St. Paul is the patron saint of missionaries, evangelists, writers, and public workers. I feel fortunate, since I consider myself a writer, to have St. Paul as my patron saint. Among our groups for which Paul serves as patron is an individual who works in the public square. His name is Andrew Cuomo, one who is in the headlines for persecuting embryos like myself. Most of us are in need of conversion, but Andrew Cuomo seems to be desperately in need of our prayers. We must smother Mr. Cuomo in love, educate him about Church teaching, and hope he responds.
Mr. Cuomo is very extreme in his disregard for the life of the unborn. In an inaugural address, soon after his election, he repeated the phrase: “It’s her body; It’s her choice!” Mr. Cuomo forgets there is a second, separate body, within our mother’s womb - it’s me and my countless ‘cousins’ who are dependent on our mothers’ bodies for survival. Mr. Cuomo should recall Catholic Theology, which contradicts his first statement: “It’s her body …”. In fact, not only is the child within her womb a gift from God, the mother’s body, itself, is also a gift from God. The mother’s duty is to carry out God’s will with her gifted body, which should not include the immoral choice of destruction of the child within.
The second part of the phrase: “…it’s her choice!”, should refer to the mother’s many moral choices; adequate rest, nutritious diet, avoiding toxins such as cigarettes and alcohol, not immoral choices such as; burning of the skin and internal organs with chemicals, dismemberment, or ‘quadripleging’ and beheading. Mr. Cuomo, I beg you, pray about your choice! Remember your Catholic education, including your studies at Fordham University, and consider a turning around of your heart, a Metanoia.
“Andrew, Andrew, why do you persecute me?” If Saul can do a ‘turnaround’, I think an educated man like yourself is capable of this Metanoia. We’ll keep praying for you!
Love,
Rose M. Bryo
This entry was written in the form of a letter, then sent to Governor Cuomo and his Bishop. That communication is present under Letters, in the Resource Section of www.wordsfromthewomb.com.
St. Paul, Patron of Public Workers.