Children of Men

For any who have seen the movie, you can call to mind the incredibly pro-life message of one child causing unprecedented respect for the mystery and value of a human life. Though the child is guarded closely by its mother, the story is largely focused on the men in the picture.

Here we are at Father's Day and a reflection on this day can't exclude children. One can't be a father without a child. When we celebrate fathers, we celebrate children. We celebrate family, unity, love, and life. There are many blessed men who will be spending this holiday surrounded by loving children (like my father) and there are many that won't. There are some fathers out there who do not have any living children to celebrate with. They may not even consider themselves fathers, for this reason. And there are those who mourn a lost fatherhood today, because their children never made it to their arms. We mourn with them and pray for them. We all know what it is to lose someone close to us and they are no less worthy of sympathy even if they somehow willed the loss of their children. They are the ones who suffer the most.

May God give us pardon and peace and bless all the fathers of the world!