Blessed Are You When People Hate You… by Fr. Kevin Drew

About three years ago, a Catholic high school in San Francisco invited a former college champion gymnast, a young mother of two, to come and speak about life issues. Five minutes into her talk, almost all of the 800 students walked out in protest.  Just a few dozen students remained to hear the woman speak.

Afterwards, the Archbishop of San Francisco wrote the students a letter in which he warned them not to be “victims of the culture.”  He wrote: “There are powerful forces in our country that use slogans to co-opt you into being agents of their own self-serving agendas.  You must see through their lies.”  The archbishop continued, “Abortion is the killing of a human life.  This is a scientific fact.”  He explained that it is a “horrendously violent act” no matter the method.  “This is not hyperbole,” he wrote.  All emotion, heartbreak, and feelings aside, “It is scientific fact.” …