Priests for Life Call to Prayer for our Nation - A Novena of Weeks leading to Election Day

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Starting on August 31, 2004, Priests for Life is calling upon all Catholics to offer a special novena of nine weeks of intense prayer for our nation as we prepare to elect our national and local leaders. August 31 is exactly nine weeks before November 2, which is Election Day.

The intentions of this prayer campaign include the following: a) That in this year's elections, our nation will embrace the moral values of a culture of life; b) That America will reclaim her founding principles of faith and dependence upon God in public life; c) That believers will reject apathy and take an active role in the elections by registering to vote and actually voting; d) That candidates will understand their responsibility to serve the people, to protect life and family, and to adhere to the law of God.

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Knights For Life joins Fr. Frank Pavone and Priests For Life in asking all Catholics to make this novena.

Also, Knights For Life has formatted the prayer onto a printer friendly page for distribution at Churches Schools Pro-Life groups etc. We fit 2 copies on a single sheet which cuts cost in half for distribution purposes.

Visit Knights For Life, click on the top link "Priests for Life Call to Prayer for our Nation" to go to the pdf download.

Please forward this on to anyone who might be interested.

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A Prayer for our National Elections

O God, we acknowledge you today as Lord,
Not only of individuals, but of nations and governments.

We thank you for the privilege
Of being able to organize ourselves politically
And of knowing that political loyalty
Does not have to mean disloyalty to you.

We thank you for your law,
Which our Founding Fathers acknowledged
And recognized as higher than any human law.

We thank you for the opportunity
that this election year puts before us,
To exercise our solemn duty not only to vote,
But to influence countless others to vote,
And to vote correctly.

Lord, we pray that your people may be awakened.
Let them realize that while politics is not their salvation,
Their response to you requires that they be politically active.

Awaken your people to know that they are not called
to be a sect fleeing the world
But rather a community of faith renewing the world.

Awaken them that the same hands lifted up to you in prayer
Are the hands that pull the lever in the voting booth;
That the same eyes that read your Word
Are the eyes that read the names on the ballot,
And that they do not cease to be Christians
When they enter the voting booth.

Awaken your people to a commitment to justice
To the sanctity of marriage and the family,
To the dignity of each individual human life,
And to the truth that human rights begin when human lives begin,
And not one moment later.

Lord, we rejoice today
That we are citizens of your kingdom.

May that make us all the more committed
To being faithful citizens on earth.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

--Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

A ping for Kevin...

Please pray for the future of our nation as the election approaches.

(traditional Catholic ping list -- freepmail if you want on or off)

[Smartass]

Father in heaven, I lift my eyes to you and wait for your help.
I am your servant, entrusted with your gifts; I am yours alone.
I lift my eyes to you who dwell in heaven. Like a faithful servant,
I wish to do your bidding.

As the eyes of a good servant are on the master, so are our eyes on the Lord, our God, till he bless us. Psalm 12

Glory to the Father. . .

Reading
See what love the Father has bestowed on us in letting us be
called children of God!

Yet that is what we are.

Dearly beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall later
be has not yet come to light. We know that when it comes to
light we shall be like him as he is. I John 3:1a-2

Intercessions
Lord, remember your church throughout the world,
--that your people may dwell in peace.
Lord, remember those we have met today,
--that they may receive your gifts.
Lord, remember all families,
--that they may live in harmony.
Lord, remember the sick and the dying,
--that they may have your joy.
Amen

[nickcarraway]

BUMP

[cherry]

I can clearly see how leftist abortion-loving priests and nuns and other Catholics would use this novena for their agenda....

you know the drill......you can't be for war or the death penalty if you are against abortion, like its all the same......

if the "Priests for Life want to really make a statement it would be more direct, as in , let's elect anti-abortion people period....

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Sadly, Priests for Life have to be careful not to offend the PC bishops. So they must walk a fine line.

[Gerish]

Thank you for ping. Wonderful idea. God Bless America!

[VRWCer]

Please put me on your pro-life ping list. Thanks!

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Welcome to the Pro-Life Ping List!

Also, please take time to visit my websites:

CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS FOR LIFE at:
http://www.CpForLife.org

NATIONAL AMERICAN HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL at:
http://www.CpForLife.org/Memorial

Knights For Life at
http://www.KnightsForLife.org

Thanks,

Kevin

[Salvation]

BTTT for KC

[Salvation]

We might also go over to the thread where Blogger has put in many names in a 24/7 table to pray for the election.

Note: Go to the end of the thread and check the latest table!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1249085/posts