Fourth in a nine month series
Remember her? She is the little baby you spiritually adopted. She now weighs six ounces. She has fingernails and eyelashes. She has her own unique fingerprints, which will remain the same until she dies. Her taste buds are working. Her sense of hearing is developing and has been present since her 14th week. There are no major developments anymore. During this month rapid eye movements can be detected—a sign of dreaming. Your spiritually adopted baby is already well-formed, internally and externally. All she needs now is time to gain weight and grow strong. What a miracle she is!
As stated in Isaiah 49.1: “Before birth the Lord called me, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name.” (This series on the developing baby will run on or about the 25th of each month for 9 months. Source: Archdiocese of Baltimore).
Remember this prayer for your spiritually adopted baby: “Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby that I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion.”
Written by Mike Roche’s father: Bill Roche, A parishioner of St. Mary Star of the Sea, Diocese of Venice
