St John's Pro Life: Pro-Life Prayers

Thursday, 23 February 2012

Pro-Life Prayers

On Tuesday on the blog Anneli posted about the 40 Days for Life and how to make this Lent a pro-life one. After the news story of sex-selective abortions occurring here in the UK our group has been discussing various ways in which we can pray for life in all its forms. Anneli suggested saying a daily Haily Holy Queen, former member Fr. Terry recommended saying the Angelus either at midday or in the evening and another former group member Fr. Peter suggested saying a weekly Stations of the Cross in honour of all human life. All of these are wonderful ideas, they are simple ways we can help the cause of life all over the world and this, prayer, is the most powerful way we could ever choose to help. Please do join us in using these three marvellous devotions, it makes a huge difference!

(You can download a document with all of the prayers on here.)

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Anneli Figura24 February 2012 at 10:11
May I make one more suggestion, which is the prayer to the Archangel Michael (as found on our sidebar)? I pray this daily for the pro-life battle. The strength of negative feeling out there amongst many for pro-life causes (and indeed Christianity in general), and the vitriolic way it is often expressed, reminds me daily that - despite the myriad of social and psychological factors at play, which have to be sensitively and intelligently dealt with using all our modern techniques - this is ultimately a question of spiritual warfare. Behind it all lies a Deceiver who is more than capable of posing as an angel of light, justice and "human rights" and thus whipping up the misguided ire of many (which some probably see as righteous anger).

Wow, it's difficult to express oneself in this way - even to myself I sound weird and nutty! - I guess we're not used to talking in these terms in today's sophisticated, rationalistic world, even within the Church.
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O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living, to you do we entrust the cause of life: Look down, O Mother, upon the vast numbers of babies not allowed to be born, of the poor whose lives are made difficult, of men and women who are victims of brutal violence, of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy. Grant that all who believe in your Son may proclaim the Gospel of life with honesty and love to the people of our time. Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel as a gift ever new, the joy of celebrating it with gratitude throughout their lives and the courage to bear witness to it resolutely, in order to build, together with all people of good will, the civilization of truth and love, to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life. AMEN

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We are a group of parishioners from St John the Evangelist Catholic Church in the diocese of Arundel & Brighton who, through a mixture of our faith and our personal experiences, are convinced of the immeasurable value of each and every human life at every stage and through every challenge. "Blessed the man whose help comes from you, who has set his heart on reaching you. They pass through the valley of thirst and make a spring there: the morning rain will cover it with blessings." (Psalm 84)