In the past week, a statue was stolen from a Catholic church in Williamsburg, a Catholic priest was wounded in a drive-by shooting in South Ozone Park and a school bus used by a Jewish school was torched in Crown Heights.

These are all signs of the loss of respect for the sacredneess of human life in our contemporary society.

The guardians of all that is right are under attack. But is it any wonder that such lawlessness prevails in a society that discourages prayer in schools, threatens nuns who care for the elderly and infirm and refuses to allow life in the womb the guarantee of birth!

The signs of the times tell us that our ways are not God’s ways. May smarter heads prevail!