As Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., former chair of the Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, once noted, “we discover our worth when we discover our true identity found in the unchangeable, permanent fact that we are created in God’s image and likeness and called to an eternal destiny with him.” Being pro-life means taking a stand against what Pope Francis calls the “throwaway culture,” which looks out for its own gains, casting people aside as though their lives are not worth living. It means seeing people as Christ sees them and loving them as He loves. That’s why the U. S. Catholic bishops are asking us to participate in 9 Days for Life – a digital pilgrimage from January 21-29. Do you start novenas intending to pray them all the way through, but often forget? There’s an app for that! (You can customize reminders to pray the bishops’ annual, pro-life novena.) Not into apps? You can join the Facebook event (www.goo.gl/UMtYrL), download the novena online, or sign up for daily emails or text messages at 9daysforlife.com.
Anne McGuire, USCCB website:
“A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every believer.”
Pope Saint John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae, no. 100