Nothing But the Truth

Details: 07 January 2011

God has made our intellects for knowing the truth and nothing but the truth as helped by God. Did not Jesus say, "I am the way, the truth and the life" (Jn 14:6)? He is the source of all truth as He is Truth incarnate.

Recently before offering a television Mass at the Blessed John XXIII Diocesan Center, I was handed a note with the instructions to call a man who was tricked into giving a ride to a woman from out west to an abortion clinic in Lincoln. Her husband had recently left her for another woman, then returned for a brief period before leaving again. After being abandoned the second time, she discovered she was pregnant. At a local clinic, she was told not to worry because it was not yet a baby, only a blood clot. An appointment was made for an abortion and she left with the address and directions to a place she was told would get rid of her ‘blood clot.’

After reaching the frantic man on the phone, he informed me that while in route, he recognized that the address given him was the local abortion mill in Lincoln run by Planned Parenthood. He was well aware where it was because he had gone there before to pray rosaries for life. "Don’t take her to the clinic," I said, "take her instead to our office. After I have offered Mass I will meet you both there."

After meeting them at our office we immediately went into our St. Joseph Chapel and said a prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament. It was then I knew she was a Catholic. Soon she told me about her husband, her pregnancy and the clinic where she was told that her unborn baby was not a human being. Soon her ignorance was removed as she saw for the first time what a 10-week-old fetus looked like. Needless to say her mind was made up; she wanted to save the life of her little baby.

Since she lacked medical insurance, I called a doctor friend who agreed to see her. I informed him that we would raise the necessary funds to help pay for her care, for God has big plans for her baby, who was known and loved from all eternity.

Thanks to a generous family, this woman and her three children (two born and one unborn), had Christmas gifts to unwrap. When I arrived at her house with the presents, I thought to myself, "This is the smallest house I have ever seen." It has one room that serves as the living room, a small kitchen, one small bathroom and a tiny bedroom. It was obvious that the mother and her two daughters were sleeping in the same bed. ‘We will have to return with a fold-out bed and some other items,’ I decided. Thanks to our generous donors, we are able to help this woman and many others like her.

As we continue to celebrate what remains of the Christmas season and the upcoming New Year, let us thank Almighty God who came to us as an unborn child, was born, suffered and died so we could live eternally. Jesus, who came to us as a baby, have mercy on us! Saints Mary and Joseph, pray for us! Help us have a Holy and Happy New Year!!