Thursday night I arrived at WomanCare abortion mill, blest myself with holy water, sprinkled a bit on the ground & shared it with the other prayer warriors. We all held various signs, "Pray To End Abortion", "Face It, Abortion Kills a Person", "Vote Pro-Life". These help remind folks passing by what we are peacefully praying about out there & it is always great when a person walking by us will look over at the WomanCare sign or when a person driving by us stops to look at the WomanCare sign... they get it!!! ....unborn babies are being killed there. Most of them leave shaking their heads. I always pray that they will one day join our group for a bit to pray along with us & it happens every now & then which is an excellent blessing from God!!!
Richard led the Rosary meditating on the Luminous Mysteries. Maribeth, Karen & I prayed along with him. A young man on a bike rode by with a smile & his thumb up toward our prayer group. Happy honks of approval could be heard & a "long honk" now & then which usually means an unhappy soul toward our praying for the end of abortion. We always say a quick prayer of healing for these folks because it usually means they are hurting from abortion in some way. Karen was reading the reflection on Noah about the beautiful rainbow being God's covenant to us as a car passed & a gal yelled "you foolish, evil people." We looked at each other & I said, "we are the foolish, evil ones?!?!?! ...peacefully praying here to end the savage killing of helpless little ones in the womb?!?!?" As always, we said a quick prayer for that poor, misguided soul. Karen continued on reading about Noah... "Those who did not listen to God as Noah did, probably thought that Noah was foolish..." WOW!!! that gal had called us foolish, evil ones... Thank you, Jesus, for this blessing from the words about Noah that You most certainly do hear our prayers & answer them. Who knows, our being there might be how Jesus uses us to touch the heart of that gal & bring her to Him for His Divine Mercy. I get tears in my eyes when seemingly negatives happen at the abortion mill,which by God's grace, turn into such beautiful blessings from Him.
We then answered "Lord, hear our prayer" to the pro-life intentions being read & Richard read the International Day of Prayer for Peace Blessing. Maribeth continued reading the Pro-Life prayer for each day of the week.
Karen then led our little group in song "You Are Mine" & "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands." We ended our prayer vigil with the "Prayer for the Conversion of Abortionists and Their Staffs." (Jenny)
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