Our parish had a rosary procession yesterday, combining prayers for our new President with prayers for the Roe v. Wade anniversary. Here are the meditations for our rosary.
Heavenly Father, we offer up this rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our Queen and Patroness of the Americas, and this public witness for our country, that the grave sin of abortion and its related evils will be removed from our land; and for our new President, on this inauguration day, that he will seek to do Your will and will refrain from allowing abortion and its related evils to be expanded in our country and in the world. Please hear our prayers, that we offer through Your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ, that our new government leaders will guide this country toward the Culture of Life. Help us all to avoid offending you further and to repent for the wrongs of our past, for your Word says, “As goes the king, so goes the nation”. Amen.
1st Sorrowful Mystery - The Agony in the Garden
Dear Jesus, as you suffered for our sins, you asked that the will of the Father be done. Help us and our new president to do the will of God the Father, especially with regard to abortion and other life issues. And help pregnant women everywhere to do the will of our Creator by cooperating with His plan of bringing new life into the world.
2nd Sorrowful Mystery - The Scourging at the Pillar
Dear Jesus, your body was torn by the whippings received at the hands of men. Help us to remove abortion from our laws and our land, so no more unborn babies may be destroyed by our hands.
3rd Sorrowful Mystery - The Crowning of Thorns
Holy Spirit, our new President was inaugurated today with a crown of many national challenges, among them the daily threats to life as a result of so-called legal abortion. We offer the blood shed by Jesus from his crown of thorns that you may grant our new president the spiritual gifts of wisdom, knowledge, prudence, courage, understanding, piety, and fear of the Lord, so our nation may be healed of the disease of abortion.
4th Sorrowful Mystery - The Carrying of the Cross
Jesus, as you carried your cross, you met your Mother, you were comforted by Veronica’s pity, and you told the women of Jerusalem to weep not for you, but for their children. We ask, by this rosary of your Blessed Mother, that you have mercy on our nation, so no more women need weep in silence for their aborted babies.
5th Sorrowful Mystery - The Crucifixion
Heavenly Father, your Son died for our sins - as individuals and as a nation. Please help us and our new president recognize your Son as King of kings and Lord of lords and defer to his authority as the Lord of all life, from conception to natural death.
