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Welcome all to Life Prayers, devoted to the sanctity of human life. I pray that all who visit this site will be blessed with wisdom to understand, courage to face the truth, and Divine mercy so desperately needed by us all. May God's blessing be upon you.
Do You Need Support?
For links to sites that offer support to pregnant women with their unborn children, and women who may be experiencing post-abortive problems visit the LifeSupport page.
The Gift of Life and Psalm 139
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalm 139: 13-14
Certainly respect for the wisdom of the bible was attacked in the 20th century and continues today. People who talk about scripture are often referred to as pious, high and mighty, bible thumpers, or a variety of other names. And although in some cases there are people who think themselves superior, most people who revere what scripture says have a humble nature and care for the welfare of others. Whatever the case may be, the wisdom of scripture has stood for thousands of years, and should be afforded due respect.
Psalm 139 speaks to us about the unborn child in the mother's womb, how awesome, "fearfully and wonderfully made" God's work is.
"My frame was not hidden from you, when I was made in the secret place...your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before they came to be." Psalm 139: 15-16
God's love for the unborn child is present at the moment of conception, even before, the psalm says. And though the child is not fully formed at the moment of conception, God's design is there, and the child's soul and identity is present. Physically, the design, "my frame" is there, each one unique. God's scripture, as well as the advances in science, tell us this.
"How precious are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you." Psalm 139: 17-18
Most of our failings, our sin, arise because we don't truly know how deeply God loves us and is with us in times of uncertainty. The psalm describes the depth of God's love, how it outnumbers even the grains of sand, how God remains with us, and we with Him.
Silent No More
The National Silent No More Awareness Campaign is an effort to make the public aware of the devastation abortion brings to women, men, and their families. It reaches out to women who are hurting from an abortion and lets them know that help is available. Women are invited to join in speaking the truth about abortion's negative consequences at nationwide gatherings.
Model and Actress Jennifer O'Neill, National Spokeswoman for the Campaign says, "This Campaign creates a safe place for women to break their silence about the pain of abortion. It is an honor to speak the truth and let others know they're not alone."
Their website, Silent No More, provides among other things, resources for post-abortion help and healing, information about upcoming campaign events, and an opportunity to sign up to join. The Campaign is a non-denominational Christian effort with no political or legal agenda.
Please consider joining them in assuring that the emotional and physical pain of abortion will no longer be shrouded in secrecy and silence, but rather exposed and healed.
"It is a very great poverty to decide that a child must die that you might live as you wish."
- Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
"America...Love Life, Cherish Life, Defend Life"
"At the center of the moral vision of your founding documents is the recognition of the rights of the human person, and especially respect for the dignity and sanctity of human life in all conditions and at all stages of development. I say to you again, America, in the light of your own tradition: love life, cherish life, defend life, from conception to natural death."
- Pope John Paul II
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Pray the Rosary to end abortion.
Other Life Prayers Features
To read prayers of God's love and mercy, go to the LifePrayers page.
To find peace through recitation of the holy rosary, visit the RosaryofLife page.
Click on this link for Words of Life found in holy scripture.
DayLife is a page containing the insights of the great Dorothy Day.
Go to GospelofLife for selected writings taken from Pope John Paul II's Gospel of Life.
For educational and other pro-life prayer sites click on LifeLines.
The LifePoems page was created to honor the gift of life through poetry.
The BreadofLife page conveys the message of real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
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