Memorial Day Thoughts from Fr. John Corapi SOLT

Greetings and God's Blessings,

As we celebrate Memorial Day, remembering those who served the cause of freedom, let's not forget what one of the strongest factors was in enabling our military men and women to serve with valor and distinction--Faith. This is often overlooked, but shouldn't be. In the Catholic church in my hometown of Hudson, NY, St. Mary's, there is a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Victory. On the wall of that chapel are small brass plaques with the names of everyone from the area who served during World War II. The small name plaques cover most of a pretty good size wall. Many of them have a star next to the name, indicating they were killed in action. The entire country was much more religious in those days, and had the virtue necessary to overcome great adversity--whether the war or the rigors of the Great Depression.
Today, do we really believe that most of us would be able to make those kinds of sacrifices? Without faith it is highly unlikely. "For man it is impossible, but for God all things are possible." Many of us felt a lot better about our country before we lost our rational and moral mind and declared that killing the most innocent and helpless human beings was legal and moral. It is a matter of history that nations and societies that have been responsible for monumental human rights violations such as genocide and ethnic cleansing fall by the wayside relatively quickly and disappear, covered by the sands of time.
So long as the insanity of abortion on demand exists in this nation, we should be painfully aware that a dark cloud of destruction hovers over our country, and what goes around comes around. The voices of millions of aborted children cry out from the endless realm of their resting place: "How long, O Lord, how long?"

God bless you,
Fr. John Corapi