THE CULTURE OF

LIFE

vERSUs

THE CULTURE
OF DEATH
 THE
CULTURE
OF
DEATH
 Gen 4: 8-9
"Cain said to Abel his brother, ‘Let us
go out to the field.' And when they were
in the field, Cain rose up against his
brother Abel, and killed him. Then the
Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your
brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I
my brother's keeper?”
 John 8: 44
“You are from your father the devil, and
you choose to do your father's desires.
He was a murderer from the beginning
and does not stand in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When
he lies, he speaks according to his own
nature, for he is a liar and the father of
lies.”
FREE SEX &
ABORTION
DRUGS
WAR
 CHILDREN
TRAFFICKING
THE CULTURE
OF
LIFE
The Contingency of Our Life

Man is called to a fullness of life which far

exceeds the dimensions of his earthly
existence, because it consists in sharing the
very life of God (EV 2)
Life is a GIFT from God
“I have come
that they might
have life,
and
that they might
have it
abundantly.”
(John 10: 10)
 Life is a Miracle

"I give you thanks that I am fearfully,

wonderfully made; wonderful are your works.
You know me through and through."
(Ps 139:14)
 Life is Good
 Imago Dei
(Gen 1:31)
 St Irenaeus of
Lyons:
"Man, living man,
is the glory of
God."
Respect and Defend Life
Being the People of
Life and for Life.
Unconditional
respect for the right
to life of every
innocent person -
from conception to
natural death
(EV 101)
 The New Culture:
The Culture of Life
"Walk as children of light ... and try to learn
what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in
the unfruitful works of darkness."
(Eph 5:8, 10-11)

In our present social context, marked by a

dramatic struggle between the "culture of
life" and the "culture of death", there is need
to develop a deep critical sense, capable of
discerning true values and authentic needs.”
(EV 95)
 Mary, the Model of
the Culture of Life

“Mary, like the Church of which she is the type, she

is in fact the mother of the Life by which everyone
lives, and when she brought it forth from herself she
in some way brought to rebirth all those who were to
live by that Life” (EV 102)