Posted on 03/12/2009 9:34:39 AM PDT by Faith
40 Days for Life consists of 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion,
40 days of constant, peaceful vigil outside abortion centers and Planned Parenthood offices
and 40 days of active pro-life community outreach.
Your community may be participating in this prayerful vigil.
If so, please join others in your area
or unite with thousands across America
during the 40 days of Lent
in praying for an end to abortion in this nation.
May the mystery of the Incarnation increase our zeal for defending life.
SCRIPTURE
Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end."
-- Luke 1:30-33
REFLECTION by Randolph Sly
"God has assumed Humanity, joining it with Divinity, and kindled in men's hearts new love of me." These words were written by a Roman poet in the Fourth Century. He spent his life finding ways to express the greatest mystery of the world: the incarnation, in which God became man.
The womb has been referred to as the "first home of the whole human race." It is the place where life begins, where our stories start.
In the womb the great men and women of history began their magnificent march through life.
In the womb Divinity met humanity, and God the Son was born into the world.
As one of the Fathers of the early church, St. Leo the Great, declared, "Within her spotless womb Wisdom built itself a house and the Word became flesh."
Recently, I was at the hospital for the birth of my fourth grandchild. Looking through the nursery window at the rows of newly born babies, I began to think of the great stories that would be written about these tiny lives.
During his visitation with the Virgin Mary, the angel prophesied to Mary about the life of her child. Here in this hospital, I pondered, what would he say about each of these?
Would they meet the one who also came from His mother's womb to redeem the world and kindle our hearts afresh for God?
I thanked God for each baby alive and prayed for each story yet to be written.
Life can be victorious.
PRAYER
Heavenly Father, you have made the womb of each woman a very special place.
Help us to hold fast to the sanctity of this first home of humanity, remembering the wonderful mystery, that God inhabited the womb of a young woman and came forth as the savior and deliverer of the world.
We ask this in the Name of the one who came forth, Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
Grant us the strength to continue our defense of the unborn even when it is not popular or when our government persists in undermining and destroying life. Help us to do what You have asked us to do, and then to leave the results to You. You are the answer in all things. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
The depravity of the human race continues to increase at an alarming rate. The end of abortion will occur on the day Christ returns. Of that we can be certain and that time grows ever closer.
In the Cathedral of Lubeck in Germany is a Lenten Monitory which may be taken as God's answer to such blasphemy:
Ye call Me Master, and obey Me not:
Ye call Me Light, and see Me not;
Ye call Me Way, and walk Me not;
Ye call Me Life, and desire Me not;
Ye call Me Wise, and follow Me not:
Ye call Me Fair, and love Me not;
Ye call Me Rich, and ask Me not:
Ye call Me Eternal, and seek Me not;
Ye call Me Gracious, and trust Me not;
Ye call Me Noble, and serve Me not;
Ye call Me God, and fear Me not;
If I condemn you—blame Me not. AmenExcerpted from Message of the Gospels
Yes, praying for Christ to return soon . . .
Beautiful message, Salvation. Thank you for sharing it.
We Come to you Again, Father, Seeking Your Divine Protection for the Unborn. Our Abba, May Each Tiny Precious Life be Valued and Loved. Please Help Anyone Considering Abortion to Put the Life of their Child First. Help Self to Decrease, and the Baby to be Cherished in their Eyes.
Thank You for Your Merciful Grace, O Lord, that Cares for Your Beloved Little Lambs. We Commit them to You, our Beloved Father, as we Pray in the Name of Your Son, amen.
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