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NATIONAL BLACK CATHOLIC
APOSTOLATE FOR LIFE |
Fall 2001
LIFE LINE
“IT’S
ALL ABOUT WITNESSING
THE
DIGNITY OF LIFE
IN THE
BLACK COMMUNITY
AND
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.”
OCTOBER 2001
RESPECT
LIFE MONTH
The
National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life
affirms
that human life is a unique gift
from God.
All human life is sacred and inviolable.
Because we believe that every human person is
created
in the image and likeness of God,
our
mission is to defend human life in all its stages
and in
every condition. Our mission also calls
us
to pray and labor for the end of all
violence.
IN MEMORY AND GRATITUDE
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
For all who died
In the American Tragedy of September 11, 2001
For those who are mourning them
For all who were injured
For all who are weary and
For all who served so heroically in
This time of National Sorrow
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LET US STAND UNITED IN PRAYER,
AND MAY OUR RESOLVE TO DEFEND
THE SACREDNESS OF LIFE
REMAIN UNSHAKEN.
LIFE LINE
God, who can turn our
worries into wings of joys and our sorrows into songs of thanks, let not our
hearts be so troubled by the tragedies of this life’s moment that we lose sight
of the eternal life in Your Kingdom.
Give comfort and solace to
our brothers and sisters who suffer almost unbearable losses every second,
minute, and hour in our nation and world.
Strengthen our resolve to
replace hatred with love, tension with trust, and selfishness with caring and
community.
Heal, oh God, all our
children so that those who hate and those who are hatred, those who hurt and
those who are hurt, may grow up in an America and in a world of peace,
opportunity and justice.
Marian Wright Edelman
President, Children Defense Fund
“Guide My Feet”, Copyright 1995
NBCAL Intercessions for Life
Through the intercession of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
we pray:
Response Jesus you are our source of Life and Mercy!
In time of trouble:
grant us peace
beyond all understanding.
In time of trial:
grant us
perseverance in faith.
In time of fear:
grant us
courage and trust.
In time of opposition:
grant us grace
to love our enemies.
In time of death
grant us
mercy and life eternal.
NBCAL CHAPTERS
Information concerning the formation of National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life Chapters will be presented in the next issue of LIFE LINE.
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