40 Days for Life London

Great New Video showing 40 days for life in England!

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See this great new video of 40 days for life in England! See the many blessings that have happened in our country!

Study Day Event

2012-02-21T09:14:00.002-08:00

Theology of the Body Study Day

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Life's Journey Event

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Life's Journey

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40 days for life banquet

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Saving lives - inspiring hearts and minds

40 Days for Life
Fundraising Banquet

11th February 2012

International Guest speakers

The guest speakers on the night are the founders of 40 Days for Life movement, Shawn Carney and David Bereit, who will be flying over from the US purely for the banquet

Shawn Carney - Co-Founder of 40 Days for Life

Shawn Carney is one of the youngest and most inspirational pro-life speakers in America today.

Shawn began in the pro-life movement in college as a volunteer and after college was asked to be the Executive Director of the organization he volunteered for, the Coalition for Life.

Shawn’s passion for local pro-life ministry led to rapid growth during his four years as executive director

David Bereit - Co-Founder of 40 Days for Life

David became an outspoken pro-life advocate after Planned Parenthood announced plans to build an abortion clinic in his Texas town in 1998. He helped to start and build a local grassroots coalition that rallied 60 churches and thousands of people together and dramatically reduced abortions in the region. David led the first-ever 40 Days for Life campaign in College Station, Texas.

40 Days for Life Mission

40 Days for Life is a grass roots organisation of half a million supporters

In 4 years the 40 days for life movement has:

saved over 5000 lives
led the closure of over 19 abortion clinics
... and the conversion of at least 63 abortion workers

"This event is set to be one of the best,
with great food and a great social atmosphere!"

Frequently asked questions

Who is this banquet aimed at?

Anyone with an interest in saving the lives of innocent babies.

How much does the course cost?

The banquet is a mere £20 for an early bird ticket. This discounted rate ends on 31st January 2012, after which normal rate of £30 resumes.

How will I benefit from attending?

At the banquet, learn how to...

	Learn how YOU can save lives
	Be a witness to the humanity of the unborn child
	Bring a growing consciousness to the community for life
	Be a mediator of hope
	Be a voice for the voiceless
	Bring hope and healing to those most affected by abortion
	Learn how to take the pro-life message to the streets

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"Early Bird Ticket!"

Purchase your ticket now to benefit from the early bird ticket price of £20. This discounted rate will end on the 31st January 2012, after which price is £30.

Join a growing revolution! This Event
Could Be a Major Turning Point In Your Life

"Thank you for the opportunity to be part of this wonderful initiative. I feel galvanised at least and 100% committed to continuing to support this work in any way I can. IT has been a life changing 40 days. Deo Gratias!"

- Clare Mulvany

"40 Days for Life Campaign"

A previous 40 Days for Life campaign outside a London based clinic.

If you would like to attend the banquet please call 07947698195 or email 40daysforlifelondon@gmail.com to reserve a place. First come first served. But hurry! There are only a limited number of places available!

Please join our next campaign with hundreds of cities all around the world, starting 22nd February. See 40daysforlife.com/london for more details.

Robert Colquhoun
40 Days for Life London Coordinator

Record number attend all night vigil!

2011-11-07T16:52:00.001-08:00

Around 100 people turned out for a prayer vigil for human life outside an abortion clinic as part of the 40 days for lifecampaign on Friday 4^th November. Father Paschal Ryan, Episcopal Vicar for Westminster Diocese represented Bishop Alan Hopes during the candle lit vigil. The campaign has drawn the support of a number of Church leaders who have helped to inaugurate a new springtime for pro-life work in London. The attendees read an examination of conscience, prayed the Rosary, Stations of the Cross and a litany for life. The vigil continued all night and continued throughout the next day as part of the record breaking London campaign.

During the 40 days for life campaign in London this year, over 8 women who were scheduled for an abortion chose life for their babies, more than 1,000 people took part in the prayer vigil over a 40 day period and even biased media outlets promoted a positive pro-life message. A number of women were introduced to healing post abortion ministries and over 10 Church communities were welcoming in promoting a positive and upbeat pro-life message to their congregation. The campaign includes encouraging Christians to pray and fast for an end to abortion and conducting community outreach by taking a positive and upbeat pro-life message to the community.

The 40 days for life campaign was run this Autumn in 301 cities worldwide. 16 abortion clinics have gone out of business, 53 abortion workers have quit their jobs as a result of 40 days for life campaigns, more than 4,000 children have been spared from abortion and over 400,000 people have participated in campaigns making it the largest grassroots pro-life organization in the world.

The closing party for the campaign is on Friday 11^th November, St Augustine’s Social Club, 55 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith at 730pm. All are welcome.

DAY 41+: Go onto the streets to proclaim a culture of life!

2011-11-07T16:50:00.001-08:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

ENORMOUS thanks for all your amazing prayers and support!

Across all the 301 cities conducting a 40 days for life campaign, over 465 lives saved, including at least 8 here in London. Our vigil has truly been a place where death has been transformed into life OVER and OVER and OVER again!

Closing party 11th November: details here and here. Angela Coates from Forsaken in Taunton to speak and will be a great celebration! Please do come. We have a BIG announcement to make!

Our next campaign starts in Lent 2012 on the 22nd February. Maybe God is calling YOU to start a campaign in your local community! We will have several events before the next campaign starts, including an art exhibition- details to follow.

Here are 10 ways in which you can help to end abortion and build a culture of life between now and then.

1/ Pray, discern and ask God to show you a way that you can help to end abortion in our country.

2/ Read 50 ways to help unborn and their mothers. Accomplish as many as you can!

3/ Send you Priest/Pastor or Religious leader a copy of ways that Priests can end abortion (adapt if necessary). Also see bulletin inserts, preaching, liturgy and prayers.

4/ Read and pray the Pro-life examination of conscience.

5/ Participate in Prayer Vigils, volunteer for pro-life organizations and Go onto the streets to proclaim life! Helpers of God's Precious Infants, Good Counsel Network andSPUC good places to start.

6/ Get well formed with Pro-life arguments. read Randy Alcorn's Why pro-life, readquotes, magazine, endingabortion mp3s, ending abortion UK version as well as Priests for life. Know how to articulate your beliefs to give a voice for the voiceless.

7/ Encourage and promote the healing work of post abortion counselling and chastity education... give a talk or provide resources for your local school or parish.

8/ Make a film, tell a story, tell a personal testimony, tell all your friends positive and upbeats news that life begins at conception.

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." Elie Wiesel

9/ Conduct community outreach - take a positive and upbeat pro-life message to all areas of the city through grass roots activism. Equip, inform, educate and inspire others to believe in a nation where no more babies die and no more women cry.

"...go out on the streets and into public places.. woe to you if you do not succeed in defending life.." Pope John Paul II, World Youth Day 1993.

10/ Write to your local community leaders, MPs, councillors showing how strongly you feel on the issue and what can be done to build a culture of life.

Day 41 - November 7

Intention:

Pray that the witness of 40 Days for Life bears abundant fruit, and that we begin again each day to storm the gates of hell until God welcomes us into the gates of heaven.

Scripture:

On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.

-- Matthew 16:18

Reflection:

When we read this verse, we usually think that the Lord is promising that the church, which is His Body, will withstand all the attacks launched against it. Of course, that is true. But when we think about it more carefully, we realize that in a battle, the gates do not run out into the battlefield to attack the enemy. Rather, they stand still to defend the city from the enemy attacking it. So when the Lord says that the gates of hell will not prevail against the church, who is doing the attacking? It is the church storming the gates!

The church, all of God's people in Christ, is called to take the offensive, to run into enemy territory, and to gain ground for Jesus Christ. We do not wait for an invitation; we already have a command. We prepare, but we do not wait for circumstances to be perfect; we already have one who has gone before us.

During these 40 days, we have stormed the gates. We have taken the offensive. We have pushed forward the boundaries of the kingdom. And we must keep doing so, in numerous ways. Indeed, the gates of hell will not prevail. The gates of falsehood will flee in the presence of truth. The gates of sin will melt in the presence of grace. The gates of death will fall in the presence of the church, the People of Life!

Prayer:

Father, we praise you. We have heard the voice of your Son, and therefore we can make our voices heard. We have done battle with the power of evil, and therefore we can have compassion on those still within its grip. We have been freed from the kingdom of darkness, and therefore we can bear witness to your Kingdom of Light. May the witness of all your people through these 40 Days for Life bear abundant fruit, and may we begin again each day to storm the gates of hell until You welcome us into the gates of heaven. We pray in the victorious name of Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.

Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life and President, National Pro-life Religious Council

Let's continue to pray for a country where no more babies die, and no more women cry!

Robert Colquhoun
40 days for life London

DAY 40: Great signs of hope!

2011-11-07T16:49:00.003-08:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

There are great signs of hope at the conclusion of our 3rd campaign here in London:

1/ Other cities willing to take up a campaign in Lent in UK

2/ Prospects of a rally for life in the UK.

3/ New medical and professional plans of providing alternatives to abortion

4/ Many lives saved, and women helped with loving care.

5/ Committed and passionate volunteers, young and old, willing to sacrifice and be a voice for the voiceless.

6/ Spiritual growth through participation in the campaign.

With God all things are possible, and we are praying and hoping that our efforts continue to initiate the beginning of the end of abortion in the United Kingdom!

We have Angela Coakes from Forsaken in Taunton coming to the closing party to speak as well as some BIG and EXCITING announcements to make! To be the first to hear the great news, you must come to the party to find out first.

Day 40 - November 6

Intention:

Let us keep our eyes fixed on the New Jerusalem, where death will be no more.

Scripture:

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!"

--Revelation 21:4-5

Reflection:

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.

Prayer:

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.

Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life and President, National Pro-life Religious Council

Article:

How much are we paying for girls to be aborted?

Gendercide

Quote:

"Statistics show that a soldier's chances of survival in the front lines of combat are greater than the chances of an unborn child's avoiding abortion. What should be the safest place to live in America - a mother's womb - is now the most dangerous place."

- Randy Alcorn

Resource:

In the palm of his hands prayer booklet

Thanks so much for your support!

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40 days for life London Committee

DAY 39: Record breaking campaign enters last day!

2011-11-07T16:49:00.001-08:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

A great turn out for our vigil of 80-100 people came between 7pm-830pm last night, a good number staying all night! It was very likely there were two turnarounds on Friday thanks to some incredible counselling.

With just one day left, please sign up to the vigil!

Please pray and consider how you can make a life changing difference to our community through pro-life prayers and work!

This is a picture of Josie below. This baby was in real danger of being aborted earlier in the year, but thanks to some support and encouragement by family and 40 days for life volunteers, she was born just the other day. Praise God! Your prayers and support DO make a LIFE CHANGING difference!

See prayer resource for vigil, including examination of conscience and litany in response to abortionhere.

Please sign up for the last day of our campaign here.

Please come to our closing party on Friday 11th November details here and here.

Day 39 - November 5

Intention:

Pray that volunteers will replace exhaustion or discouragement with rejoicing over the miracles we have seen thus far, and enthusiastic service as God takes us on to victory!

Scripture:

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

-- 1 Peter 1:6-7

Reflection:

We have reason to rejoice when we consider the many babies whose lives have been saved during the 40 Days for Life campaign. Add to those lives, the women and men who have been spared from a devastating decision and now have opportunity to make a plan for their baby that is both life affirming and God honoring.

Whether directly, or indirectly, you have contributed to these testimonies of praise with your sacrificial service. Perhaps you have been grieved by various trials during your commitment to 40 days. The attacks of the enemy come in many forms -- difficulties in relationships, finances, health. Or maybe you are physically and mentally exhausted and have been marking off the days on your calendar, eagerly waiting for Day 40.

Consider these trials in light of God's plan for you. The Apostle Paul understood the big picture when he said in Romans 8:18, "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." This is our Hope and our victory. Let us rejoice in the opportunity to give that Hope to others in our path.

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, We sing to You a new song, for You have done marvelous things. Forgive us when we allow circumstances to defeat us. You give power to the faint and You increase strength in those who have no might. We rest in You dear Lord, and ask You to empower us again for Your service as You work out Your plan for us and through us. May You receive glory through our victory in Christ, in whose name we pray, amen.

Carmen Pate
Co-host, "Point of View" Talk Show

Article:

Forsaken

further articles here and here.

Quote:

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Elie Wiesel

Resource:

Abortion testimony here.

Thanks for your support!

40 days for life London Committee

DAY 38: All night vigil!

2011-11-07T16:48:00.001-08:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

This evening we have an all night vigil for life.

Unfortunately we have been informed by Bishop Hopes today that due to unforseen circumstances he is unable to make the vigil, but he is keen to come at another date. We will continue our prayers and vigil as usual.

Please come and join the vigil for our last 3 days of 2011!

Day 38 - November 4

Intention:

Pray that we become vessels of hope to all around us, especially to those who minister in the pro-life movement.

Scripture:

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!"

-- Luke 24:1-5

Reflection:

This meditation, based on a sermon I once heard, is adapted for pro-life concerns.

It's Friday. Jesus is on the cross. He has been killed by his enemies; he is off the scene. But that's because it's Friday. Sunday's comin'!

It's Friday. Abortionists continue their work 3,300 times a day, tearing off the arms and legs of little babies and crushing their heads. But that's because it's Friday. Sunday's comin'! It's Friday. Pro-abortion groups receive blood money from billionaires who are as deceived as they are. But that's because it's Friday. Sunday's comin'!

It's Friday. Liars attempt to speak for all women and hide the pain of abortion, and ignore the evidence of how it harms women, and call abortion a blessing. But that's because it's Friday. Sunday's comin'! It's Friday. People of hardened hearts guard the clinics and usher desperate women in to have their abortions, while keeping them from the pro-life people who want to give them hope. But that's because it's Friday. Sunday's comin'!

Hope does not mean that we ignore or minimize the evils around us. It means, rather, that we see the whole picture, which is that evil is conquered because of what happened one Sunday morning. The power of sin and death has been broken by the Resurrection of Christ. We are called to proclaim, celebrate, and serve that victory, waiting in joyful hope for Christ's return and the full flowering of the Culture of Life! Indeed, Sunday's comin'!

Prayer:

Lord, fill your people with new hope. Make us vessels of hope to all around us, especially to those who minister in the pro-life movement, that as we engage in the difficult work ahead, we may experience the peace and joy that come only from you and that nobody can take away from us. We ask this through Christ our Lord, amen.

Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life and President, National Pro-life Religious Council

Quote:

"What I came to see, though, was that for all the many differences, there is one thing that is the same about the Holocaust and the modern practice of abortion, and it is something critical:

At the root of both scourges is a particular strain of evil, the most virulent that the devil possesses. It is the kind of evil that works to take away the humanity of human beings. It whispers in the ears of one group of people that a certain other group of people are something less than human, less worthy of life because of race or religion or physical ability or age. And once this is accomplished, once a group of people have been thoroughly dehumanized in the mind of their society, evil can run wild while the populace yawns.

From personal experience, I came to see why it is so very important to always be on the lookout for this most insidious, malignant type of evil that spawned both the Holocaust and the modern abortion movement: because it is the kind that allows normal people like you and me to look at the corpses of our fellow human beings, to know that they're piling up around us, and shrug."

- Jennifer Fulwiler, author of Conversion Diary blog

Article:

HLI Research:

http://www.hli.org/index.php/hli-research

Resource:

The cost of abortion

Thanks so much for your support!

40 days for life Committee

DAY 37: Keep praying!

2011-11-07T16:47:00.001-08:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

With just 4 days left of our campaign. There are still many lives to be saved during this amazing time! Doctors may save lives and Priests may save souls, but we have the opportunity to save lives EVERY DAY during our campaign through peaceful, loving witness! The pro-abortion rally barely materialized yesterday as they dispersed after just 10 minutes - somewhat smaller than the 40 days 500 hour prayer witness.

Please sign up for as many hours as possible in this last stretch:

http://vigilcalendar.com/london/login/login_page

Please come and join our prayer with the Bishop:

http://www.40daysforlife.com/london/index.cfm?load=event&event=21

or our ending party on Friday 11th November:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/71221292/Closing-Party-2011

Day 37 - November 3

Intention:

Pray that we will each submit ourselves this day as a living sacrifice to God, giving all that we have in us for those being sacrificed on the altar of convenience.

Scripture:

-- Romans 12:1

Reflection:

Since all things are for His glory, we are to offer ourselves for that purpose. This of course is in sharp contrast to those who are being swayed by the enemy to sacrifice their babies on the altar of convenience, rather than choosing to surrender their all, including their unborn child, to the Lord for His purposes.

