The U.S. Bishops have stated: “In all the Dioceses of the USA, January 22nd (or January 23rd, when January 22nd falls on a Sunday) shall be observed as a particular day of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life & of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion (General Instruction to the Roman Missal, #373).” I encourage you to pray & do penance on Wednesday, Jan. 22nd as you see fit & appropriate. Suggestions are:
· Go to Mass and/or read the daily Mass scriptures.
· Abstain from meat and/or fast.
· Pray a rosary (or a decade) or the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
· Give up TV, movies, searching the web, etc.
· Sacrifice some of your time to do an act of service for someone else.
· Do one of the corporal and/or spiritual works of mercy.