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Shared by Laura Strietmann, Executive Director, Cincinnati Right to Life<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Each year, Christians around the world pause on Good Friday to remember the ultimate sacrifice\u2014Jesus Christ, the innocent Lamb of God, crucified for the sins of humanity. It\u2019s a day marked by sorrow, reflection, and deep gratitude. But it\u2019s also a day that calls us to consider how we treat the vulnerable and innocent in our own time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the heart of Good Friday is the image of an innocent life taken unjustly. Christ, though blameless, was sentenced to death. His cries went unheard by the crowds. He was silenced, bruised, and hung on a cross\u2014not because of guilt, but because of a system and a society that valued power over truth, and convenience over compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In many ways, the tragedy of abortion echoes the silence and injustice of Good Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every day, thousands of unborn children\u2014each one bearing the image of God\u2014are denied the chance to live. Like Christ, they are voiceless. They cannot plead their case. They rely entirely on the mercy of others. And far too often, that mercy is withheld. Instead, our culture rationalizes their deaths for the sake of autonomy, comfort, or perceived necessity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But the cross of Good Friday doesn\u2019t only remind us of suffering\u2014it calls us to action. Jesus\u2019 sacrifice wasn\u2019t just an event; it was a call to love, to defend the weak, and to stand against injustice. Christians are invited to pick up their crosses\u2014not in passive remembrance, but in active compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being pro-life isn\u2019t merely a political stance\u2014it\u2019s a spiritual one. It is the belief that EVERY <\/strong>human life, no matter how small or inconvenient, matters. It is the conviction that love is stronger than death, and that no one is beyond the reach of grace\u2014not the unborn child, not the scared mother, not even those who perform abortions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good Friday breaks our hearts so they can be transformed. In that same spirit, let the silent suffering of abortion break our hearts\u2014not into despair, but into action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ufeffLet us be the voice for the voiceless, the defenders of the defenseless, and the hands and feet of Christ in a world still in desperate need of redemption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we remember the cross, may we also remember the cradle.<\/strong>
Life, in all its stages, is sacred. And every life lost is one too many.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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