A career, education goals, or even a boyfriend can unknowingly become an idol for some young women. In their minds, abortion is a convenient way to "rid themselves" of an obstacle in the way of their "worship."

In light of the sacrifice Christ made on our behalf, and the fruit of God's mercies on our lives, we owe God our highest form of praise and worship. Presenting our bodies as living sacrifices is therefore reasonable service.

We were made to worship God and God alone. The enemy who seeks worship for himself distorts God's truth regarding worship, sacrifice, idols, and children.

As you have given of yourself to rescue those who are perishing -- the young woman and her child -- you are worshiping God in the truest sense of the word.

May your example lead an abortion minded client to turn from her idols to worship the one true God, sparing her child from the altar of convenience, and sparing herself from a lifetime of regret.

Prayer:

God Almighty, You alone are worthy of our praise and worship. Having accepted Your Son's sacrifice on my behalf, I in turn present my body to you as a living sacrifice. Thank you for deeming me holy and acceptable because of Christ's shed blood for me. I pray that you would use me as your vessel to rescue others who are perishing. Through Christ who is Our Glory, Amen.

Carmen Pate
Co-host, "Point of View" Talk Show

Quote:

Now there are those who would patrol life, not after it becomes a harvest but while it is seed in the granary. The new kind of vigilance would not wait until the fruit appeared on the tree, as did Hitler and others, but would stifle the blossoms and the buds. They would take up their watch at the borderline of love and life and say, "They shall not pass."
~ On Being Human, by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, Ph.D., D.D. ~

Article: 180 movie breaks 1.3 million views:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/180-breaks-13-million-views-while-thousands-tell-of-pro-life-conversions

Resource: International Pro life Youth Conference: http://www.facebook.com/InternationalProLifeYouth

For Life!

40 days for life London committee

DAY 36: Pro-abortion counter event!

2011-11-07T16:46:00.002-08:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

We face a pro-abortion presence in Bedford Square Wednesday 1pm - see here for more details. Please attend the vigil peacefully and prayerfully in accordance with the statement of peace.

Please attend our closing Party
Friday 11th November 7.30pm at Hammersmith Social Club, 55 Fulham Palace Road, London.

Please attend the prayer vigil with the Bishop on Friday.

Day 36 - November 2

Intention:

We are the defenders of true freedom. May our witness unveil the deception of the "pro-choice" slogan.

Scripture:

Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

--2 Corinthians 3:17

Reflection:

Norma McCorvey (the former Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade) used to work at an abortion mill named "A Choice for Women." She now realizes what a cruel irony that title was. She saw first hand, just as pregnancy resource center counselors see, that women don't get abortions because of freedom of choice, but rather because they feel they have no freedom and no choice. They feel trapped, abandoned, desperate and afraid, and have been led to believe that abortion is their only option.

As Frederica Mathewes-Green has written, no want wants an abortion like she wants a Porsche or an ice cream; rather, she wants it like an animal caught in a trap wants to gnaw off its own leg.

"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." That doesn't mean that the Spirit allows us to do whatever we want or to decide for ourselves what's right and wrong.

Rather, it means that the Spirit gives us the freedom to do what is right, the power to choose what is good, when we see it before us and yet feel pulled in the opposite direction. Liberty means that we no longer have to feel doomed to do what we know is wrong.

We are the people of the Spirit of the Lord, and when we take action on behalf of life, especially by being present at abortion mills, we are acting on behalf of true freedom, and imparting to those who are in bondage the power to do what is right.

Prayer:

Come, Holy Spirit. You are the Spirit of freedom, the source of all that is good, the power to do what is right. Fill us, and fill those who are in bondage today, feeling doomed to do what is wrong. Set them free, and help us to hasten them on the road to freedom, where your grace overcomes every temptation. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life and President, National Pro-life Religious Council

Pro-life article of day:
If we can abolish slavery we can end abortion.
Pro-life quote of day:
"If ... an obviously pregnant women sat in a bar smoking heavily and drinking profusely, the reaction would be one of disgust. If the same woman told friends that she wanted an abortion, the reaction would often be entirely supportive."
- Michael Coren

"The gene for Downs Syndrome was discovered by a man who thought it would help us to prepare for Downs babies and improve their lives. Instead, it's being used to commit a form of pre-birth genocide on some of the most innocent, loving and beautiful people on Earth."

- Michael Coren

Fact: 90% of babies prenatally diagnosed with Down sydnrome are aborted

Pro-life resource of day:
Abortion survival testimonies:
http://www.circleofprayer.com/abortion-survival-testimonies.html

For Life!

40 days for life London committee

DAY 35: Over 417 lives saved worldwide!

2011-11-07T16:46:00.000-08:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

More than 417 lives have been spared during this 40 days for life campaign have been spared worldwide, and these are just the ones that we know about! We have seen 5 saves during this campaign in London, including one reported on last Saturday and also one on Whitfield Street last Friday.

Doctors and Priests can save lives here and there during their work, maybe a few times in their lifetime, but we can save lives every day on the streets through preaceful, prayerful activism. How amazing is that!

See our cool new video thanks to Precious Life!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JglPCeQrM9I

The problem with most people's response to abortion.

Day 35 - November 1

Intention:

Pray for post-abortive women who cannot forgive themselves; may they understand that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Scripture:

Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sin is covered. Blessed is the one to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.

-- Romans 4:7-8

Reflection:

In the passage above, the Apostle Paul making a point about justification by faith, refers back to David's words in Psalm 32:1-2. In spite of the enormity of David's sin -- adultery with Bathsheba and his murder of her husband -- and the utter absence of any personal merit, David in his brokenness, understood the imputed righteousness of God. David's response was not continued guilt over his sins, but praise for his freedom from guilt, and God's power to live life differently.

Once your relationship with God has been restored, your guilt has served its purpose and should no longer be given place in your life. This is true regardless of the sin, including the sin of abortion. As a post-abortive woman, I too struggled with this issue until I realized that punishing and hating myself after receiving God's forgiveness was an insult to God.

It was as though I were minimizing Christ's work on the cross as insufficient to cover my sin. I was denying Him the opportunity to bring glory to His name for the healing and restoration He wanted to do in my life. I was giving victory to the enemy who having lost the battle for my soul, was bent on destroying my testimony as I accepted the continual guilt he heaped on my mind.

It is my joy to continually sing of God's grace rather than give the devil a foothold in my life. Don't waste God's mercy! Accept His forgiveness and forgive yourself as testimony of His amazing grace.

Prayer:

Our Most Gracious Heavenly Father, thank you for your amazing grace that saved a wretch like me. I come against the enemy of my soul who would have me feel cast down and dejected. Lord, keep your children from falling prey to the accusations of the father of lies. Turn our mourning into dancing and may we bring praise to you as we give testimony of Your healing and restoration in our lives. For by His grace we are saved, amen.

Carmen Pate
Co-host, "Point of View" Talk Show

Quote:

"The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government."
~ Thomas Jefferson ~

Article:

Abortion so unnatural will not be around in future.

Resource:

Abortion pill: fact not opinion

For Life!

40 days for life London Committee

DAY 34: A new paradigm for life!

2011-11-07T16:44:00.002-08:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

As our campaign enters its final week, we have inspiring plans for huge developments for the future!

After two conferences this week, many volunteers are buoyant with enthusiasm and bursting to introduce a range of tangible and proven track record methods of building a culture of life! This will help to save even more lives in our community as our work continues to grow!

Day 34 - October 31

Intention:

May we come to know that divine life, in relationship, creates human life.

Scripture:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

--John 1:1-3

Reflection:

"In the beginning" was God. Always, before all times, there was God. This particular God -- the God of the Bible, the God of St. John's Gospel -- is different from all other gods. This God is alive and full of life. This God is not the picture of deadness and death, aloneness and isolation. This God is the picture of life, relationship, and unity. For within this God, within this one God, there are three divine persons who live, who love, and who work -- together. This is the glorious mystery of the Trinity. The Trinity means divine life. The Trinity means three, living Persons -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -- who relate to each other. The Trinity means mutual love and service among three Persons.

The Word was always with God the Father. This Word was, is, and will be the Trinity's second person. The Word is also the Son of God or, as revealed in time, Jesus Christ. God the Father and God the Son live, love, and work for each other. As one, they create "all things" together: the Father creates all things, including all human life, through the Son.

