Please Pray for the 8 Million Babies Killed by Abortion in Britain Since 1967

Torch of The Faith News on Monday 27 October 2014 - 09:44:54 | by admin

Today is the 47th anniversary of the Royal Assent given to the Abortion Act by Queen Elizabeth II. Since the British Abortion Act was passed, over 8 million babies have been killed in the womb in these isles.

SPUC has called for a one minute silence to be held at 11.04 a.m. to mark the moment when Royal Assent was given. During this silence, and throughout the day, SPUC asks people to honour the children who will never be born or loved in this life; to remember the mothers and fathers who have killed their own children by abortion and also to recall those parents who have withstood enormous pressures to give their babies the best chance of life by respecting their right to be born.

On his blog, SPUC's John Smeaton notes that in 2013 alone 190,800 babies were aborted in England and Wales - around 550 every day. 773 of these abortions were carried out on girls below the age of 15. 

Good Counsel Network is marking the day as a National Day of Prayer and Fasting for Life. They ask people to pray a Rosary - or if they already pray a daily Rosary to pray an extra one - today. In terms of fasting, Good Counsel Network encourage a one-day fast on bread and water for those who are able. For those whose health or circumstances preclude such a fast, Good Counsel Network encourages them to make some other sacrifice, such as refraining from luxuries - like alchohol, chocolate, cigarettes or TV - which they enjoy. They also invite supporters to attend Holy Mass and/or Eucharistic Adoration to pray for an end to abortion and euthanasia.

Good Counsel Network have drawn from Sacred Scripture for the theme for this day: 'And the people of Ninevah believed in God; they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least... God saw their efforts to renounce their evil ways. And God relented about the disaster which He had threatened to bring on them, and He did not bring it (Jonah 3:5,10).

Please join with SPUC for the minute of silence at 11:04 a.m. and with Good Counsel Network in prayer and fasting. Reparation is needed for this mass-killing of the innocent.       

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