Prayers for Life

 On or around January 22, many US Christians offer prayers focused on the sanctity of life. We remember the sins against the unborn and the waste of human life. We pray for limitations on the taking of innocent life, and we pray for all the victims: innocent babes, distraught mothers-to-be, confused fathers-to-be, and societies with materialistic and selfish values.

Almighty God, by whose Providence new life is conceived, look with mercy upon all those who are with child and upon the babes within their wombs. Strengthen them during the months of waiting and growth, and bring them in safety through the time of birth. And grant that each child may increase in wisdom and stature, and grow in thy love and service until he or she comes to thy eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayers for Life

On this anniversary of the blanket legalisation of abortion in the U.S., let us continue to pray that the culture of life may triumph over the culture of death. We remember all victims of senseless and selfish violence, the victims of murder, the victims of terrorism, the victims of religious persecution, the victims of euthanasia... And most of all we remember the innocent victims of abortion.

Here is a prayer included on the Anglican Priests for Life site:

O Heavenly Father, we pray this day for the children of the world. We pray that Thou wilt protect, guide, and provide for those children who are unwanted, unloved, abandoned or abused. We pray for those children who have been left unguarded by being orphaned. We pray for those most in peril, the unborn. Spare them, O Father, from the dangers of disease and drugs, an uncaring mother or father, but most of all from an untimely death at the hands of another. Replenish Thy Church, O God, with a fruitful offspring so that the Church may resound with the joy of their small voices that will one day turn to prayer unto thee, O Lord. Amen

[Source: Fr. Sack OSF, Louisville, Ky.]