October 13, 2012 - Day 18

12:00 noon

Ten of us gathered on the lawn prayer area, under our umbrellas, at WomanCare abortion mill for the Public Square Rosary: Maribeth C, Sue K, Regina F, Gail L, Nick V, Gino V, Elizabeth S, Mary & David V & myself/Jenny P.

Sue led our first Rosary with a Sorrowful Mystery meditation before each decade. Mary led our second Rosary with a Glorious Mystery meditation before each decade. Nick led our third Rosary with a Luminous Mystery meditation before each decade. We sang Immaculate Mary after each rosary, prayed the St. Michael the Archangel Prayer for all Prayer Warriors, especially those attending Public Rosary Rallies all over the world today. Nick then led us in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary & Gino said the Prayer of our Total Consecration to Immaculate Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth & led us in the Divine Praises. To close our prayer time, Maribeth said the Prayer for the Conversion of Abortionists and their Staffs.


The banner we held had a beautiful picture of Our Lady of Fatima on it and said:

PRAYING THE ROSARY FOR AMERICA. PLEASE JOIN US!

As always out there, mostly positives, happy honks, smiles, waves, thumbs up. Two negatives - a woman yelled "mind your own business."  Regina & I looked at each other & she said "this IS our business." The other negative - a young woman flipped us off.  I was so very sad for that young women because the beautiful picture of Our Lady of Fatima on our banner was facing her car. We all joined in on praying the Memore for the negatives who go by us when we pray out there, that they will be converted to God's light & truth.  TO ALL WHO ATTENDED, THANK YOU & GOD BLESS YOU!!!   (Jenny)

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6:00 p.m. 

As I was the lone prayer warrior at 6pm this evening, I sang everything! First, I blest myself with holy water then said the Prayer for the Helpless Unborn to open my prayer vigil, then sang the Holy Rosary, meditating on the Joyful Mysteries. The Annunciation, The Visitation, The Nativity, the Presentation & The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple. It was still raining since the Rosary Rally this afternoon!!! wow!!! Right away, a car stopped, the window rolled down & the lady read my sign then said, "Good for you, thank you, God bless you."  I thanked her for stopping & said God bless you too. I then sang the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, said the pledge of allegiance facing the big flag & sang a few America songs. All positives tonight!!! I'm dragging tonight, I must say, but it is all worth it...to know that we prayer warriors are the voice for the precious, little unborn!!! & we are!!! making a difference cuz God answers every prayer in His own perfect way!!!   (Jenny)

October 12, 2012 - Day 17

Nick & two new prayer warriors, Sadeer & his fiance Jessica, were talking after the 5pm prayer vigil this evening. I stopped by to say hello & share holy water & said The Prayer for the Helpless Unborn to end the 5pm Prayer Vigil & begin the 6pm Prayer Vigil. I gave Sadeer some info packs & Baby Jesus prayer cards to pass out to their pro-life friends, then hugs to all & said good bye as I wanted to get to the grass area & start my prayer hour.

I started singing the Holy Rosary, reading a brief Sorrowful Mystery meditation before each Hail Mary. Maribeth showed up a short time thereafter & she led the rest of the Rosary as well as the Chaplet of Divine Mercy with Saint Faustina's meditations on The Passion.  Positives as usual & one negative, a young man driving by yelled "get a life!"  Maribeth said to me "we're saving lives."  These cowardly "drive-by screamers" never get the chance to find out what a peaceful, prayerful group we are & to discuss that the only "real choice" is to choose LIFE for the precious, little one in the womb. May God convert their hardened hearts to His light & truth. Amen!!! We ended the Prayer Vigil with The Prayer for the Conversion of Abortionists and Their Staffs, looked at the big, beautiful American flag & said the Pledge of Allegiance & sang America the Beautiful.  (Jenny)

