I ask that you all please join me in a prayer against abortion.

We begin… in the name of

the father,and the son,

and the holy spirit. AMEN

Opening Prayer

Eternal God, You haverevealed Yourself as theFather of all Life. We praiseYou for the Fatherly carewhich You extend to allcreation, and especially tous, made in Your image andlikeness.Father, extend Your hand ofprotection to thosethreatened by abortion, andsave them from itsdestructive power. Give Yourstrength to all fathers, that

they may never give in tothe fears that may temptthem to facilitate abortions.Bless our families and blessour land, that we may havethe joy of welcoming andnurturing the life of whichYou are the source and theEternal Father. Amen.

-Fr. Terry Gensemer

Reading From Scripture

General intercession

• We pray for countries of legalized abortion, so that they may find peace in their hearts to realize the trials of their ways. We pray to the lord…

Lord hear our prayer

• We pray for pregnant woman to seek love and strength in you, and to help them love their unborn children. We pray to the lord…

Lord hear our prayer.

• We pray for the supreme courts so that you can help them see the contradiction in their laws. We pray to the lord…

Lord hear our prayer

Happy birthday- by Flipsyde

• Please accept my apologies, wonder what would have been Would you've been a little angel or an angel of sin? Tom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys. Or a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes? I paid for the murder before they determined the sex .Choosing our life over your life meant your death ,And you never got'a chance to even open your eyes Sometimes I wonder as a fetus if you fought for your life?

• Would you have been a little genius in love with math? Would you have played in your school clothes and made me mad? Would you have been a little rapper like your papa da Piper? Would you have made me quit smokin' by finding one of my lighters? I wonder about your skintone and shape of your nose? And the way you would have laughed and talked fast or slow? Think about it every year, so I picked up a pen Happy birthday, love you whoever you woulda been Happy birthday...

what I thought was a dream (make a

wish) Was as real as it seemed

(happy birthday) What I thought

was a dream (make a wish) Was

as real as it seemed

I made a mistake!

• I've got a millon excuses to why you died Bet the people got their own reasons for homicide Who's to say it woulda worked, and who's to say it wouldn't have? I was young and strugglin' but old enough to be your dad The fear of being my father has never disappeared Pondering frequently while I'm sippin' on my beer My vision of a family

was artificial and fake

• So when it came time to create I made a mistake Now you've got a little brother maybe he's really you? Maybe you really forgave us knowin' we was confused? Maybe everytime that he smiles it's you proudly knowin' that your father's doin' the right thing now? I never tell a woman what to do with her body But if she don't love children then we can't party Think about it every year, so I picked up a pen Happy birthday, love you whoever you woulda been Happy birthday...

What I thought was a dream (make a wish)

Was as real as it seemed (happy birthday) What I

thought was a dream (yeah, make a wish)

Was as real as it seemed I made a

mistake!

From the heavens to the womb to the

heavens again From the endin' to the

endin', never got to begin Maybe one day we could meet face to

face? In a place without time and space Happy

birthday...

And from the heavens to the womb to the

heavens again From the endin' to the endin', never

got to begin Maybe one day we could meet face to face? In a place without

time and space Happy birthday...

What I thought was a dream (make a

wish) Was as real as it seemed (happy birthday) What I thought was a dream (make a

wish) Was as real as it seemed

I made a mistake...!

Closing Prayer

"Any country that accepts abortion, is not teaching its people to love, but to use any

violence to get what it wants.“-mother Teresa "It is a poverty to decide that a child

must die so that you may live as you wish." – Mother Teresa

Oh God, who is the Beginning and the End, hear our

prayers as we cry out to you to end the merciless

shedding of innocent blood in our nation and throughout

the world. Through death you have conquered death and

through your life we experience eternal and everlasting

life. Cause life to spring forth in the hearts of all people

and bring forth a love and respect for life that will

dominate our culture. May your kingdom and church

apprehend and overtake the culture of death that has

prevailed through deceit and selfishness; may the Seed of

the woman crush the head of the serpent through Jesus

Christ our Lord. Amen

We end this prayer

In the name of the father,

and the son,

and the holy spirit amen