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, May 11, 2017

How do pictures like this happen?

Dear Deacon John,

Take a look at the blessings God has provided through 20 coordinated 40 Days for Life campaigns since 2007:

13,305 babies were saved from abortion ... 154 abortion workers had conversions and left their jobs ... and 86 abortion centers have closed their doors forever.

I just had the privilege of meeting one of those babies in California -- Milagros, who's now 5 years old. Her mother chose life at a 40 Days for Life vigil ... she was born without legs. Here she is joyfully waving at the camera!

We know WHY this happens. It's because God answers your fervent prayers for an end to abortion where you live. But HOW does it happen?

Our North American campaign director, Steve Karlen, and I look at that question this week in a brand-new edition of the 40 Days for Life podcast:

https://40daysforlife.com/2017/05/09/podcast-71/

Through these 20 campaigns ... we have found the Top 10 approaches to this work that are the most effective.

If you've always been curious -- here they are, all in one convenient package!

But there's another reason we're presenting this information at this particular time. Applications to host a 40 Days for Life campaign in your community will open on June 1.

Are these the sort of things you might be able to help coordinate in your hometown?

https://40daysforlife.com/2017/05/09/podcast-71/

All it takes to get a 40 Days for Life vigil started is one faithful person!

For life,

Shawn Carney

President, 40 Days for Life

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.”