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THE GOSPEL OF LIFE RIBBON CAMPAIGN
"No one but the Creator is the sovereign of basic human rights -- beginning with the right to life." Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics, a Statement by the Catholic Bishops of the United States.
This site is dedicated to the sanctity of all human life and is in response to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' statement quoted above. Please read the full statement at the NCCB website.
Read Pope John Paul II's encyclical, "Evangelium Vitae" (The Gospel of Life).
NEW TO OUR SITE: A PARISH PRAYER SERVICE FOR LIFE
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This internet based apostolate has been founded in response to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops challenge to all Catholics to live the Gospel of Life. Our goal is to promote the wearing of purple lapel ribbons as an outward sign to the entire world that we will not tolerate legalized killing through abortion or euthanasia.
Please join us in creating a sea of purple ribbons to be peaceful beacons in a chaotic and confused secular world. As Christians, and especially as Catholics, we are called to profess the Gospel of Life in our daily lives. We must urge our political leaders to ban abortion and move to ensure that euthanasia will not be sanctioned by law. By the same token we must demand prudent use of the death penalty as it is also a sanctity of life issue and not to be entered into lightly.
We have chosen purple for the color of the ribbon because that is the traditional color for Bishops within the Holy Catholic Church. We would also like to encourage the addition of a Miraculous Medal in the center of the ribbon. We Consecrate our apostolate to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.
You may prepare your own lapel ribbon by measuring a four and half inch piece of purple ribbon, forming a loop by crossing the ends, and securing the looped ribbon and Miraculous Medal with a safety pin through the back of the ribbon to your left lapel.
We launched our apostolate on January 22, 1999 as this date marked the 26th year since the Supreme court's upholding of the decision in the court case Roe vs. Wade. Please join us in spreading the Gospel of Life through the daily wearing of your purple lapel ribbon until the secular world ends abortion and euthanasia.
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AN ACT OF CONSECRATION TO OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL
O Virgin Mother of God, Mary Immaculate, we dedicate and consecrate ourselves to you under the title of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. May this medal be for each one of us a sure sign of your affection for us and a constant reminder of our duties towards you. Ever while wearing it, may we be blessed by your loving protection and preserved in the grace of your Son. O most powerful Virgin, Mother of our Savior, keep us close to you every moment of our lives. Obtain for us, your children, the grace of a happy death, so that, in union with you, we may enjoy the happiness of heaven forever. Amen.
O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you. (Repeat Three Times.)
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Catholicity, A web based catholic apostolate.
Please Join the ribbon campaign to end Partial Birth Abortion!
Catholics for Life, Has great links to other pro-life sites.
Ultimate Prolife Resource List, More great links to other pro-life sites.
Pax Christi USA, A wonderful site discussing the death penalty as a part of the life issue.
Read Dr. William Brennan's book: Dehumanizing the Vulnerable: When Word Games Take Lives.
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A PARISH PRAYER SERVICE FOR LIFE
(All gather in the church or in another appropriate place. When the priest and ministers arrive, all stand in silence. The ministers bow to the altar and go to their places.)
SIGN OF THE CROSS
GREETING
OPENING WORDS
God loved us so much that he has shared his life with us. Even when we disobeyed him and lost his friendship, he loved us more than ever and sent Jesus, his son, to lead us home. Tonight we keep vigil and pray to the Father though Jesus his Son. We ask Him to fill our hearts and the hearts of our leaders with a love for the great gift of life. We will spend much time in silence tonight, asking God to hear our quiet hearts. May he grant us the gifts of compassion, hope and patient endurance as we seek to protect the innocent, sustain those who are fragile and guide those who are confused.
GOSPEL
All remain standing as the deacon, or in his absence the priest, proclaims the gospel: Matthew 18: 1-5.1012-14. The Gospel is proclaimed from the Lectionary for Mass. It is found on page 601, the Gospel for Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week of the Year.
HOMILY
A brief homily may then be given, followed by an extended period of silent prayer.
SILENT PRAYER
Sometime during the period of silent prayer, the following prayer to Mary may be prayed:
PRIEST:
Let us join our prayer with our Holy Father and the whole Church as we seek to live the Gospel of life:
ALL:
O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living, to you do we entrust the cause of life: Look down, O Mother, upon the vast numbers of babies not allowed to be born, of the poor whose lives are made difficult, of men and women who are victims of brutal violence, of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy. Grant that all who believe in your Son my proclaim the Gospel of life with honesty and love to the people of our time Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel as a gift ever new, the joy of celebrating it with gratitude throughout their lives and the courage to bear witness to it resolutely, in order to build, together with all people of good will, the civilization of truth and love, to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life.
A LITANY FOR LIFE
After another period of silent prayer, the Litany for Life may then be prayed:
For mothers and fathers.........................................R. God, be with them!
For the gift of compassion......................................R. God, be with them!
For the gift of patient love......................................R. God, be with them!
For a growing love of life.......................................R. God, be with them!
For new mothers...................................................R. God, be with them!
For teenage mothers..............................................R. God, be with them!
For mothers who are beaten..................................R. God, be with them!
For mother who are addicted.................................R. God, be with them!
For mothers who are afraid....................................R. God, be with them!
For mothers who are alone.....................................R. God, be with them!
For mothers whose hearts are broken.....................R. God, be with them!
For mothers who have no one to love them.............R. God, be with them!
For mothers who need us.......................................R. God, be with them!
For unborn babies.................................................R. God, be with them!
For innocent children.............................................R. God, be with them!
For all who are tiny and frail...................................R. God, be with them!
For all with fragile hearts........................................R. God, be with them!
For new fathers......................................................R. God, be with them!
For fathers who are afraid.......................................R. God, be with them!
For fathers who are addicted...................................R. God, be with them!
For fathers who are angry or confused.....................R. God, be with them!
For fathers who are alone........................................R. God, be with them!
For fathers who love their children...........................R. God, be with them!
For fathers who have no one to love them................R. God, be with them!
For fathers who have run away................................R. God, be with them!
For doctors who care..............................................R. God, be with them!
For nurses whose hearts are gentle...........................R. God, be with them!
For doctors who are afraid.......................................R. God, be with them!
For nurses who are confused....................................R. God, be with them!
For researchers who seek to heal..............................R. God, be with them!
For scientist who love true wisdom............................R. God, be with them!
For legislators who seek the common good................R. God, be with them!
For legislators whose hearts are torn..........................R. God, be with them!
For President Clinton and all who advise him..............R. God, be with them!
....................That God might guide their hearts...........R. God, be with them!
.....................That God might guide their hands..........R. God, be with them!
For children, that we might love them better................R. God, be with them!
For children, that we might love them well...................R. God, be with them!
For children, that we might love them always...............R. God, be with them!
CLOSING PRAYER
PRIEST:
From the beginning, O God, you have blessed creation with rich and abundant life. Pour out the same rich and abundant life. Pour out the same rich blessings upon our family, that joined in mutual love, in holiness and commitment to each other we may proclaim the Gospel of life in all that we do. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
ALL: Amen
BLESSING AND DISMISSAL
A closing song (Now Thank We All Our God, Holy God We Praise Thy Name, Amazing Grace, All Creations of Our God and King, or some other song well known by the assembly) may then be sung from the parish hymnal.
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