Partisan Prayer—Praying to End Abortion

Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, continues his reflections on praying to end abortion.  Fr. Pavone starts this video by asking the question “Is prayer non-partisan or does it have a political angle to it?” He goes on to state that “…God is not a Republican or a Democrat, and prayer pertains to the human person no matter what their characteristics are.  So in this sense prayer is trans-partisan meaning it rises above political divisions.”  But this is not the final answer. Of course prayer has a political angle. We pray that prolife people would be elected to public office, and we pray that those in public office, those who claim to be public servants, will know the difference between serving the public and killing the public. It’s not that prayer should be ever reduced to one or another of its dimensions, whether political or otherwise. But prayer deals with real problems and looks for real results, and that is why yes, prayer is even political.”