DAY 4: Taking love where there is no love
Today, I’m speaking at a 40 Days for Life event in College Park, Maryland — but I wanted to share some exciting news about what’s happening 10,000 miles away.
Earlier this week, we sent you the video David Bereit and I recorded in London. Today, we have a video produced by a local Catholic group from Australia. We’ve never been to Australia, but this short video shows how God is using 40 Days for Life Down Under. Enjoy the video!
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
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The campaign in Sydney kicked off with a procession to the vigil site — the Pre-Term Foundation, the oldest abortion facility in Sydney. An estimated 400 people took part, including Bishop Terry Brady of the Catholic archdiocese.
“As in previous years, the procession saw its fair share of hecklers,” reports one of the local team leaders. “One lady began screaming and writing on the ground with chalk in front of the facility, until a sudden downpour of rain stopped her mid-sentence.”
“This Lent, we are going to Calvary, to take love where there is no love, where innocence is crucified,” said local coordinator Paul Hanrahan.
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CARSON CITY, NEVADA
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40 Days for Life in Nevada’s capital city started with a well-attended candlelight vigil. The volunteers will be praying outside a new Planned Parenthood facility for these 40 days.
The location is not far from Nevada’s legislature, supreme court and governor’s mansion — “just a short walk away,” said one of the Carson City leaders.
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BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
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This spring, Birmingham is holding its EIGHTH 40 Days for Life campaign!
More than 100 people took part in the candlelight vigil in front of the Planned Parenthood facility, launching 40 days of prayer and fasting. “We had four pastors lead us in prayer. We sang in praise and heard encouraging words from our local pregnancy resource center director,” said Ed in Birmingham.
“Over these last four years of 40 Days for Life, we have grown our pro-life participation greatly and become more unified in all of our local projects as we stand for life,” he said. “We left that evening ready to start. Thanks be to God!”
Here’s the link to today’s devotional.
For Life,
Shawn Carney
Campaign Director
40 Days for Life
PS: As always, if you have a story to share about the blessings of 40 Days for Life, please post a reply below.
February 25th, 2012 at 5:56 am
Let us all pray for an end to abortion.
February 25th, 2012 at 7:08 am
What a powerful video. Did you notice what was written on the side of the medical waste truck? “Sweeney Todd.” That sends chills up my spine. Like Sweeney Todd, who lures unsuspecting people into his barber shop for a haircut and then kills them to be cooked into pie, the abortion industry lures unsuspecting women into their clinics, telling them they’re only going to remove a blob of unwanted cells. Their children are thrown into a truck to be hauled away with the trash. People sing the praises of these doctors who are helping women solve all their problems, while the doctors rake in the blood money. Pray for the doctors to be converted, and for the women to choose life.
February 25th, 2012 at 9:40 am
forty days of life
Keep up the good work, glad we are not overlooking Australia
February 25th, 2012 at 9:42 am
Let everyone pray for the end of “legalized abortion” during this Lenten season. God will be proud of you. A Mother and a Grandmother and Proud of it!
February 25th, 2012 at 9:51 am
Abortion is the Big Lie of our times. Women are buying into the deception that abortion gives them power, when, in reality, they have already relinquished their power to people who only seek to exploit them. In many situations, the father of their unborn child has exploited them and next they are exploited by the abortioninsts who “help” them for large profits. In the end, they are victims, not powerful, left hurting one way or the other.
February 25th, 2012 at 10:00 am
I will continue to pray my rosary for an end to the tragedy abortion, and I will do my best to make 40 days for life known to people in my church, my one friend who is a Protestant, and my new pastor at my church.
February 25th, 2012 at 10:59 am
What a wonderful video from Australia. It is great to see what 40 Days for Life is doing all over the world. Let us continue to pray.
February 25th, 2012 at 11:14 am
watching this movie, i realize why i cry all the time. i have a grandson which has autism, that is now having seize rs and i think of how much i love this child. i thought it was a punishment for not fighting for a child years ago. no its not , i’m crying for not fighting as hard for children that have no chance to fight. its not guilt , i’m crying because i need , to fight harder for what is not yet happened, for all those that can be loved for whatever time we have with them. there is no greater love then to love a child holding on to you and loving you back.
February 25th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
May God bless all of the devoted 40 Days for Life active workers, who are “taking love where there is no love.” Each time I read the stories from your emails, I am lifted up.
May God continue to bless 40 Days for Life and give us the grace to continue to be faithful to His call!
Cami
February 25th, 2012 at 12:05 pm
My God Bless you all with many Blessings.
February 25th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Thank for your powerful witness for life.
February 25th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Wow, that video was amazing.
February 25th, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Prayer is the most powerful tool that we can use to drive away the forces of the enemy. With love and sacrifices surely we will overcome the culture of death that is spreading in our world today. Let us all be vigilant soldiers of GOD and uphold and fight for His GREAT LOVE everywhere.
ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS!
February 25th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
Thank you so much for video, excellent !!
I’m praying for doctor and “40 days for life” every day
Kind regards from Austria ( excuse my faulty english)
Eleonore
February 25th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Dear Lord ,Please forgive us…
February 25th, 2012 at 2:04 pm
The life you save will someday smile at you; the soul you save will someday pray for you.
February 25th, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Just had a quick look at the blog from the Good Counsel Network. If you want hope and joy during this campaign, there it is. I already support the charity but it still feels as though it needs all the help it can get, and that not enough people know about it. This and the charity life are two of the many concrete ways in which we can offer women an alternative to abortion.
February 25th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
“This lent, forget about giving up chocolate,
Join your local 40 days for life chapter instead!”
Lovin’ it!
About the Sweeny Todd comment.
I thought it was also a strange coincidence, that George Tiller’s last name reminded me of the grim reaper of death-aka-a tiller.
I am so excited to be involved with prolife work.
It is hard, but God gives the graces needed to persevere in His peace.
Thank God, for Jesus Christ!
February 25th, 2012 at 4:56 pm
Thank you for the excellent video and for covering the Carson City Kick-off rally. Once again, the 40 Days for Life Campaigns in Northern Nevada have received positive media coverage, something we have never previously had. The tide is finally turning! All praise, glory and honor belong to God!
February 25th, 2012 at 4:58 pm
Oh, I love the sign in the picture on your page banner that reads “It’s not too late to change your mind!” Powerful!
February 25th, 2012 at 7:03 pm
I pray that this avent grows in the uk and has as much victory as America and Austrailia. Praise GOD for the babies saved , this news as touched people I wouldnt have expected to have been moved thank you Jesus
February 25th, 2012 at 11:02 pm
What a touching video from Australia! It is amazing the difference in seeing and only hearing. Thank you to all those 400 people for praying to save lives. I will add Sydney, Australia to my list of pray-ers to mention each day as well as those in London, Canada and the United States. I pray each day for our group in Houston, Texas. God bless each of you.
February 25th, 2012 at 11:51 pm
I am part of the Core Team for 40 Days for Life Stevens Point, WI. Our first 3 days have been excellent. People from our area are really stepping up to fill the hours. Monday we have all our shifts filled!! This is great for our first campaign. Please pray we can keep up the momentum!!
Jen
February 26th, 2012 at 12:00 am
Such beautiful pictures- the faith of the people, so deep.
This shows me the simple reason why Christianity and abortion will always be diametrically opposed to each other:
Christians believe that Christ died on the cross for our sins
Abortion believes that the baby dies in the womb for the parent’s sins
February 27th, 2012 at 2:02 pm
the Planned Parent facility in Storm Lake Iowa will be closing on March 1st thru the efforts of Sue Thayer who worked there many years. She is now a PRO LIFE ACTIVIST.