A Day of Prayer 

   Catholic Churches all across the United States are observing today as a day of prayer for legal protection of unborn children.  A prayer to stop the slaughter of innocents in the womb.

   Since Roe v Wade in 1973 over 62 million babies have been killed in the womb in the United States alone.  Any other such massacre of innocents would be called genocide; it is called a “right” in this nation and most others in the world.

   It used to be that parenthood was considered a blessing and children were welcomed.  Now it seems that many see children as a burden to be avoided at any cost.  Some would even suggest that children, even after birth, should be evaluated for defects and allowed to die or be euthanized if any deficiencies are found.  This goes beyond the grandest hope of the most avid supporter of eugenics, those would supposedly improve humanity by eliminating any who did not meet specific requirements.

   Planned Parenthood began in large part as the brainchild of Margaret Sanger who expressed contempt “for those elements at large in the population whose children are a menace to the national health and well-being.”  Targeted at the poor and those who might be considered less than desirable, she supported abortion and enforced sterilization of those deemed unfit.  Today, Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of abortions in the United States.

   In less than fifty years we have gone from a nation that once welcomed and cherished children to one of a selective right to life based on convenience.  How many more children will be brutally murdered in the womb before we realize the horror of our actions?

   Pray for the children. 

The children suffer Lord.

Welcome them into Your kingdom.

Open the hearts of all.

To cherish each life from conception to natural death. 

Amen