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On Sunday afternoon as the U. S. Congress moved closer and closer to voting on ObamaCare, we fielded phone call after phone call at home from pro-lifers who were panicked about the healthcare fiasco. “Call Fr. Pavone,” “Join Chris Smith’s Rosary,” “Can’t you do something?” were the laments from callers.
Yes we are distressed that the healthcare bill has passed. But the reality is that our work as activists does not change with the shifting winds of the political scene. Just as with the election of Barack Obama on November 4, 2008, when we reminded pro-lifers that our task remains the same, we will continue to save babies at the abortion clinics. It won’t matter if federal funds can be used to pay for abortion if we can intervene and save those babies at the clinic doors.
We know scripture tells us, “Put not your trust in princes.” (Psalm 146:3) But we are only human and we tend to look for the silver bullet-the easy way out. There is none. John Cavanaugh O’Keefe, a pro-life activist since the early ’70′s, wrote No Cheap Solutions, cautioning activists to be wary of dependence on politicians or judges to restore the sanctity of life.
We know scripture tells us, “Put not your trust in princes.” (Psalm 146) But we are only human and we tend to look for the silver bullet-the easy way out. There is none.
O’Keefe is absolutely right. It is our job to change the hearts and minds of our fellow countrymen. It is our job to share what we know about the inestimable value of human life with everyone we meet. Most of the time our commitment will be seen in our everyday actions–the way we treat other people, the way we talk about children, the handicapped and the elderly. Sometimes we will be called upon to defend our beliefs in conversations, in emails, in the classroom. And for the dyed-in-the-wool activist the commission to build a culture of life means we stand along the roads with a graphic abortion sign in a Face the Truth Tour, we join a protest at Planned Parenthood or we witness to life at an abortion clinic.
So, don’t let Sunday’s passage of the healthcare bill put you out of commission. Just think of it as a reality check – “Put not your trust in princes.” Renew your commitment to stop abortion. Go to an abortion clinic this week, maybe even yet today. You don’t need a congressman to save a life.
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Until We have enough “LOVE” to give our “UNBORN CHILDREN” , so they (children) DO NOT PERISH; WE WILL NEVER have enough LOVE to give to the WORLD, to the CHILDREN WE SELECT to be BORN.
It starts in OUR HEARTS, with the LOVE of OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, and HIS COMMANDMENTS. And it is also in BELIEVING our BODIES are TEMPLES, (HOMES) for OUR SACRED SPIRIT, HE THAT LIVES IN US, OUR BODIES ARE SACRED to RECEIVE OUR HEAVENLY SPIRIT. “LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION” this is a simple biological truth. Life must be revered!
When we BELIEVE GOD, and OUR BABIES, are SACRED, that LIFE IS SACRED, BELIEVE OUR LORD IS SACRED and has a REASON, for EACH ONE of HIS LITTLEST SPIRITS to VISIT the EARTH.
When we choose only to ABORT OUR CHILDREN, then we leave OUR EVIL SPIRITS to SURVIVE, OUR GREED, OUR HATRED, OUR UGLINESS, and ALL THAT FOLLOWS, COMES WITH IT. We MUST BEND down on OUR KNEES, and ASK GOD for OUR FORGIVENESS, and SEEK HIS HOLINESS, and RESPECT LIFE.
“The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground” (Gen 4:10).
The Eighth commandment of God 8. “Thou shalt not kill.”
Posted March 22, 2010 at 3:52 pm
My Sacred Heart Bleeds, and My Holy Tears are Rivers….
For this I must speak…..I must speak out loud to each and every one of you…..You Must Pray….Pray with all of your Heart, and all of Your Mind, Pray when the thought of Prayer comes into your mind…
Be Aware Please….For All of our Lost Children….Our Lost Souls, for All of OUR Lost Babies ……..for the very Children you are destroying, are the very CHILDREN YOU WILL NEED!
We are all like Beautiful Flowers, seedlings waiting to be nourished….into Mother Earth….water and nourish, and feed with all of your heart, for your Heart has Great Love, and Love is the Nourishment of our very Souls….
Hatred of our Mistakes is not reason to Abort….Hatred of our Life is not Reason for Revenge…Hatred of our Souls, is not Reason for the spread of this Virus…..For Hatred is the Real Virus which has fallen upon Mother Earth……
Pray my Dear Children, All of us…Pray….Ask our Heavenly Father for His Forgiveness Now….Ask Our Heavenly Father to Bless Us All….Family, and Friend, Neighbor and Aquaintance…..with fear comes to us, when the time draws near….pray for our Children that we have Lost…Pray for our Children that we have not nourished, Pray for our Children and Nourish them with Gods Love……for these are the little seedlings that will grow…which do you choose, flower or weeds?
Weeds take over….and great fear to us that create the weeds….
Posted March 22, 2010 at 3:54 pm
http://angelstarspeaks.wordpress.com/unborn-children/
Posted March 22, 2010 at 3:57 pm
http://angelstarspeaks.wordpress.com/my-dear-children/
Posted March 22, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Thank you for a great article! As Mother Teresa said, “do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” We can only count on our God and Father to help us win this battle. We must square our shoulders, stand strong, keep praying, and we must be a bold and active voice for the unborn.
Posted March 22, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Beautifully stated, Ann! Thank you.
You provide an especially important reminder for those of us who put a substantial portion of our efforts for the cause of life into the legislative and political arenas.
God bless every activist in front of every clinic in the land as we begin the final week of the Lenten 40 Days for Life.
Posted March 22, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ: We should pray very hard for this country that is the best way to defeated the abortion’s evil.
So I am copy here the words of Jesus to Saint Faustina Kowalska, from her Dairy:
59 (24) 1933 : On one occasion I heard these words in my soul, “Make a novena for your country. This novena will consist of the recitation of the Litany of the Saints. Ask your confessor for permission.” (probably Father Sopocko or Father Endures).
Now this words can be applied to USA INSTEAD OF RUSSIA.
December 16, 1936. I have offered this day for Russia. I have offered all my sufferings and prayers for that poor country. After Holy Communion, Jesus said to me, I cannot suffer that country any longer. Do not tie my hands, My daughter. I understood that if it had not been for the prayers of souls that are pleasing to God, that whole nation would have already been reduced to nothingness. Oh, how I suffer for that nation which has banished God from its borders!
O inexhaustible spring of Divine Mercy, pour yourself out upon us! Your goodness knows no limits. Confirm, O Lord, the power of Your mercy over the abyss of my misery, for You have no limit to Your mercies. Wonderful and matchless is Your mercy, astonishing the human and angelic mind.
Let’s pray daily THE DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET, to end abortion and Trust God.
God bless all of you.
Posted March 23, 2010 at 11:35 am
Ann,
I love your last sentence. How true! (And encouraging to those of us who regularly sidewalk counsel.)
Posted March 23, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Nothing has changed for us pro-lifers, Proverbs 24 still stands as
long as the unborn are killed and women and men suffer in the wake of
abortion.
We at Pro-Life Action Ministries will continue our ministry of, “Stopping
Abortion One Life at a Time”. Pro-lifers will continue to work their respective fields as well. This is not the time to be despondent
Keep your head up and stay on your knees.
Posted March 23, 2010 at 2:46 pm
MY POSTER
LOVE NURTURES
ABORTION KILLS
Posted March 25, 2010 at 9:58 am
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