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On the 42st Anniversary of Roe v. Wade: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2015

19  Do you not know that your bodies are temples  of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;   20  you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. (I Corinthians 6:19-20) In light of events next week, I am going to depart from our gospel reading today, at least for a bit, but hopefully will be able to tie several thoughts together in the general subject of being called to holiness, being called to live a life worthy of the calling we have received, and being called to respect life. Nearly forty-two years have passed since the Supreme Court handed down its Roe v. Wade decision, on January 22, 1973, and our country has never been the same since. Abortion is the worst domestic crime ever sanctioned by America, and the statistics become grimmer by the year: nearly 60 million unborn children have been legally murdered since Roe. Every day in America, some 4000 lives are terminated in the womb. What has also been murdered