August 9, 2012 - Thursday Vigil

I arrived a bit early so I faced the abortion mill, blest myself with holy water & sprinkled a bit on the ground & said part of the rosary with my Pray to end Abortion sign facing traffic.  Maribeth arrived & we shared holy water. She also had her pro-life sign facing traffic.  She began reading from our Pro-Life Booklet, "Holy Innocents" how King Herod tried to kill Baby Jesus by ordering all baby boys two years old & younger to be killed.  "Mary visits Elizabeth" about our blessed Mother going to help her elderly cousin Elizabeth who was expecting a baby, John the Baptist. Mary went 40 miles to & from her cousin's house... no airplanes, no cars, no dishwashers, no hot water heaters, no running water... living was much harder work in her time. We must remember Mary & let her be our example.  Whatever help our family members need, it will seem small compared to how Mary helped her cousin during her pregnancy.  What a hard life it was way back then.  Lord, please forgive me if I ever complain about the crosses You send my way!!! With all the modern conveniences I have, I should be so thankful... & Jesus, I am!!! Maribeth then lead prayer intentions & I answered "Lord, hear our prayer."  We each added our own prayer intentions for family & friends & said together a couple of pro-life prayers then sang together "Lord, who throughout thee forty days."

Walking back & forth along the sidewalk, each of us under our umbrella, I led the rosary reading a brief Luminous Mystery meditation before each Hail Mary.  A man & his wife got out of a van to get Chinese carry out & he looked our way & said, "Are they (the abortion mill) open this late?"  Maribeth said, "No, we are just praying for the babies who might be killed there tomorrow morning."  He & his wife just shook there head in sadness.  They waved to us on their way out of the parking lot. Another van drove by us & the girl said "Hi" with a big smile, we said Hi back to her with a wave.  We heard several happy honks of approval this evening.  I must say, that the light rain during our prayer hour was just so refreshing after all these really hot prayer vigils.  We prayed The Prayer to St. Michael for all prayer warriors,  especially the priests who join in prayer at the abortion mills all over our world. We closed our prayer vigil saying together the Prayer for the conversion of the abortionists & their staffs.  (Jenny)

August 2, 2012 - Thursday Vigil

I arrived a bit early so I faced the abortion mill, blest myself with holy water & sprinkled a bit on the ground & said the Prayer for the Helpless Unborn, St. Michael the Archangel prayer for all prayer warriors & a couple other opening prayers for the vigil. When Maribeth arrived, I was pretty warm so we moved under the trees & began reading from our Pro-Life Booklet, "Reflections on Moses", various pro-life prayer intentions, answering each one with "Lord of life, hear our prayer" "Reflections on Mary & Joseph finding the child Jesus in the Temple"...being refreshed in "His Father's House". We said the "Bless our Family" prayer, read "Reflections on Solomon" & the "Prayer for Family Life". We ended the group prayer vigil singing "We Shall Overcome".

     Nancy had joined us & she led us in the rosary, reading a brief Joyful Mystery meditation before each Hail Mary.  Maribeth said how the Holy Spirit was working as she watched a car run a red light & miss hitting four young boys riding their bikes.  As they passed our little prayer group, Nancy had just said the first part of the Hail Mary & one of them joined in with us, "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now & at the hour of our death. Amen.  What a special moment for us all!!

     We closed our prayer vigil saying together the Prayer for the conversion of abortionists & their staffs. (Jenny)

July 26, 2012 - Thursday Vigil

Richard & Sue were already at the abortion mill as I arrived. We huddled under the shade trees, blest ourselves with holy water & began reading from our Pro-Life Booklet, "Prayer of Parents", Pro-Life Prayer", "Prayer for Peace in the Family" & others. Richard led us in various intentions which we answered Lord, we cry, hear our prayer.  Maribeth joined us as we continued our pro-life prayers. A car load of young guys drove by shouting "abortion, abortion, abortion."  We prayed for them... they don't know what thay are saying."  Such sad youth, such misguided youth. Sue told us about two very pro-life folks who stopped by one Friday morning to thank the prayer warriors.  She will send her stories to Maribeth to post to our blog.  We ended the 1/2 hour group prayer vigil singing "All are Welcome."  I must say, tears filled my eyes singing this song.  Maribeth then led us in the Chaplet of Divine Mercy & in the time we had left, Richard read more pro-life prayers as we heard happy honks going by from those who were so supportive of us praying out there for the end of abortion.  (Jenny)

July 19, 2012 - Thursday Vigil

Richard & I were joined by Norma for the prayer vigil this evening. The gentle drizzle of rain was so nice, after the 97 - 101 days where we all huddled under the shade of the trees. This evening, we took turns reading Pro-Life Beatitudes Reflections & the "blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake; the Kingdom of heaven is theirs" really meant something to us. The one negative tonight was a young woman driving by yelling "I love abortion" with an arm sticking out of the back window & a middle finger.  They were stopped at the light, so I held up my rosary toward their car & we were able to say two Hail Mary's for those misguided young women before they took off at the green light.  When they grow up & God converts their hardened hearts, they will feel awful for those words.  We are not hurt but those things, but they themselves are hurting their own souls & breaking their relationship with Our Lord... so very sad.  The rest of the evening was all positive starting off with another car who was stopped at the light & a woman thanking us for being out there & a guy yelled "good job" & happy honks, smiles & waves, thumbs up.  We sang some songs of praise & ended the 1/2 hour group vigil as we usually do by  saying the Prayer for the Conversion of Abortionists and their Staffs.  Richard then led us in the rosary & Norma read a brief Glorious Mystery medication before each Hail Mary.  It was actually a bit chilly this evening... good ole' Michigan weather!!! (Jenny)

