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PRO-LIFE: Rosary for Life Participants

These are shots of participants in the Rosary for Life after Saturday night’s Mass.

We are all standing before the K of C Memorial to Unborn Children.

PRO-LIFE: Rededication of K of C Memorial to Unborn

Pictured here on the left is brother Knight, Dave Thomas. After the Rosary for Life he gave us his FATHER JOE imitation. We had hoped for more knights, but the weather had been bad and the attendance was low for the Mass, overall.

THE PRO-LIFE ROSARY

I BELIEVE IN GOD, the Father almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into Hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right hand of God, the Father almighty. He shall come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

The Joyful Mysteries

1. ANNUNCIATION – Mary faithfully received her unexpected pregnancy with the utmost trust in God. May all pregnant women do the same and welcome the life within them.

2. VISITATION – Mary and Elizabeth cared for each other and shared their immense joy. May we also nurture and celebrate motherhood as a precious gift.

3. NATIVITY – The birth of God into the human family raises up our dignity and makes every child, born and unborn, a reflection of the Christchild. May we share God’s love and respect for the children, seeing each life as immeasurable and irreplaceable.

4. PRESENTATION – Mary and Joseph presented the child Jesus in the temple as a recognition that every child belongs to God and is an expression of his creative will. May we never malign a child’s sacred dignity as simply an extension of a woman’s body.

5. FINDING JESUS IN THE TEMPLE – Mary and Joseph were anxious when Jesus could not be found. As the years passed, many would fail to find his divinity behind his humanity. Now the confusion comes full circle; may we always discern the humanity of the unborn child.

HAIL, HOLY QUEEN, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray. O GOD, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.