CRIES OF ANGUISH
By: TOM SMIKOSKI
(Originally written and published as a
"Letter to the Editors" of "THE NEW CATHOLIC EXPLORER",
Joliet, Illinois Diocese, June, 1997.)
A young mother was taking her three small children shopping. Being a
protective parent, she took great pains to insure that they were properly secured in
their car seats. First the infant, then the two year old, and finally the four year old.
It was then that she remembered her wallet was still on the kitchen table.
She told the children she'd be right back. She ran into the house to fetch
the wallet. She returned less than a minute later. She jumped into the auto,
adjusted her seat belt, put the car in reverse and slowly pulled out of the drive.
Little did she realize that her four year old wanted to play a trick on
Mommy. While she was retrieving her wallet, he climbed out of the car to play
"hide and seek".
Not wanting to go too far, he hid in the only logical place; under the car.
I'm sure he had a smile on his cute little face as he crawled on his belly under the
rear of the car. I'm sure the smile widened, and may even have turned into a
giggle as he saw his mothers feet walk right passed without seeing him. His little
head probably peeked out from under the rear tire as he watched his mother get
into the car.
The mother's cries of "Why, why, why?" drowned out all other sounds as
they echoed down the streets of her neighborhood, as she viewed the limp body of
her young son. They were again heard at the wake. And finally her anguished
cries of "Why, why, why?" were carried by the breeze across the cemetery. She
blamed herself. She should have checked the children before driving off. She
shouldn't have forgotten her wallet.
She was a good mother. She loved her babies. She was protective. Why
did this have to happen? "Why, why, why?" were the words she repeatedly asked
over and over again. No one could answer her questions. No one could console
her. No one could lessen her anguish.
We always mourn the death of a loved one. We always ask why. But
never are our cries of anguish greater than at the tragic death of an innocent child.
A child who never experienced life. A child who never had the opportunity to
succeed or fail. A child who never had an opportunity to live the life God
intended.
I often wonder if God doesn't cry out when He sees innocent little babies
yanked prematurely from their mother's womb by an abortionist. Do the Heavens
echo with God's anguished cries of "Why, why, why"?
Obviously, God knows the answer. It's "free will". God gave us a "free will"
and we use it to hurt Him. Abortionists, without guilt or remorse use their "free
will" to destroy life which God Himself created.
We are repulsed at the thought of the four year old's skull being crushed by the
tires of his mother's auto. Don't you think that God is equally repulsed as He
watches the skulls of innocent babies being crushed during a late term abortion?
Let us do our part to silence the cries of "Why, why, why?" which echo across
the Heavens. Let's work to abolish abortion. And, above all, let's pray that God
have mercy on those who "know not what they do".
TOM SMIKOSKI
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