[Faith]

DAY 17 INTENTION

May all understand more deeply that the pro-life message is rooted in the two basic truths of life:

There is a God; He isn't me

SCRIPTURE

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

-- Genesis 2:7

REFLECTION by Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life

From the beginning of the Bible until the end, the theme is echoed that God alone has dominion over human life. He made it; shared it; died to save it; will raise it up forever.

The act of creation described in Genesis 2:7, and earlier in Genesis 1:26-27, is a sovereign act. God did not have to do it, and would have been happy forever without us.

Yet without our asking for it or earning it, God brought us out of nothingness and into life, and sustains our existence at every moment. And He does so in Christ. "For by Him all things were created...in Him all things exist" (Colossians 1:16-17).

"You are not your own," Paul declares in 1 Corinthians 6. God alone owns us. While He entrusts us to the care of one another, He does not allow any human being to own another.

A Southern California abortionist, James McMahon, once explained how he justified killing children after 20 weeks gestation by partial-birth abortion. He did not deny that this was a child, but rather asked, "Who owns the child? It's got to be the mother."

The struggle over abortion is really a struggle over the dominion of God. The Christian individual, and the Christian Church, cannot sit idly by when others declare that God is not God.

PRAYER

Lord, we are yours. Thank you for breathing into us the breath of life. Thank you for claiming us as your own. May our words and actions in defense of human life proclaim to all the world that you alone are Lord of life and death, Lord of our freedom and of our choices. We pray in Jesus' Name. Amen.

[Faith]

Heavenly Father,

How we all want to be loved and appreciated! We all want to feel welcomed and cared for no matter who we are or where we are. May we show Your love, appreciation, caring, and blessing toward each precious unborn child. May each baby be welcomed into this life with love and with the nurturing that each deserves and needs. We pray that there would be rejoicing and thanksgiving for every new life that You have created. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

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Amen.

Father you made us out of sheer joy: hoping and knowing that we would be grateful for your gift of Life.

And yet we have turned from You, and made war on your gift in the womb - out of arrogance and self-love.

Help us to remember what we are, and how wonderful and fearful are your works.

+ We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, Amen +

[Soothesayer]

I’m not pro-life. I’m pro- killing people who hurt children.

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Amen, and Amen, Sister Faith. Standing with all our Brothers and Sisters in Prayer.

'Help us, O God of our Salvation,
For the Glory of Thy Name,
And Deliver us,
And be Merciful unto our Sins,
For Thy Name's Sake.'
~Ps.79:9

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