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The Blessing of a Child in the Womb

Mon Nov 17 '08 5:47 pm

The Blessing of a Child in the Womb

“May almighty God, who has created new life now bless the child in your womb. The Lord has brought you the joy of motherhood: May he bless you with a safe and healthy pregnancy. You thank the Lord today for the gift of your child: May he bring you and your child one day to share in the unending joys of heaven.”

The U.S. Bishops have approved this beautiful new blessing in their Fall general assembly last week. Bishop Arthur Serratelli of Paterson, N.J., chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship, introduced the prayer.

He said the blessing, which had been approved both by his committee and by the Committee on Pro-Life Activities, “was prepared to support the parents awaiting the birth of their child, to encourage in the parish, prayers for and recognition of the precious gift of the child in the womb, and to foster respect for human life within society.”

Funeral for Aborted Babies

Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life conducted a moving funeral Mass for three aborted babies at Our Lady of Angels Monastery in Irondale, Alabama. Video

Cardinal James Francis Stafford Comments on the Recent Election

“‘America suffered a cultural earthquake… For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden.’ According to Cardinal Stafford, Catholics who weep the ‘hot, angry tears of betrayal’ should try to identify with Jesus.” Source: California Catholic Daily article, 11/18/08.
(Posted by P. Sevilla)

Sign Petition for U.N. to Include the Rights of the Unborn and the Family

Please sign the petition for the U.N.to include in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proper consideration for “the right to life of every human being, from conception to natural death, each child having the right to be conceived, born and educated within the family, based on marriage between a woman and a man, the family being the natural and fundamental group unit of society,” and “the right of every child to be educated by his or her parents, who have a prior and fundamental right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.”
(Posted by P. Sevilla)

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