Every activity we undertake in defense of the sanctity of life is prophetic, inasmuch as it points to the day when “death will be no more.”
Every victory we have when an act of abortion is prevented is prophetic of that day when death itself will be definitively conquered.
Every triumph of grace in this world, whereby someone is brought to see the value of life and given the strength to welcome it, is a breaking into our history of that definitive future in which the old order of things will have passed, and all things will be made new.
As pro-life warriors, we must keep our eyes fixed on heaven, and our hearts secure in the hope that the day is coming when all evil will be conquered. It is the future that shapes the present; it is victory that informs the battle; it is the destination that determines the journey.
Daily, we are called to reflect on heaven. When we weep, we are to think of the day when every tear will be wiped away.
When we face the destructive power of death, we are to think of the day when death is swallowed up in victory.
When we labor against abortion, we are to think of the day when we will have the rest and peace of the final triumph of life.
Heaven is as real as earth, and its joys will be as real as our present sorrows.
OPEN HOURS
Wednesday, March 23 – 1 needed at 8a; 1 needed at 9a; 1 needed at 12p; 1 needed at 1p; 2 needed at 4p and 1 needed at 5p.
Thursday, March 24 – 1 needed at 9a; 1 needed at 11a; 1 needed at 4p; 1 needed at 5p and 1 needed at 9p.
Friday, March 25 – 1 needed at 4a; 1 needed at 5a; 1 needed at 6p; 1 needed at 7p; 1 needed at 8p and 1 needed at 9p.
Saturday, March 26 – 2 needed at 12; 2 needed at 1a; 2 needed at 2a; 1 needed at 3a; 1 needed at 6a; 1 needed at 10a and 1 needed at 11a.
To sign up for hours go to: vigilforlife.org/calendar/monthview or e-mail info@vigilforlife.org or call Gwen Finnegan at (608)393-8545.
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GOOD FRIDAY (3/25) STATIONS OF THE CROSS led by Fr. Richard Heilman and his Knights of Divine Mercy at 9:30 a.m. outside of Planned Parenthood, 3706 Orin Rd., Madison.
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Looking for an extra sacrifice to make for Lent? Time spent in prayer during Holy Week on the sidewalk planting good seeds might be your answer!
“We can think of Lent as a time to eradicate evil or cultivate virtue, a time to pull up weeds or to plant good seeds. Which is better is clear, for the Christian ideal is always positive rather than negative. A person is great not by the ferocity of his hatred of evil, but by the intensity of his love for God. Asceticism and mortification are not the ends of a Christian life; they are only the means. The end is charity. Penance merely makes an opening in our ego in which the Light of God can pour. As we deflate ourselves, God fills us. And it is GOD’s arrival that is the important event.” -Fulton J. Sheen
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40 HOURS FOR LIFE – From 8 p.m. on Holy Thursday to Noon on Holy Saturday – Outside Planned Parenthood, 3706 Orin Rd., Madison. To sign up for hours go to: vigilforlife.org/calendar/monthview
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REMINDER: Please do not park in the Women’s Care Center parking lot. We must park on the street.
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Prayer By: Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life
Father, you are the God of hope. Your word fills us with the vision of the world to come, when every tear will be wiped away, and death will be no more. Father, how we need that hope, how we are strengthened by that vision!
Keep our hearts focused on heaven, and diligent in the labors of earth. As we struggle against the culture of death, root our souls in the assurance of victory. We pray through Christ our Lord, Amen.
