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GOOD FRIDAY PRAYERS TO END ABORTION
26 March A.D. 2002 | father_elijah

Posted on 03/28/2002 8:25:51 PM PST by father_elijah

On Good Friday (29 March A.D. 2002), Roman Catholics the world over are mobilizing to pray the Rosary for an end to the legalization of abortion around the world. We will be praying between 12 noon and 3 pm (in your local time zone).

Although it will not be Good Friday for the Holy Orthodox Church, I am praying that members of the Orthodox faith will pray for an end to abortion at the same time -- perhaps the Jesus Prayer beads or whatever devotion would be appropriate. (I believe there is an Akathist Hymn for the Helpless Unborn). I hope one of our Orthodox Freepers can provide more guidance.

I would also like to ask Anglicans and Episcopalians to join in this prayer either by praying the Rosary (or the Anglican Rosary), by saying the Way of the Cross, or by saying your Great Litany and offering it up as a prayer to end abortion.

I also pray other Christians will join in praying for an end to the legalization of abortion tomorrow by whatever method is customary for them -- extemporaneous prayer, Bible reading, or a form of prayer from their denomination.

Thank you for considering this appeal. God bless!


TOPICS: General Discusssion
KEYWORDS: abortion; goodfriday; helplesspreborn; sasu
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Please spread the word far and wide. Let us pray to bring an end to this evil.
1 posted on 03/28/2002 8:25:51 PM PST by father_elijah
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To: FormerLib; IGNATIUS; MarMema; patent; Campion; ThomasMore; ELS; redhead; Salvation; tiki...
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2 posted on 03/28/2002 8:29:11 PM PST by father_elijah
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To: father_elijah
I do plan to be praying the Rosary at 3:00 tomorrow and this was even in our bulletin this week so I know a lot of people in our parish will be joining.
3 posted on 03/28/2002 9:27:56 PM PST by tiki
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To: father_elijah
Armed with Rosary, ready for battle, father.
4 posted on 03/29/2002 1:52:01 AM PST by history_matters
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To: Wordsmith
Bump.

I'm also praying for the protection of Arab Christians in the Holy Land, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Iraq.

5 posted on 03/29/2002 3:46:14 AM PST by history_matters
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To: history_matters
I'm also praying for the protection of Arab Christians in the Holy Land, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Iraq

Amen.

6 posted on 03/29/2002 8:17:13 AM PST by MarMema
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To: father_elijah
Thanks for the bump. I'm outside the window today, but I will offer up my rosary.

patent

7 posted on 03/29/2002 12:13:04 PM PST by patent
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To: father_elijah
Thank you for this. I prayed the Rosary and then prayed the Chaplet of Divine Mercy -- which I just learned about from a Catholic friend. I am an Anglo-Catholic, and I appreciate being asked to join in this prayer to end abortion. Please pray for me. I am trying to discern whether or not I should enter the Catholic Church or the Orthodox Church. I can't be a part of the Episcopal Church any longer. Thank you for your prayers.
8 posted on 03/29/2002 12:45:00 PM PST by OxfordMovement
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To: father_elijah
O Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son, Who is in the bosom of the Father, True God, source of life and immortality, Light of Light, who has come into the world to enlighten it; You were pleased to be conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary for the salvation of our souls by the power of Your All Holy Spirit; O Master, Who has come that we might have life more abundantly, we ask You to enlighten the minds and hearts of those blinded to the truth that life begins at conception, and that the unborn are already in the womb adorned with Your image and likeness; enable us to guard, cherish and protect the lives of all those who are unable to care for themselves; for You Yourself are the Bestower of Life, bringing each person from non-being into being; sealing each person with divine and infinite love. Be merciful, O Lord, to those who, through ignorance or willfulness, affront Your divine goodness and providence through the evil act of abortion. May they, and all of us, come to the light of Your Truth and glorify You, the Giver of Life, together with Your Father, and Your All Holy and Life-giving Spirit. AMEN!

from Sanctity of Life

9 posted on 03/29/2002 12:46:14 PM PST by MarMema
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To: father_elijah
virgin of the sign
10 posted on 03/29/2002 12:48:33 PM PST by MarMema
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To: father_elijah
This is a special thread for me as my husband and I adopted our youngest child from a foreign country. They told us she was "born" when the mother attempted to abort her, probably with a hanger or something similar at about 7 1/2 months.

When we first heard of her, she was 3 1/2 and no one would adopt her because she did not speak. She weighed only 19 pounds and wore the clothes of an 18 month old. Her birth circumstances were awesome, she was very preemie and had numerous complications, among them pnuemonia. She was fed with a tube and had to have a complete blood transfusion. All this in the equivalent of a third world society. Her birthmother went AWOL at the hospital after coming in bleeding heavily and delivering this girl. Our pediatrician says it is a miracle that this child survived what she did and especially where she did.

