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I don't know how to react as the final days of Terri Schiavo's life are played out on the world's stage. All I know is, that I am having a sharp and resounding values clash with the self-righteous rantings of the 'right-to-lifers' whose mewlings claim to be toeing the Christian line.

Take this nonsensical quote from today's Washington Post:

Some Catholics have marveled at the weighty symbolic possibility
that Schiavo, 41, could die between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, the holiest
period on the church's calendar. "That's the kind of convergence no one could
have planned," said Richard M. Doerflinger, an opponent of ending Schiavo's
feeding and vice president of the Pro-Life Secretariat of the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops. "People will say, 'Terri Schiavo died for
our sins in a society that does not care enough for the helpless.' "

I believe that 'caring for the helpless' means living out the Easter message which releases us from the fear of death. Christ has prepared a way for us through His ultimate sacrifice. We should, therefore, celebrate Terri Schaivo's imminent entry into her better life, not hold on to her earthly self as if it would be a great tragedy to lose it. Otherwise, we are repudiating the very faith we cling to so strongly.

Who is this whole thing about, anyway? Is it about Terri? Is it about God? Or is it about the grief of parents, family and friends that cannot let go of this person they knew so many years ago.

For God's sake, no, for Terri's sake, let her go and be with God.