So the Father, through the Son, creates all human lives. The little one swimming in his mother's womb, the infant smiling in his father's arms, the child crying in pain in a hospital bed, the energetic teen running another mile, the old man gasping for his last breath -- all were created, at their beginning, by the Father through the Son. No exceptions. Divine life creates human life.

Prayer:

O God, may we always be quick to call you Father. And when we call you father, let your Spirit remind us that we, and all people, from their beginning to their last day, are your children. We praise you, Father, that you sent your Son to reveal to the world that all people are His brothers and sisters, that all people are your children. Through Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

Rev. Paul Stallsworth
President, Lifewatch (United Methodist Church)

Pro-life quote of the day:
"Human beings inside the womb are smaller, less developed, and more dependent than human beings outside the womb. These are differences of degree, not differences of kind. We can all point to other people who are bigger, stronger, smarter, or less dependent than we are, but that doesn't make our life any less valuable, or any less deserving of protection."

-- abort73.com
Pro-life resource of the day:

Pro-life unity libraryPro-life article of the day:

3 ways to make the pro-life argument to those that do not care about the child.

Thanks so much for your help and support!

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DAY 33: Defending human life!

2011-11-07T16:44:00.000-08:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

Another excellent Pro-life conference today which has inspired and lifted the hearts and minds of many participants... resources to follow shortly!

Bernadette Smyth from Precious Life was a true inspiration for our campaign... after 14 years full time working for the Pro-life movement in Northern Ireland there is a huge amount to learn from her tremendous work of keeping abortion out of one part of the U.K.!

Maybe God is calling YOU to Pro-life action in your local community to rescue lives being led to the slaughter and to inspire those in your local area to bring a positive and upbeat pro-life message! Another British city likely to be added next year! How about YOUR local community?

Day 33 - October 30

Intention:

May we absorb the truth that God is paying attention to us, and to each human life, personally and individually.

Scripture:

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor.

-- Psalm 8:3-9

Reflection:

How often we ignore the phrase, "stop and smell the roses" and instead submit to the all too "urgent" task at hand. Is this tendency what keeps us, at least in part, from acknowledging that God's care for His sacred creation is paramount in His own mind?

The Psalmist speaks of God's handiwork: the heavens, the work of his "fingers," and then points to God's masterpiece - human life. He declares to us that God is mindful of us. God keeps His masterpiece in His thoughts.

God, the creator of the awe-inspiring heavens, is not distracted by the tasks before Him. He is not pulled away, as we might be, by thoughts of something "more important." God is paying attention to and attending to His crowning glory, His masterpiece of creation, which cannot be duplicated or replaced, which surpasses the beauty of all other created things - the human being.

There is no way to adequately describe how God feels about us as human beings. There are no words to fully portray His love, compassion or desire to be in communion with us. Perhaps, the closest we can come, is to contemplate the thoughts of a mother as she gazes for the first time at her newborn child. God cares for Life. We, as His followers, should take time to consider the life He has created and called upon us to love and protect.

Prayer:

Lord, you are the creator of all things. Guide my thoughts to consider your creation in all of its majesty, beauty and holiness. Guide my heart especially to your creation of precious human life. Help me to comprehend how essential life is in your own heart. Teach me to appreciate, love and protect all human life through your son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Fr. Terry Gensemer
National Director, Charismatic Episcopal Church for Life

Pro-life quote of the day:

Most High, Glorious God,
enlighten the darkness of my heart and give me
true faith, certain hope, and perfect charity,
sense and knowledge, Lord,
that I may carry out Your holy and true command. (St Francis before Crucifix)

Pro-life article of the day:

Abortion Wars- Northern Ireland:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYlkXZVWmHU

Pro-life resource of the day:

Precious Life resources: http://www.preciouslife.com/?va=20&vb=30

For Life!

40 days for life London committee

DAY 32: Training and mobilizing a generation for life!

2011-11-07T16:42:00.001-08:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

Today we have a fascinating boot camp, training our volunteers of how to build a culture of life!

There is great momentum from our campaign to equip, inform, proclaim and invite a new generation for life - to live in a country where no more children die and no more women cry!

Please sign up for our vigil to finish our campaign strong!

What does it mean to be pro-life?

Day 32 - October 29

Intention:

As we pray for the end of abortion, let us pray for the expansion of the pregnancy help center movement worldwide.

Scripture:

The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it. She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne.

-- Revelation 12:4-5

Reflection:

You don't need to be a theological scholar to get the essential point of Revelation 12. Something BIG is afoot. It has something to do with the birth of Christ and the children of God.

It involves a war in heaven, with powers and principalities beyond our expertise. But the battles are fought here on earth.

The crux of the matter centers around the babe of Bethlehem and the cross of Calvary.

It continues to unfold down through the ages, through us, the children of God, who put their faith in Christ and take up their cross and follow him.

We are waging a war of love against all things that destroy body and soul.

The intensity waxes and wanes, but like labor pains, they grow and culmi-nate in new life.

The unleashing of legal abortion nearly 40 years ago stirred up prayer (lamentation really). Many were then led to start pregnancy help centers and maternity homes.

Today there are over 3,000 such ministries that did not exist 40 years ago.

They reflect a movement of God on our watch: Christians driven to give their time and charity to end abortion one woman at a time.

Let's pray this movement expands worldwide. Let's pray for thousands more Christians to start, serve and support pregnancy help centers.

Prayer:

O God, from generation to generation, you have called your people to be the very aroma of life amidst a culture of death. Now it is our turn. Prepare me. Send me. Use me. I am eager to do my part. Stir your people everywhere to take up this great work.

Rev. John Ensor
Vice President, Heartbeat International

Pro-life Article:

Live Action to release Planned Parenthood expose Monday

Pro-life quote:

The essential vice, the utmost evil, is pride.
Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison.
It was through pride that the devil became the devil.
Pride leads to every other vice.
It is the complete anti-God state of mind.
It is pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began.

-- C.S. Lewis

Pro-life resource:

Threats to life at the earliest stages

For Life!

40 days for life London Committee

DAY 31: Building unity and alliances for life!

2011-10-28T08:34:00.002-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

Today saw an inspiring pro-life conference with some fantastic groups bringing some vital messages to the UK. We hear from Precious Life, Abort67, Centre for Bioethical Reform, Youth Defence and many others! As Jill Stanek reports, this is a key sign of hope for change in the UK.

Listen to the youth pro-life conference 2 weeks ago here. See the mention on the 40 days blog here.

Day 31 - October 28

Intention:

For the medical community, that the truth they know about the human body may become awe and wonder at the God who made it.

Scripture:

Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.

--Psalm 139:16

Reflection:

Human beings -- God's tapestries.

Psalm 139 is a psalm that reveals the enormity and otherness of God. His divine attributes are on display: omniscience (2-4), omnipresence (7-12), loving-kindness (17-18), justice (19-20), righteousness (23-24), and omnipotence. Yet, when it came to express this last attribute, what example did the psalmist use - God's creation of mountains, seas, or far-flung galaxies? No, he used none of these. To express the wonder of God's unparalleled creative power the writer mentions the fashioning of the human in the womb (14-16).

The Hebrew word used to express God's forming of us in the womb, raqam, is the same term for needlework or embroidery. In other words, we are a tapestry that displays God's artistic mastery. And, like the artist who knows his creation down to the last detail, God intimately knows us. This reality provokes the writer to awe and wonder. He proclaims, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made."

What is true for this psalmist is true for each human being. Each is fashioned by God and known by him and we can proclaim on behalf of each, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made."

Prayer:

Gracious God, help us to appreciate the wonder and beauty of Your creation. Help us proclaim on behalf of every one of our fellow human beings, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made." May the knowledge that we are intimately known by You shape our lives and actions. Amen.

Rev. J. Kirk van der Swaagh
Pastor, Conservative Congregational Christian Conference

Pro-Life Quote of the day:

"A child is not guilty of its father's sins, and even the child of a rapist deserves a life lying before her full of joyous possibility. Whether she is parented by her birth mother or released to a loving family through adoption, her fate needn't be determined by her tragic origin.

