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(LifeSiteNews) — On today’s episode of The John-Henry Westen Show, I spoke with the Detroit-based songwriter and LifeSite donor who originally wrote and composed the touching pro-life song “Dear Mom,” which served as the basis for our first music video production.

Paul Lubanski told me about the inspiration behind his song. The idea came to him through prayer and meditation, he said, which wouldn’t have been possible had he not reverted to the Catholic faith.

“Like a lot of people, as I got older, I strayed a little bit and and decided that, wait, maybe, maybe there’s more to this life, and maybe I need to get back to God and the faith and the Holy Spirit and the power. So I started to do that with the help of my mom before she passed away, and then the music aspect came into my life after my corporate career,” he said.

“So it was just divine intervention. It was like, okay, how can I give back? And this concept of ‘Dear Mom,’ as I was in prayer and meditation, came into my head. I didn’t know what it meant, John-Henry. There was no plans for any of this other than the fact that I was giving back to my faith and I connected the dots.”

Although born in a Polish Catholic family, Lubanski married a Jewish woman and raised his kids Jewish. But he gave me an idea of how he eventually returned to his faith by reading out the lyrics of a song he wrote titled “Dear Lord.”

Dear Lord, your power and grace so magnificent
A mere thought can heal the sick and protect the innocent
As a child, I was part of your flock
Catholic school and altar boy around the clock
But I lost my way and strayed
As I allowed heretics to have their say
Now I need to come back home
Revert back to your throne
See my soul longs to share your powerful and loving message
So real, so omnipresent
And now, now I bow on bended knee with clear eyes and a full heart
I humbly offer this refrain
That asks you on behalf of billions of mere mortals
Currently toiling on here on Earth for rain
Dear Lord, can we begin again?

Click here to watch LSNTV’s “Dear Mom” music video. Listen to my full conversation with Paul Lubanski below:

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John-Henry is the co-founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of LifeSiteNews.com. He and his wife Dianne have eight children and they live in the Ottawa Valley in Ontario, Canada.

He has spoken at conferences and retreats, and appeared on radio and television throughout the world. John-Henry founded the Rome Life Forum, an annual strategy meeting for life, faith and family leaders worldwide. He is a board member of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family. He is a consultant to Canada’s largest pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and serves on the executive of the Ontario branch of the organization. He has run three times for political office in the province of Ontario representing the Family Coalition Party.

John-Henry earned an MA from the University of Toronto in School and Child Clinical Psychology and an Honours BA from York University in Psychology.

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