USCCB Document: Nationwide Invitation to Prayer

Beginning this coming Monday, March 25, through sometime in June, the US Supreme Court will be deliberating on a case that could increase accessibility of chemical abortions in our country.  On behalf of the US Bishops Conference, Archbishop Broglio, has invited all Catholics in the US to pray for the end of abortion and the protection of women and preborn children through intercession of St. Joseph.  He also offers further background on this initiative.

The Prayer to St. Joseph reads:
Dearest St. Joseph, at the word of an angel, you lovingly took Mary into your home. As God’s humble servant, you guided the Holy Family on the road to Bethlehem, welcomed Jesus as your own son in the shelter of a manger, and fled far from your homeland for the safety of both Mother and Child.

We praise God that as their faithful protector, you never hesitated to sacrifice for those entrusted to you. May your example inspire us also to welcome, cherish, and safeguard God’s most precious gift of life.

Help us to faithfully commit ourselves to the service and defense of human life —especially where it is vulnerable or threatened. Obtain for us the grace to do the will of God in all things. Amen.

Respectlife.org: Prayer to St Joseph
USCCB:Nationwide Invitation to Prayer