I want to tell you that she is now 7 and a pure delight. She speaks wonderfully, has a great vocabulary, and is doing some early reading. She is doing first grade math. Nothing will stop this child from getting to where she wants to go. She is a dedicated Christian and a favorite of her churchschool teachers. Yesterday I watched her chase one of our goats around the yard, who weighs about 200 pounds, and finally get it back into the pen.

I can never thank God enough for this lovely, delightful, funny, and loving daughter.

11 posted on 03/29/2002 1:08:00 PM PST by MarMema
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To: father_elijah
Pro-life bump
12 posted on 03/29/2002 7:35:47 PM PST by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: father_elijah
I prayed a Rosary to end abortion during Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the Altar of Repose.
13 posted on 03/29/2002 7:50:31 PM PST by ELS
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To: MarMema
How very beautiful. Thank you for sharing this powerful testimony to life. May the Lord bless you abundantly!
14 posted on 03/29/2002 8:01:26 PM PST by father_elijah
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To: MarMema
I've printed this out to carry in my wallet so I can pray it daily. Thank you for posting such an awesome prayer.
15 posted on 03/29/2002 8:11:18 PM PST by OxfordMovement
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To: father_elijah
Way of the Cross reference
16 posted on 03/29/2002 8:13:34 PM PST by Salvation
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To: father_elijah
Now father did you get that thread pulled..shame on ya
17 posted on 03/29/2002 8:13:39 PM PST by RnMomof7
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To: father_elijah

Way of the Cross

(Also called Stations of the Cross, Via Crucis, and Via Dolorosa). These names are used to signify either a series of pictures or tableaux representing certain scenes in the Passion of Christ, each corresponding to a particular incident, or the special form of devotion connected with such representations.

Taken in the former sense, the Stations may be of stone, wood, or metal, sculptured or carved, or they may be merely paintings or engravings. Some Stations are valuable works of art, as those, for instance, in Antwerp cathedral, which have been much copied elsewhere. They are usually ranged at intervals around the walls of a church, though sometimes they are to be found in the open air, especially on roads leading to a church or shrine. In monasteries they are often placed in the cloisters. The erection and use of the Stations did not become at all general before the end of the seventeenth century, but they are now to be found in almost every church. Formerly their number varied considerably in different places but fourteen are now prescribed by authority. They are as follows:

  1. Christ condemned to death;
  2. the cross is laid upon him;
  3. His first fall;
  4. He meets His Blessed Mother;
  5. Simon of Cyrene is made to bear the cross;
  6. Christ's face is wiped by Veronica;
  7. His second fall;
  8. He meets the women of Jerusalem;
  9. His third fall;
  10. He is stripped of His garments;
  11. His crucifixion;
  12. His death on the cross;
  13. His body is taken down from the cross; and
  14. laid in the tomb.

The object of the Stations is to help the faithful to make in spirit, as it were, a pilgrimage to the chief scenes of Christ's sufferings and death, and this has become one of the most popular of Catholic devotions. It is carried out by passing from Station to Station, with certain prayers at each and devout meditation on the various incidents in turn. It is very usual, when the devotion is performed publicly, to sing a stanza of the "Stabat Mater" while passing from one Station to the next.

18 posted on 03/29/2002 8:14:14 PM PST by Salvation
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To: RnMomof7
I'm afraid that wasn't my doing. i hope you have a Happy Easter.
19 posted on 03/29/2002 8:20:24 PM PST by father_elijah
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To: father_elijah
Were you there when He stood before the judge?

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JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH

Priest: We adore you O Christ and we praise you.

All: (Genuflecting) Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Priest: Though harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his mouth: Like a lamb led to the slaughter, or a sheep before the shearers, he was silent... Oppressed and condemned, he was taken away.(Is 53:7, 8)

All: Lord, You stand before Pilate. Divine power before human. Meekness before arrogance, love before fear. Pilate's power seems impressive, bold. But the power of the world is weak, unstable. Pilate vacillates between expediency and truth: "What about your 'king'?" he pleads. "We have no king but Caesar!" the crowd responds. Politics over religion!

Pilate makes the political choice, saying in effect, "I'm opposed to this, but..." He condemns innocent blood. Lord, how often, by our indifference, our apathy, are we counted among today's Pilates, still at it, condemning innocent blood: the preborn, the weak, the starving.

Help us stand as disciples before the world with you... with them.

20 posted on 03/29/2002 8:22:08 PM PST by Salvation
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