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October is Respect Life Month
All human life is sacred, for we are made in our Creator God's image and likeness, and every person created has dignity, worth and is loved by God.
As Catholics, we commanded to respect life. To respect life is to protect life from conception through natural death, including all the issues humanity faces in between poverty: mental health and suicide, violence, hunger, addiction, abortion, racism, housing, work, healthcare, voting, migrants, the environment, restorative justice, death penalty, education, special needs and disabilities, and so much more. These are situations where Jesus calls us to go and the people for whom he commands us to be his feet, hands, and heart.
To live our Catholic faith is to live the gospel of life. To create a world where every person is loved, each person must spread kindness, mercy, and an authentic understanding of being part of the human family. Only then will abortion and other attacks on human life end.
Learning, action, and prayer are the keys to growing in empathy, mercy, and kindness.
This month we will highlight a few topics at the center of the world right now.
As Catholics, we commanded to respect life. To respect life is to protect life from conception through natural death, including all the issues humanity faces in between poverty: mental health and suicide, violence, hunger, addiction, abortion, racism, housing, work, healthcare, voting, migrants, the environment, restorative justice, death penalty, education, special needs and disabilities, and so much more. These are situations where Jesus calls us to go and the people for whom he commands us to be his feet, hands, and heart.
To live our Catholic faith is to live the gospel of life. To create a world where every person is loved, each person must spread kindness, mercy, and an authentic understanding of being part of the human family. Only then will abortion and other attacks on human life end.
Learning, action, and prayer are the keys to growing in empathy, mercy, and kindness.
This month we will highlight a few topics at the center of the world right now.
Beginning of LifeFather and maker of all, you adorn all creation with splendor and beauty, and fashion human lives in your image and likeness. Awaken in every heart reverence for the work of your hands, and renew among your people a readiness to nurture and sustain your precious gift of life. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen Copyright © 2001, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. |
Mental HealthLoving God, we pray today for those who are confronted by the sadness, ambiguity and confusion of mental illness, and for those upon whom they depend for attention and compassionate care. Look with mercy on all whose afflictions bring them weakness, distress, confusion or isolation. Provide for them homes of dignity and peace; give to them understanding helpers and the willingness to accept help. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. From Catholic Health Association of the United States |
Human Trafficking
Loving Father, We seek your divine protection for all who are exploited and enslaved. For those forced into labor, trafficked into sexual slavery, and denied freedom. We beseech you to release them from their chains. Grant them protection, safety, and empowerment. Restore their dignity and provide them a new beginning. Show us how we might end exploitation by addressing its causes. Help us reach out in support of victims and survivors of human trafficking. Make us instruments of your spirit for their liberation. For this we pray through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen - USCCB |
Homelessness & Poverty
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Pray
God of Justice, open our eyes to see you in the face of the poor. Open our ears to hear you in the cries of the exploited. Open our mouths to defend you in the public squares as well as in private deeds. Remind us that what we do to the least ones, we do to you. Amen. — from Being Neighbor, the Catechism and Social Justice, Catholic Campaign for Human Development, ©1998 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |
Virtual Opportunities
What Binds the Racial Justice and Pro-Life Movements Together?
Gloria Purvis
October 8, 2020 at 2:00 pm
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Learn more about these and other issues of life:
What Binds the Racial Justice and Pro-Life Movements Together?
Gloria Purvis
October 8, 2020 at 2:00 pm
Register here
Learn more about these and other issues of life: