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)