Our theme for this year's 40 Days for Life is "A Child is Born". The team came up with this theme as we were reflecting on how close Lent 2013 is to Christmas 2012.
So soon after celebrating the Child of all children, Jesus, being born, we are faced with the tragedy of 100,000 Australian children being killed in the womb each year.
That's each and every year. Not just a once off.
But let's not lose hope! This Lenten period is about reaching out to God to beg him to end abortion. It's about praying and fasting with all our might. It's about spreading the word, even if to just family and friends or fellow parishioners that abortion is happening and it has to be ended! And it's about praying at the abortion mill at Bowen Hills to offer Christ's love and hope to anyone entering the building. Our prayerful witness will save the lives of some babies, but there could be mothers who will walk past us and go in anyway. In this situation, we will be the last person that a baby will have pray for them before he or she is killed.
I also want to include this picture that I received a few weeks ago for you to reflect upon over the next 40 Days. This picture represents all the children that want to be born (this may be an attachment in your email):
This is a beautiful baby at just 12 weeks old. This is the average age of a baby that is subjected to abortion. I don't see a "bunch of cells" or a "foetus". I see a child crying out to be born.
I see a baby I want to pray for over the next 40 days.
Prayer
"Dear God, help us to remain focused on the work You want us to carry out over the next 40 days of prayer. Be with us as we stand outside in prayerful vigil at the abortion mill at Bowen Hills. Give us the words to say when we speak of this tragedy to the people we meet. And most of all, let us pray and fast fervently to bring the end to abortion as soon as possible. In your precious name Jesus, Amen."
May God richly bless you and your efforts over the next 40 Days!
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