As pro-life citizens, we fight for the right to life of every unborn child, no matterthe circumstances in which he or she was conceived, and we are committed to the care of mothers as strongly as we are to their children. Women who have been raped or abused - just like all women in crisis pregnancies - deserve care and honesty, and that means not the deadly greed of an abortion clinic, but the kind of support only the pro-life community gives women and their children, through churches, crisis pregnancy centers, other non-profits and individuals. These women need special help to heal and make positive decisions for themselves and their babies. They do not need to be violated again by the abortionist's grisly tools. Killing is not healing."

-- Kristen Walker, author of http://evesransom.blogspot.com/

For more excellent quotes and life saving information go to www.voicesforlife.net
For more powerful pro-life images go to www.freeprolifeimages.net

Pro-life resource of the day:
Youth Conference Pro-Life talks
Pro-life article of the day:
Jill Stanek

Excellent Pro-life video competition:
http://prolife.org.uk/plachildlike/

Let's continue to pray for an end to abortion!

40 days for life London Committee

DAY 30: Making abortion history!

2011-10-28T08:34:00.000-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

27th October 2011 marks the 44th Anniversary of the abortion act of 1967. Please join us at this conference (Thursday) or at the boot camp (Saturday) to learn about how you can save lives. There are many hearts to be won and lives to be changed in our country and we are working on this, one at a time! If this man's heart can be changed, so can everyone on the planet!

Please email us your testimonies, stories and pictures. We would love to hear about your encounters and beautiful, positive and upbeat stories of the campaign! See these stories here and here. There are thousands of incredible encounters each campaign - each an opportunity to save lives and inspire hearts and minds!

40 days for life London

Day 30 - October 27

Intention:

That those tempted to abort may understand that their child is already present, and already a real person.

Scripture:

And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

-- Luke 1:41-44

Reflection:

Jesus not only loves unborn children -- He was one himself!

Think about this for a moment.

We often hear people speak of a pregnant mother by saying, "She's expecting a child." Now if one is expecting a package, the package is not yet there. As reflected in our verse for today, however, this is not the case with the mother. Her gift is already there. The pregnant woman, a mother already, does not have a child "on the way," but has a child, already present and in full possession of his or her human rights, starting with the right to life.

Prayer:

Jesus, open my eyes to your presence in the life of every child. Open my heart to joy in the birth of every child, a birth that reflects the joy of your own birth in Bethlehem. As you shared life in the womb of Mary, so now send your protection upon every child still in the womb, and grant to their mothers the strength and joy that comes from welcoming the gift of life. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life

Pro-life quote of the day:

Research indicates that 98% of all abortions are related to issues of "personal choice."

The primary reasons women give for having an abortion include not feeling emotionally capable (32%)

or financially capable (25%) of raising a child, and

concern that having a child would drastically alter her life (16%).

A 2000-2001 study by the Guttmacher Institute also found that about half of women having abortions had been using contraception during the month they became pregnant; 16.9% of women claimed their contraceptives failed despite proper use.

Sources:
Guttmacher Institute 2008, July
Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States.
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html
(research arm of Planned Parenthood).
Reasons given for having abortions in the United States

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/abreasons.html

Pro-life article of the day:

What can we learn from the film 180? By Stephanie Grey.

Pro-life resource of the day:

Abortion: It's not only about women Talk

For Life!

40 days for life London Committee

DAY 29: United for Life!

2011-10-28T08:33:00.001-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

In the photo above, Alan Craig speaks of the Christian People's Alliance speaks on behalf of the unborn during a recent outreach day in Stratford.

We have two big opportunities to learn how you can be a voice for the voiceless! By taking a positive and upbeat message to all areas of London, we can truly transform hearts and minds to build a nation where no more women cry and no more babies die!

Please come to the Make Abortion History Conference on Thursday (FREE) and also the Pro-life boot camp (FREE) on Saturday this week.

Vigil sign up times: Tuesday 9-11am; 3.30-5.30pm

Day 29 - October 26

Intention:

Praise God for His compassion in pardoning our sins and forgiving our transgressions. Give praise that He delights in showing mercy.

Scripture:

Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgressions of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy. He will again have compassion on us; and will subdue our iniquities.

-- Micah 7:18-19

Reflection:

Micah had been sent to declare God's judgment and call the people of Judah to repentance. The people had become spiritually and ethically corrupt. Prosperity had hardened the rich, the poor were oppressed and the heirs to David's throne were practicing abominations and idolatry. Is it not easy to see the parallels of God's people in Micah's day and God's people today in America?

Through Micah, God corrected His people by demanding justice, not burnt offerings and sacrifice. He told them to love mercy, and to walk humbly with their God.

In speaking of Old Testament stories of God's people turning from God to sin and idolatry, Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 10: 11, "Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come."

Many biblical scholars believe God has removed His hedge of protection around our nation in response to our sins of immorality and abortion. Let us cry out in repentance for His mercy once again. And may we honor His faithfulness by doing justly, loving mercy, and walking humbly with our God.

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, eternal, changeless, and faithful Lord, we recognize that we are in need of forgiveness as a nation, for turning our hearts away from you. Hear our prayer of repentance Lord and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. We praise you for your tender mercies and your compassion that never fails.

Lord, it is only by Your grace that we can live lives that are just, and merciful. May Your Holy Spirit enable us to walk humbly in Your presence and may You be pleased to restore America so that a generation not yet born may praise you. In the name of Christ Jesus, who has done great things for us, amen.

Carmen Pate
Co-host, "Point of View" Talk Show

Pro-life quote of the day:

After preaching at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Indialantic, Florida, I walked across the street to the beach and saw this sign. I had just told the people that pre-born babies have no protection against abortion through all nine months of pregnancy!! I now mention this sign in most of my pro-life homilies. Feel free to download and duplicate this photo, or call me for actual copies!

--Fr. Frank Pavone

Pro-life resource of the day: CBR info: http://www.cbrinfo.org/

Pro-life article of the day:

Reuters on population growth

Please come and Pray with the Bishop too!

Thanks for your support for life!

40 days for life London Committee

DAY 28: Praying for the conversion of abortionists!

2011-10-28T08:32:00.001-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

Today we pray for the conversion of abortionists during our campaign. We already have 1,000 prayer cards for this cause. An abortion clinic worker in Birmingham has made enquiries about another job during this campaign. Please pray that those who work in the industry may have a change of heart and mind.

Vigil Sign up times:

Tuesday: 4-8pm

Wednesday: 8-10am, 2-8pm

Please come to this conference.

Day 28 - October 25

Intention:

We pray for the conversion of abortionists and all abortion advocates.

Scripture:

"Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow."

-- Isaiah 1:16-17

Reflection:

God is just.

Inscribed around the inside of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC, are the immortal words of Thomas Jefferson: "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just." If the deist, Jefferson, knew in the depths of his being that God is just, how much more ought we Christians to reflect on this profound truth? The justice of God, like his holiness and his purity, encourages us to seek justice for all people. It is the evil deeds and wrong, selfish attitudes of our modern society that have led to the cavalier acceptance of abortion and euthanasia. But, as Jefferson also said, "his justice will not sleep forever."

God is calling us today to seek justice, to encourage the oppressed, and to defend the orphans and widows of our society. It is a noble calling! It is one which every true believer, every God-fearing man and woman, should heed with no hesitation and no reluctance. To follow the God of justice and truth is to stand unequivocally for the right to life of everyone, especially the unborn, the physically disabled, and the terminally ill. God's word through the prophet Isaiah is as relevant in today's 21st century world as it was in Isaiah's 8th century BC world. May God's grace help us to defend the unborn's right to life as well as that of the already born.

Prayer:

O God, our heavenly Father, give us courage and wisdom as we seek to eradicate the evil in our society. Help us to realize that your divine Spirit alone can change hearts and minds so that all your human creatures may enjoy the fullness of life you intended for them. I pray this prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. Amen.

Rev. Ben Sheldon
President Emeritus, Presbyterians Pro-life and National Pro-life Religious Council

Pro life quote of the day:

"When the time comes, as it surely will, when we face that awesome moment, the final judgment, I've often thought, as Fulton Sheen wrote, that it is a terrible moment of loneliness. You have no advocates, you are there alone standing before God -- and a terror will rip your soul like nothing you can imagine. But I really think that those in the pro-life movement will not be alone. I think there'll be a chorus of voices that have never been heard in this world but are heard beautifully and clearly in the next world -- and they will plead for everyone who has been in this movement. They will say to God, 'Spare him, because he loved us!'"

