Today is Respect Life Sunday sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). At the end of Mass today, we said this prayer as a congregation, and it is beautiful so I wanted to share:
Virgin of Guadalupe,
Patroness of unborn children,
we implore your intercession
for every child at risk of abortion.
Help expectant parents to welcome from God
the priceless gift of their child's life.
Console parents who have lost that gift
through abortion,
and lead them to forgiveness and healing
through the Divine Mercy of your Son.
Teach us to cherish
and to care for family and friends
until God calls them home.
Help us never to see others as burdens.
Guide our public officials
to defend each and every human life
through just laws.
Inspire us all to bring our faith into public life,
to speak for those who have no voice.
We ask this in the name of your Son, Jesus
Christ, who is Love and Mercy itself.
Amen.
Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe, copyright 2010, United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved.
As Catholics, we are called to defend life from conception to natural death, and this includes how we vote. Please pray for an end to abortion in this great counry of ours!
THANK YOU for sharing that prayer! Beautiful!
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