MEMORIAL DAY 2014

THURSDAY - May 23, 2014 PRAYER VIGIL

I faced WomanCare abortion mill, blest myself with holy water, sprinkled a bit on the ground & began the opening prayers, offering the prayer hour for all involved in abortion in any way. I faced traffic holding my "Pray To End Abortion" sign in front of me & saw thumbs up right away from some of the folks driving by.

I started the Holy Rosary reading a brief Sorrowful Mystery before each Hail Mary & Maribeth arrived...yay!!! She took over leading the Rosary.  Traffic was stopped as construction is going on just past the traffic light & a man on a motorcycle said "I'd rather pay for an abortion then pay to raise an unwanted kid" then drove off. Maribeth & I just could not understand how anyone could think like that. A baby is a gift from God not something to be dismembered & tossed in the garbage!!!  We Americans just have to start respecting life from conception to natural death!!! to give good example to the rest of our world. The evil one sure has turned the hearts & minds of some folks totally messed up. We always pray for those negative ones. Jesus can shine His light & truth upon them but we do have a free will & some folks want to believe in the lies of satan, so all we can do is pray for them to be converted before their life is over. I thank God every day for all the pro-life people in my life, especially our young pro-lifers!!! They are on fire for LIFE & love Jesus so much & are trying to live like good young men & women & in this impure world it sure is difficult but not impossible. We have so many young saints to read about so we can try to be like them.

We then sang the Chaplet of Divine Mercy especially for the conversion of abortionists & the closing of these killing mills, then faced our beautiful flag & closed our prayer time together with the Pledge of Allegiance.

It was such a beautiful, sunny evening, a light jacket was all that was needed & we could not help giggling  because as we walked back & forth along the grass prayer area, the PW birds followed along singing with us from way up in the trees~so precious :o)   (Jenny)

THURSDAY - MAY 15, 2014 PRAYER VIGIL

I faced WomanCare abortion mill, blest myself with holy water, sprinkled a bit on the ground & began the opening prayers. A woman stopped by to ask if we ever hear of women keeping their baby. This is always so nice, because it gives me a chance to tell folks of my personal experience with a young woman who decided to keep her baby & a postabortive woman who shared her story with me.

I was blessed by Knights of Columbus members joining the prayer vigil -- Dave, Dennis, Jim, Wally, James & Mark. For all involved in abortion in any way, we offered the Holy Rosary. Dave & Dennis read a Luminous Mystery meditation & closing prayer before each decade.  We all  took turns leading the prayers of the Rosary. 

 

Maribeth joined us a little after 6:00. She & I held our pro-life signs toward traffic. We had many positives, thumbs up, smiles, "Keep up the good work", happy honks."  Folks walking by, riding their bikes by said hello to us. For the couple of negatives, our prayers for their hardened hearts were offered up. 

 

We then sang the Chaplet of Divine Mercy especially for the conversion of abortionists & the closing of these killing mills. Maribeth then said a beautiful closing prayer. I gave everyone The Prayer for the Helpless Unborn which we said together. We all faced our beautiful flag & closed our prayer time together with the Pledge of Allegiance.

It is so great that these men gave their time this evening to be there in peaceful prayer for the precious unborn. We must all try our best to get out there "to be the voice for these little ones." Thank you, gentlemen very much & I know that I will see you out there again when your schedules allow. (Jenny)

SPRING 2014 40 DAYS FOR LIFE: Day 40 - April 13

 Thank you mighty prayer warriors of the Spring 2014 40 Days for Life Campaign!

The National Team has reported that, as of today, 547 lives have been saved from Abortion!!

(and these are only the ones we know about!)

Amen and thank You Jesus!

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Pictures from our Closing with Father Joe Gembala are below!

6:00 p.m. Prayer Vigil

I arrived a bit early for the 6pm Prayer Vigil, faced WomanCare abortion mill, blest myself with holy water & sprinkled a bit on the ground & began the opening prayers. Other PW's arrived & we took turns reading the various prayers. Fr. Joe arrived & as our group continued to grow ~ to 40 as it turned out!!! he gave his Palm Sunday homily talking about various #'s in the bible ~ #40 & gave the various examples ~ #12 & gave the various examples. Then told us that in the time of Jesus, a law on the books was that if one of your slaves was killed by an oxen, the owner of the oxen would have to pay you 30 pieces of silver for your dead slave. So the leaders at that time considered the worth of Our Lord to be no more than that of a dead slave. This touched my heart as I'm sure it did to many others who were listening to Fr. Joe. He asked us all what church we were from ~ St. Malachy, St. Renee, St. Martin de Porres, Sts Cyril & Methodius, St. Faustina, St. Thecla, St. Ann ~ hope I remembered them all. 

He than led the Holy Rosary, meditating on the Sorrowful Mysteries.  He told us that "the world thinking" at that time of Jesus did not put much worth on LIFE ~ just like the "the world thinking" is today & that it is it not easy to go against "world thinking" & pray outside in front of an abortion mill. He gave all of us the most beautiful Prayer Warrior blessing before he left & asked us to never stop praying for the unborn.  For myself, I will continue my 6pm Prayer Vigil every Thursday night until our next 40 Days for Life Campaign begins & I ask all of you to join me please when your schedules allow.

For the conversion of abortionists & closing of abortion mills, we 40 sang the Chaplet of DIvine Mercy. Mike then said the closing prayer. Many positives this evening & of course our PW birds were all around us loudly singing along. One negative ~  car stopped to make a left-hand turn & as they drove off a not-so-nice gesture was given to our prayer group. I said "God bless you" & to myself said, Lord, please heal their hardened hearts.

