National Day of Prayer & Penance for Life

You’ve probably heard about it but it bears repeating . . .

Tomorrow (Friday), the bishops have called for a National Day of Prayer and Penance for Life to coincide with the anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the March for Life in Washington, D.C.

Our parish is having a Mass for Peace and Justice in the morning, a Rosary for Life in the afternoon, a simple meal of soup and bread for dinner, and a Holy Hour for the Unborn in the evening.  After the Holy Hour, the movie Bella is going to be shown.

Check your parish website to see what Masses and devotional activities are there for you.

If you can’t make it to Mass or a parish-organized devotion, then our pastor has other suggestions:

• Make a visit to any Catholic church to spend time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament
• Spend some extra time in prayer at home, e.g. pray a family rosary
• Abstain from meat
• Fast for the day, from a meal, or from snacks between meals
• Give up television, music, video games, or some other entertainment
• Donate monies saved from above to any pro-life group or agency

And finally, our pastor has suggested the following prayer to remember the millions of babies who have been aborted as well as those coping with and grieving the loss their aborted children

Lord God, we praise and thank You for the gift of our lives, and for the lives of all human beings. There is nothing more destructive to human life than abortion, yet we rejoice that You have conquered death by the resurrection of Your Son. Help us to do our part to end abortion – never to be silent, never to be passive, and never to be forgetful of the unborn. Give us strength to defend human life, especially in the womb, until all humans are protected. Guide our nation to truly be a nation with liberty and justice not just for some, but for all. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

What will you do tomorrow to help end abortion?