The Song of Life

Noticing the basket among the reeds, she sent her handmaid to fetch it.


On opening it, she looked, and lo, there was a baby boy, crying! She was moved with pity ……..Exodus 2: 5, 6


My God, how precious is the gift of life,

A gift that you alone have given us.

As women, you give us the grace to nurture

This gift within, to bear and to bring forth,

To say yes to your gift and share it with all humanity.


As men, you give us the grace to father these little one,

To love and protect them always.

New life….

How can we ever take it for granted,

Cast it aside or say that it is anything but gift from you alone.

How magnificent you are my God,

And how wonderful are all your works.

"A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every believer.”

– Pope John Paul II, The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae), n. 100.

More than Pampers and a Prayer

This morning I had the privilege of participating in the Walk for Life, sponsored by Birth Choice Health Clinic in Santa Ana, CA.

Birth Choice Health Clinic is a faith-based, pro-life organization that provides services and education to teens and adults. Not only does is promote abstinence and positive alternatives to abortion, it offers parenting classes and a place where dads can talk through
"The Dad Project".

At Birth Choice, they don’t just offer Pampers and a prayer, as one newspaper article stated, they offer housing and education for young women when necessary for a period of up to two years at “Toby’s House”. At "Toby's House" they are taught real life building skills, receive child care, job assistance, domestic violence recovery education, and more.

Their Santa Ana clinic is located in the heart of the downtown area. As we walked a two block radius of this clinic we passed three abortion sites. Two of these sites offer third trimester abortions; I found this to be heartbreaking. But what I found out too, was that solicitors are paid to offer discount flyers to vulnerable women in the area. These solicitors get paid by how many women they can bring into the abortion facility. Who says that abortion isn’t a money making industry!!!

As we walked and prayed, a priest who had joined us made a statement that I will never forget. He likened the abortion facilities to the death camps of Auschwitz. He said that human life was being exterminated here like it was there and people just look the other way. This is a sad analogy, but I can see the connection.

I started this posting by saying that I had the privilege of participating in this Walk for Life, I really mean that. And I ask each one of you that read this post to pray for the success of clinics like Birth Choice.

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!