St. Stanislaus Catholic Church

Rossville, Kansas

ADORATION
5am to 6am and 3pm to 7pm Every Weekday
8:30am to 7pm Every Wednesday
3rd Tuesday of the month- Parish Family Holy Hour:
          Exposition and Benediction from 7pm to 8pm

CONFESSIONS
7am Sunday Mornings
 

Dear Family,

The defeat of the Value Them Both Amendment, while discouraging and saddening, should not cause us to lose hope. Ultimately, life will be victorious in the temporal order. It is already victorious because Christ is truly risen. Death and darkness have already been defeated in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.  Even if 99% of the world were to claim that abortion is a right and a good thing, we must stand with the truth. The truth cannot change anymore than God can change. The 2^nd reading from the Office of Readings (Liturgy of the Hours) for August 3rd couldn’t have been any more appropriate: 

“Love your neighbor more than your own life. Do not kill an unborn child through abortion, nor destroy it after birth” (excerpt from a letter attributed to Barnabas).

The truth of the matter is that abortion is intrinsically evil and is a direct attack on the dignity of the human person. Furthermore, it is a human rights issue and not just a religious issue. Who would claim that slavery was “just a religious issue”? Religious leaders were at the forefront of the civil rights movement, but that didn’t make it any less of a human rights issue and one that every single person should be able to get on board with. Rarely has the truth ever been popular in society and we can see this throughout history. 

We are called to thank God for those opportunities we receive to suffer for the sake of His name. Chances are that a friend or family member has attacked you for supporting the Value Them Both Amendment. Let’s recall what Christ said about persecution:

“Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you [falsely] because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you” (Matthew 5:11-12).

I think one of the positive aspects of the heated debates between pro-life and pro-abortion advocates is that it serves to remind us of the work we have yet to do. Just because the election is over doesn’t mean that our work is over. Rather, the 59% of Kansans who voted against the amendment deserve our love and prayers. There are many hurting men and women who need to know they are loved. There are many who are ignorant and sadly got caught in the confusion spread by the media. They need us to live out our Baptismal calling as prophets, speaking the truth without apology or cowardice. Others have hardened their hearts to the truth, but that simply means we must redouble our efforts to fast and pray for them, knowing that God desires us to offer sacrifice for the deeper conversion of our neighbor. And as always, we need to cultivate virtue in our own lives. It’s easy to blame the world for being depraved, but our own lackluster pursuit of holiness is partially to blame for the state of affairs we find ourselves in.

Life will be victorious. Do not be afraid!

Fr. Justin 

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St. Stanislaus Church will remain open on Wednesdays after daily Mass until 7pm.  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday the church is open from 3pm to 7pm.
On the 3rd Tuesday of each month, St. Stanislaus will offer a Parish Family Holy Hour which will begin at 7pm with Adoration & conclude with Benediction.  

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