40 Days for Life

My Mom introduced me to this nationwide cause -
Today begins the first of 40 days of prayer for the end of abortion.
There are some incredible stories that have come to pass and many lives that have been saved...
I am constantly amazed at the power of prayer, and I think as believers, and especially as Catholics, we have a responsibility to join in a cause for the sanctity of life such as this one.

This is their website:
http://40daysforlife.com/splash.cfm

Here's the promotional video from 2007 when this started:

It's been one of those weeks...

This is one of my favorite Litanies by Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val:

O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed,
Deliver me, Jesus.

From the desire of being loved...
From the desire of being extolled ...
From the desire of being honored ...
From the desire of being praised ...
From the desire of being preferred to others...
From the desire of being consulted ...
From the desire of being approved ...
From the fear of being humiliated ...
From the fear of being despised...
From the fear of suffering rebukes ...
From the fear of being calumniated ...
From the fear of being forgotten ...
From the fear of being ridiculed ...
From the fear of being wronged ...
From the fear of being suspected ...

That others may be loved more than I,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be esteemed more than I ...
That, in the opinion of the world,
others may increase and I may decrease ...
That others may be chosen and I set aside ...
That others may be praised and I unnoticed ...
That others may be preferred to me in everything...
That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should…