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October 2015

Every Life is Worth Living
By: Anna Jouandot

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
announces its 2015-16 Respect Life Program: “EVERY LIFE IS
WORTH LIVING,” beginning with Respect Life Sunday, October
4, 2015 and continuing through September 2016. Our bishops
remind us that each and every life is a good and perfect gift, held in
existence by God’s love, and is to be respected from conception to
natural death. Whether the person is elderly and quickly
deteriorating, an unborn infant diagnosed with Down Syndrome,
someone facing terminal cancer, or an unwed mother, God invites
us to embrace the lives we have been given. He is with us every
step of the way, giving us the grace we need to persevere each day
with love and trust in his divine plan. Therefore, let us embrace
each person we meet today, no matter his or her condition or
personal situation in life, knowing that “Every Life is Worth
Living” because each and every human being has been created and
uniquely made in God’s image.
During the first three weekends of October, you may pick
up free pamphlets provided by the USCCB on different life issues
from the table on the left side of the vestibule in the church. We
also invite you to
Campaign (September 23 through November participate in the 40
1) which is three fold:
Days
for
Life
1 - Prayer—pray the “Prayer to End
Abortion” each day (you may pick up a prayer
card from the vestibule of the church)
2 - Fast—give up a snack or T.V. program
each day
3 - Action—our parish has signed up to keep
a prayerful vigil at the abortion facility,
Causeway Medical Center, 3044 Ridgelake
Drive in Metairie, on Tuesday, October 13,
2015. We need two people per hour to fill
the day from 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Please
contact Anna A. Jouandot, Respect Life

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
the precious gift of life.
Help us to cherish and protect
this gift, even in the midst of
fear, pain, and suffering.
Give us love for all people,
especially the most