This year marks the 10th anniversary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ “9 Days for Life”, as the bishops once again encourage everyone to pray for an end to abortion.
“This pro-life novena is an opportunity for recollection and reparation in observation of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade—the Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal throughout the United States,” said a Jan. 12 statement from the USCCB.
The novena begins Jan. 19 and is sponsored by the conference’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities. The first 9 Days for Life novena was prayed in 2013, in observance of the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. In the decision, the justices found that a woman had a legal right to an abortion throughout the entirety of her pregnancy.
Each day, participants in the novena will pray for a specific intention related to ending abortion, and will be provided with “a reflection, educational information, and suggested daily actions.”
Jan. 22 is the USCCB’s annual “Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children.” That date marks the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in the case Roe v. Wade, and is a day of penance in the dioceses of the United States.
Those seeking to participate in the novena can sign up for text or email reminders at 9daysforlife.com. Participants are encouraged to use the hashtag #9DaysForLife if they post about the novena on social media.
Full story at Catholic News Agency.
I have to pay compliments and kudos to this article’s author, not because of its content, but because this is one of the few articles where inflammatory or superlative rhetoric, branding or other language which drives to elevate the cause (thus perhaps causing one to feel vindicated, correct, about their view). This is the way to motivate others who may not have the pro-life view to read material pertinent to the subject from the point of view of someone who is pro-life, and dare I say it, draw them into conversation that is reconciliatory and bridge building. Perhaps they may not finally agree, but at least they might see each others are potential friends who can maintain a dialogue. More articles like this, please…
This Novena is good– but the Bishops need to do much more. They have been refusing to do their responsibilities for decades. They badly need to take disciplinary actions for Catholic clerics, nuns, and laymen, who promote, procure, or even commit (as doctors) the crime of abortion– or teach how to do abortions, in medical schools.