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An angry pro-abortion man tries to kick over a church's pro-life sign. Watch until the end!

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“Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.” - St. Mother Teresa http://PrayerIntentions.org, how can we pray for you?

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Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, reflects on the Sunday readings for the 4th Sunday of Advent, Year A, and their message about abortion. For more information about what the Sunday readings, and the whole Bible, say about abortion, and for resources for your Church, see https://www.ProLifePreaching.org. You can order there the book “Proclaiming the Message of Life,” which contains these reflections for all the Sunday readings in the lectionary. Is 7:10-14 Rom 1:1-7 Mt 1:18-24 On the verge of Christmas, on the verge of the celebration of welcoming Christ into the world, the readings today focus on the virginity of Mary. Today’s homily can draw out the significance of what this says about us. Mary, after all, symbolizes the whole Church. She received Christ into her virginal body. The Church, too, as the Bride of Christ – and each of us individually – is called to a total fidelity which is symbolized by the virginity of Mary. In other words, whatever the vocation of each of us, this spiritual (if not physical) virginity means we have no Lord besides Jesus. We do not worship false gods or become intimate with other deities. As Mary welcomed Christ in her virginity, so does the Church. “It is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her,” the Gospel passage tells us. So can we say, “It is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in us,” and “It is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in the world.” No human effort brings about Christmas. But by our “virginal” fidelity, the Spirit brings him forth into the world through us. This is the “obedience of faith” of which Paul speaks in the second reading. And part of this virginal fidelity, part of this obedience of faith, is our commitment to be pro-life. “God is with us” means that he is on the side of every human life, against all that would destroy it. So must we be.

Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, reflects on the Sunday readings for the 3rd Sunday of Advent, Year A, and their message about abortion. For more information about what the Sunday readings, and the whole Bible, say about abortion, and for resources for your Church, see https://www.ProLifePreaching.org. You can order there the book “Proclaiming the Message of Life,” which contains these reflections for all the Sunday readings in the lectionary. Is 35:1-6a, 10 James 5:7-10 Mt 11:2-11 The themes of joy, hope and a steady heart flow from the message of today’s readings that the coming of the Lord is close at hand. The Church wants the natural joy that comes with the approach of Christmas to be illumined and lifted up by the spiritual joy that comes with the approach of Christ. This spiritual joy is rooted in hope and leads to a steadiness of heart expressed in all three of today’s readings. Isaiah declares, “Strengthen the hands that are feeble, make firm the knees that are weak; say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not! Here is your God – he comes…” James says, “Make your hearts firm, because the coming of the Lord is at hand.” In the Gospel, Jesus points out that John had a steady heart. “What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?” Steadiness of heart is what is needed as we adhere to the hope of the Gospel amidst a culture of death. The reason for this hope and steadiness is what the psalm today declares: “The Lord…secures justice for the oppressed…The Lord sets captives free.” These themes, of course, are what Jesus identified as the core of his mission when he quoted Isaiah in his first sermon (see Luke 4). He comes, in other words, to save us, and to accomplish through us, the flowering of justice in the world for all human beings whose rights – starting with the most fundamental right, life itself – are denied and trampled. When we have a “steady heart,” we are able to face evil without minimizing it, and at the same time see that God is stronger than the evil, and will work through us to conquer it. Because of this hope, a steady heart does not resort to immoral means to achieve good ends. A steady heart keeps everything in perspective, does not lose patience, and is able to work hard each day to bring into the world the fruit of the Spirit, and to help others do the same.

Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, reflects on the Sunday readings for the 2nd Sunday in Advent, Year A and their message about abortion. For more information about what the Sunday readings, and the whole Bible, say about abortion, and for resources for your Church, see https://www.ProLifePreaching.org. You can order there the book “Proclaiming the Message of Life,” which contains these reflections for all the Sunday readings in the lectionary. Is 11:1-10 Rom 15:4-9 Mt 3:1-12 Preaching on today’s readings to bring out the theme of life would focus on two themes of the readings: justice and welcome. The promised Messiah brings justice. The first reading and the psalm indicate that this involves “deciding aright for the land’s afflicted.” It means that the negative “judgment” imposed upon some, whereby they are deemed less worthy of protection or of other human goods, is reversed. Now, with right judgment, their dignity is recognized and they are treated accordingly. This justice is accompanied by peace. “There shall be no harm or ruin…” The obvious application to the culture of death in our day is that the coming of the Messiah, the preparing of the way of the Lord, the making straight of his paths, and the demands of repentance involve restoring the rights of all who are marginalized, most notably the unborn and the disabled. Closely connected to this theme of justice is the theme of “welcome,” stressed by St. Paul in the second reading. “Welcome one another as Christ welcomed you.” Welcome means that we recognize the dignity of the other person and make room for that person whether that person was anticipated or not, planned or not, convenient or not. This stands in contrast to the concept of “wantedness.” When someone is “wanted,” they meet some need or expectation of somebody else, and the temptation is to think that their value rises and falls with their degree of “wantedness.” Welcome, on the other hand, recognizes that their value is intrinsic to them. They are welcomed whether we want them or not. While some (like Planned Parenthood) say “Every child a wanted child,” we say, “Every child (and every person) a welcome child.”

Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, reflects on the Sunday readings for the 1st Sunday in Advent, Year A and their message about abortion. For more information about what the Sunday readings, and the whole Bible, say about abortion, and for resources for your Church, see https://www.ProLifePreaching.org. You can order there the book “Proclaiming the Message of Life,” which contains these reflections for all the Sunday readings in the lectionary. Is 2:1-5 Rom 13:11-14 Mt 24:37-44 Preaching on the First Sunday of Advent is an ideal time to remind the faithful of the nature of the entire season. Advent focuses on the Lord’s coming in two ways; the first part of the season focuses on his Second Coming, and the second part focuses on the historical fact of the Incarnation (including the Nativity). The readings today indicate that the Lord’s coming will be unexpected (Gospel), that it will separate good from evil (Gospel), that it has the nature of an invitation (First reading), that it transforms society (First reading), and that because of all these things, we have to change our lives now in order to prepare for it (Second reading). In particular, his coming both demands and enables a change from a culture of death to a culture of life. “Raising the sword” in the first reading does not only refer to war; it refers to any attack on human life and dignity. To “conduct ourselves properly as in the day” (Second reading) and to “walk in the light of the Lord” (First reading) mean that we treat every human life with the respect and protection that it deserves. The Lord’s coming transforms both individual conduct (emphasized in the second reading) and the conduct and policies of entire societies and nations (emphasized in the first reading). Building a culture of life therefore involves both as well. A rededication during Advent to efforts on behalf of the unborn is especially appropriate also because we are preparing to commemorate the birth of God as a baby, who was an unborn baby as well.

My Daily Diary for Oct. 13th, 2022

The Novena to St. John Paul II with Fr. frank Pavone

LIVE At the Pennsylvania March for Life!

Going Viral Life is so Beautiful! These newborn twins, who have been living with each other in their mother's womb for months, instinctively reaching for one another to hold hands.

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A Miracle - 26 week old twins holding hands.

Congress Advancing the Protection of the Unborn