“A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world.  Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every believer.”  Pope Saint John Paul II- Evangelium vitai, 100
 

Father and Maker of all
You adorn all creation
With splendor and beauty
and fashion human lives
In Your image and likeness.
Awaken in every heart
Reverence for the work of Your hands
And renew among Your people
A readiness to nurture and sustain
Your precious gift of life.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.
AMEN