Intercession

May all unborn children be protected in law and welcomed in love.

Prayers

Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be

Reflection

Today, we mourn the many babies whose lives have been ended by abortion and remember in prayer those who suffer the aftermath. We pray that children in their mothers’ wombs would again be protected in law, and we offer penance in reparation for abortions that have been committed in our world.

In his encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), Pope John Paul II said, “may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every believer” (EV 100). May that prayer arise in our hearts today and each day forward until every human being is protected in law and welcomed in love.

Act of Reparation

• Read a few paragraphs from Pope St John Paul’s Evangelium Vitae today, either in private prayer or with your family or faith group or parish.

Gospel Reflection

The cost of discipleship is highlighted by Jesus in our Gospel. In following him we endure persecutions and we have the hope of eternal life. We pray that we may continue to have the courage to campaign for a change to the law to protect children. We keep all women who have chosen abortion in our prayers, and we commend all children who have died due to abortion into the care of the Lord. (Mark 10: 28-31)
Bishop Martin Hayes, Bishop of Kilmore – Ireland

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Day five – Healing After Abortion

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Intercessions and Reflections provided by Pray for Life

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The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth,
as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

The Hail Mary

Hail, Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

Glory be to the Father

Glory be to the Father
and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning
is now, and ever shall be
world without end. Amen.

Prayer For Life

Father and maker of all,
you adorn all creation
with splendour and beauty,
and fashion human lives
in your image and likeness.
Awaken in every heart
reverence for the work of your hands,
and renew among your people
a readiness to nurture and sustain
your precious gift of life.
Grant this through our Lord
Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in
the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God forever and ever.

Amen.

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