Dear Friends,
God called the journeying Israelite believers to choose life. They were thirsty and their feet hurt. Their children were fussy and hungry. All the travelers felt wilderness heat and nighttime chill. They sang. They prayed. They complained. What was this journey? Can we do this? Keep going, called Moses. God is giving us a life and death choice. Choose life and we will live.
We see many brave exodus travelers in our world today. Protestors in Minneapolis and Portland. Israelis demanding hostage release. Gazans protesting rationed food supplies. Hospital workers alarmed at the steep increase in health insurance premiums. Immigrants leaving oppressive regimes. Other immigrants and citizens expelled by corrupt government officials. Nigerians rallying against the military’s treatment of civilians. Venezuelans fighting for self-government. On Friday, January 23, the annual March for Life will unfold in Washington, DC.
Choose life that you and your children may live. All these January marchers, these brave travelers, are marching for us, for the human community. Whatever our own religion or politics, we owe respect and support to those who march for life.
In hope,
Susan Schantz SSJ
