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Syncletica
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Posted: Jan 06 2009 at 2:09pm \| IP Logged

This was sent to me in an email:

NOVENA TO STOP FOCA

If you are apposed to abortion then there is bad news on the horizon. For those of you who do not know, the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) is set to be signed if congress passes it on January 21-22 of 2009. The FOCA is the next sick chapter in the book of abortion. If made a law then all limitations on abortion will be lifted which will result in the following:

1) All hospitals, including Catholic hospitals will be required to perform abortions upon request. If this happens Bishops vow to close down all Catholic hospitals, more then 30% of all hospitals in the United States .
2) Partial birth abortions would be legal and have no limitations.
3) All U.S. tax payers would be funding abortions.
4) Parental notification will no longer be required.
5) The number of abortions will increase by a minimum of 100,000 annually.

Perhaps most importantly the government will now have control in the issue of abortion. This could result in a future amendment that would force women by law to have abortions in certain situations (rape, down syndrome babies, etc) and could even regulate how many children women are allowed to have.

Needless to say this information is disturbing, but sadly true. As Catholics, as Christians, as anyone who is against the needless killing of innocent children, we must stand as one. We must stop this horrific act before it becomes a law.

The Plan :
To say a novena ( 9 days of prayer ) along with fasting starting on January 11th. The prayer of choice will be the rosary with intentions to stop the FOCA. The hope is that this will branch and
blossom as to become a global effort with maximum impact. We have very little time so we all must act fast. Just do three things:

     1) Pass this letter to 5 or more people
     2) Do it in three days or less
     3) Start the novena on January 11th and pray for nine consecutive days.
        (please also fast for at least two days during the novena)

Remember that with God all things are possible and the power of prayer is undeniable. If you are against the senseless killing of defenseless children then the time is now to do something about it!

"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you." - St. Augustine

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Posted: Jan 06 2009 at 9:57pm \| IP Logged

More prayers here. Praying!

Love,

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Posted: Jan 07 2009 at 8:01pm \| IP Logged

I will be passing this along amd starting the novena.
Thank you
Chemai

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Posted: Jan 20 2009 at 11:31am \| IP Logged

As of now, FOCA is not a viable piece of legislation. Entered into committee in April 2007, this piece of legislation never got out of the initial committee. So, before Mr. Obama can sign it, it has to be sponsored by someone (Mrs. Boxer again, probably) ... than goes to subcommittee, than committee, than full Senate, than (assuming the House also has gone thru these steps with a similar bill) the full Congress will compromise until they have a bill to send Mr. Obama ...

Now, since all of this takes time ... we need to ensure that our prayers and active participation (for instance, here in Arlington Diocese, we're doing a postcard campaign to Capitol Hill) continue until this dies the death it should. If you read the legislation proposed by Mrs. Boxer in April 2007 ... it's a ridiculous, non-constitutional, piece of poop! But, Congress has been known to pass those too ... so keep up the prayers, the active participation to fight it and let Congress know that altho many Catholics (some quote the stat of 50%!) voted for Mr. Obama ... we still don't want this inisidious legislation proposed by rational folks ... nor signed by our President.

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