O God, who adorn creation with splendor and beauty and fashion human lives in your image and likeness, awaken in every heart reverence for the work of your hands, and renew among your people a readiness to nurture and sustain your precious gift of human life. – Collect for Mass for Giving Thanks to God for the Gift of Human Life (B), (The Roman Missal, 2011)

Saints:

Our Lady of Guadalupe

St. Gerard Majella

St. Gianna Molla

St. Martin de Porres

Scripture:

Luke 14:13 – Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind…

Music:

The Coventry Carol (Alison Moyet)