There were seven (a perfect number!) of us this morning to open our 11th 40 Days for Life campaign at the 15 Mile and Dodge Park clinic. Thank You God for sending dedicated prayer warriors throughout our 40 day campaign. May Your Holy Spirit protect us as we pray for a respect for life on this little area of sacred ground in Sterling Heights. May all the 40 Days for Life campaigns throughout the world be filled with encouragement and strength as we follow the Truth of Christ in speaking out for the sanctity of life. (Maribeth)
6:00 p.m. Prayer Vigil
Maribeth & I blest ourselves with holy water & I sprinkled a bit on the ground around us then we faced WomanCare abortion mill holding our pro-life signs facing the mill as well as traffic. Our hearts were hurting so much because they were open & little precious babies most likely were killed during our prayer vigil for them. My eyes are filled with tears as I type this to you just as they were last night. With tears in her eyes, Maribeth led us in all the opening prayers as well as the Holy Rosary. As I opened up the meditation booklet, it was at the Sorrowful Mysteries, how appropriate!!! …so Maribeth read a brief Sorrowful Mystery meditation before each Hail Mary.
We prayed for all inside that place of evil, that our peaceful prayer vigil would touch their hearts. A few folks were looking at us from their window up there & then somebody abruptly closed the blinds -- but as Maribeth said, our "prayerful seed" was planted in the heart & soul of every person who looked our way & our dear Lord will do the rest to heal their hurting with His tender, loving care. As we continued our prayers, the blinds were opened again & a woman came out into the stairway area on her cell phone & was pacing back & forth & looking at us. As Maribeth said, we have no way of knowing exactly what is happening in there during our prayer time because nobody came over to talk to us so we will just continue to pray as always for all involved in abortion in any way.
About halfway through our prayer time, one of the “new” abortion providers (refuse to call them doctors!) came out and hopped into her little sports car. She is a young, African-American who should know that she is assisting in wiping out her very own culture!!
A man drove over, stopped to talk, and encouraged us never to stop praying out there & said God bless you. We thanked him, said God bless you for taking time out of your schedule to stop to talk with us & we told him we never would stop being PW's for the unborn, even as difficult as it is now with the mill being open at night. Also, a woman stopped by & made the sign of the cross while looking at the 3 baby faces on Maribeth's sign, "the cost of abortion."
The men & women who came out of that place saw our signs as we prayed the Holy Rosary for them & we placed them all in the hands of our Lord. We both felt sick but offered up this ill feeling for the unborn babies killed at this clinic who in a second are with God in Heaven. It still makes me get tears in my eyes but they are with their Creator & hopefully somehow, some way He lets them hear our prayers & singing for them. We will know about this when we finally make it to Heaven ourselves.
Happy honks & the two folks who stopped by to talk did help us keep a positive attitude. We both know that if we healthy folks don't stand out there in peaceful prayer, that is just what the abortion industry wants, to be able to do their evil work with nobody bringing any light to the evil happening in there, so we bring as much peace & light to that patch of sacred ground we pray on as we possibly can.
A young lady came out of the clinic & got into her car & stopped next to us to make her turn & she had a rosary hanging from her rearview mirror. I looked into her eyes as we said the Hail Mary's & she looked at me as well, just a blank look on her face. My heart hurt so much for her. I felt so sad for her. I believe she works there. She will be seeing more of Maribeth & I as these nights go on when they are open & hopefully we will get the chance to gently speak with her & let her know that she is loved so very much by Jesus & He wants her to leave that evil place & become pro-life. Maribeth & I will just take it one night at a time & see what the Holy Spirit puts into our hearts to say to pro-abortion folks who stop next to us.
We closed our prayer vigil with Maribeth reading the Prayer for the Conversion of Abortionists and their Staffs as we watched the young woman who we think is the abortionist drive around the back of the building to leave for the night. We know she saw our signs & again we saw the blank look on her face. God, please help all these lost souls!!! We faced our beautiful American flag with tears still in our eyes thinking about what has happened to our nation since abortion was made legal ~ it's just soooooo sad!!! We said the Pledge of Allegiance & gave each other a big hug then left for home.
We know that there will be many folks out there in peaceful prayer, especially after attending Fr. Joe's glorious Kick-Off Mass this past Tuesday evening. He is such a blessing to us all at St. Malachy Church, such a great pro-life shepherd & we are so thankful for him because we know that there a lot of Churches whose pastor does not even speak about the message of LIFE, so we always say the Prayer for our Pastor for Fr. Joe & all others who are speaking up for LIFE in hopes that more & more pastors will start to do so. Sorry I'm rambling, I'm not used to the mill being open at night, so it is going to take some getting used to, but I am a strong Prayer Warrior for the Helpless, Precious Unborn & I will be there like I always say until abortion ends in our world or until I am called Home to be with all my loved ones & especially get hugs from all the little unborn babies I have prayed for all these years.
Remember, being out there to pray for this great cause ~ the protection of the unborn ~ the giving of yourself in this prayerful way will most definitely bring you many blessings from God, I can assure you of this!!! Christ is counting on us all to be His voice for the unborn!!! (Jenny)
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