Fast Track for Terri

From the pages of Times Against Humanity . . .

Over at Heart, Mind, and Strength (HMS), our friend Gregory Popack is on a fast track for Terri and invites us to join him:

As most of you know, Judge Greer has ordered Terri Schiavo's feeding tube removed on March 18 so that she can be starved to death according to her husband's wishes. Greer has also refused to hear further motions that do not have to do with final preparations for Terri's death.

In short, we need a miracle. I propose we stand at the gates of Heaven and ask for one.

In this season of Lent, a time of repentance in which we reflect on the generous suffering Christ endured for our sake, I suggest we do as St. Paul suggests (Col 1:24). Let us "join our sufferings to the cross of Christ" and offer those sufferings for Terri's sake.

I propose that from today to March 18—and perhaps beyond—all those reading these lines who are physically able, participate in a fast for Terri. Let us offer our hunger to God so that she might be spared of the hunger that will kill her.

A simple fast is when the main meal of our day is simple and the two smaller meals of our day—added together—are not as large as the main, simple meal. This is the kind of fast that is common for Christians on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Can we do at least this much for Terri everyday between today and March 18?

I invite you to join me in this act of spiritual warfare.

Meanwhile, Terri is on a fast track to her state-imposed death, and Greg's HMS confrere Kevin Miller informs us that Terri's life-affirming parents, the Schindlers, are scheduled to appear on Fox News Cannel's On the Record with Greta Van Susteren this evening at 10 p.m. EST.

Pray and act for Terri!