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Prayer #1:
Dear Father, we ask You to protect
our brothers and sisters now forming
their earthly vessels in their mother's womb.
Comfort their mothers and fathers.
Lord Jesus give these
smallest of persons the strength
to be born to fully participate
in Your creation.
May Your Holy Spirit infuse
their souls with love for You
and bring them safely home to
Your heavenly kingdom after long,
healthy and loving lives.
Amen.
Prayer #2:
Lord Jesus, You who faithfully
visit and fulfill with your Presence
the Church and the history of men;
You who in the miraculous Sacrament
of your Body and Blood render us
participants in divine Life and
allow us a foretaste of the joy
of eternal Life; We adore and bless you.
Prostrated before You,
source and lover of Life,
truly present and alive
among us, we beg you.
Reawaken in us respect
for every unborn life,
make us capable of seeing
in the fruit of the maternal womb
the miraculous work of the Creator,
open our hearts to generously
welcoming every child that comes into life.
Bless all families,
sanctify the union of spouses,
render fruitful their love.
Accompany the choices of
legislative assemblies with the
light of your Spirit, so that
peoples and nations may recognize and respect
the sacred nature of life, of every human life.
Guide the work of scientists and doctors,
so that all progress contributes to the
integral well-being of the person,
and no one endures suppression or injustice.
Give creative charity to
administrators and economists,
so they may realize and
promote sufficient conditions
so that young families can
serenely embrace the birth of new children.
Console the married couples who suffer
because they are unable to have children
and in Your goodness provide for them.
Teach us all to care for
orphaned or abandoned children,
so they may experience the
warmth of your Charity,
the consolation of your divine Heart.
Together with Mary, Your Mother,
the great believer, in whose womb
you took on our human nature, we wait
to receive from You, our Only True God and Savior,
the strength to love and serve life,
in anticipation of living forever in You,
in communion with the Blessed Trinity.
Pope Benedict XVI
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