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In 2008, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz (who is the ordinary\u00a0in Louisville) asked if there was a prayer of blessing for a child\u00a0in the\u00a0mother’s womb. Seeing that there was no such official prayer, the American bishops requested one. Now, the USCCB has issued a press release <\/a>announcing that soon (after a long gestation period!) the prayer\u00a0will be ready to be released.\u00a0In a\u00a0touch\u00a0friendly to the secular calendar, it will appear by Mother’s Day.<\/p>\n

Pray Tell<\/em> asked Msgr. Rick Hilgartner to give us the update, which he kindly did. The BCDW is “still assembling components to a final text”\u00a0putting together several\u00a0parts of this that\u00a0they received from Rome. He says that they hope to include at least the text of the blessing in the next BCDW newsletter. So stay tuned.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Pray Tell<\/em> readers, anyone care to\u00a0voice an opinion about what ought \/ ought not\u00a0to be in such a prayer? And what about rubrics? Clearly there is a pro-life message in this. Lex orandi, lex credendi. But are there occasions when\u00a0such a prayer\u00a0might not be appropriate? What do you think? (It will be interesting to compare our thoughts with\u00a0the\u00a0text and\u00a0guidance that\u00a0actually appears in a few weeks.)<\/p>\n

–rf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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