40 Days for Life Day 3

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DAY 3 INTENTION
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May God's people understand that the Lazarus of
the 21st Century is the unborn child, and respond
accordingly.

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SCRIPTURE
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There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and
fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his
gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with
sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich
man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his
sores.

The time came when the beggar died and the angels
carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also
died and was buried. In hell, where he was in
torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away,
with Lazarus by his side.

So he called to him, "Father Abraham, have pity on
me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger
in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony
in this fire."

But Abraham replied, "Son, remember that in your
lifetime you received your good things, while
Lazarus received bad things, but now he is
comforted here and you are in agony.

"And besides all this, between us and you a great
chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go
from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over
from there to us."

-- Luke 16:19-31

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REFLECTION
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The rich man did not go to hell because he was
rich. He went to hell because he ignored the other
man. He thought that because Lazarus had less,
that he was worth less.

He failed to recognize that Lazarus was his
brother. Lazarus was waiting at the door of the
rich man for scraps of food; the Lazarus of our
day, the unborn child, is waiting at the door of
the womb for birth itself.

God does not only prohibit aborting the unborn; he
prohibits ignoring them.

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PRAYER
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Father, I thank you for the life that I possess,
and for the birth that you granted me. I hear the
cries of the Lazarus of our day; I see them
sitting at the door.

Grant that I may never ignore them, and that
through this 40 Days for Life campaign, I may stir
many others to pay attention to them as well.
Through Christ our Lord, Amen.

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Yours for Life,

David Bereit
National Campaign Director
40 Days for Life

Shalom~