22 November 2023
People are equal in one sense only, but it's a decisive sense deeper
than any simple equations of worth. Think of it this way: Does a mother really
love each irreplaceable child she bears "equally" - or in some much
more profound and intimate way? Can a good father really weigh the
"comparative value" of the young lives that come from his own flesh
and blood? Our dignity is rooted in the God who made us. His love, shared in
every parent's experience, is infinite and unique for each of us as individual
persons - because each son and daughter is unrepeatable. Only God's love
guarantees our worth. And therein lies our equality. Nothing else has God's
permanence. In him, our inequalities become not cruelties of fate, but openings
to love, support, and "complete" each other in his name.
Charles J. Chaput
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