Prayers for Life

Prayer for Respect of Life
Heavenly Father, the beauty and dignity of human life was the crowning of your creation. You further ennobled that life  when your Son became one with us in his incarnation. Help us to realize the sacredness of human life  and to respect it from the moment of conception until the last moment at death. Give us courage to speak with truth  and love and with conviction in defence of life. Help us to extend the gentle hand of mercy and forgiveness to those who do not reverence your gift of life. To all, grant pardon for the times we have failed to be grateful for your precious gift of life or to respect it in others. We ask this in Jesus' Name.
Amen.

A Prayer for Life
Father and maker of all,
you adorn all creation
with splendor and beauty,
and fashion human lives
in your image and likeness.
Awaken in every heart
reverence for the work of your hands,
and renew among your people
a readiness to nurture and sustain
your precious gift of life.
Grant this through our Lord
Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in 
the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God forever and ever.
Amen

Prayer to End Abortion
Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of my life, 
And for the lives of all my brothers and sisters. 
I know there is nothing that destroys more life than abortion, 
Yet I rejoice that you have conquered death 
by the Resurrection of Your Son. 
I am ready to do my part in ending abortion. 
Today I commit myself 
Never to be silent, 
Never to be passive, 
Never to be forgetful of the unborn. 
I commit myself to be active in the pro-life movement, 
And never to stop defending life 
Until all my brothers and sisters are protected, 
And our nation once again becomes 
A nation with liberty and justice 
Not just for some, but for all, 
Through Christ our Lord. Amen!