One of our prayer warriors fainted -- EMS arrived.  The owner of Lovely Nails came out to ask me how that lady was doing & I told him she was going to the  hospital via EMS.  I thanked him for always keeping watch on us PW's.   Update on Arlene, our Prayer Warrior who passed out at the end of the Prayer Vigil this evening. She was taken via EMS to Henry Ford Emergency Room on 19 & Garfield. When her friend Molly & I arrived, Arlene's daughter Donna was there filling out the admission papers for her mom.  Donna took my number & about 9pm this evening she called to let us know that so far all the tests on her mom were ok & they are going to keep Arlene overnight for observation. Thx for all the prayers. She is doing well.

I plan to get my nails done there soon to show my appreciation of his concern for us pro-lifers. Also, I will continue to get my carry outs from the Chinese place & the pizza place. So many of the various store owners DO NOT want this baby killing place here & are very appreciative to us for being out there in peaceful prayer for the closing of this evil place. 

Hope to see many of you one Thursday night soon in peaceful prayer & song. Also, I will  keep you updated on other Prayer Opportunities as they are brought to my attention.  (Jenny)

SPRING 2014 40 DAYS FOR LIFE: Day 39 - April 12

6:00 p.m. Prayer Vigil

As I arrived, I could see Eleanor & Ed praying from their car...yay!!! We waved hello. I saw five Divine Mercy Hearts drawn in chalk on the sidewalk. This must have been from the High Noon Youth Prayer vigil earlier today. I blest myself with holy water, sprinkled a bit on the ground & said all my opening prayers. Then for all involved in abortion in any way, I said/sang the Holy Rosary reading a brief Joyful Mystery before each Hail Mary. It's now warm enough for a jacket & scarf so that's nice. A young couple were stopped at the light & the young man said "God bless you mam" & both gave me a big smile. Lots of waves & thumbs up this evening~no negatives.

     For the conversion of abortionists & the closing of abortion mills, I sang the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.  The PW birds were singing along with me from the wires on both sides of the streets, high up in the trees & on top of the buildings~too cute.  I closed my prayer hour looking at our beautiful American flag & said the Pledge of Allegiance. After my prayer vigil, I called Maribeth to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to her. Her friendship is such a treasure!!!  (Jenny)   (And I feel the same way Jenny--what an honor and privilege to pray for LIFE with you!!  You certainly are a gift to me!! -- Maribeth)

 

 

SPRING 2014 40 DAYS FOR LIFE: Day 38 - April 11

6:00 p.m. Prayer Vigil

As I arrived, Denise was already praying her 5:30 Prayer Vigil..yay!!! We faced WomanCare abortion mill, blest ourselves with holy water, sprinkled a bit on the ground & said The Prayer for the Helpless Unborn & for all PW's, the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel. Maribeth joined us...yay!!! Denise led the Holy Rosary reading a brief Sorrowful Mystery before each Hail Mary then left to attend The Stations of The Cross.

A man, Thamar, drove up to us & stopped to thank us for praying for the end of abortion & gave Maribeth a donation which she will give to Compassion Pregnancy Center. He looked at the sign & said "WomanCare?!?!?" & just shook his head looking very sad. He told us he had found out about health problems a couple weeks ago. It was clear this was giving him a very sad heart so we said a prayer for him asking Our Lord to wrap His healing arms around Thamar as he goes through this difficult time. So nice of him to stop by with all this on his mind. 

 

We said our good byes to Denise. Then for the conversion of abortionists & the closing of abortion mills, Maribeth led the Chaplet of Divine Mercy also reading St. Faustina's meditations on The Passion.  We said the Prayer for the Conversion of Abortionists & their Staffs & closed with the Pledge of Allegiance. Lots of thumbs up this evening from those driving by ~ a young lady passenger even hung out of her window a bit to make sure we saw her thumbs & her big smile. Lord, help us to continue Your work here peacefully to get more & more folks aware of how babies are being dismembered in these evil places so that they will be closed down & moms/dads will give LIFE to their little ones & will seek help from us pro-lifers if need be.  (Jenny)

SPRING 2014 40 DAYS FOR LIFE: Day 37 - April 10

6:00 p.m. Prayer Vigil

George & his son precious Daniel were there..yay!!! as I arrived 1/2 way through their 5:30 prayer vigil  at the  abortion mill.  We shared holy water, sprinkled a bit on the ground & then George shared this with me: A drive-by screamer yelled "go to h*ll" at he & Daniel.  Our precious Daniel simply pointed up to Heaven!!! He knows where God's children will go when they are called Home!!! How sweet is that???  :o)

It was raining off & on with gusts of winds, so I left my prayer booklets in my bag. We said The Prayer for the Helpless Unborn & for all PW's, The Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel. Regina joined us...yay!!! George had already said the Holy Rosary so we sang the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for the conversion of abortionists & closing of abortion mills. Then we hugged, high 5'd & said our good byes to them.  Regina & I offered up another Holy Rosary specifically for babies scheduled to be killed Friday morning in this misguided world of ours. We took turns leading & offered up our own Luminous Mystery meditation before leading our decade.  We were able to offer up another decade before it was time to go home. We closed our prayer time together with the Pledge of Allegiance. Lots of thumbs up this evening from those driving by. "Good work" from a lady pulling in. Our PW birds were quite loud this evening at times. A young man yelled "go home."  I held up my Pray To End Abortion sign high toward his car & prayed for Our Blessed Mother to hold this angry young man in her motherly arms & ask her Son to heal him & bring him into His Light & Truth about the evil of killing unborn babies.  (Jenny)