Today is the national day of prayer for the legal protection of the unborn. In protecting the legal rights of the smallest of children yet to be born, we uphold the dignity of our fellow human beings and we uphold our own human dignity as our brother’s (and sister’s) keepers. We have to look out for one another. Some of us are not allowed to be born because they are not recognized as human beings. So we pray for the protection of our own brothers and sisters and for those who promote and promulgate their destruction through abortion, which is still upheld in many states in our nation. Clearly there is a problem if a right to be born is eclipsed by a right to be killed. We pray for a change of heart and mind for our fellow human beings who don’t recognize the rights of their brothers and sisters awaiting birth. Lord, help your people, Lord, be merciful.