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37TH ANNIVERSARY
ROE V WADE, DOE V BOLTON
Owensboro Right to Life
Prayer Service Courthouse Lawn
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"Almighty and eternal God,
Creator of all that is and Author of Life;
God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their descendants;
God of Ishmael and his descendants;
Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ—
You are the God of Mercy.
If we would but turn to you,
You take away the sins of the World through the Cross of your Son
and pour out your Holy Spirit for the healing of humanity in his name.
In sorrow and in shame we stand before you,
to whom all must render an account,
as our Nation keeps the 37th anniversary of the US Supreme Court decision
permitting the legal destruction of human life in the womb
in the name of personal, private sovereignty but in the lust for power beyond responsibility
or in the pursuit of pleasure blinded to consequence.
We have become an abomination.
Our own people have generated and destroyed millions of our own kind,
murdering these unborn human lives,
then generating countless more human embryos,
new-age slaves to science, experimental commodities sacrificed to medicine.
We suffer a tyranny of hardened hearts.
Our people flee from truth. Words become their opposite.
Whereas you commanded that we choose life;
Choice is made a slogan, a mask concealing death.
Whereas you commanded that we love;
Love becomes a pseudonym for base and cruel lust.
Whereas you commanded that we keep faith;
Vows are now pledges of self-interest to use and throw away.
We pray today new hearts for ourselves and for all our people,
hearts open to the smallest and weakest of our own kind.
We pray an end to this slaughter of our own and redemption to undo
this evil which consumes the consumer and devours our souls.
We pray a compassion which makes it possible to forgive and to repent
of the destruction of your children.
We pray for deliverance from the addictions and deceptions of the Evil One,
our ancient foe, murderer from the beginning and father of lies.
Turn us back to you that none might perish
but that all might have life according to your gracious will.
This we ask in the name of Jesus, Christ and Lord. Amen.
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Rev. Richard Meredith
Owensboro, Ky
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Feast: February 11

Our Lady of Lourdes, Pray for Us!
"On February 11, 1858, one of the most famous of all Mary's apparitions began. Our Lady appeared to a 14 year old peasant girl named Bernadette Soubrious.
She was the oldest daughter of one of the poorest families in the town. Her father was out of work. Bernadette was sickly and had to be kept from the cold and working too hard. Despite this, she was allowed one day to go collecting firewood with two friends. The people of that time cooked and heated their houses with firewood. She and her friends passed by the rock of Massabielle (big rock in the local dialect) a craggy outcropping in a wild and deserted part of the countryside."
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