Do we believe that human life belongs to God? Do we believe that we are created in God's image? If we look at the ways we disregard human life and sin against the dignity of human life, many cannot answer "yes" to those two questions. On our journey of faith, we are called constantly to turn away from our sins, to turn to repentance and conversion, which is the theme for today's reflection for the novena for nine days for life:
"When God fashioned the human person in His own image and likeness, He destined us for eternal life with Him. Yet because of the sin of our first parents, death entered the world. The book of Genesis recounts the first occasion in which a person takes the life of another, as Cain violently kills his brother Abel. This instance of brother rising up against brother 'at the very dawn of history is thus a sad witness of how evil spreads with amazing speed' (Evangelium vitae 8).
"From the time of creation, disregard for human life has continued to spread. When we, like Cain, allow sin to find a place in our hearts, we become blinded to the truth. Sometimes this blindness might be so deep that we fail to recognize the undeniable humanity of unborn children. We may even tragically believe the lie that abortion is an act of compassion. But we know that 'life, especially human life, belongs only to God: for this reason whoever attacks human life, in some way attacks God himself' (EV 9). Let us pray that all who support abortion encounter the transforming love of the Father and, with repentant hearts, seek His mercy."
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