So it would seem that the original vigil bag and the 40 Days for Life signs have been stolen. Those two young men were waiting for just the right opportunity to slip into our vigil schedule and take them. No matter; it did not stop us. Our 40 Days for Life campaign is about much more than a vigil bag and some signs!
A couple of us were joking about how maybe it will be like when the Philistines stole the Ark of the Covenant. The Philistines were beset with tragedies while they had the Ark in their possession. But – No! We do not wish any ill upon those two young men. We just pray that they read through all of the material in the vigil bag and come to conversion! We’d love to have them join us on the sidewalk as converts!
(And – yes, it has all been reported to the Madison Police Dept.)
We still are struggling to fill those overnight hours! Please help where you can!
OPEN HOURS
Monday, 10/5 1 needed at 12a; 1 needed at 1a; 1 needed at 2a; 1 needed at 3a; (Right now the second person at all 4 of these hours is a woman – if another man signs up – we can let them off the hook for these hours); 1 needed at 7a; 2 needed at 5p; 1 needed at 8p and 1 needed at 11p.
Tuesday, 10/6 1 needed at 3a; 1 needed at 5a; 1 needed at 6a; 1 needed at 8a; 2 needed at 6p; 2 needed at 7p; 2 needed at 8p and 2 needed at 11p.
Wednesday, 10/7 1 needed at 10p
Thursday, 10/8 1 needed at 12a; 1 needed at 1a; 1 needed at 4a; 2 needed at 5a and 1 needed at 7a.
Friday, 10/9 1 needed at 1a; 2 needed at 2a; 1 needed at 3a; 1 needed at 5a; 2 needed at 7a; 2 needed at 12p; 1 needed at 3p; 1 needed at 4p; 2 needed at 5p; 1 needed at 6p and 1 needed at 7p.
Saturday, 10/10 1 needed at 11a; 2 needed at 12p; 2 needed at 1p; 2 needed at 4p; 2 needed at 5p; 1 needed at 8p and 1 needed at 9p.
Sunday, 10/11 2 needed at 4a; 2 needed at 5a; 2 needed at 6a; 2 needed at 7a; 2 needed at 8a; 1 needed at 12p; 1 needed at 10p and 1 needed at 11p.
Monday, 10/12 1 needed at 12a; 1 needed at 1a; 2 needed at 2a; 2 needed at 3a; 2 needed at 4a; 2 needed at 5a; 2 needed at 7a; 2 needed at 4p; 1 needed at 8p and 2 needed at 11p.
To sign up for hours go to: vigilforlife.org/calendar/monthview or e-mail info@vigilforlife.org or call Gwen at (608)393-8545.
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40 DAYS FOR LIFE MID-POINT PRAYER VIGIL AND 2ND DEFUND/PROTEST PP RALLY
Thank you to all of you who have participated in 40 Days for Life in Madison thus far in the campaign. Join us for our mid-point prayer vigil to thank God for the gift of LIFE and to ask for strength to keep going on Monday, October 12th at 11:30 a.m. on the sidewalk outside of Planned Parenthood, 3706 Orin Rd., Madison. Fr. Scott Jablonski, parochial vicar at St. Henry’s and St. Bernard’s in Watertown, WI will lead this prayer vigil.
Immediately following our mid-point prayer vigil we will host our 2nd Defund Planned Parenthood rally. This rally is to bring the general public to awareness as to what has been exposed in the videos released by the Center for Medical Progress. (www.centerformedicalprogress.org) These videos expose Planned Parenthood’s part in the trafficking of aborted babies body parts.
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You Are Our Mother
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978) (Pontiff 1963-1978)
O Mary,
look upon all mankind,
this modern world in which
the divine will calls us to live and work.
It is a world that has turned its back
on the light of Christ;
then it fears and bemoans the frightening shadows
that its actions have created on all sides.
May your most human voice,
O most beautiful of virgins,
O most worthy of mothers,
O blessed among women,
invited the world to turn its eyes
toward the life that is the light of man,
toward you who are the precursor-lamp of Christ,
Who is the sole and the highest Light of the world.
Implore for the world
the true understanding of its own existence;
implore for the world
the joy of living as the creation of God
and hence the desire and the capacity
to converse–by prayer– with its Maker,
whose mysterious and blessed image
it reflects within itself.
Implore for the world
the grace to esteem everything as the gift of God
and hence the virtue to work with generosity
and to make use of such gifts wisely and providently.
Implore peace for the world.
Fashion brothers and sisters
out of persons who are so divided.
Guide us to a more ordered and peaceful society.
For those who are suffering–
today there are so many and ever new ones,
afflicted by current misfortunes–
obtain solace;
and for the dead, obtain eternal rest.
Show yourself a mother to us;
this is our prayer,
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Amen.
