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!
Do you notice anything odd about this prayer? Take a few moments to think about it if you'd like...
The prayer never asks God for anything!!! The subject of every single sentence is "I"! It's just, "Dear Lord, I feel this way about abortion and I will do the following things about it. Thanks for listening." That's good as far as it goes, but for Heaven's sake, I think we could use some divine assistance on this one.
But I am really glad the Diocese of Orange is promoting a novena to end abortion and I'd encourage anyone to do it. Perhaps with a different prayer. :)
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There are some worship songs out there that are like this too. I, I, I. It's highly annoying. Since when was church a place to be so self-centered?
It is really easy to get wrapped with a religion of "I" and "me". I have also noticed a lot songs at Mass that do that. The ones I find the most unsettling are the ones where we sing "I" as though we are the Lord speaking.
Keen eye, Rachel! We all agree, the I's have it.
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