Congressman Henry Hyde

Pro-life article of the day: Guardian on Chinese abortions

Pro-life resource of the day:

EWTN Pro-life forum and resources

Chaput on do's and don'ts for pro-life work

Thank you for your support- do sign up for the vigil in the concluding part of our campaign!

40 days for life London committee

DAY 27: A missionary for life!

2011-10-28T08:31:00.000-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

Read about David Bereit incredible travels here!

We are now on DAY 27 of our prayer campaign with one mission: end abortion!

Please pray and ask God how you can make a life transforming and saving impact on our community by building a culture of life. There are some lives that only you can save!

Vigil sign up times:
Monday 24th: 8am-11am, 2-3pm, 5-7pm

Day 27 - October 24

Intention:

We pray for humility in our work for God's Kingdom.

Scripture:

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

-- Philippians 2:5-8

Reflection:

There is no limit to what we can accomplish when we don't care who gets the credit.

Jesus Christ's life on earth exemplifies a total submission to the will of the Father. His humility, compassion, gentleness and thoughtfulness are reflected over and over again in the New Testament. He was God incarnate, yet He chose to be born to a humble, working class home.

How absurd it must have seemed to the rich and powerful that the Son of God, the Messiah, the one foretold by the prophets, the 'King of the Jews' was born and raised as a simple peasant.

During His thirty-three years on earth, He sought no riches, claimed no secular power and gathered no possessions. Yet, His short time on earth changed more lives, softened more hearts, and gave hope to more people, than all the rich and powerful human 'kings' combined. And, at the end of His life on earth, by dying on the cross, He opened the door to eternal life for those who heed his words and follow in his footsteps.

Prayer:

O Lord, help us follow in the footsteps of Jesus. Let us humbly and diligently work to restore legal protection for the unborn, the disabled, the medically dependent and all innocent children of God whose lives are threatened. Let us remember the old adage that "He can never lead who has not first learned to obey." And, Lord, grant us a peaceful heart as we labor in your name. Amen.

Ernest Ohlhoff
Outreach Director, National Right to Life

Pro-Life Quote of the day:

"All who are genuinely committed to the advancement of women can and must offer a woman or a girl who is pregnant, frightened, and alone a better alternative than the destruction of her own unborn child" ~ Mary Ann Glendon, Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, September 5, 1995

"Give us the grace - When the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, to stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life." ~ Pope John Paul II, from a homily given in 1979

Pro-life resource of the day:

http://silentday.org/

Pro-life article of the day:

Why I should never have had 8 children

Thanks for your help- your prayers can make a life saving difference to our community!

40 days for life London Committee

DAY 26: Speaking up for those who cannot speak for themselves

2011-10-28T08:30:00.000-07:00

40 days for life London

Greetings!

When we speak about the rights of the unborn, we are speaking up for those who cannot speak for themselves.

We speak for a collection of human beings who each have unique and beautiful characteristics, made in the image and likeness of God.

We also are speaking about the value, worth and dignity of every human person. Lives can be saved when we speak to protect and uphold the intrinsic worth of each unborn baby!

Day 26 - October 23

Intention:

That those who have forgotten their purpose may discover it in God and therefore have the courage to choose life.

Scripture:

These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season, what you give them they gather in; you open your hand they are filled with good. You hide your face, they are troubled; you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. You send forth your Spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the earth.

-- Psalm 104:27-30

Reflection:

"I am a feather on the breath of God."

As the quote above portrays, we are upheld by the power and purpose of God. Our very existence on earth, from our body's first breath to its last, when we leave it to return home, is our Father's choice and happens only by His willing to do so.

He who created the universe also created that which is "me." I do not "have" a soul - I AM a soul, as well as a body. My entire purpose in this life is to find my way back to my Creator.

Prayer:

Beloved Father, remind us today that there is no truth but you. Do not let us fall prey to the evil one's lie that we may choose death. Remind us right now that you, who created all life, are in control of all life, and let us know right now that you who created all life, are in control of all life, and let us choose life always.

Father, please let us hear your voice more today than yesterday. Keep lighting the pathway home, for us and for all who participate in this 40 Days for Life campaign. Father, we're on our way. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, am

en.

Vera Faith Lord
Director, Alpha/Omega Life Ministry
Representative of the Orthodox Church to the National Pro-life Religious Council

Pro-Life Resource of the day:

Extreme Makeover by Teresa Tomeo

Pro-Life Article of the day:

Downs Syndrome awareness helps stop abortion on special kids

Pro-Life Quote of the day:

Conny Wenk: "I believe there's something magical about the 47th chromosome. In the last six years I have been privileged to photograph some of the most beautiful kids on this planet who happen to have a little extra in their chromosomal make-up."

H/T Leticia Velasquez

Thank you for your support.

Please sign up on the vigil calendaras much as you can for the remainder of our campaign.

40 days for life London Committee

DAY 25: Joy is a net in which you can catch souls

2011-10-28T08:29:00.001-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

We received news from the vigil today that a woman scheduled for an abortion with BPAS said that she had changed her mind and was keeping her baby!

Gave a talk to St Patrick's Evangelization school today showing Changing Sides.

We just made the Times Newspaper (subscription required).

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/faith/article3202410.ece

Read all about 40 days vigils from all around the world!

There is just over 2 weeks left of our record breaking campaign here in London, do spiritually unite with our campaign and join the vigil!

Day 25 - October 22

Intention:

We pray for the conversion of all those who refuse to acknowledge that human life belongs only to God.

Scripture:

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations."

-- Jeremiah 1:4-5

Reflection:

To be or not to be? There is no question!

The question of "being" is something philosophers have long pondered. What is the meaning of being and what is the source? In the passage before us, we have our answer. We have being because we are known by God.

For God to declare that he knows and sets apart the prophet Jeremiah even before he is conceived indicates that our being rests in God's own being. Because He is and because He wills we, therefore, are and do. The Apostle Paul says as much when he declares before the philosophers of his day, "In Him we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28).

One of the tragedies of the abortion culture is that life in the womb has been so heartbreakingly devalued. To embrace the arguments of the "pro-choice" crowd one must conclude that the child in the womb doesn't exist, isn't there, has no being. But nothing could be further from the truth. That child is known by God and, as such, has being.

Prayer:

Lord God, we confess that in You we live and move and have our being. Because You are, we are. May we find grace from You to affirm the being of every human and may we labor to make this truth known to the world around us. Amen.

Rev. J. Kirk van der Swaagh
Pastor, Conservative Congregational Christian Conference

Pro-life article of the day:
http://www.peterkreeft.com/audio/19_prolife-philosophy/prolife-philosophy_transcription.htm
Peter Kreeft Pro-life and philosophy

Pro-life resource of the day:
http://www.youthdefence.ie/ - videos

Pro-life quote of the day:

"I know that many women face unbelievably difficult circumstances in their pregnancy. For this reason, I think that all people of good will have an obligation to help them, to celebrate their heroism when they choose life, and to love them even when they do not. I can think of one case in particular: a young student, not yet finished with her education, who found herself pregnant with a man she did not know well. With so many responsibilities, both to her extended family and to her studies, she felt desperate, alone, and trapped. It was truly an act of heroism for that woman to decide to place that child for adoption. I know the woman in the story very well. She is my birth mother. I feel such an enormous debt of gratitude to her. Even though her choice was unbelievably difficult, I know and she knows that she made the right decision not to end my life. I don't think there is any woman who in the long term regrets, even in the most difficult of circumstances, making the choice for life. But I know there are many thousands of women who still remember and mourn, even decades later, the date that their baby would have been born."

-- Christopher Kaczor, Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University

For more excellent pro-life quotes go here: www.voicesforlife.net

For more powerful pro-life images go here: www.freeprolifeimages.net

Thank you for your support and let us continue to pray for an end to abortion where no more babies cry and no more children die.

40 days for life London Committee

DAY 24: Vigil continues with joy and happiness!

2011-10-28T08:28:00.001-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

Real blessings continue at the vigil!

Not a day goes by where I do not hear remarkable and extraordinary stories from Bedford Square!

It is wonderful and inspiring to hear about these encounters, knowing that lives are being saved and hearts and minds changed!

A busy next 8 days:

Take your pick (or come to all)! Please come along!

