When I gave Dana (Catholic singer Rosemary Scallon) my brochure on “This is My Body” in the late 1990’s, I asked her to write a song about it, and she did. Here is what I told her.
The striking fact is that the same four words used by Jesus to bring life to the world are used by the promoters of abortion to bring death: "This is my body."
See the talk our National Director, Frank Pavone, taped for this year’s Week of Prayer and Fasting. The talk is called “This is My Body: The Pro-life Commitment is Eucharistic”
The Gospel of Christ is the Gospel of Life, and the source and
summit of this life is the Eucharist, which is Christ Himself.
Priests for Life has traced many links between the Church's
Eucharistic teachings and her Prolife teachings. Following are some links that
explore these connections.
Audio
Fr. Frank at the
Archdiocese of St. Louis Eucharistic Congress:
This is My Body: A Consistent Ethic of Life and Love (June 16, 2001)
[Listen]
Fr. Frank on the connections between the Eucharist and the Pro-Life
commitment. [Listen
Part 1] [Listen
Part 2]
Eucharistic Faith and
Pro-Life Work [Listen
Part 1] [Listen
Part 2]
This is My Body
People of Life spot:
This is My Body
The following homilies were
given by Fr. Frank between 1989 and 1993 while stationed at St. Charles
Church in Staten Island, NY.
Corpus Christi Homily One
Corpus Christi Homily Two
Corpus Christi Homily Three
Evening Prayer of Corpus Christi One
Evening Prayer of Corpus Christi Two