Dear friend,
So many prayers answered – what a blessing to have Roe v Wade’s decision reversed this past Friday but now what tragedies are happening around our country because of it. During such times it helps to look to our Holy Father, Pope Francis, to give us comfort and hope.
Here is a short clip from a news story written by Courtney Mares, Vatican City, June 24, 2022/12:54 PM:
‘The Pontifical Academy of Life said Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade “challenges the whole world.”
“The court’s opinion shows how the issue of abortion continues to arouse heated debate. The fact that a large country with a long democratic tradition has changed its position on this issue also challenges the whole world,” the Vatican academy wrote in a statement on June 24.
“The protection and defense of human life is not an issue that can remain confined to the exercise of individual rights, but instead is a matter of broad social significance. After 50 years, it is important to reopen a non-ideological debate on the place that the protection of life has in a civil society to ask ourselves what kind of coexistence and society we want to build,” it said.
The academy’s statement was the first official reaction to the court’s decision issued by an entity linked to the Roman Curia. Pope Francis has condemned abortion using strong language, referring to it as “murder” and on multiple occasions comparing the act of killing an unborn child to hiring a “hitman” to solve a problem.’
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251629/pontifical-academy-of-life-statement-overturning-roe
‘The Pope was also reported to have said, “Let us not allow the family to be poisoned by the toxins of selfishness, individualism, today’s culture of indifference and waste, and as a result lose its very DNA, which is the spirit of welcoming and service.”‘
Friend, there is much evil in our world so it’s imperative that we all continue to be or become God’s spiritual warriors; His boots on the ground. God and our world desperately need us to continue to pray, really pray and do whatever we can to defend and support those who have absolutely no voice of their own as to whether they are to live or to die.
ALL LIFE MATTERS!
*Prayer for Life
Father and maker of all,
you adorn all creation
with splendor 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
*https://www.nationalshrine.org/blog/prayers-for-the-unborn/
May God be with you and may He continue to protect and guide you and yours!
Peace, love, joy and thanksgiving in Christ Jesus, our Savior!
Marie Antoinette
All life matters – from conception on!
His Righteousness 