It’s been well over an hour and pro-life marchers are still making their way up Constitution Ave. in Washington D.C. – a great sign that the number of people witnessing for life is still huge. I’ve been watching the live coverage on EWTN (you can’t see it anywhere else!!) and the crowd certainly looks massive – and YOUNG!!! The beautiful thing about the March for Life is the focus on not just respect for the unborn, but love for the men and women affected by abortion. The Silent No More Awareness Campaign always has a very prominent role at the march and their message speaks volumes for how abortion impacts the souls of those who have experienced it.

I wasn’t able to attend the march this year so I’ll be memorializing Roe v. Wade at home in MO. I spent this morning at our state Capitol with other members of Missouri Right to Life handing out roses for life to all of the state legislators. Each legislator received a red rose with a card that read:

Every child, like the rose, is an autograph from the hand of God

The rose’s beauty and perfection is evidenced while still just a tiny bud, which gradually matures to be the most beautiful of all flowers.

Every human being was once a tiny bud, unseen, but nevertheless the wondrous work of God.

–Missouri Right to Life

Tonight we will have a pro-life Mass at the Cathedral and collect material for our local crisis pregnancy centers. There will also be a rosary for life at the state Capitol here in Jeff City tomorrow at noon.

God bless all of our marchers and everyone involved in the pro-life movement. Let us continue to fight for the rights of the unborn and pray for an end to legally sanctioned abortion in the United States of America!