Following the short burial ceremony at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, each of us who were in attendance had the opportunity to shovel some dirt onto the single casket after it had been lowered into the grave as if to show our solidarity with our unborn brothers and sisters, whom we do not know but whom we love precisely because they are fellow children of the Almighty God, our Creator.    

This was the first occasion that I have had to ever participate in a funeral Mass for, and subsequent burial of, unborn children, whereas Dr. Miller and many other long-time pro-life veterans have been doing it for years in many different regions of the country.  

I think these types of events - like no other - hammer home the message that abortion is really all about death.  

But the process of these spiritual rituals, in which we mark the earthly death of human beings, also reminds us that there is hope - a hope that one day death will be conquered forever and the Truth will triumph.  

Thus, similar to the way in which we Christians anticipate the ultimate resurrection of the body and life everlasting, we, as pro-lifers, must continue to hope that the legalized slaughter of the unborn in our land - and around the world - will one day come to an end.  

This is precisely why I never tire of fighting for the cause of the unborn.

Sometimes, though, we all can get caught-up in the moment, myself included, and start to lose hope.  

But we must remember that political candidates come and go, as do U.S. Supreme Court Justices and the like, but what remains is a grassroots movement of everyday people - true believers - who will never stop pursuing the good until the overall mission is accomplished.  

Just before the casket containing those 23 unborn children was placed into the grave, a white dove was released - the ultimate symbolic moment at which I thought to myself,

"Onward, Christian soldiers: the march has just begun."
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***BREAKING NEWS: Citizens for a Pro-Life Society released the following press release on Wednesday, May 7, 2008:

"On the heels of the Hodari aborted baby find, pro-lifers, with members of Citizens for a Pro-life Society, in April 2008 found the remains of at least 6 aborted babies in the trash dumpster behind the Women's Advisory abortion clinic, 27549 Six Mile Road, Livonia, Michigan. The remains are those of aborted babies from 16 to 20 weeks gestational age. The clinic is owned and operated by Reginald Sharpe. Extensive bio-hazard waste and patient records were discovered there as well as in the trash container behind Sharpe's other abortion clinic located on Warren Avenue in Detroit."

To view the rest of this press release as well as a YouTube video documenting more outrageous illegal activity by yet another Michigan abortionist, please visit http://www.prolifesociety.com/displaypages/pages/home.aspx

About the author: Andrew Shirvell, Esq., is a pro-life citizen activist who writes a weekly column that is published every Thursday for RightMichigan.com in which he focuses upon Michigan pro-life issues. Shirvell attended Ave Maria School of Law - Ann Arbor, where he served as president of the school's Bioethics Society, from 2004-2005.  He also served as president of Students for Life at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, from 2000-2002.