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LIFE,
IN ALL OF ITS VARIOUS AND
MYSTERIOUS FORMS IS GOD's
GREATEST
GIFT.
Some theologians have even suggested that it is
God's own gift of self to Creation. The Catholic Church deeply affirms
the sacred value of all life, especially the life of human persons and
communities. Our office's Respect Life ministry, through its many
programs seeks to cultivate respect, appreciation, and the development
of life in all of its many forms. Through education, spiritual
resources, referral to networks of care, and personal encouragement, our
office seeks to incarnate the love of God which is for life wherever it is
found. To affirm
life, to defend life, to replenish life's meaning
when it comes upon hollow places. This is the work
of Respect Life. Just as Christ came to call all
people to fullness of life, Respect Life
recognizes the unique needs of particular
individuals and communities-those who have lost a
child, those who have lost a family member, those
who are facing their own death. To be the hands
and heart of Christ to you when you are facing
such hollow places is the deepest wish of Respect
Life.
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