Serial killer Jack Kevorkian who "assisted" over 130 people to commit suicide, at least five of whom had no underlying health condition, went to meet his Maker this morning. Last year he said he did not regret his actions but told a CNN reporter the worst day of his life was the day he was born. It was also the worst day for his unfortunate victims. Kevorkian died in a hospital from liver damage and pneumonia.
This morning at Mass we prayed a First Friday consecration to the Sacred Heart written by one of the heads of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. One of the promises of the First Friday devotion is that the person who makes them will not die without the consolation of the sacraments. As I reflect on the Sacred Heart of Jesus today and His great love for us, I will pray for Jack Kevorkian. Those who have disfigured themselves so completely by grave sin, are most in need of our prayers and the mercy of God. Frankly, I can't imagine such an unrepentant killer turning to God after serving Satan for so much of his life. But those last moments are a mystery to all but the sinner and God.
God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
For more see:
Jack Kevorkian: "No Regrets" of Killing People in Assisted Suicides, Regrets Birth
This man, who was not even an onocologist but a pathologist, would have served mankind far better by trying to easy the pain of the dying by ethical means -- finding better pain kiling treatments for those going through the dying process, etc. and cures for the diseases affecting people. That is what godly doctors do. He got the best treatment at the end and did not die with one of his own kits at home and alone like some of his "patients". What a farce of a man.
ReplyDeleteThere but for the grace of God goes yourself.
ReplyDeletePray for him. Only God knows what caused him to do what he did. Maybe, just maybe, he is less responsible for his actions than you are.
Veronica
Veronica, I will pray for him, but I cannot agree with your gentle treatment of his actions. There are many fine onocologists who have helped their patients die with a great deal of comfort. One onocologists wrote an article in our diocesan paper many years ago saying that none of his patients were in such unbearable pain that they ever asked him to kill them. He said that when properly done, no patient should die in unbearable pain. The problem is too much time and money is spent on teaching doctors and nurses all the wrong things such as how to do abortions, mostly for convenience, instead of finding treatments and methods to help people who are actually suffering. Many tried to tell Dr. Death that. Evidently he did not care nor listen.
ReplyDeleteVictoria, I am sorry I called Dr. Kovochian a "farce of a man", but it seems to me from all the videos of him, he lacked docility. In case you do not know what that means, it mean "teachablity". He admits that his parents and others had a hard time with him because of his agumentiveness. I have been under the care of pro-life Christian onocologists several times, and when they tell you the exact opposite of what this man has done, it certainly is cause for suspicion of him. Laying aside that none of us should play God and decide who should or should not die. As Jesus Christ said there are those who have eyes and see not, and those who have ears and hear not - in others words, they are unteachable. Was Dr. Kevochian one of those? I think that is highly possible. He said in one of his interviews that if there was a God after he died, he would ask him, "Why did you not make me smater?" Maybe God tried to tell him through others, and he would just not listen.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, Victoria, one of my friends's husband died many years ago from prostate cancer. He would go to the hospital to get radiation treatment--if I remember correctly--to keep the pain under control. Then the hospice came to his mobile home and gave him treatment til he died. I ask my friend if he was ever in a great deal of pain, and she told that he was not, so it seems as if it can be done.
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