “You shall not kill” (Exodus 20:13). From death, then, “only Satan can rejoice...: through his envy death entered the world. ( Compare Mt 2: 24.) He who is the “killer from the beginning” is besides the “father of lies” (cf. Jn 8:44). This is why it is worth to realize at this point how dramatically hard substance we are dealing with. Thus, defending human life we are on the front line, and we fight face to face with the evil spirit who is the killer and father of lies. But we cannot win the conflict against Satan alone. We know very well that a man with only his own strength will fall in conflict with the evil spirit. He'll fall victim to him sooner than he expects. Counting more on his own intellect, cunning, ingenuity, and organizational skills than on God's aid and intervention, man is incapable to win. This is besides evidenced by examples of erstwhile battles fought about the conceived life on Polish dirt in fresh years. We won individual battles only erstwhile we reached for the strongest weapon – the Rosary. It is worth remembering the facts here: until 1932, there was a complete ban on abortion. On 8 May 1956, however, the first Polish law concerning the killing of unborn for social reasons entered into force. It was the most liberal law that led to abortion in almost all Polish hospitals from Monday to Friday as a regular “medical procedure”. In the general awareness of Poles, it was nothing bad at the time. However, in 1984, the planet was shaken by a documentary about abortion, at the same time a evidence to the conversion of the gynecologist Bernard Nathanson. Our country has besides taken pictures of the torn remains of children. Then a group of respective courageous persons under the spiritual care of the Fathers of Paulin began to advance a simple but effective form of prayer crusade, which gave birth to the spiritual Adoption of the Concepted Child. Thousands of Poles took it. This prayer call awakened consciousness in our nation. As early as 1993, a legal act was established, which, although amended respective times, inactive applies today. If we examine the full process, we cannot become profoundly convinced that the change of this evil abortion bill, which in communist Poland has settled for good, could only happen as a consequence of God's intervention. It was a clear answer from Heaven to the deep religion of thousands of Polish Catholics who took hold of the Rosary. Let us remember that no Marches for Life or any another public action were organized at the time.
“Without Me You Can Do Nothing” (Jn 15:5)
And where are we today? We have strong and active organisations pro life. We have many Marches for Life organized each year in dozens of Polish cities, gathering thousands of families and representatives of the most diverse environments. We have activists, socialists who, in defence of life, present arguments that cannot be logically challenged. Poland seems to be bustling with the lives of children conceived, yet their future is facing a large threat. So what do we do wrong?
It is advanced time to take to ourselves the fact that without God's intervention and the Immaculate Concepted Fight for Life and His dignity we will not win! Even if we march in the Marches for Life thousands of kilometers and go all over Poland along and across; if we hit all the bells of the planet and drive through cars covered with our slogans, all Polish highways; if we usage the fullness of human ways and opportunities and political influence; if we usage all possible tools and scope for the most perfect technologies of the modern planet – Satan and so on all the outcasts. In the face of his power of evil, the first thing a man must see standing on the side of good is his own inadequacy (without me you can do nothing), and that is only the first step to victory.
Mary the Immaculate Conception and Her triumph over Satan allows man to “understand that human life is always at the center of the large conflict between good and evil, between light and darkness” (EV). If in this conflict man counts more on himself than on God, he can only get lost. Therefore, the 1 who alone has overcome, although she wants to aid man (the triumph will come through Mary)—Card. August Hlond), but this 1 cannot "fear opposition and unpopularity, but reject any compromises and ambiguities that would make us like this world" (cf. Rom 12:2). Man must besides be aware that "this kind of evil spirits are cast out only by prayer and fasting" (Mt 17:21). This is the most effective weapon, and it is intended to bring out all human actions and actions, due to the fact that only then can they truly be effective.
So, if the strategy of all life defenders had taken this fundamental fact into account, then all the action pro life It would match the form of a pyramid. Why pyramids? due to the fact that this kind of structure at its base has the largest dimension. The higher it goes, the smaller it goes. This broad basis gives an absolute warrant that the building will not fall under the influence of winds and storms. Nothing can destruct her. Therefore, if in its life-fighting strategy, at the core of all activities of organisations pro life They have put prayer and the full widely understood spiritual dimension (encouraged with fasting and sacrifices, mortifications, the spiritual Adoption of the Concepted Child, the Rosary in the intention of the unborn life, as well as Holy Masses, expiation services, adorations...), in the second place formation and any widely understood awareness and education activities, and only at the end of the March, legislative and legislative campaigns and any public action promoting life from conception, I am convinced that in this fight we would be in a different place. If all Polish organizations pro life, while maintaining their present nature and specificity of action in this 1 spiritual dimension, they were able to unite and work together unanimously, encouraging everyone to pray, the force of this army could bring down the enemy rapidly. Especially since she would have then the strongest, all-powerful Leader – God in the Holy Trinity, through the intercession of Mary.
I besides consider the above argument in Mary Wagner, a Canadian activist pro life. Her activity has for many years been limited to trusting prayer and handing out white roses to women who intend to execution their child. But how powerful her zeal and unwavering religion in God’s power are is borne out by dozens of court sentences and years spent in prison. This inconspicuous, delicate, modest female with the power of her trusting prayer drives a demon crazy, shaking the Canadian justice system.
So I guess it's time we all woke up and grabbed the Rosary. For all Catholic Poland, the Nation and all its spiritual shepherds to defend the weakest to truly get on their knees. For Polish bishops, thundering from the pulpit of the Polish churches, to powerfully appeal for the fact concerning human life; to entrust the Immaculate all soldiers going to this, possibly the hardest of wars and to support them with word and blessing; to order fastings, penance acts, and all forms of expiation, due to the fact that in order to number on God's intervention, it is essential to beg God first and ask mercy. And we have something to apologize for! It may besides be worth reminding our shepherds of God's people like Poland long and broad, that this simple prayer called the spiritual Adoption of the Concepted kid is truly effective and that all man can take hold of this weapon. And this is the absolute minimum for the Catholic – the 10 Rosary along with a brief prayer confidently recited for about 7 – 10 minutes regular for 9 months, with additional mortification. It can be taken by virtually any man, even a tiny kid with the aid of parents. This pleasurable prayer, which is answered in faith, can truly save not only 1 kid at risk, but besides his mother, father, doctor, nurse, pharmacist, possibly household members, friends, or persons who intend to establish barbarous laws. Like any another prayer, it transforms and sanctifies the soul of the 1 who prays. Thus, the force of her “harm” may prove to be our eventual lifeline, which Heaven sends us. May we all yet realize and implement this. Amen.
Joanna Szalata
The author co-organised the Marches for Life in Szczecin in 2007 – 2012.
