Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children

 

Mark 3:22-30

 

A House Divided Cannot Stand

²² And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”²³ So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? ²⁴ If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵ If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. ²⁶ And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. ²⁷ In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house. ²⁸ Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, ²⁹ but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”³⁰ He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”

This powerful Gospel passage challenges us to choose right over wrong, God over Satan, and in the context of today's day of prayer for the unborn, guides us to their side as their protectors and saviors. Certainly our "kingdom", our country, our world, is divided over this question:  the right of the mother over the right of the unborn child. It is estimated that over 63 million children have been aborted since 1973 in the name of their mothers' rights. They have been treated as inconvenient "nothings" that can be discarded like as old gum wrapper, sad to say. It will take a lot of prayer to change attitudes toward these innocent and helpless children but the voices of the abortion survivors speak loudly in their defense. They are not just "tissue" to be scraped away like an unwanted wart, but living human beings.  End of argument.

Bro. Rene

 Collect for the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children

God our creator, we give thanks to you, who alone have the power to impart the breath of life as you form each of us in our mother’s womb; grant, we pray, that we, whom you have made stewards of creation, may remain faithful to this sacred trust and constant in safeguarding the dignity of every human life. Through our Lord, Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.