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.
Monday, May 17, 2021
May 31st (The Visitation) A Day of Prayer and Reparation for the Murder and Abuse of Unborn Children
We cannot pretend to believe that a human force alone will cast out the darkness of abortion and its repulsive industry and sever the grip of the culture of death, which penetrates our world deeply and is in the minds and hearts of people. To defeat evil and counteract the culture of death, we need to bend our knees in prayer, do penance, and offer reparation.
After much prayer and reflection and desire to bring greater attention to the plight of the unborn, Human Life International (HLI) is inaugurating “A Day of Prayer and Reparation for the Murder and Abuse of Unborn Children.” This event will be held annually on the Feast of the Visitation of Our Lady, May 31. I am asking all pro-lifers and people of good-will, in every level of ecclesial and civil society, to join me and HLI’s global family in offering this prayer and making this act of reparation...
Father Shenan J. Boquet President, Human Life International
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Prayer of Reparation for the Murder and Abuse of Unborn Children
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, You are the unique and indivisible principle of the creation of human life. From the first moment, each human soul bears Your image. In the eyes of Your Divine Majesty, humanity today is burdened with the unspeakable guilt of the genocide of the unborn, instigated by Satan. “A murderer from the beginning,” the evil one is not satisfied alone with destroying nascent human life but inflicts additional indignities by exploiting and commercializing the cells and body parts of murdered unborn children, expanding the culture of death by unimaginable proportions. Compassionate God, whom we have so grievously offended, help us amend our ways through acts of penance and reparation for the manifold crimes against life. Help us change hearts, minds, and laws to respect, love, defend, and serve human dignity. Help us end the industrial murder of unborn children whose bodies are abused, treated as commodities, scavenged, and denied the respect due to any person. Help us courageously witness to the incomparable worth and sanctity of each unborn child.Through the hands of Mary, Mother of God, and the intercession of St. Elizabeth and St. John the Baptist, in union with the inexhaustible expiating power of Christ’s redemptive sacrifice, I offer to Your Majesty this act of reparation. With a contrite heart and humble spirit, I come before You, O God, and offer You acts of penance and reparation for these sins that cry out to heaven. Humbly hear my supplication and have mercy. Amen.
Recite: The Lord’s Prayer, Hail Mary Prayer, and Glory Be PrayerMary, Mother of God, St. Elizabeth, and St. John the Baptist, pray for us.
