Father, help us to seek the values that will bring us lasting joy in this changing world. In our desire for what you promise make us one in mind and heart. Help us to celebrate our joy in the resurrection of the Lord and to express in our lives the love we celebrate.
Help us to seek the values that will bring us lasting joy in this changing world. In our desire for what you promise make us one in mind and heart. Open our hearts in welcome. Remove the things that hinder us from receiving Christ with joy, so that we may share his wisdom and become one with him when he comes in glory. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Amen.
There is a great need to protect life from conception to natural death in our country. The culture of death has penetrated to the very core of our Nation. Approximately 60.1 million unborn children have been killed by abortion in the United States since its legalization in 1973. Many people have become desensitized, misinformed, or not informed at all on the impact abortion has had on this nation. Additionally, Physician-Assisted Suicide has become legal in nine US States as well as the District of Columbia and it has only been narrowly defeated in Massachusetts. Creating a Parish Pro-Life Committees will raise the general consciousness of the people in the parish to:
A sample mission model your Parish Pro-Life Committee: The Pro-Life Committee of ___________ Parish will promote the respect for human life from fertilization to a natural death following the format found in the USCCB Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities http://www.usccb.org/about/pro-life-activities/
This mission should include both support and implementation of specific activities from:
This pastoral plan calls upon all the resources of the Church – its people, services, and institutions – to pursue this effort with renewed energy and commitment in four major areas.