There is always something so beautiful when the new-born is brought into the room. Grandmothers oue and awe over the new baby. Everyone wants to see the new baby and everyone comments on who she/he looks like.
New life! It is such a moment of hope and joy. Remember that the same warmth and joy surrounded you when your mother brought you (the new-born) into the family and friends.
Your arrival was a tremendous moment of hope and joy!
From this moment we need to be lead to pray and seek to foster life and all its varied forms.
Pray that we always choose life and the thriving of human life – here at home and throughout the entire world. We want life not just for ourselves but for everyone in the deepest jungles of the Amazon to the high office towers in Toronto.
Pray that we treasure the life of every child in our school; no matter what their identity or their limitations. May each child be a joy in our heart for the life they will lead and the contribution they will make to our human history.
Help us to value and rejoice in the life of every member of our family and to treat all the things we own as just “stuff.” Every computer and vehicle is just so much a tool to serve our daily functioning but it is in the living of each family member that we rejoice. Pay that we keep our priorities straight: our possessions are just stuff, tools to serve us.
May we keep our shopping sprees a time to serve life and not get frantic when our shopping gets complicated. Everything we buy is meant to serve life. May we seek to enjoy and contribute to the well-being of our family and community.
May you, divine maker of peace, move all humans to move away from all forms of violence and move to building community. May our striving for life all be a working towards the common good of all people in our country.
May our seeking of life move us to pay attention to the elderly, the people without jobs and the forgotten of our own province. May our concern for life broaden our vision and concern for others. May they always be sisters and brothers to us.
My only request today: May I always work to nourish, support and love all human life.
May the time I walk on this earth be care and support for all life.
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