40 Days for Life Day 2

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DAY 2 INTENTION
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May the King of the Universe, who entered this
world as a helpless infant, give us the humility
to be healed.

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SCRIPTURE
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My power is made perfect in weakness.

-- 2 Corinthians 12:9

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REFLECTION
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The great mystery of the Humility of God is very
near and dear to the mission of those serving in
pro life and in a special way, post abortion
ministries across this nation.

For those wounded by their participation in
abortion, the door to healing often feels like
crossing an abyss of great fear: fear of judgment,
fear of being torn apart by the pain, by self
hatred and rage at those who hurt and abandoned
you, and manipulated you in your time of
temptation.

For men in particular, entering the unknown waters
of emotional vulnerability, so necessary to
healing calls for a different kind of courage that
feels deceptively like weakness.

The door to healing is humility.

It is born in the inability to no longer control
the pain, to live with the consequences of that
tragic decision to reject life. The hearts cries
out, "I have committed a grave offense against my
Creator and I am consumed by regret, grief and
sorrow!"

During these forty days let us pray for all who
have participated in abortion and with love call
them to healing and reconciliation. With healing
these women and men can become as John Paul II
proclaimed in the Gospel of Life, "the most
eloquent defenders of everyone's right to life."

Jesus proclaimed, "I am the Vine, you are the
branches" (John 15:5). To bear the greatest fruit,
the branches must be pruned. Each level of pruning
of the vine requires a deeper level of humility so
that we can abandon ourselves to His will.

This is not a lofty theological concept as much as
it is an earthy experience of pulling weeds,
tilling rocky soil, pruning and healing the vines.
"If a man wishes to come after me, he must deny
his very self, take up his cross, and begin to
follow in my footsteps" (Matthew 16:24).

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PRAYER
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Lord, during these forty days, we ask that with
each day of this sacred vigil, everything in us
that separates us from your perfect will would be
pruned from our hearts and souls.

In this blessed freedom may we experience a
powerful anointing of your Holy Spirit. Filled
with confidence and trust may we proclaim with the
mother of Jesus, "Let it be done to me, according
to your Word." In Jesus Name, Amen.

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May God richly bless everyone who is sacrificing
their comfort and convenience to "speak up for
those who cannot speak for themselves!"

David Bereit
National Campaign Director
40 Days for Life

Shalom~