In the wake of the two damning videos exposing the tactics of Planned Parenthood, Mark Galli contends that we need to pray for our local abortionists. Galli writes: "Our temptation is to believe that love requires that we think of no one as an enemy. But this is mere sentimentalism and, more importantly, not love. Our enemies are real and many, but this is no reason to be afraid or angry or self-righteous. It is only to live realistically and to love genuinely." Galli points to a good example of this posture of love towards our enemies in a First Things article titled "Pray for Those Who Persecute You." The article reminds us, "Anyone who can casually discuss tearing children to shreds while having lunch and a good cabernet is a victim of the father of lies. Anyone who thinks that divvying up murdered bodies does 'a little bit of extra good' is a captive subject of the dictatorship of relativism. This video reminds me that anyone who traffics in abortion loses a vital and beautiful spark of humanity. Evil coarsens us and deadens us—robs us of the freedom life offers." Galli concludes, "We are called not just to moral outrage, but to prayer for these people, and for the state of their withering souls. Who knows whom God might save next?"

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James Conley, “Pray for Those Who Persecute You,” First Things (7-21-15)