What kind of world will come if we eliminate sick children?! Written by Gergely Vágvölgyi.
I read the news from Holland and I can hardly believe it. As a father of a large family, I am shocked that there are parents anywhere on Earth who do not choose life for their children. And now I'm not even thinking about unborn children, about whom we hardly manage to prove what is completely evident, namely that they are the same people as any of us, with their own heart function, personality, and the right to life.
No, we are now at the point where the lives of children who have been born, even those who have lived for ten to ten years, must be protected, moreover, from those who gave them life. I can not find words.
For those who haven't read it: in the Netherlands, starting from the first day of February, children between the ages of 1 and 12 can be sent to die by their own parents if the child is suffering from a terminal illness or is suffering a lot.
In theory, the opinion of the person concerned must be sought before the decision is made, but it is questionable, for example, how well a four-year-old child can give an adequate answer about life and death - although he probably has a thousand times more life affirmation than his brainwashed parents, whose souls have been leached of almost everything by the zeitgeist .
As a father of small children, I imagined the scene (I couldn't imagine it with my own, I don't want to, God forbid), what it would be like when a mother and father approach their daughter's sick bed, look her in the eye and tell her that they are going to kill her. Of course, out of love, they might even stroke his little head. It's still warm then.
Brutal world! How can he call himself a parent who wants to kill his child? Where did the humanity go? What distinguishes him from a selfish animal that only ensures its own survival? (That's all there is to it, I promise.)
Let's think a little about what kind of culture we are building on the ruins of our heritage!
"The family is the center and heart of the civilization of love," said Saint II three decades ago. Pope János Pál, explaining that this civilization invites us to the joy that comes from the birth of a child: "joy, among other things, because a person is born into the world, and because as a result, spouses become parents". At the same time, he did not hide the fact that the distorted family (as a result of the attacks) becomes a tool of "counter-civilization" by destroying love.
Whichever path you choose, your family will have an impact on society with their decisions and lives, just as our individual decisions have direct effects on our communities.
Beyond what we rightfully feel about such an outrageous horror as the "elimination" of sick children, let's not forget that every act of love and every crime has aspects and consequences that go beyond ourselves. These consequences can sometimes be detected in the deep layers, but in the end they always show themselves in clearly visible results.
Our responsibility for the future is therefore enormous.
If we choose a culture of death, we choose destruction. It is not only sick children who die, but ultimately a significant part of society as well.
If we are committed to building the civilization of life, we have the broadest perspective a person can have and we are at the service of salvation. As Christians, we are not only responsible for ourselves, but also – according to the principle of ordo caritatis – for our communities and for their future.
I understand that it is fashionable to escape suffering.
Obviously it's horrible when a child suffers. But let's not think that suffering has no meaning! In fact, it's even useful! Jesus Christ walks before us, the man of pain, "who knew what suffering is". We can be similar to him in suffering - and if we implement the plan of the Creator Father in our lives, we will also live with him.
