2024 CMN Lenten Reflections
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Prayers and Vigils
Novena por el fin de la Pena de Muerte
Este recurso de oración presenta nueve días de oración que elevan la dignidad de la vida y el llamado católico a poner fin a la pena de muerte.
A Novena to End the Death Penalty
Download this resource for nine days of prayer for the abolition of the death penalty.
Litany for a More Expansive Gratitude
In honor of Thanksgiving, we pray for a more expansive kind of gratitude.
Mobilize Mercy — Joining the Pope's Prayer to Abolish the Death Penalty
Pope Francis has dedicated the month of September to praying for the global abolition of the death penalty. Watch the Pope's Prayer Video, launching this month of prayer.
Good Friday Prayer Vigil for an End to the Death Penalty (2023)
Pray with us for an end to state-sanctioned violence in our modern time.
CMN's Stations of the Cross
Walk alongside Christ on his journey from death sentence to execution while meditating on the need to end the death penalty and promote restorative justice.
A Prayer for the End of the Death Penalty
God who forgives,
We will never comprehend the depth of your mercy,
which brings saints and sinners alike into your embrace.
"Heaven-Haven" Prayer Card
On July 17, 2020 a man named Dustin Lee Honken recited a poem called "Heaven-Haven" in the moments before his execution at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.
A Prayer from Pope Francis' Third Papal Encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti"
O God, Trinity of love, from the profound communion of your divine life, pour out upon us a torrent of fraternal love.
