This statue of the “Virgin Mary of Hope Expectant” was on display at Resurrection of Our Lord Parish in Fort Myers July 25 during a Novena for Life Mass. The statue appeared at different parishes throughout the nine-month novena.
I wanted to let you know about a wonderful group called Laity for Life because one of their objectives is to “provide spiritual and moral support for lay Catholics who are active in the pro-life movement”. Other objectives of the group are to ‘train Catholics to be persuasive pro-life speakers and encourage Church financial support for pro-life efforts’.
One way that they are fulfilling this objective is by promoting a Novena of Masses for Life. They have “borrowed and broadened the term ‘Novena’ to refer to the nine months of Our Lady’s pregnancy”.
During 2008 a series of 28 Masses for Life were celebrated throughout the Diocese of Venice in Florida starting on the feast of the Annunciation and thereafter on the 25th of each month until Christmas. Click here to see a schedule of these Masses. A statue of “Virgin Mary of Hope Expectant” was brought to each of these Masses throughout the Diocese. The statue was designed by Antonio Reyes of Ecuador. These Masses for Life bring Catholics together to pray for the unborn and to open their hearts to God for the spiritual strength needed to bring about a new culture of life.
This year they have expanded the Masses for Life to include 48 parishes and 121 Novena Masses following the same schedule from the Annunciation to Christmas. Click here to see the 2009 schedule. Laity for Life wants to promote the Novena of Masses for Life all over the U.S.. If you would be interested in working with Laity for Life on this project you can contact them at :
LAITY for LIFE, Inc.
P.O. Box 111478
Naples FL 34108
VoiceMail : 239.352.6333
E-Mail: info@LaityForLife.org
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In the Declaration on Procured Abortion, SCDF 18 Nov. 1974,this is sentence #4: “One cannot but be astonished to see an increase of unqualified protests against the death penalty and every form of war and simultaneously the vindication of the liberalization of abortion, either on demand or with – progressively diminishing – restrictions.”
Our fellow contryman love and protect the murder of millions of innocent babies and they squeek like mad at the plitically correct stuff with inconsequential numbers of casualties.
Comment by Jim Morgan October 21, 2009 @ 11:04 amYes Jim,
Thanks for bringing that quote to our attention. It really is a correct assessment of the situation here in the U.S. and worldwide, even more so now than when the Vatican published it.
Michele
Comment by unbornwordoftheday October 21, 2009 @ 1:29 pm