Prayer for Life – Support Life Sunday 2024

Lord, you call us, your pilgrim people,

to be people of life and for life;

to journey in confidence

towards "a new heaven and a new earth"

that is characterised by a commitment

to the infinite dignity of every person.

Lord, look down upon the vast numbers of those�whose human dignity is daily being violated by�war, poverty, exploitation, physical and emotional violence,�premature death, abuse, prejudice and neglect.

Grant that we who believe in you�may proclaim the Gospel of life �in what we think, say and do.

Obtain for us the grace�to accept the Gospel as a gift ever new,�the joy of celebrating it with gratitude,�and the courage to bear witness to it resolutely�so as to build, together with all people of good will,�a world of justice, mercy, truth, compassion and love.

To the praise and glory of God,�the Creator and lover of all life.

Inspired by and drawn from: Evangelium Vitae – The Gospel of Life (Pope St John Paul II, 1995); and � Dignitas Infinita (Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, 2024).