Posted on 03/16/2010 7:06:48 AM PDT by Kfobbs
The fate of perhaps 50 million unborn babies may be at stake in what could be the biggest faith-based vote in the history of the nation this week. All hands in the U.S. House of Representatives in the fragile coalition for life must hold and not be swayed by the tenacity and unrelenting pressure to abandon principle for political expediency.
When the architects of history chronicle this vote it must not be looked upon as a mere procedural congressional cover that paved the way for sanctioned publicly-funded abortion. Each man and each woman in congress should be convinced to hear the future cries of the unborn and understand that moral conscience must override political conviction that is grounded in...
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Thats really where this battle [on healthcare] will be won on our knees in prayer and fasting, she told the listeners. Remember: faith without works is dead. So were asking you to do all of it: pray, fast, believe, trust the Lord, but also act.Father Euteneuer states:
"We are reminded that even supposed political victories are temporary, and that the solution to these problems is not political, even if we have to keep up the political fight and our activist efforts," said Father Euteneuer. "We are called to prayer, fasting and conversion... only God can put a stop to the horror of abortion now."And Fr. John A. Hardon said:
"Let me repeat in the clearest words in my disposal. I would restate our thesis in two propositions. Proposition #1 There is no stopping abortion without an ocean of grace from Jesus Christ. No way will human means stop abortion. #2 The principle source of this grace is the Holy Eucharist.Pray to kill the bill and to save the babies.
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