| Pray and Fast to Defeat FOCA – 9 Day Novena: Jan. 11-19, 2009 |
| By Lord David Alton | |
| Saturday, 10 January 2009 | |
| This is a decisive moment in the history of the United States. The passing of the Freedom of Choice Act (U.S. Congress vote on Jan. 21-22, coupled with the President-elect's campaign promise of signing it as his "first act" as president as early as Jan. 23) would effectively result in unprecedented amounts of innocent blood upon the hands of our administration and of our country. Mercy will soon be replaced by Justice if God has to witness our national "choice" to legislate the unrestricted destruction of his own divine image embodied in millions of our unborn brothers and sisters. Read with great seriousness the message below from Professor Lord Alton of the U.K. which articulates the urgent imperative to pray and fast for nine days, beginning on Sunday, January 11, to defeat this Goliath abortion bill in the waiting. Catholics, pray for the Rosary to defeat FOCA. Bring Our Mother into this battle. She is well-acquainted with fighting and conquering her ancient foe (cf. Gen: 3:15, Rev.12). And make no mistake – the battle against FOCA is a battle against Satan. Fast two days during these nine days. Jesus makes clear that Satanic sourced activities (like FOCA) are exorcized only through prayer and fasting (cf. Mt. 17:21). Consider the present moment as if it were nine days before Jan. 22, 1973. The Roe v. Wade decision has claimed its millions upon millions of unborn victims. We, nine days before the FOCA vote, are obliged to do everything possible spiritually and humanly to prevent the historical disaster of FOCA from becoming a reality and claiming its untold future numbers of unborn children. Pray and fast to defeat FOCA. Pray the Rosary, invoking the Immaculate Mother of the Unborn for their protection. Go to Mass and offer Holy Communion for the defeat of this anti-Christ legislation of human sacrilege. Only Heaven can help us now. Nothing is impossible with God. Dr. Mark Miravalle Letter from Lord David Alton on USA Freedom of Choice Act Dear Friends, If you are apposed to abortion then there is bad news on the horizon. For those of you who do not know, the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) is set to be signed if the U.S. Congress passes it on January 21-22 of 2009. The FOCA is the next sick chapter in the book of abortion. If made a law then all limitations on abortion will be lifted which will result in the following:
Perhaps most importantly the government will now have control in the issue of abortion. This could result in a future amendment that would force women by law to have abortions in certain situations (rape, Down syndrome babies, etc) and could even regulate how many children women are allowed to have. Needless to say this information is disturbing, but sadly true. As Catholics, as Christians, as anyone who is against the needless killing of innocent children, we must stand as one. We must stop this horrific act before it becomes a law. The Plan: To pray a novena (9 days of prayer) along with fasting starting on January 11th. For Catholics, the prayer of choice will be the Rosary with intentions to stop the FOCA. For non Catholics I encourage you to pray your strongest prayers with the same intentions, also for nine consecutive days. The hope is that this will branch and blossom as to become a global effort with maximum impact. We have very little time so we all must act fast. Just do three things:
Remember that with God all things are possible and the power of prayer is undeniable. If you are against the senseless killing of defenseless children then the time is now to do something about it! May God bless you all!! David Alton (Professor Lord Alton of Liverpool) |
