Pro-life reflections and intercessions related to the Sunday readings
This Third Sunday of Advent is also called “Gaudete” Sunday and there is an option of using rose as a liturgical color. Rose is a colour of joy. “Gaudete” means “Rejoice”, which is a quotation from Phil. 4:4-5: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice! The Lord is near”.
Read MoreIn the Gospel today, Our Lord gives us yet another reason why we must defend the fundamental right to life of the unborn when He said: “Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me.”
Read MoreMany couples choose abortion because they say the child was “an accident.” Others choose the same over fears of financial stress, lack of support, career hiatus, loss of freedom, or potential health risks to the child. In response, Jesus reminds us that He is with us always, “to the end of the age.” Each child is conceived under His providential care. Each parent is strengthened by His love. He is not promising that these difficulties will cease completely, but that, whatever we endure, He will be there to sustain us with His grace.
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