US Bishops promote Novena before Nov. election, include prayers for protecting unborn

A promising novena which forms part of the US Bishop's Faithful Citizenship innitiative:

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is encouraging Catholics across America to pray a novena for life, justice, and peace called ‘Novena for Faithful Citizenship’ before the elections in November.

In a press release from the USCCB, Joan Rosenhauer, Associate Director for the USCCB's Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development, explained that this timely novena is a component of "the bishops' campaign to help Catholics develop well-formed consciences for addressing political and social questions." (CNA)

The novena will be available for download until the election at http://fc.mach1media.com/resources/podcasts.

For other Faithful Citizenship resources, visit http://www.faithfulcitizenship.org/.

The reflection from Day Four of the novena (PDF link):

"How do I defend the right to life especially of the unborn
and those near death? How am I tempted to turn away
from the commandments and not support the right to life
of all people? How can I overcome that temptation?"

And the prayer which is said each day includes the line (PDF link):

"From sins against human life from its very beginning, deliver us."

Amen.