Reflection 4: The Value of Life : A perspective based on the lives of St. John Paul Ⅱ, Cristiano Ronaldo and Justin Bieber.

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The Value of Life : A perspective based on the lives of 

St. John Paul Ⅱ, Cristiano Ronaldo and Justin Bieber.


Today we are living in a well-developed atmosphere. The entire world is available on the tip of our finger. The world gives maximum possibilities and pleasures but when we are moving towards the digital world we are missing some moral values, we are forgetting humanity and mutual respect.
Our own country is on the path of development. We are trying to be efficient in all the fields. Somehow India has became a terrible land to live. India became most unsecured place for women. People are being killed for the sake of Cow. During the last seven years 28 Indians were killed and 124 people were injured due to the related issues. When we look into Indian Philosophy we can find one term “AHAM BRHAMASMI” it means ‘I AM BRHAMAN’. The land which consider man as the image of Brahman becoming very harmful for human life.
The world becomes cruel sometimes. The fetus is destroyed in the womb of the mother. According to WHO every year in the world 40-50 million abortions are taking place. It shows that there occurs around 1,25,000 abortion per day. Pope Francis denoted abortion as the “White glove” which is equal to Nazis Concentration camp. He said “Last century the whole world was scandalized by what the Nazis did, Today we do the same thing but with white gloves”





Emilia, a pregnant woman, was advised to have an abortion after losing her daughter shortly after birth. But she decided to defy the medical order and gave birth. If she followed the medical order we have missed a good pope as well as a great saint in the Catholic Church -St. John Paul Ⅱ.
Dolores Aveiro, a pregnant woman, had taken warm beer along with heavy exercise in order to prevent her pregnancy. If she had been successful we would have missed a legend in the field of football - Cristiano Ronaldo.


Pattie Mallette, a teenager got pregnant at the age of seventeen. She was encouraged to abort child but she chose to give birth. If she agreed with the society we may have missed a young Musician in western pop music -Justin Bieber.


In the book of Jeremiah we read "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you before you were born I consecrated you". When people promote abortion or doing any kind of threatens to the society they are doing against the will and plan of God. As we are living in a community try to have the spirit of love and mutual understanding . Let us remind and enlighten the society for life and its abundance.

By ,
Bro. Iwin Veliyan


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