Right To Life

   
   "Right To Life"
   
   There's this guy I know, and at one point in his young life he was bleeding to death--nothing would stop it; moreover, in the middle of the night, the nurse came in to check his vitals, and she cruelly said:  "If I was in your condition, I'd know it was my time to go."  Yet the dandy dude fought through it, and thrived a bit.  
   We are asleep concerning the suffering.  The sick and elderly, or anyone dubbed a "burden" to society still has the right to live.  A RIGHT is a moral claim; moreover, we do not claim death, but death claims us.  And there have been many times when this "dude" has prayed to die, yet as the Man Upstairs says:  "To Me belongs vengeance and recompense."
   Saint Francis was disgusted by lepers.  He had an overpowering phobia concerning them; nevertheless, he conquered his aversion and kissed a leper.  People need touch.  A baby trapped in an incubator, alone and without the breasts of his mother has no touch.  And Christ does touch us by way of the Eucharist.  We all need positive touch.
   Many caretakers have abused patients.  Have cackled and shown violent and macabre images to them, or professed their readings of Christ's adversary; plus, much worse.
   Even though Merlin was paradoxically spawned, being born of both mortal and demon, as lore and legend go--he still conquered his passions and assisted Arthur and his gallant knights in their search for the Holy Grail; indeed, all life is special, and any soul can accept the light; otherwise, the alternative seems a bit vacuous.