Not everyone has the availability, resources, or particular call to head to Washington DC for the March for Life. We all, however, have the means and call to pray for each other and to defend our brothers and sister’s dignity and right to life.
We are called to defend so many different aspects of being pro-life: the elderly, the unborn, the homeless, the handicap, our military and veterans, and those bullied or abused. This month - this week - in particular we are called to join together and storm the Heavens regarding the unborn during the anniversary of Roe vs Wade.
These 9 days have specific prayers, intentions, and ways you can additionally fast in order to beg God for grace to be poured out on those in need. especially the mothers, fathers, the unborn, and those affected by the responsibility of a new life. This time is not time to jump down someone’s throat about how we’re right and they’re wrong. This time is for us to be there for those who are scared, to walk with those who feel alone, to support the programs out there that do good work (see Woman’s New Life Center, Restoration House, Peter’s House, etc.) . This is a time to live out the gospel:
“When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. Then the King will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’
- Matthew 25:31-40
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