{"id":317,"date":"2011-03-02T21:15:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T21:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/?p=317"},"modified":"2025-09-30T02:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:01:38","slug":"archbishop-chaput-on-building-a-culture-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/?p=317","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop Chaput on building a culture of life"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fine recent talk given by the Archbishop at an event in Fargo, North Dokota<\/p>\n

He does make one error; Norma McCorvey, the Roe of Roe vs. Wade<\/strong><\/em> never had an abortion.<\/p>\n

Here's the link:<\/p>\n

Building a Culture of Life<\/a><\/p>\n

As I was gathering my thoughts for today, a line from Psalm 89 came back to me again and again: [Lord,] make us know the shortness of our life that we may gain wisdom of heart<\/em>.  That\u2019s an odd way to begin a prolife discussion, isn\u2019t it \u2013 reminding everybody in the room that we don\u2019t have a lot of time. <\/p>\n

But I think it\u2019s exactly <\/em>the right place to start.  The time we have in this world is brief.  God is good, and the life he gives us is filled not just with problems and sorrow, but with beauty and joy and love and hope and nobility \u2013 and these things are worth fighting for.  What we do in the world matters<\/em>.  How we use our time matters<\/em>.  And therefore the choices we make matter <\/em>\u2013 precisely because we come this way only once, and the world will be better or worse for our passing. <\/p>\n

So our presence here together today has a meaning much larger than a nice meal and a good conversation about shared values.  It\u2019s an opportunity to remember that God put us here for a purpose.  He\u2019s asking us to turn our hearts to building the kind of world that embodies his love and honors the sanctity of the human children he created.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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