You have planted a brand-new vineyard, the pride of your hands. You work the land, hoe it, care for it, and maintain it until it’s fully grown. You watch as the new shoots grow, and you gleam with joy for the work of your hands. But the new vineyard will not see the day when it is a complete and beautiful vineyard. Someone has come along and pulled all the shoots during their growth. The vineyard is now a field of weeds. What is your reaction? This is what happens when a new baby in the womb is torn out of the womb by abortion.
The vineyard, just as the baby in the womb, belonged not only to you but to God. You have been robbed and God has been robbed. Now, we punish criminals who steal from us, as we should. But what will God do when he is robbed? If you are the robber, what will be your defense on the last day when you encounter the Ancient of Days and are called forward to give a defense for what you did? Will you say, I did not have time to take care of the vineyard? Will you say, you were not prepared to take care of the vineyard? Will you say that you did not have the money to care for the vineyard? Are you sure this will be a convincing argument?
In today’s Gospel, Matthew 21:33-43, we read about the parable of the landowner who plants a vineyard and then leases it to tenants. When it comes time for the harvest, the landowner sends his servants to get his share of the harvest. The tenants beat the servants and killed one of them. Then the landowner sends his son to get his portion of the harvest. Again, the son is also killed. The rhetorical question is asked: “what will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when her comes? They answered him, He will put those wretched men to a wretched death.” Now, it is not for me to say this is what will happen to those who rob God of his little ones, but I think they will not go unpunished. At the same time, God is merciful if we repent of our sins, and indeed many of us who have aborted, can get this mercy.
Pro-Life, Pro-Logic 