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, February 22, 2024

40 Days For Life: DAY 9: Announcing the National Celebrate Life Day!

pinterest.de image

The second anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade is coming quickly--and so is the second annual National Celebrate Life Day!

Start making plans to join us four months from today, Saturday, June 22, in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., for the pro-life rally of the year.

We just confirmed that the Daily Wire's Matt Walsh will headline the event!

Last year's event was a hit...and this year's will be even bigger, as we're expanding National Celebrate Life Day to National Celebrate Life Weekend.

National Celebrate Life Gala
Friday, June 21
7:30-10:00 p.m.
The Westin Washington, D.C., Downtown
999 9th Street NW
Washington, D.C.
nationalcelebratelifeday.com/gala

National Celebrate Life Rally
Saturday, June 22
10:00 a.m. to noon
The Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D.C.
nationalcelebratelifeday.com/rally

National Celebrate Life Conference
Friday, June 21-Sunday, June 23
The Westin Washington, D.C., Downtown
999 9th Street NW
Washington, D.C.
celebratelifeconference.com

In addition to Matt Walsh, you'll hear from me, Students for Life of America president Kristan Hawkins, And Then There Were None president Abby Johnson, Sidewalk Advocates for Life president Lauren Muzyka, Pro-Life Partners Foundation president Michael Kenny, and many others!

Get all the details for this action-packed weekend by visiting:

nationalcelebratelifeday.com

Bozeman, Montana

Pro-lifers in Bozeman are hosting the city's first 40 Days for Life campaign in a decade and a half in front of the local abortion referral center.

40 Days for Life vigils are particularly effective in front of referral facilities because abortion-minded moms have time to consider the prayers and witness of campaign volunteers in between getting an abortion referral and getting the actual abortion.

Our general counsel, Matt Britton, recently visited the Bozeman vigil and described the local team as "very dedicated, highly organized, and professional."

The first-time leadership team already had prayer warriors scheduled for a majority of the vigil's hours!

"They are specifically on the lookout for whether the referral center is dispensing the abortion pill or arranging for transportation to abortion facilities inside and outside of Montana," Matt reported.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

The 40 Days for Life team in Ann Arbor routinely holds Jericho Marches, which recall how God directed the ancient Israelites to march around the city of Jericho to bring down its walls.

Ann Arbor participants circle Planned Parenthood while praying that God will bring down the spiritual walls that support the abortion industry. (Though God has answered prayers to bring down literal walls too!)

More than 70 40 Days for Life participants showed up to march--and they could sense those spiritual walls falling.

"I noticed something pretty amazing today. I did not hear a single heckle from cars passing by!" noted one attendee. "I felt a real shift in the response."

When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi.

--Matthew 2:16

Lord, we pray that you bless all lawmakers with the courage of the magi. We ask that you bestow wisdom and good judgment on those who serve in government. Give them the strength to do what is right and the courage to risk their careers to protect the unborn. Help them to use their positions of authority to cherish and defend life in America. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen.

For life,

Shawn Carney
President/CEO, 40 Days for Life

40 Days for Life 4112 E 29th St. Bryan, Texas 77802 United States (888) LIFE-316

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.”