Spiritual Adoption Program
In September, parishioners were invited to spiritually “adopt” and name an unborn child at risk of abortion individually or as a family, thereby giving the baby the humanity he or she deserves. Then they are asked to pray for the unborn child and for all unborn children and their parents, for the power of prayer is great.
Each month, there will be a description of the baby’s development and birth.
Each month, there will be a description of the baby’s development and birth.
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In 1973 Archbishop Fulton Sheen wrote a little prayer after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion. Invoking the intercession of the Holy Family, he pleaded for divine protection over unborn babies in danger of being aborted.
“Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I love you very much,” he wrote. “I beg you to spare the life of the unborn child that I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion.”
Servant of God Sheen encouraged Catholics to pray this prayer daily for nine months in the name of the baby. He believed that, by such “spiritual adoption” of specific babies — one prayer at a time — the advance of the culture of death in America and abroad could be thwarted.
God made us and all things of nothing (Rom 4:17, Ps 148:5). God makes each person from nothing into His own image and likeness. By the act of His will, He continues to hold us in existence. We depend at every instant upon the God we are made by. If we omit God, we do not see anything as it is but everything as it is not.
If one tries to gain something against the will of God, one is tearing against the One who holds us in existence and is our only support. We believe that God’s will is the only law for sane people.
Quoting from Isaiah 49 in a speech given on February 03, 1994, Mother Teresa expressed, “But what does God say to us? He says: ‘Even if a mother could forget her child, I will not forget you. I have carved you in the palm of my hand.’ We are carved in the palm of His hand; that unborn child has been carved in the hand of God from conception and is called by God to love and to be loved, not only now in this life, but forever. God can never forget us.”
As an expression of God’s love, we have the opportunity to “spiritually” adopt a child who is newly conceived this month. Not all newly conceived babies are allowed to be born. It is these babies you are being asked to “adopt” individually or as a family. We are encouraged to name the baby for who we are praying. We pray for the baby and the mother each day, reciting the prayer created by Archbishop Sheen. You will receive monthly reports through the parish bulletin and bulletin board describing your baby’s development and birth. There are millions of unborn babies desperately in need of your prayers. Won’t you please “spiritually adopt” one and share the love for life that God have given you?
Mother Teresa concluded her speech at the National Prayer Breakfast with the following:
“If we remember that God loves us, and that we can love others as He loves us, then America can become a sign of peace for the world. From here, a sign of care for the weakest of the weak - the unborn child - must go out to the world. If you become a burning light of justice and peace in the world, then really you will be true to what the founders of this country stood for. God bless you!”
“Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I love you very much,” he wrote. “I beg you to spare the life of the unborn child that I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion.”
Servant of God Sheen encouraged Catholics to pray this prayer daily for nine months in the name of the baby. He believed that, by such “spiritual adoption” of specific babies — one prayer at a time — the advance of the culture of death in America and abroad could be thwarted.
God made us and all things of nothing (Rom 4:17, Ps 148:5). God makes each person from nothing into His own image and likeness. By the act of His will, He continues to hold us in existence. We depend at every instant upon the God we are made by. If we omit God, we do not see anything as it is but everything as it is not.
If one tries to gain something against the will of God, one is tearing against the One who holds us in existence and is our only support. We believe that God’s will is the only law for sane people.
Quoting from Isaiah 49 in a speech given on February 03, 1994, Mother Teresa expressed, “But what does God say to us? He says: ‘Even if a mother could forget her child, I will not forget you. I have carved you in the palm of my hand.’ We are carved in the palm of His hand; that unborn child has been carved in the hand of God from conception and is called by God to love and to be loved, not only now in this life, but forever. God can never forget us.”
As an expression of God’s love, we have the opportunity to “spiritually” adopt a child who is newly conceived this month. Not all newly conceived babies are allowed to be born. It is these babies you are being asked to “adopt” individually or as a family. We are encouraged to name the baby for who we are praying. We pray for the baby and the mother each day, reciting the prayer created by Archbishop Sheen. You will receive monthly reports through the parish bulletin and bulletin board describing your baby’s development and birth. There are millions of unborn babies desperately in need of your prayers. Won’t you please “spiritually adopt” one and share the love for life that God have given you?
Mother Teresa concluded her speech at the National Prayer Breakfast with the following:
“If we remember that God loves us, and that we can love others as He loves us, then America can become a sign of peace for the world. From here, a sign of care for the weakest of the weak - the unborn child - must go out to the world. If you become a burning light of justice and peace in the world, then really you will be true to what the founders of this country stood for. God bless you!”
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The Right to Life committee will be collecting baby items for the Spiritual Adoption “Baby Shower” to be donated to the Women’s Care Center. See the list of needed items below. Do NOT wrap the items. Please place them in the Pack ’n Play located in the Sanctuary next to the St. Joseph statue.
SUGGESTED ITEMS NEEDED:
NEW ITEMS
Diaper cream
Small children’s toothbrushes
Baby shampoo*
Baby lotion*
Baby wash*
GENTLY USED OR NEW ITEMS
Clothes boys and girls (sizes 9 mo. and 18 mo.)
Bibs
Baby washcloths
Baby towels
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION, please put it in a marked envelope into the collection plate. Make checks out to the Oxford Women’s Care Center. Call the Women’s Care Center with any questions about the items @ 523-1814.
THANK YOU for all your prayers for the unborn and their parents! Keep it up.
SUGGESTED ITEMS NEEDED:
NEW ITEMS
Diaper cream
Small children’s toothbrushes
Baby shampoo*
Baby lotion*
Baby wash*
GENTLY USED OR NEW ITEMS
Clothes boys and girls (sizes 9 mo. and 18 mo.)
Bibs
Baby washcloths
Baby towels
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION, please put it in a marked envelope into the collection plate. Make checks out to the Oxford Women’s Care Center. Call the Women’s Care Center with any questions about the items @ 523-1814.
THANK YOU for all your prayers for the unborn and their parents! Keep it up.
