How was your weather today? Improved, I hope?
Every 40 Days for Life vigil is a little different. But
they all have something in common: the prayer and
sacrifice of the volunteers participating.
They come by the hundreds ... and they also come one at
a time. But they all come for the same reason — to pray
for an end to abortion.
The 300 people who circled the block around Planned
Parenthood represented one of the largest crowds ever
at this 40 Days for Life vigil location. Bishop Frank
Dewane led the group as they prayed and sang hymns.
About 200 of the participants walked half a mile from
the respect life youth conference they were attending.
Also taking part in this event was Abby Johnson, the
former director of the Planned Parenthood abortion
center in Bryan, Texas, who had quit her job during the
40 Days for Life campaign two years ago.
This Planned Parenthood location is a three-story
building that serves as regional headquarters for a
15-county section of Florida.
Just the day before, three mothers chose life for their
babies as people prayed outside this facility.
To see photos of the Sarasota event, please go to:
http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=2436
Students from three schools joined the 40 Days for Life
vigil in Fort Wayne recently. As one of the schools is
just a mile away, a large group of students walked to
the abortion center.
“They carried handmade crosses as well as sharing the
burden of carrying a full size cross and stopping at
intervals to lead the group in prayers along the way,”
said Evelyn in Fort Wayne.
It was raining when they started their walk, but the
showers quickly ended and did not return until later
in the day.
“It is hard to explain the impact of seeing the kids
on such a dreary, foggy day in their matching pro-life
shirts, marching down a very busy street on their way
to the clinic,” Evelyn said.
But you can see for yourself. For pictures of the Fort
Wayne event, please go to:
http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=2436
A number of parishioners from St. Joseph Church in
Richmond joined the 40 Days for Life vigil last
weekend, praying on the sidewalk in front of the
Planned Parenthood abortion center for about two hours.
While the large groups certainly get noticed, the prayer
makes a difference even when it’s only one person.
One Richmond volunteer wrote of praying alone one day.
“I had a very heavy heart during my prayer time,” she
said. “I felt that abortions were actually being
performed during that time frame.”
She watched as women arrived. Some were just dropped
off and left to enter alone.
“The darkness I felt at that building yesterday was
so great that I had a hard time sleeping last night,
but I know God will sustain me next week when I
return to pray,” she said. “May God continue to bless
all the participants in this 40 Days for Life.”
To see a photo of the Richmond vigil, please go to:
http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=2436