Day 24 - October 21

Intention:

Pray that God will continue to bless the efforts that have gone into the 40 Days for Life campaign, as we trust Him for the results.

Scripture:

Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand. O Lord, I pray, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name.

-- Nehemiah 1:10-11

Reflection:

Nehemiah provides an awesome blueprint for volunteers in God's service, particularly those responding to the devastation abortion has caused our nation.

Nehemiah grieved for God's reputation as he witnessed the condition of the city walls of Jerusalem. The walls were broken down which was seen by neighboring people as a sign of weakness on the part of Jerusalem's God. No wall meant no security for the city and its people.

We learn from his story that he covered every detail in prayer; inspired others to join the cause; organized others to help do the work; confronted opposition directly and turned to God when discouraged; and finally celebrated what was accomplished and gave God all the glory!

Like Nehemiah, we must acknowledge God's sovereignty as we serve Him before a mocking world. We too need to be reminded that we are "fighting" for our families. We too must have an attitude of confession and repentance before a Holy God. We must pray for strength, refute slander, and not be diverted from our work.

Like Nehemiah, we will draw attention from the enemy when we are seeking to protect the well-being of God's people. We too must stand firm and seek God's help to persevere until the task is done. We too will be victorious.

Prayer:

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in heaven and in the earth is Yours. We pray for your continued guidance and protection throughout the remainder of this 40 day campaign. May we be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in Your work, knowing that our labor will not be in vain. We pray in the name of Jesus, amen.

Carmen Pate
Co-host, "Point of View" Talk Show

Pro-life quote of the day:

"If the unborn is not a human person, no justification for abortion is necessary. However, if the unborn is a human person, no justification for abortion is adequate." - Gregory Koukl

Pro-life article of the day:

Pro-life podcasts

Cherishing Life

Kathleen Eaton

Pro-life resource of the day:

Father Frank on the virtual road:

http://www.priestsforlife.org/fr-frank-on-the-road/index.aspx?cid=6

Thanks for your support!

Through your help with Pro-life work, there are some lives that only you can save!

40 days for life London Committee

DAY 22: Changing hearts with dialogue and listening

2011-10-28T08:27:00.003-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

Hearts can be changed through listening and a dialogue with truth and compassion! The Holy Spirit can work in and through each one of us in order to save lives, inspire others and bring hope and healing to many others!

Read here about a vigil encounter!

Please come to our outreach and boot camp or even prayer with the Bishop!

Vigil sign ups:

Thursday 20th; 8-10am; 12-3pm; 5-8pm
Friday 21st; 8-11am; 4-8pm
Saturday 22nd; 8-9am; 11-6pm
Sunday 23rd; 8am-8pm

Day 23 - October 20

Intention:

We pray for the strength to love those who do not love us.

Scripture:

But the Lord said "You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in the night and perished in the night. And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left, and much livestock? Should I not be concerned about that great city?"

-- Jonah 4:10-11

Reflection:

God doesn't value people and things like we do. Jonah loved a shade tree more than an entire city of sinful people. We love our dogs more than a terrorist. We love our cars more than a beggar on the side of the road. And sometimes, we love our money more than a child growing in a desperate teenager's womb.

But God isn't like us. Genesis 1 tells us that humans were the capstone of God's creation. We were created on the sixth day after God had completed the land, the stars, the plants and the animals. Therefore, His love for us is greater than His love for a plant, an animal, or any other created thing. And the book of Jonah tells us that He loves even the most sinful people and seeks to bring them into His merciful arms. And it's a love that seeks to touch all of his created children: that desperate teenager, the baby growing in her womb, even tyrants and terrorists. So it's up to us to imitate God's merciful love by helping and praying for those who persecute us, and those who don't love us back.

Prayer:

Gracious God, loving our enemies seems like one of most difficult things you could ask of us. Please remind us that this is how you love and that if you ask it of us then you will give us the grace to do it. This we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Dennis DiMauro
Lutherans for Life representative to the National Pro-life Religious Council

Pro-life article of the day:

Illegal abortionist arrested in Uganda:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/illegal-abortionist-arrested-in-uganda-after-nearly-killing-girlfriend-in-b

Pro life quote of the day:

"Simple morality dictates that unless and until someone can prove the unborn human is not alive, we must give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it is (alive). And, thus, it should be entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." - Ronald Reagan 1982

Pro-life resource of the day:

Defund Planned Parenthood:

http://www.defundpp.net/

Thank you for supporting the protection of human life!

40 days for life London committee

DAY 22: Inspiring hearts and minds

2011-10-28T08:27:00.001-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

A blessed evening with our half way rally today. We heard about many wonderful stories about women who have changed their minds as a result of the campaign. It was extremely moving to know that women are choosing to keep their babies as a result of our peaceful, prayerful and legal vigil for life.

We have a litany of initiatives ready to implemented to help a culture of life grow exponentially in the United Kingdom, developing to a more professional foundation and reaching out in a dynamic and creative way.

Day 22 - October 19

Intention:

May those who hold life as trivial realize that we live because God wills it so.

Scripture:

Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this, in His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

-- Job 12:9-10

Reflection:

Job was a man acquainted with grief, trials and tribulation. He had everything taken from him, including his family. He endured sickness, ridicule and judgment from his friends. Everyone gave him advice about his situation, questioning his spirituality and his God. Job's circumstances were bad but he never loses faith. Why? Because "the hand of the Lord has made all life." Created by God, he knows his life has meaning and purpose, regardless of the circumstances.

In our present culture, we've lost that basic truth; every life is made and allowed to live by God's sovereign authority. As people who pride ourselves on our independence, we have a hard time acknowledging our dependence on God. From our creation, when we were knit together in our mother's womb to our last breath, God's word is clear that "in His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind."

It's time for us as individuals, and as a society, to recognize that we exist by God's grace and turn back to Him, honoring His word and His teachings. Why? Because our world is full of Jobs, people who are dealing with trials and tribulations and hurting desperately. Job's response should be ours as well. Regardless of what we face (even an unplanned pregnancy) God in His wisdom and mercy will redeem it. How do I know? Job's friends who doubted God's sovereignty cry out to God asking for help, God instructs Job to pray for his friends and after he does, God restores all that Job had lost. In other words, because Job never lost faith and knew and trusted His Creator, the Lord blessed Job.

Prayer:

Thank you Father God for being the Creator of my life and every life. Please give me, and the society in which I live, an appreciation for your gift of life. Please help us set aside our pride and acknowledge that we need you. Show me how I can honor you today in response to all the blessings you bestow so freely. In the name of Jesus, amen.

Georgette Forney
President, Anglicans for Life

Pro-life article of the day:

http://www.youtube.com/user/AmericanLifeLeague

Christian Chastity and the Pro-life movement:

http://loveundefiled.blogspot.com/2011/10/christian-chastity-and-pro-life.html

Padre Pio and Fr Pavone

http://thepathlesstaken7.blogspot.com/2011/10/few-but-worthy-comparisons-between.html

Pro-life resource of the day:

http://birthchoice.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMNvbKvi-BI

Pro-life quote of the day:

If God seems at times to be slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. We well know that the long awaited gift is all the more precious for the delay in its being granted.... Ask, seek, insist. Through the asking and seeking you will be better prepared to receive God's gift when it comes. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for his greatest gifts. All of whch is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.

St. Augustine on prayer from Sermon 61, 6-7.

For Life!

40 days for life London Campaign

DAY 21: The streets are our media!

2011-10-28T08:26:00.001-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

Please come to the halfway event this evening!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/67516359/Halfway-Event-October-2011

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=269363293094460

and invite all your friends!

We look forward to hearing testimonies about your participation in the vigil and the grace filled encounters that you have had!

Not to mention the FREE film for the evening.

Vigil sign ups:

Tuesday 18th; 2-4pm; 5-7pm
Wednesday 19th; 8-10am; 1-3pm; 5-6pm
Thursday 20th; 8am-3pm;5pm-8pm
Friday 21st; 8-12pm; 4-8pm
Saturday 22nd; 8am-8pm
Sunday 23rd; 8am-8pm

Day 21 - October 18

Intention:

Pray that we each will daily put on the full armor of God, so that we are strong in the Lord and the power of His might.

Scripture:

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all, to stand.

