DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Thursday, July 5, 2007

OPERATION RESCUE PRESS RELEASE

Wichita, Kansas, will be the focus of a prophetic call to end abortion and seek revival

On July 7, (07/07/07) 100,000 young people will gather in Nashville, Tennessee, for a Solemn Assembly to cry out for repentance and national revival.

The desire of this emerging generation is to see the Holy Spirit bring a dramatic spiritual shift across America, which will produce cultural reformation and radical change. (See theCall.com) Immediately after the event, hundreds of young people will join a caravan that will travel across country to San Francisco.

On July 14-16, they will be in Wichita, Kansas, to pray for an end to abortion and plead with God for revival and spiritual awakening. They are inviting all Christians from the Wichita area, especially emerging leaders, to come join with them!

National pro-life leaders have answered the call and are scheduled to participate in the Wichita Awakening.

Who you can expect to see:

Wendy Wright - President of Concerned Women of America, the nation's largest women's group

Rev. Rob Schenck - President of the National Clergy Council in Washington, DC

Eric Wittington - Director of the national youth group Rock for Life

Rev. Pat Mahoney - Director of the Christian Defense Coalition in Washington, DC and member of the original Operation Rescue leadership team during the historic 1991 Summer of Mercy

Brandi Swindell - Director of Generation Life and pro-life spokesperson for the younger generation

The Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, a group of young activists from Los Angeles, California

An estimated 500 young people from The Cause, internationally known prayer warriors who conduct silent prayer events while wearing Life Tape

Various Wichita area pro-life groups and churches

For more information and for a complete schedule, CLICK HERE or visit wichitaawakening.com.

LIFE IS SACRED

An example of the traditional magisterial teaching which indicates that it is never morally licit to intentionally kill a child through abortion in order to “save the life of its mother” comes from the teaching of Pope Pius XII:

“Every human being, even the infant in the mother's womb, has the right to life immediately from God, not from the parent or any human society or authority. Therefore, there is no man, no human authority, no science, no medical, eugenic, social, economic or moral ‘indication’ that can show or give valid juridical title for direct deliberate disposition concerning an innocent human life-which is to say, a disposition that aims at its destruction either as an end in itself or as the means of attaining another end that is perhaps in no way illicit itself. Thus, for example, to save the life of the mother is a most noble end, but the direct killing of the child as a means to this end is not licit.”