National Prayer Service, in the Shadow of the White House, to
Pray for President and call him to Repentance on Abortion
Priests for Life
January 15, 2013
The National Memorial for the
Preborn and their Mothers and Fathers
(NationalPrayerService.com), the premier prayer event this year
marking 40 years since Roe vs. Wade, will occur this year much
closer to the White House than in the past.
Organizers
have announced that the proximity to the White House is
particularly appropriate this year, given the re-election of the
President and the threats this poses to the right to life and
religious liberty.
The prayer service, with leaders
representing denominations across the full Christian spectrum,
will include prayer specifically for President Obama and his
administration, and focused specifically on begging God for the
grace of repentance and the gift of wisdom to come upon them.
The service will be held on Friday, January 25 from 8:30 to
10:30am at DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D St., NW (18th and D
St). There will be a Catholic Mass available there at 7:30 a.m.
“We need public servants who know the difference between
serving the public and killing the public,” said Fr. Frank
Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life and President of
the National Pro-life Religious Council. “When Scripture
commands us to pray for those in authority, it says we should do
this in order that we can live tranquil lives. In other words,
we pray that those in authority will know how to protect life,
not destroy it.”
Participants in the prayer service will
be asked to commit themselves to including this intention in
their daily prayers throughout the year. Moreover, religious
leaders will be called to incorporate into their pastoral
practice a regular call to pray for the President by name, that
he will begin making efforts to protect the unborn rather than
to protect the abortion industry.
Fr. Paul CB Schenck,
founding director and chairman of the National Pro-Life Center
on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., stated, "Abortion is a
matter of public welfare and most of all of respect for human
life and dignity. We will pray and work to end the disrespect of
human life represented by the billion dollar abortion trade and
to reinstate laws that protect the preborn, their mothers and
families."
For more information and promotional
materials on the service, please visit
NationalPrayerService.com.
Priests for Life is the
nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to
ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit
www.priestsforlife.org.
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