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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE \nFrom the encyclical “The Gospel of Life” by Pope St John Paul II \n◊◊◊ \nThe human person is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the \ndimensions of earthly existence\, because it consists in sharing the very life of \nGod. The loftiness of this supernatural vocation reveals the greatness and the \ninestimable value of human life even in its temporal phase. In a special way \nbelievers in Christ must defend and promote this right\, aware as they are of the \nwonderful truth recalled by the Second Vatican Council: By his incarnation the \nSon of God has united himself in some fashion with every human being”. This \nsaving event reveals to humanity not only the boundless love of God who “so \nloved the world that he gave his only Son”\, but also the incomparable value of \nevery human person. \nThe Church acknowledges this value with ever new wonder. She feels \ncalled to proclaim to the people of all times this Gospel\, the source of invincible \nhope and true joy for every period of history… Today this proclamation is \nespecially pressing because of the extraordinary gravity of threats to the life of \nindividuals and peoples\, especially where life is weak and defenseless. In \naddition to the ancient scourges of poverty\, hunger and disease\, violence and \nwar\, new threats are emerging on an alarmingly vast scale… \nAll this is causing a profound change in the way in which life and \nrelationships between people are considered. The fact that legislation in many \ncountries\, has determined not to punish these practices against life\, and even to \nmake them altogether legal\, is both a disturbing symptom and a significant \ncause of grave moral decline. Choices once unanimously considered criminal \nand rejected by the common moral sense are gradually becoming socially \nacceptable. Even certain sectors of the medical profession\, which by its calling \nis directed to the defense and care of human life\, are increasingly willing to carry \nout these acts against the person. \nThe end result of this is tragic; not only is the fact of the destruction of so \nmany human lives still to be born or in their final stage extremely grave and \ndisturbing\, but no less grave and disturbing is the fact that conscience itself\, \ndarkened as it were by such widespread conditioning\, is finding it increasingly \ndifficult to distinguish between good and evil in what concerns the basic value of \nhuman life. \nThe present encyclical\, the fruit of the cooperation of the episcopate of \nevery country of the world\, is therefore meant to be a precise and vigorous \nreaffirmation of the value of human life and its inviolability\, and at the same \ntime a pressing appeal to each and every person\, in the name of God\, respect\, \nprotect\, love and serve life\, every human life! Only in this direction will you \nfind justice\, development. True freedom\, peace and happiness.
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