July 12, 2012 - Thursday Vigil

   After blessing ourselves with holy water, we stood on the grass a little ways down from the abortion mill as the grass was being cut.  Richard led Maribeth & I in the rosary, with a brief Sorrowful meditation before each decade.  Lots of traffic & lots of thumbs up, happy honks, smiles & waves.  When I see a car with a rosary hanging from the mirror, I always say a quick prayer "Lord, let them stop & join us in prayer for a bit."  Every now & again, this actually happens. Thank you, Jesus!!! We heard one negative "leave them alone."  What was that man thinking?!?!?  If we do not stand out here in front of the place where innocent unborn babies are being killed, no one will know.  That is exactly what satan wants... keep this evil hidden... not gonna happen as long as I am healthy enough to be out there.  Many!!! folks that stop by & thank us for praying here tell us, "I didn't know abortion was going on here."  Of course not, WomanCare does not sound like a baby killing mill, does it?  Anyways, we said a prayer for enlightment for that misguided man.

     After the noise from the lawn service was gone, we were able to read from "Family Prayers, Reflecitons, & Songs" booklet.  We took turns reading about the Nativity & all the hardships the Holy Family had to go through.  It made me say to myself, Jesus forgive me!!! how dare I complain about anything in my life!!! These 2000+ years later, we have it made...cars, electricity, etc, etc, etc. Richard then led us in prolife intentions. Weanswered, "God of guidance and hope, hear our prayer. We then read about Noah & were reminded how the rainbow is a sign from God of His covenant made with Noah. We then sang Here I am Lord & Blest be the  Lord. Richard led us in the Stations of the Cross.

   We prayer warriors are!!! making a difference by simply being out there in peaceful prayer in front of these killing mills.  I know that God anwers every prayer, but in His own perfect way, so I await to see what He has planned for our country & our world at this difficult time we are going through.  As always, we said the Prayer for the Conversion of Abortionists and their Staffs.  (Jenny)

July 5, 2012 - Thursday Vigil

     It was in the 80's this evening with a breeze the entire hour.  So much better than last week when it was 101. I sprinkled a little holy water on the ground.  Richard arrived right after me & we had a little bit of time before 6pm so we blest ourselves with holy water and said The Prayer for the Helpless Unborn to begin our prayer time together, the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel for all prayer warriors, the Dearest Mother Mary prayer for healing of post-abortive women, Blessed JPII's pro-life prayer & the Prayer for our Pastors.

     At 6pm Richard read various reflections on scripture regarding Solomon & the Holy Innocents, then led Family Prayer Intentions to which I answered Lord hear our prayer & said the Prayer for Family Life.  We then joined our voices in prayerful, pro-life songs from the back of the booklet.  We ended the 1/2 hour prayer vigil praying the Prayer for the Conversion of Abortionists and their Staffs.

     Richard then led the rosary reading a brief Luminous Mystery meditation before each Hail Mary.  Nancy arrived & joined us.  We had a little time after the rosary & each of us took turns leading quick pro-life prayer meditations  on each Hail mary bead. 

     No negatives this evening & lots!!! of happy honks, thumbs up, smiles & "God bless you for doing this" from  those driving by and those stopped for the light.  A group of six young folks drove by with thumbs up out their windows then a few minutes later drove over to our prayer group to talk.  They asked us what we were doing & Richard told them we were praying to end abortion. They asked if abortions were done around here & he pointed to WomanCare.  They were all disgusted.  Then Richard asked me to bring my rosary packettes over to them.  I gave each of them a booklet "How to Say the Rosary" along with their rosary as well as a Baby Jesus prayer card.  The two girls said, "O Baby Jesus is so cute, we love Baby Jesus."  They were all really!!! happy to receive these prayer items.  I told them our website is on the back of the Baby Jesus prayer card & to check it out when they get a chance.

     WOW!!! that was really cool to see a group of young ones so!!! PRO-LIFE.  It was a very beautiful blessing for Richard, Nancy & myself to share our love for the unborn with them.  (Jenny)

June 28, 2012 - Thursday Vigil

O my gosh!!! I could not believe it was 101 when I arrived for the prayer vigil.We stood under the trees & there was a breeze the entire hour, so it was not that bad.  Mary was again going to 7pm Mass so she started off the Rosary & Chris, Sue & I took turns leading as well.  We meditated on the Joyful Mysteries because of the joyful news that Mary had given us about the one-week old teeny, little twins doing pretty good.  They still have a long way to go but are getting better every day.  One of our last Hail Mary's was offered up for souls to be healed of a young guy & a young gal who said "not so nice" things as they drove by.  For the rest of the time though, we heard happy honks & "God bless you for doing this" from one man who was stopped by the light near us.  A very!!! pregnant lady & her little girl walked by & I held up my "Pray to End Abortion" sign & she gave me a big smile & nod of approval.  We ended praying together the Prayer for the Conversion of Abortionists and Their Staffs.  (Jenny)