October 11, 2012 - Day 16

Julie S from St. Therese of Lisieux Church & Regina F from St. Martin de Porres Church joined me this evening. We held "Pray to End Abortion" signs & walked up & down the grass area. We took turns leading the Holy Rosary reading a brief Luminous Mystery meditation before each Hail Mary. Happy honks of approval, thumbs up, waves for the most part & one negative - a young woman rode her bike by us while we were talking to a post-abortive lady & her comment to us was, "why don't you go feed hungry children." I guess she isn't bothered that children are being torn apart in the wombs of their mothers in this evil place called WomanCare. The post-abortive woman we were talking yelled at her to get Jesus in her life & repent. wow!!! I didn't expect that. We prayer warriors don't yell at those who have negative remarks toward us but when this post-abortive lady checks out our website, she will see how we act out here, in peaceful prayer. Regina explained to her what 40 Days for Life was all about & I gave her a Baby Jesus prayer card. She plans to start praying here. She said was forced to have two abortions & almost a third but "something, Jesus" stopped her & her son Anthony was born. She said all us Christians have to be united against abortion. What a great blessing it was to speak with her. God has healed her beautifully.

Julie had to leave so Regina & I faced traffic by the abortion mill & she read from our pro-life booklet, the Intention, Scripture, Reflection & Prayer for today - Day 16 & the Prayer of Parents & a Pro-Life Prayer. We said the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and sang America the Beautiful. It was windy again this evening but not as cold as last night but in Michigan we all know that winter is here & we need to dress in layers when we are out here praying in the winter weather. (Jenny)

October 10, 2012 - Day 15

MaryAnn from Sts Cyril & Methadonius was warming up in her car for the last bit of her 5pm prayer vigil when I arrived. I said hello & we both realized that summer is over!!! It was 48 when I started the 6pm prayer vigil & 46 on the drive home.

I blest myself with holy water & sprinkled a bit on the ground & slowly walked up to the traffic light & back to the abortion mill as I read all the opening prayers. I then started the Holy Rosary reading a brief Glorious Mystery before each Hail Mary. Every now & then the wind almost knocked me over but it was calm for the most part, just really getting cold out now here in Michigan. Cindy joined me...yeah!!! & we walked together holding our pro-life signs toward traffic. Cindy told me to look at the car that had just pulled up. A young lady rolled down the window & said thank you & gave me a donation. I gave her my pack of Baby Jesus cards & told her to take a few to give to other pro-life folks & she slipped the donation in there with the prayer cards. She looked at the Baby Jesus card, smiled at me & kissed Him. I thanked her for taking the time to stop by & talk that we really appreciated it. We ended our vigil with the Day 15 Prayer & the Prayer for the Conversion of Abortionists and their Staffs, faced the American flag & said the Pledge of Allegiance, sang America the Beautiful then went to our cars to warm up on the way home. Dress in layers out there as the wind makes it seem much colder now. Nice to see more folks signing up to pray for out precious, little, helpless unborn & for their parents to give life to their little ones.  (Jenny)

October 8, 2012 - Day 13

When I arrived Rich & Sandi were ending their 5 pm prayer hour. I shared holy water & walked with them & prayed the last two decades of the rosary with them. I gave them some 40 Days for life brochures & Baby Jesus prayer cards to give to their pro-life friends. Nick was also there for the 5 pm prayer hour, walking back & forth along the sidewalk in peaceful prayer.

I walked along the grass area the entire hour to keep warm & said all the opening prayers. Then said the Holy Rosary reading a brief Joyful Mystery before each Hail Mary. When I was starting the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Cindy joined me...yeah!!! She led the Chaplet as we held up our pro-life signs toward traffic. Mostly positives & one negative... all I heard was abortion & choice so I said a prayer for that young man for conversion of his hardened heart. We closed our prayer vigil with the Prayer for the Conversion of Abortionists and their Staffs, said the Pledge of Allegiance facing the big, beautiful American flag & sang America the Beautiful. Get out there to pray if you are able. (Jenny)

October 7, 2012 - Day 12 (LIFE CHAIN)

St. Thecla Adopt A Day

We had a wonderful prayer vigil with Fr Doug Bignal of St. Thecla.  We had approximately 20 people there.  We covered the morning hours with prayer warriors.  During the afternoon, several people from our parish participated in the Life Chain on Gratiot with Fr. Pavone.  But, we hope for more help during the next campaign.  We also held our RTL rose ceremony, that morning, before our 10:00 Mass.  It was beautiful.  (Kathleen O)

