Pro-Life

"...remember a fetus is alive, it is life, it should be considered precious. Wake up, wake up parents, wake up! You will be held responsible for your child. The one just thrown in a garbage pail is at least four months. It has a complete formation of a human being, even the sex is visible. This is murder, no matter how you want to excuse yourself. You might have fooled your neighbor, but you cannot fool Thy Lord and God." (Message of Oct. 16, 1971)

The second national campaign for 2008 will take place September 24 -November 2 and will be conducted in cities from coast to coast.
       In all, more than 170 communities in the United States and Canada are planning to participate. The list includes cities in 45 states and two provinces.
      “The spread of 40 Days for Life is amazing,” said national campaign director David Bereit. “The growth of this outreach is a reflection of the excitement that people are expressing about the many ways 40 Days for Life impacts a community. This program is being embraced by cities conducting their first 40 Days for Life and those who are planning their second, third, or - in the case of Bryan/College Station, Texas - fourth campaign.”
     With campaigns in both Washington, D.C. and Ottawa, Ontario, this means that 40 Days for Life will have a presence in the capitals of two nations. “We firmly believe that this campaign of prayer and fasting will have a profound impact” said Bereit.
     Now is the time to get involved in one of the campaigns, either in or near your home town. Each listed community has a link to local information about that city’s effort. You can also see how this unique outreach has already affected many cities around the country, and learn what happens when God’s people work together to do His will.

Forty Days for Life Prayer

Let us pray, Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

Heal our wounds -our strength renew; On our dryness, pour thy dew; Wash the stains of guilt away!

Come, O Blessed Spirit of Counsel. Make our thoughts holy, our love pure and our works pleasing to God. Father, guided by Your Spirit, may we strive to make loving choices and respect all life. May we be aware of our dignity as Your sons and daughters, redeemed with the Blood of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

Respect Life

“When the time comes as it surely will, when we face that awesome moment, the final judgement, I’ve often thought, as the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen wrote, ‘that it is a terrible moment of loneliness. You have no advocates, you are there alone standing before God — and a terror will rip your soul like nothing you can imagine’. But I really think that those in the pro-life movement will not be alone. I think there will be a chorus of voices that have never been heard in this world but are heard beautifully and clearly in the next world — and they will plead for everyone who has been in this movement. They will say to God Spare him, because he loved us, — and God will look at you and say NOT, Did you succeed? BUT, Did you try?”

Congressman Henry Hyde