Another Take On Bishop Lynch's Statement

Terri’s Bishop Issues Bizarre Statement
Implies Schindlers should accept her imminent death and reconcile with her killer

ST. PETERSBURG, March 2, 2005 (LifeSitenews.com) - For some time now, pro-life Catholics fighting to save the life of Terri Schiavo, have been clamouring for a statement or intervention by the bishop of St. Petersburg Florida, Terri’s home diocese. Now that such a statement has finally been made, the same pro-lifers might well be wishing Bishop Robert N. Lynch had maintained his silence.

The Florida Catholic Bishops’ conference has stated plainly that Terri’s means of receiving food and water does not constitute ‘extraordinary’ means of preserving her life, and is a simple requirement of ordinary care. Bishop Lynch, a signatory to that statement, has in a statement of his own, implied that Terri is at death’s door, and indicates that his only concern is the lack of “peace” between her estranged husband Michael Schiavo and her parents.

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I do not understand why this attempt to murder this woman is not condemned loudly and emphatically as a grave evil. Silence and weak platitudes are cowardly - and they convey the wrong message, not only to the faithful who are looking longingly for strong leadership as an example for encouragement and direction but also to the general public who also could benefit by good example.

Who would willingly become a martyr to defend the faith, to defend the natural moral law? Who would, because of fear of retribution, or fear of human respect, cower and hide from the truth? Where are those who are willing to be courageous witnesses in this age of death and moral decay?

May God bless Terri, her parents, Fr Johansen, and all those, too numerous to mention, who are being courageous witnesses today. May God give those who are weak the courage to do what it right before it is too late.