JAN. thru OCT. 2024
We invite you to take a spiritual adoption prayer card bearing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Please pray this short prayer daily for 9 months for one individual child at risk of being aborted. Please contact Melinda and Judy at [email protected] if you have any questions about our spiritual adoption program, which will continue through October (Respect Life Month). In October, we can celebrate the baby’s birth (we hope and pray!) with a visit to Saint Joseph’s by New Hope pregnancy resource center (https://www.newhopeprc.org/).
The Respect Life Committee will update you on the growth and development of the baby you spiritually adopted – so check back for updates over the coming 9 months! In October, we can celebrate the baby’s birth (we hope and pray!) with a visit to Saint Joseph’s by a pregnancy resource center. Through this program we hope to build a culture of life.
JANUARY – CONCEPTION
Here I am! At the moment of conception, genetic instructions (DNA) from my mom and my dad combined to form a unique individual – ME! The DNA I have will determine my eye color, my hair color, my height, and my natural abilities (such as math, art, and sports). I am going to grow fast! Look out, world!
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.” – Jeremiah 1:5
FEBRUARY – 1 MONTH
I am now 10,000 times larger than I was a month ago (at conception), about the size of a grain of rice! My heart is formed and beating (at 22 days) and it is pumping blood through my blood vessels! My blood type may even be different from my mother’s. My placenta is forming, and it will nourish me until I am born. Pray for me as I continue to grow.
“For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works!” – Psalm 139:13-14
MARCH – 2 MONTHS
I am about the size of a black bean and weigh about 1/3 of an ounce. My organs (heart, brain, stomach, liver, kidneys, lungs) have formed and my brain waves can be recorded. I have started to move around! I can even swallow. Thank you for praying for mommy and me.
“You are our Father, we are the clay, and You are the potter, and we are the work of Your hand” – Isaiah 64:8
APRIL – 3 MONTHS
Even though I’m only 3 inches long and weigh 1 ounce, my arms, hands, fingers, and feet are fully formed. I even have fingernails and toenails. I can suck my thumb and kick. I can feel sensations like pain. I can smile and frown. Thank you for praying for me so that I can grow up.
“Listen to the Lord who created you…the One who formed you says, I have called you by name; you are Mine… for I am the Lord your God.” -Isaiah 43:1‐3
MAY – 4 MONTHS
Mommy can feel me kick! I can grab my feet and turn somersaults. I have eyelashes and my own unique fingerprints. I am 6-7 inches long and weigh in at 4-5 ounces.
Keep praying for Mommy and me! Whatever she drinks and eats nourishes me.
“It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.” – Mother Teresa
JUNE – 5 MONTHS: “It’s a Boy!” or “It’s a Girl!”
I have been a boy or a girl since conception, but now Mommy can find out from the doctor.
And guess what? I can HEAR. Play me some good music! I’m more active now and turning a lot. I’m 10 inches long and weigh ½ pound – 1 pound. I sleep and wake regularly now. I’d have a chance of surviving if I was born now but I’d really like to stay safe with my mommy.
“See now that myself am He! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.”
– Deuteronomy 32:39
JULY – 6 MONTHS
I am still small… about 9-12 inches long and 1 ½ -2 pounds now, but I am storing fat and growing!
Guess what? I have eyebrows and my eyelids are beginning to open.
Keep praying for Mommy and me.
“The values of Christianity are unalterably opposed to the modern secular culture of choice.” – Pope John Paul II
I am 15-16 inches long and 2 ½ -3 pounds now. I am kicking and stretching. I can open and close my eyes. I can respond to light. My breathing system is developing…getting ready…. just 2 more months! So exciting. Please keep praying for mommy and me.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11
SEPTEMBER – 8 MONTHS
I am 18-19 inches long now! I weigh 4-5 pounds now and I am really gaining weight! My muscles and bones are fully formed.
All my systems are fully developed, and my brain is really growing, although my lungs are immature.
Just a few more weeks till everyone can meet me! But right now, it’s just mommy and me. I can even recognize my mommy’s voice.
“But when He who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by His grace.” – Galatians 1:15
OCTOBER – 9 MONTHS: OUR BABY IS BORN!
I have finally arrived, a 6–9-pound baby boy (or girl)! I am 19-21 inches long and I can breathe on my own. I am unique…no one like me has ever existed. At the miraculous moment of conception, I received my soul from God. His plan for me is to live my life on earth, then to join Him in my heavenly home forever! Thank you on behalf of all babies for your loving prayers that helped to bring us to birth.
If you are able, please participate in our Baby Shower by giving the gift of money to New Hope Pregnancy Resource Center. New Hope volunteers will be at all masses during the weekend of October 13. Your donation to New Hope Pregnancy Center will make a difference in the lives of mothers and their babies who are in need. Please visit https://www.newhopeprc.org/ for more information.
“So that they might have life and have it to the full!” (John 10:10)
Contact Melinda at [email protected] if you would like to learn more about how you can help build a culture of life.