The Gospel Of Life Summary

At the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council. St. John Paul the Great (then Karol Wojtyla), entreated all women to “Reconcile people with life.” (Closing Remarks to Women). Later on during his pontificate, his encyclical “The Gospel of Life” further explored the need to establish a “culture of life” in response to the modern “culture of death.” It is not enough to simply be against death as manifested through contraception, abortion and euthanasia, but Christians must actively work for life, bringing renewal to society. One way avenue to take in appealing to the broken world is to focus on the value of motherhood, which demonstrates what it means to love unselfishly. Mary, perfectly exemplifies this; she who “is our only savior from an abstract Christ,” (Coventry Patmore) sacrifically gave herself to bring Life into the world. Her motherhood, both physical and spiritual foreshadows the role of the Church, which directly contradicts the feminist belief that woman is simply a concept that can be used for benefits rather than an actual nature. In this lane of belief, the body has no meaning and is merely an strument which can be used however

Look around at the world, and everywhere there is contempt for life, at all stages. This is a result of women not knwoing who they are, which is no mistake. The devil knows the power of women, because he knows the power of Mary. After all, it was a lowly fourteen year old girl who made it possible for the whole world to be redeemed. As women, we can not underestimate the grace that comes from embracing our identity. Even the yes of the twenty-two women who are here at St. Therese this year will echo on immeasurably, since each of us will not only impact our own families with the life that we have experienced and recieved, but also everyone we meet. There is hope in this “creative minority” who have the ability to transform a culture of death into a culture of