"Let the Children Come to Me": Memorial Prayer Service for the Unborn

“Let the children come to me,” (Matthew 19:14) was the theme of the annual Memorial Prayer Service for the Unborn on January 15. Archbishop Gregory Aymond lead the annual service held near the date of Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion on demand in the United States, at the Holy Innocents Prayer Garden inside St. Patrick Cemetery No 1. The service included prayer, reflection, and song provided by the Monday Night Disciples. Of special significance, this year, as those gathered prayed for babies lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, and abortion, the “All God’s Babies” tomb was open in preparation for a funeral service for an infant later in the day. At the end of the service, students from Mount Carmel Academy and St. Mary’s Dominican High School placed roses at the “Rachel Weeping” statue in the garden in memory of the infants who Archbishop Aymond said are in heaven with God praying for us.