Right now it is more important than ever that you play the role of St. Joseph and take immediate action to protect God's innocent children from the modern-day Herods who are out to kill them. At this holy season of Christmas, you can do that by clicking here and making a much-needed contribution to Human Life International! Your support is absolutely vital today - both your prayers and your financial gifts.This lesson from the tragic story of the Holy Innocents tells you why. As you no doubt recall, when the Magi told Herod the Great that a king had been born, the paranoid Herod determined to destroy the infant before he could rob him of all the riches and luxuries he'd spent a lifetime amassing for himself. Of course, Herod didn't dare expose his hidden plan to the three kings standing before him. Instead, he convinced them to come back once they'd found the Child King so that he too could go and worship Him. But as the days turned into weeks, Herod realized the kings weren't coming back. Flying into a rage, he ordered his soldiers to hunt down and slaughter every male child up to the age of two who was living in and around Bethlehem. No exceptions. And no mercy. As it was then, so it is today. Thousands of Herods are pursuing innocent babies and killing them just as mercilessly as the first Herod. Like their mentor, today's Herods speak sweet-sounding words in an effort to hide their intentions. These liberal elitists talk of "reproductive health" and "quality of life" and "ending discrimination" and the like. But their hidden agenda is to kill the babies! Fortunately, these heralds of the culture of death have not fooled you ... or anyone here at Human Life International. The only differences between the Herod of old and the Herods of today are in the weapons used and the number of victims. Herod used swords and spears to kill the Holy Innocents. Today's Herods use abortion, "The Pill" and other chemical weapons. And whereas Herod killed a relatively small number of babies, today's Herods have butchered literally hundreds of millions ... with no end in sight! Which brings me to St. Joseph and you.
 While it is certainly true that the reason the Infant Jesus was not one of Herod's victims is because His hour had not yet come, the fact remains that Jesus was saved due to St. Joseph's quick and selfless action. The moment the angel warned him that Jesus' life was in danger, St. Joseph got up and took the Holy Family to Egypt. He acted without counting the cost to himself. That's why you are a St. Joseph for millions of today's children!I mean that with all my heart. Like St. Joseph, your life was peaceful and calm. You had your family to care for and your share of troubles, but for the most part, all was well. Then, one day, totally unexpectedly, you received a message: "Babies are in trouble and they need you to save them!" You could have ignored that cry for help and remained in your comfortable world. But you didn't. Like St. Joseph, you rose up, set your personal needs aside, and gave of yourself to save the babies! You INTERVENED!And because you did, millions of innocent babies are alive! Today I need you to continue to give of yourself as St. Joseph did and send HLI a special contribution so that our pro-life missionaries can protect the world's innocent from the Herods who seek to kill them. Just click here to do so! I'm counting on you to do this because God has given you a critical mission in our fight against the heralds of the culture of death. That role is to provide the world's pro-life resistance movement with the dollars needed to sustain the battle. Never has Human Life International, our pro-life missionaries or the babies needed your financial support more than we do right now. That's because contributions to HLI were down 12% this past year. This was the direct result of the broken economy. Many HLI supporters were unable to give as much as they had in prior years. Others were forced to stop giving altogether. Complicating matters was this year's elections. Millions of dollars were shifted from actual pro-life work like ours to electioneering efforts. While I recognize the value of getting pro-life candidates into public office, I cringe when I think of how that lost income hampered the work of our pro-life missionaries. These heroic men and women depend on HLI to provide them with the funding, equipment, materials and training they need to protect the innocent of the world from the Herods of our day. As determined as I am to give them all they need, HLI can only do as much as you and other friends allow us to. That said, at this holy time of year, I beg you to click here and continue to act as St. Joseph did that first Christmas. Think of my email as the angel's warning to St. Joseph: "Awake! God's innocent children are in danger! Save them!" Thank you. And remember to pray for our pro-life missionaries as we pray for you! May God fill you with His peace and joy this Christmas. Sincerely yours in Christ,
 Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro-Carámbula
Interim President, Human Life International
P. S.: As our gift to you this Christmas, each of the priests of Human Life International - myself, Fr. Papa and Fr. Chávez - will offer a special Christmas Mass for you, our HLI family, and your intentions. Just click here and send us those intentions you would like us to remember at our joyous Christmas Day Mass. Thank you again. May God bless you. And Merry Christmas!
Sincerely yours in Christ,
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