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Just before the 10 am Mass, our parish held the Rose Ceremony commemorating the start of legalized abortion in the USA. This Ceremony usually takes place in January each year around the date in 1972 when abortion became a legal reality. 40 men, women, and children participated. During the Ceremony a lector reads a brief reflection starting with 1972 naming a person born that year as they each place their rose in a cradle in front of the altar.  By the end of the brief ceremony there are 40 precious people filling the sanctuary in front of the altar.   Our Pastor Fr. Doug Bignell celebrated the Holy Eucharist, and then arrived at the clinic for an 11:45 am prayer service. A group of prayer warriors formed a circle as Fr. Doug led us in a beautiful Litany to St. Gianna, Molla, a pregnant mother expecting her fourth child when a tumor was discovered in her abdominal area.  St. Gianna who gave birth to her baby and died a few days later.  She was canonized in 2004 by Blessed Pope John Paul II. Her story and the litany can be found at this website: http://www.saintgianna.org/litany.htm

When the prayer service ended we thanked Fr. Bignell for leading us in prayer.  Many prayer warriors remained to continue praying throughout the afternoon and evening.  At 2 pm we were joined by others to stand in silent witness for Life Chain.  We lined the grassed area near the curb and received many positive signs, thumbs up, smiles, and greetings from passing motorists.  As we prayed the Rosary, Kathy and I gave thanks to God for being able to witness for the lives of the unborn babies still in their mother’s wombs and for the souls of those who were aborted at this clinic and throughout our country and world.  It is hard to fathom that this crime has been legal for almost 40 years. We pray that this clinic will close its doors because of faithful prayer warriors who have answered the call to give witness for Life here in Sterling Hts.  From Connie & Kathy
 


 
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 Life Chain - 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

There were about 25 of us for the Life Chain prayer hour today--how wonderful to cover the front of the strip mall and abortion clinic.  We held our signs which spoke of Life, Liberty, and Justice for All; Pray to End Abortion; and Vote Pro-Life!  There were numerous happy honks, thumbs up and mouthed "thank yous" from passersby.  It is so very encouraging to see the public take the stand with us in this battle for LIFE!  Thank you Sue, for registering our site!  (Maribeth)

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Sue & I arrived at the same time this past Sunday for the 6pm Prayer Vigil. We blest ourselves with holy water, sprinkled a bit on the ground. It was 49 but with the wind, felt a little colder. Please remind everyone to dress really warm!!! I held one Pray To End Abortion in front of mr & the other one hanging from my arm facing traffic.

Sue read all the daily devotionals for the past week, the Intentions, Scriptures, Reflections & Prayers. We ended with the Prayer for the Conversion of Abortionists and their Staff, the Pledge of Allegiance facing the big American flag & sang America the Beautiful. There were lots of positives & four negatives (F U's). We said a special prayer for those young men for whatever reason their hearts are so hardened against the unborn that God will convert them to His light & truth. More & more folks are getting out there to pray. I'll send an updated prayer warrior schedule soon. Thx to all our on-site PW's & HPW's for caring about the unborn being killed at these evil places.  (Jenny)

October 6, 2012 - Day 11

I blest myself with holy water & sprinkled a bit on the ground around me & said all my opening prayers facing WomanCare abortion mill. As it was a bit windy I walked up & down the sidewalk to keep warm holding my Pray To End Abortion sign, said the Holy Rosary reading a brief Joyful Mystery before each Hail Mary. Cindy from St. Ronald's Church joined me & finished leading the rosary for us. A BIG THANK YOU TO DEACON FRANZ! ! ! for inviting the St. Ronald folks at 5pm Mass to join me at WomanCare after Sat Masses during 40 Days for Life as I pray there until 7pm. When Cindy heard this before 5pm Mass she decided to do drive over & pray with me... excellent!!! THANK YOU CINDY!!! After leading us in the rosary, she went home... was pretty cold. As it gets colder in Michigan, it's a good idea to wear layers.
I continued walking & sang the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, especially for the conversion of abortionists. Then faced WomanCare again & read the Intention, Reflection, Scripture & Prayer for Day 11 from our booklet & then faced the flag & placed my right hand on my heart & said the Pledge of Allegiance & sang America the Beautiful.

Mostly positives & one negative, for whom I said a prayer for before I ended the prayer vigil for him flipping off Cindy & me. If men would speak up to save the life of the baby they helped create, most women say they would not go through with the abortion... so sad that some men don't stand up for life... they just want to "get rid of the problem." (Jenny)