Thursday, October 10, 2013

October 10, 2013 -- DAY SIXTEEN - FALL 2013 40 DAYS FOR LIFE

6:00 p.m. Vigil

As I arrived at the abortion mill, Nick was saying his Rosary as he walked back & forth along the sidewalk & Paul was facing the mill saying his Rosary. We said our hello's then Nick had to leave & I stood a bit behind Paul & began my prayer hour.  I blest myself with holy water & sprinkled a bit on the ground around me & began the opening prayers. Maribeth arrived...yeah!!! She took over reading our opening prayers as we walked along the grass area to & from the light.  She offered up all the intentions we would be praying for & led us in the Holy Rosary with her own meditation before each decade as well as reading a brief Sorrowful Mystery meditation before each Hail Mary. 

As we were singing Ave, Ave, Ave Maria, Ave, Ave, Maria, we noticed that traffic had stopped for the light & a young man had his window rolled down & was looking at us with a big smile & was waiting for us to finish our singing then said, "GOD BLESS YOU GUYS!!!"  He was one of the MANY folks who were smiling, waving, giving us thumbs up & smiles & nods of approval as they drove by this evening. We sure do appreciate how many folks are happy that we peaceful prayer warriors continue to be out there speaking up for the helpless, precious, tiny little girls & boys in the womb. My personal prayer is that those who show this approval will take an extra five minutes to stop & lead us in a prayer or read one of their favorite bible verses or read one of the prayers from our 40 Days for Life Booklet. This does happen every now & then which is such a great blessing for us on-site PW's. We also heard our PWB chirping away (he/she has a very distinct whistling tweet!) as Maribeth & I walked under the tree where we heard that darling bird... too precious!!!

Maribeth then led the Chaplet of Diving Mercy & we closed our prayer hour by facing that beautiful American flag on the other side of the street & said the Pledge of Allegiance. Still sunny & warm out but we Michiganders know what is on its way!!! We PW's know how to dress in layers & layers to face the bitter cold, so no problem!  (Jenny)





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