40 Days For Life Day 16

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DAY 16 INTENTION
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May the mystery of the Incarnation increase our
zeal for defending life.

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SCRIPTURE
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Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid,
Mary, for you have found favor with God. And
behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring
forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He
will be great, and will be called the Son of the
Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne
of His father David. And He will reign over the
house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there
will be no end."

-- Luke 1:30-33

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REFLECTION
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"God has assumed Humanity, joining it with
Divinity, and kindled in men's hearts new love of
me." These words were written by a Roman poet in
the Fourth Century. He spent his life finding ways
to express the greatest mystery of the world: the
incarnation, in which God became man.

The womb has been referred to as the "first home
of the whole human race." It is the place where
life begins, where our stories start.

In the womb the great men and women of history
began their magnificent march through life.

In the womb Divinity met humanity, and God the Son
was born into the world.

As one of the Fathers of the early church, St. Leo
the Great, declared, "Within her spotless womb
Wisdom built itself a house and the Word became
flesh."

Recently, I was at the hospital for the birth of
my fourth grandchild. Looking through the nursery
window at the rows of newly born babies, I began
to think of the great stories that would be
written about these tiny lives.

During his visitation with the Virgin Mary, the
angel prophesied to Mary about the life of her
child. Here in this hospital, I pondered, what
would he say about each of these?

Would they meet the one who also came from His
mother's womb to redeem the world and kindle our
hearts afresh for God?

I thanked God for each baby alive and prayed for
each story yet to be written.

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PRAYER
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Heavenly Father, you have made the womb of each
woman a very special place.

Help us to hold fast to the sanctity of this first
home of humanity, remembering the wonderful
mystery, that God inhabited the womb of a young
woman and came forth as the savior and deliverer
of the world.

We ask this in the Name of the one who came forth,
Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

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Praise the Lord who hears our prayers!

Yours for Life,

David Bereit
National Campaign Director
40 Days for Life

Shalom~~