On the Road: Mundelein

On my trip to Chicago I was able to stop by and speak to the men at Mundelein Seminary. It was during lunch, so it was open to whomever was able to come. Although most of the men had to run off to class after the meeting, a few were able to stay and chat.

They had some very good questions ranging from things they could do now to the idea of life issues just being about social justice and nothing more. Certainly the life issues are about social justice, but they also go well beyond the social justice paradigm. If we allow babies to be killed in the womb all the other social justice issues crumble. If the child is dead, what other injustices will she suffer?

A society that will kill an innocent child will never have peace and will never find justice. Life issues concern, well, every aspect of life: morality, economy, mental and physical health, and the health of our culture. Life issues affect every single person in a society, and will surely affect where people will spend all of eternity. It is not just a social justice issue but one of eternal salvation.