In today's Irish Times there is an edited version of the closing address delivered by the Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, last Thursday at the novena in St Patrick's parish, Dundalk.
His theme was human life is sacred. Any legislation that might threaten it is gravely immoral.
Archbishop Martin says that we cannot separate our communion with Christ in the Eucharist from the call to mission and evangelisation.
He quotes from the Commandments.
On the same page of that newspaper columnist Olivia O'Leary writes an opinion piece on the death of Donal Walsh from Blennerville, Co Kerry. Donal, who died from cancer, made national headlines in the last few months speaking publicly about his illness.
In her piece Olivia talks about the vibrancy of life and how life is a privilege. She talks about life being a prize that we have already won, just by existing.
She quotes from St Luke.
Both pieces make for interesting reading.
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I suspect you could say more about the contrast between these two pieces in The Irish Times, Michael. Certainly the formation of conscience is, it seems to me, more complex than Martin indicated.
O'Leary came across in her column as yet another person inspired and enriched by the witness of Donal Walsh.
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