A Pro Life Prayer For Our President And Public Officials

Lord God, Author of Life

and Source of Eternal Life,

Move the hearts of all our public officials

and especially our President,

to fulfill their responsibilities worthily

and well to all those entrusted to their care.

Help them in their special leadership roles,

to extend the mantle of protection

to the most vulnerable,

 especially the defenseless unborn,

whose lives are threatened with extermination

by an indifferent society.

Guide all public officials by your wisdom

and grace to cease supporting any law

that fails to protect the fundamental good

that is human life itself,

which is a gift from God and parents.

You are the Protector and Defender

of the lives of the innocent unborn.

Change the hearts of those who compromise

the call to protect and defend life.

Bring our nation to the values

that have made us a great nation,

a society that upholds the values of life, liberty,

and the pursuit of happiness for all.

Mary, the Mother of the living,

help us to bear witness to the Gospel of Life

with our lives and our laws,

 through Christ, Our Lord.

Amen.

Imprimatur:

January 22, 2009

Most Reverend Robert J. Baker

Bishop of Birmingham in Alabama