Are We There Yet?: Novena For Life

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Novena For Life

A year ago, George Bush officially dedicated January 20th as Sanctity of Human Life Day in our country. Barrack Obama, in contrast, has his pen poised to sign a death warrant for the unborn, in the form of the Freedom of Choice Act. Our best (and, at this time, probably only) hope to prevent this atrocity is prayer. There has been a call to arms in the Church. All are invited and encouraged to start praying a novena today for the prevention of FOCA. If we begin our rosaries for this specific intention today, the novena will end on the 20th of January.

See Esther, at Catholic Mom in Hawaii for specific information on the worldwide novena.

3 comments:

Shosannah said...: We are joining you in praying this novena Lisa.
Thanks for posting this!; January 12, 2009 at 5:31 AM
SQUELLY said...: Hi I just started following you through Aussie coffee shope and wanted to introduce myself and say what a fantastic blog. I hope you don't mind me following along and please do come and visit me at my humble blog where I am trying my hardest to make the voice of the unborn heard.; January 12, 2009 at 5:40 AM
Soutenus said...: We are also joining you in the praying of this novena. I am going to post this over at CN, too.
Thank you for passing this on!; January 12, 2009 at 9:13 AM

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Especially let the choice be of one who is a fervent Catholic, true in thought and word and deed to those ideals which are Yours, especially the value of their purity.

Dear Father of us all, give Your guiding help to our children, who are Your children, too. We will be letting them go soon, but please don't ever let our children go from you. Amen

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O, St. Joseph...

...whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the Throne of God, I place in thee all my interests and desires. O, St. Joseph, do assist me by thy powerful intercession and obtain for me from thy Divine Son all spiritual blessings; so that having engaged here below thy Heavenly power I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of Fathers. O, St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating thee and Jesus asleep in thy arms. I dare not approach while He reposes near thy heart. Press Him in my name, and kiss His fine Head for me, and ask Him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, patron of departing souls, pray for us. Amen.