"We shall not weary . . . "

Today, January 8, 2016, is the seventh anniversary of the death of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus. Six months earlier, in an address to the annual convention of the National Right To Life Committee, he gave a charge to his pro-life fellow citizens that must remain our charge:

"We shall not weary, we shall not rest, until every unborn child is protected in law and welcomed in life. We shall not weary, we shall not rest, until all the elderly who have run life’s course are protected against despair and abandonment, protected by the rule of law and the bonds of love. We shall not weary, we shall not rest, until every young woman is given the help she needs to recognize the problem of pregnancy as the gift of life. We shall not weary, we shall not rest, as we stand guard at the entrance gates and the exit gates of life, and at every step along way of life, bearing witness in word and deed to the dignity of the human person of every human person. "

http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2008/07/we-shall-not-weary-we-shall-no