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.

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

40 Days For Life: Let's Do This!

The campaign starts tomorrow! Donate $40 by midnight tonight and get a copy of our brand-new devotional, The 40 Day Journey Through the Life of Christ: 40daysforlife.com/donate

The largest Lenten 40 Days for Life campaign EVER begins TOMORROW in 656 cities worldwide.

Get fired up to end abortion where you live with our brand-new video previewing this spring's vigil:

To watch the video, click the image or visit:

youtube.com/watch?v=JaKJWRJWIj8

Then, share the video with friends, find your closest vigil, and sign up to pray in front of your local abortion business TOMORROW through March 24 at:

40daysforlife.com/location

"If you do this, it will transform your life," said Jim, the longtime 40 Days for Life leader in Green Bay, Wisconsin. "You will learn that true joy, true peace comes through sacrifice."

Jim has seen that transformation not just in his own life but in his community, where the abortion business that had been open since the 1970s closed its doors forever--in direct response to Jim's vigil!

Everett, Washington

Planned Parenthood is getting ready for you to hit the streets tomorrow.

"Ahead of the upcoming spring campaign, Everett Planned Parenthood installed this new, expensive wall and is modifying a walkway in an attempt to prevent prayer warriors from witnessing," reported Ed from the local leadership team. "However, prayers continue...and are not prevented by a wall."

The awkward fence and the caution tape certainly don't make Planned Parenthood look very welcoming, but Ed and the Everett team will happily welcome women--and help them welcome their babies!

Leicester, England

Sica and her team are preparing to launch their second 40 Days for Life campaign. The Leicester faithful invited longtime Nottingham leader John Edwards to their kickoff event to inspire vigil participants.

John made headlines when he defeated an injunction designed to keep him away from his local abortion facility. "Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having," John said.

That's particularly encouraging for prayer warriors across the U.K. who are facing buffer zones and other draconian crackdowns aimed at silencing their pro-life speech.

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

--2 Chronicles 7:14

Heavenly Father, we cry out for Your mercy and ask You to remove the scourge of abortion from our land. Use us as your vessels, Lord, to bring the light of Your truth to our nation once again.

Once again, please find the location nearest you...and join your hometown vigil tomorrow:

40daysforlife.com/location

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.”