Dearest Goddaughter (LTR-40) - Protect the Unborn

Dearest Goddaugther,

Today is the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children for the Catholic Church in the United States.

Jesus warns us that "if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand." And one of the things that divide houses and families in our country is political issues, at the very top of which is the issue of abortion.

As Fr. Daniel said in his homily at Mass this morning, we know by reason and natural law (both given to us by God, our Creator and the Author of Life, that human life from conception to natural death is precious and holy in the eyes of God. Yet, we allow Satan to divide us with his lies about the precious gift of life that God has given us, to be able to share in God's power to create new life.

Therefore, let us unite in prayers for all mothers to look to the Blessed Virgin Mary for the strength and courage to respond to God's gift of life with faith, hope, love, and trust. Let us unite in prayers for all fathers to look to Saint Joseph and be courageous enough to accept responsibility for the life that they have helped bring into the world. Let us unite in prayers and ask our Lady of Guadalupe, the Patroness of the Unborn, to protect all children that they may be given a chance in life to reach their fullest potential as beloved sons and daughters of our Father in heaven. Amen.

Love,

Bỏ Phúc

P.S. These are the readings for the day: 2 Sm 5:1-7, 10 and Mk 3:22-30 (below).

. . .

The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said of Jesus,

"He is possessed by Beelzebul," and

"By the prince of demons he drives out demons."

Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables,

"How can Satan drive out Satan?

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

And if a house is divided against itself,

that house will not be able to stand.

And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided,

he cannot stand;

that is the end of him.

But no one can enter a strong man's house to plunder his property

unless he first ties up the strong man.

Then he can plunder his house.  

Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies

that people utter will be forgiven them.

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit

will never have forgiveness,

but is guilty of an everlasting sin."

For they had said, "He has an unclean spirit."