PRAY FOR LIFE NOVENA - FRIDAY 23RD MAY UNTIL SATURDAY 31ST MAY 2025
- thehookoffaith
- May 25
- 2 min read
This year's 'Pray for Life Novena' begun last Friday and concludes next Saturday 31st May. This is an annual novena that highlights the sensitive issues around the protection of life, the right to life and the care of women and families effected by unexpected pregnancies.
This year's novena takes place in this Jubilee Year of Hope and the 30th anniversary of the publication of Pope St John Paul II's encyclical 'Evangelium Vitae' or 'The Gospel of Life'.
Each day the novena focuses on a specific prayer intention:
Friday 23rd: DAY 1: May every expectant mother receive compassionate care and support as she nurtures the life in her womb
Saturday 24th: DAY 2: May expectant fathers lovingly support the mothers of their children in welcoming new life
Sunday 25th: DAY 3: May the practice of abortion end
Monday 26th: DAY 4: May all unborn children be protected by law and welcomed in love
Tuesday 27th: DAY 5: May each person who suffers the loss of a child through abortion find hope and healing through Christ
Wednesday 28th: DAY 6: May expectant mothers who are either considering, or actively engaged in arranging foster care or adoption, be strengthened by the grace of God in embracing this loving option for life.
Thursday 29th: DAY 7: May civic leaders work for the protection of all human life, in every stage and circumstance.
Friday 30th: DAY 8: May all who support or participate in abortion experience a conversion of heart to seek and receive the Lord’s boundless mercy.
Saturday 31st: DAY 9: May all who defend life find strength and renewal in the Holy Spirit.
Please click below to access the prayers and resources for the 'Pray for Life Novena'. Also, please watch a moving video called 'The Other Side of Abortion' revealing facts about abortion that many would not like us to know:
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