We are now four days into this fall's 40 Days for Life vigil. And already this effort is bearing great fruit in Madison and around the country.
Yesterday morning, National 40 Days for Life Campaign Director David Bereit confirmed that the lives of seven babies have already been saved. Locally, you've reported numerous stories of parents who have lost children to abortion seeking healing. The Holy Spirit is doing great deeds.
In every era, it seems, there is a great moral battle to be fought. Slavery. Racism. Genocide. Atrocities that baffle the mind and sadden the heart. But in each age, our merciful God has equipped ordinary men and women with the courage, the fortitude and the faith to stare down the power of Hell and put a stop to evil.
My friends, we stand before one of the greatest moral scourges to ever plague humanity: innocent children being put to death by the thousands. Abortion is ingrained in our culture. It's ingrained in our laws. It's even ingrained in our communities as Planned Parenthood kills in the middle of a residential East Side neighborhood while children laugh and play.
And so we pray. As desperate women enter the abortion center, we pray. As day gives way to the dark of night and the streets fall eerily silent, we pray. As rain falls like the tears of the unborn, we pray.
This journey upon which we've set out is not an easy one. The insults and persecution remind us that the rulers of this world hate us and all that we stand for. The manipulation of words makes our peaceful vigil sound intimidating and violent.
But still, we pray. Because if just one life is saved or one broken heart mended, isn't it worth the time and the sacrifice we put into it?
Thank you for your prayers. You are truly doing the Lord's work. Let us look forward--God willing--to the day when the culture of death falls and Planned Parenthood stands only as a tragic reminder of man's capacity for cruelty to his fellow man.
God Bless You,
The 40 Days for Life Team
Week in Review:
- Get the latest 40 Days for Life updates on your cell phone
- Wisconsin records fewest number of abortions since 1974
- Many prayer time slots still need to be filled
- Kickoff Rally audio is now online
- Madison Catholic Herald covers Kickoff Rally
Forty Days for Life Web Site: http://www.40daysforlife.com/madison/
Forty Days for Life Blog: http://40daysforlifemadison.blogspot.com/
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