Wednesday 26 May 2010

Prayer For Life - Pope John Paul II


''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.''



Fratres: It is the great scandal of our times that our youngest brethren are ruthlessly condemned to die so that we may live as we wish. Let us continually beseech Almighty God and the Holy Virgin to bring about an end to this legalised slaughter and to give us a greater appreciation of His gift of life.

This passage of the Psalms came to my mind earlier on today during the Divine Office:

The unjust tribunal can never be your friend,
whose judges do evil against the law.
They attack the life of the just
and condemn innocent blood.
They oppress your people, O Lord,
they trouble your people, your inheritance.
They kill the widow and stranger,
they murder the orphans.
They have said to themselves
‘The Lord will not see.
The God of Jacob will not notice.’
(93/94)

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