3:00 p.m. Vigil
Nine of us gathered for the Family Prayer vigil, hosted by Sue, on the very chilly, but sunny sidewalk. We opened our prayer time with the song "Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days" -- what great encouragement as we enter into our last week of the official campaign. Our focus was on the Holy Family and the many trials they endured, all the while remaining in complete obedience to God's plan for them. We had many happy honks and thumbs up; one car rolled down their window and thanked us for being there and asked that we "keep up the good work." While we were singing "Here I Am, Lord," one of the owners of the strip mall came and dumped a large flowerpot of dirt into the corner "pond" -- it splashed all over him! It was just an odd sight. We concluded our 1/2 hour of prayer time with the Pledge of Allegiance and "God Bless America." Thank You Jesus for this gathering of friends of faith for LIFE. (Maribeth)
7:00 p.m. Vigil
Five PW's this evening!!! Christine, Maribeth & myself blest ourselves with with holy water & sprinkled a bit on the ground then Christine offered up our prayer intentions & asked St. Patrick to pray along with us. She led the opening prayers & the Holy Rosary reading a brief Sorrow Mystery before each Hail Mary. Nancy joined us & a little bit later Kathy joined us who is spreading the word at Trinity Lutheran Church & is thinking about Adopt-A-Day for her prayer group in the future... excellent!!!
A young man walked by & said "glad it is warming up a bit for you ladies" & made the sign of the cross. It was sunny out, that's true, but quite chilly & our fingers & toes were on their way to freezing but we offered it up for the unborn, their moms & dads as always. When he was walking back he stopped & talked a bit with us & said, "I've always been pro-life, maybe not in the case of rape, but even then they should not kill the baby because someone would want that baby." We talked about women who were conceived in rape & how they love their moms so much for giving them life & how they pray for their dads conversion. I gave him a bunch of Baby Jesus prayer cards to pass out to his pro-life friends. What a nice young man. We thanked him for taking time to give us his support. He said "I'm 100% in support of what you are doing out here & don't stop. Abortion is killing babies & it's awful."
Christine then led the Chapet of Divine Mercy with St. Faustin'a meditations on the Passion & a couple of boys rode their bikes by us, all bundled up against the cold & wind & nodded their heads in approval & waved to our group of PW's. A lady drove up to us & gave us names of Vickie Light, Tracey Patercsak & Angie Carrier & asked if we would pray for them. We said "yes." As she drove off, we gathered in a circle & Christine led a beautiful prayer for these women as well as the lady who gave us their names. She stops by often & it looks like she is living out of her car. May our Dear Lord bless her with whatever help she needs to get in a better financial situation.
We then faced our beautiful American flag & said the pledge of Allegiance & it was 7:04 & our prayer time together was over. Before Maribeth & I got in our cars to warm up, we went to the Chinese Gourmet to read the note that Mrs. Pong had left there. She & a man were bringing boxes out during our prayer hour & we were afraid that she was closing her Chinese carryout business but were glad to see her note saying that she will open up again on April 2. So I will be getting my excellent carryouts again soon from that darling lady. I was so happy to be able to give her a big, loving hug from all of us PW'S at the funeral home a while back as we prayed for her husband who has been called Home by our dearest Lord. (Jenny)
Nine of us gathered for the Family Prayer vigil, hosted by Sue, on the very chilly, but sunny sidewalk. We opened our prayer time with the song "Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days" -- what great encouragement as we enter into our last week of the official campaign. Our focus was on the Holy Family and the many trials they endured, all the while remaining in complete obedience to God's plan for them. We had many happy honks and thumbs up; one car rolled down their window and thanked us for being there and asked that we "keep up the good work." While we were singing "Here I Am, Lord," one of the owners of the strip mall came and dumped a large flowerpot of dirt into the corner "pond" -- it splashed all over him! It was just an odd sight. We concluded our 1/2 hour of prayer time with the Pledge of Allegiance and "God Bless America." Thank You Jesus for this gathering of friends of faith for LIFE. (Maribeth)
7:00 p.m. Vigil
Five PW's this evening!!! Christine, Maribeth & myself blest ourselves with with holy water & sprinkled a bit on the ground then Christine offered up our prayer intentions & asked St. Patrick to pray along with us. She led the opening prayers & the Holy Rosary reading a brief Sorrow Mystery before each Hail Mary. Nancy joined us & a little bit later Kathy joined us who is spreading the word at Trinity Lutheran Church & is thinking about Adopt-A-Day for her prayer group in the future... excellent!!!
A young man walked by & said "glad it is warming up a bit for you ladies" & made the sign of the cross. It was sunny out, that's true, but quite chilly & our fingers & toes were on their way to freezing but we offered it up for the unborn, their moms & dads as always. When he was walking back he stopped & talked a bit with us & said, "I've always been pro-life, maybe not in the case of rape, but even then they should not kill the baby because someone would want that baby." We talked about women who were conceived in rape & how they love their moms so much for giving them life & how they pray for their dads conversion. I gave him a bunch of Baby Jesus prayer cards to pass out to his pro-life friends. What a nice young man. We thanked him for taking time to give us his support. He said "I'm 100% in support of what you are doing out here & don't stop. Abortion is killing babies & it's awful."
Christine then led the Chapet of Divine Mercy with St. Faustin'a meditations on the Passion & a couple of boys rode their bikes by us, all bundled up against the cold & wind & nodded their heads in approval & waved to our group of PW's. A lady drove up to us & gave us names of Vickie Light, Tracey Patercsak & Angie Carrier & asked if we would pray for them. We said "yes." As she drove off, we gathered in a circle & Christine led a beautiful prayer for these women as well as the lady who gave us their names. She stops by often & it looks like she is living out of her car. May our Dear Lord bless her with whatever help she needs to get in a better financial situation.
We then faced our beautiful American flag & said the pledge of Allegiance & it was 7:04 & our prayer time together was over. Before Maribeth & I got in our cars to warm up, we went to the Chinese Gourmet to read the note that Mrs. Pong had left there. She & a man were bringing boxes out during our prayer hour & we were afraid that she was closing her Chinese carryout business but were glad to see her note saying that she will open up again on April 2. So I will be getting my excellent carryouts again soon from that darling lady. I was so happy to be able to give her a big, loving hug from all of us PW'S at the funeral home a while back as we prayed for her husband who has been called Home by our dearest Lord. (Jenny)
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