Prayer of Pope John Paul II for Life:
O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living,
to you we entrust the cause of life:
Look down, O Mother, upon the vast numbers of babies
not allowed to be born, on the poor whose lives are
made difficult, on men and women who
are victims of brutal violence, on the elderly and
the sick who are killed by indifference or out
of misguided mercy.
Grant that all who believe in Your Son may proclaim the Gospel
of Life, with honesty and love, to the people of our time.
Obtain for them the grace to accept that
Gospel as a gift ever new, the joy
of celebrating it with gratitude throughout
their lives and the courage to bear witness to it
resolutely, in order to build, together with all people
of good will, the civilization of
truth and love, to the praise and
glory of God,
the Creator and
lover of life.