- Ephesians 6:12-13

Reflection:

I am confounded to see how the battle over the issue of life is perceived more often in churches today as political rather than spiritual. Ironically, the enemy has used this twisted perception to silence many in the body of Christ. We must see the battle for what it is and if we are to be prepared to face the spiritual enemy on the issue of abortion, we must daily "put on" the armor God has given us:

Gird your waist with Truth (vs. 14) - Commit your emotions to believe truth and to speak truth, regardless of the repercussions.
Put on the breastplate of Righteousness (vs. 14) -It will protect our hearts - the innermost springs of our beings - from all unrighteousness so evident in this fallen world.
Shod your feet with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace. (vs. 15) -Preparation is vital if we are to be effective in God's work.
Taking the shield of faith (vs.16) - The Accuser will instill doubt, fear, and guilt. Faith acts as an invisible shield that deflects such false accusations.
Taking the Helmet of salvation (vs.17) - A helmet protects the head, the brain and in turn our mind and thoughts. Satan hopes we will set aside divine revelation for human reasoning.
Taking the sword of the Spirit (vs.17) - The Word of God, the only offensive weapon in this armor, was used by the Lord Jesus against Satan. The living Word is powerful and effective.

Our armor is complete. We are ready to wage war, and the next verse tells us how, "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit." (vs.18)

Prayer:

Dear Lord, as you lead us into the spiritual battle of abortion may we be reminded that the battle is truly Yours. We thank you for equipping us with Your armor. Lead us daily to put it on! Thank you for allowing us to serve under your command, and for hearing our requests for direction and protection. Thank you for the victory that is ours because of Your Son Jesus, amen.

Carmen Pate
Co-host, "Point of View" talk show

Pro-life quote of the day:
"There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others." St John Chrysostom

Pro-life resource of the day:
Addressing abortion with confidence (for priests/pastors)
http://www.gospeloflife.com/articles/addressingabortionwithconfidence.htm

Ending abortion:
http://endingabortion.com/

Pro-life article of the day:
Bishop Mark Davies:
http://loveundefiled.blogspot.com/2011/10/neglect-of-elderly-and-culture-of-death.html

Report on the activities of Priests for life:
http://www.priestsforlife.org/update/recent-activities.htm

Thanks for your support!

Please continue to help create a culture where no more women cry and no more babies die.

40 days for life London committee

DAY 20: Placing hope where there is no hope

2011-10-28T08:25:00.000-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

We are half way through our campaign!

I very much hope that prayers and fasting are placing hope into a place where there is no hope, being a sign of the unconditional love of God.

Our campaign helps many Christians to realise that abortion is the human rights issue of our day.

Please come to this great event:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161604673933101&pending&context=create

http://www.scribd.com/doc/69044363/Pro-Life-Boot-Camp

For testimonies from our campaign, read here.

For an excellent reflection, read here.

Please sign up over the next days on our vigil calendar, we strongly need your support!

http://vigilcalendar.com/london/login/login_page

Day 20 - October 17

Intention:

May God's justice sober our society, and may mercy triumph over judgment.

Scripture:

Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I will require the life of man. Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man.

- Genesis 9:5-6

Reflection:

The value of every human being can hardly be seen more clearly than with this verse. God, the King of the universe, has created all human beings in his image, and declares forthrightly that shedding the blood of any individual will require the blood of the one who shed it. God's concern for human beings is not limited to any particular group. Indeed, his concern is universal, and includes male and female, young and old, born and unborn, disabled and able-bodied, the citizens of every nation on earth.

Abortion, the deliberate killing of the unborn, is the shedding of innocent blood. Surely the blood of millions upon millions of innocent children cries out to God. It is true that we live in an age of grace, and yet this passage (among many other texts which express similar sentiments) should give every thinking Christian pause.

Christians of all people, entrusted with the Word of God as we are, must take a stand. We must speak out. We must do all that we can to protect the innocent, to pursue justice, and to encourage the repentance of all those who bear responsibility for this great evil. Only in this manner can we hope to forestall the judgment that must otherwise surely come.

This passage should also be seen as an encouragement to educate and disciple our children and grandchildren about what it means to be human, and the responsibility that will become theirs in this ongoing struggle.

Prayer:

O Father, forgive us for our lack of courage and our want of compassion for the unborn and for those lost and hurt by abortion. Fill us anew with your Spirit. Renew our minds, strengthen us in righteousness, help us be people of salt and light within our nation. May every human being, from conception to natural death, be treated with the respect due those made in your image. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Rev. John Brown
Director, United Friends for Life (United Church of Christ)

Pro Life quote of the day:

"Every child with Down syndrome, every adult with special needs - in fact, every unwanted unborn child, every person who is poor, weak, abandoned, or homeless - is an icon of God's face and a vessel of his love. How we treat these persons - whether we revere them and welcome them or throw them away in distaste - shows what wereally believe about human dignity, both as individuals and as a nation."

-- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput

Pro life resource of the day:

Making the case for life

Pro life article of the day:

Book review of Hand of God by Dr Stammers in BMJ

Thank you for your help in building a culture of life!

For life!

40 days for life London Committee

DAY 19: Great Pro-life youth conference

2011-10-28T08:24:00.001-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

yesterday saw a fantastic and inspiring youth conference in Ealing!

Recordings to follow!

We are nearing the half way point of our campaign, near the half way event and outreach days.

Day 19 - October 16

Intention:

We pray for a renewal of our zeal to offer generous help to the unborn and their families.

Scripture:

If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against me, What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him? Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?

-- Job 31:13-15

Reflection:

The ground is level as we stand before God.

Job lived with an awe provoking sense of God's expectation of him, particularly regarding his obligation to care for the weak and needy. He knew that in God's economy everyone stands on level ground when it comes to our status as God's creatures. Because of that central truth, we must take care of each other.

Job also knew that he didn't deserve any of the good things God gave to him. Instead, those blessings came to Job from God's benevolent heart. As an extension of that knowledge, Job instinctively linked his obligation to be generous to others to God's kindness toward him.

As in Jesus' parable of the unmerciful servant (Matthew 18:23-35), Job knew that it is an egregious sin to deny to others what we enjoy ourselves. He actually calls down on his own head severe condemnation and even punishment should he fail to share with others out of his own abundance (see verses 16-23).

Proverbs 3:27 reads, "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so." Some things are so obvious that we don't even need to pray except to ask of God forgiveness and the power to do what so obviously needs doing.

Prayer:

God, forgive us when we try to explain away the obligation we have to help others who need help. Enable us to not devalue them because they are in the circumstance that they are in, but to see them for what they are, those, who like us, were formed by your hand in their mother's womb. Amen.

Rev. Rob Schenck
President, Faith and Action, and National Clergy Council

Pro life quote of the day:

"Many people are concerned with children of India, with the children of Africa where quite a few die of hunger, and so on... These concerns are very good. But often these same people are not concerned with the millions being killed by the deliberate decision of their own mothers. And this is the greatest destroyer of peace today- abortion which brings people to such blindness."

- Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Pro life resource of the day:

Ron Paul Advert.

Pro life article of the day:

Abby Johnson on quitting Planned Parenthood.

Read this incredible story.

Thanks for your wonderful support!

40 days for life London committee

DAY 18: Beautiful encounters every day!

2011-10-28T08:23:00.001-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

Great seeds are being sown during our vigil!

These will flower, blossoming to transform the culture of death into a culture of life!

x 2 unconfirmed turnarounds today with some incredible beautiful encounters of hope

x 1 mention on a very popular blog

x 2 great stories from Maidstone and Leeds of unconfirmed turnarounds from other vigils this week

x 2 enquiries- one from Israel and one from Zambia about doing a campaign next Spring

x 1 pro life youth conference sold out and ready to inspire next generation of young people about life and love

x 1 very angry cyclist

x 8 enthusiastic seminarians

please pray for all those in crisis pregnancies that they may choose life for their babies.

please come to the half way event - FREE DVD. FREE FOOD.
See here.

Day 18 - October 15

Intention:

We pray for a flowering of the joy of parenthood.

Scripture:

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed, but shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

-- Psalm 127:3-5

Reflection:

I still vividly remember the day my first child was born. As she came into the world I gazed upon the most beautiful little baby I'd ever seen. Later I was driving home from the hospital for a shower and a fresh change of clothes when a song came on the radio, "The Men in My Little Girl's Life" -- a ballad about being a father as he watches his daughter grow through childhood to womanhood. I wept as I listened, knowing those years would go by very fast... and they did.

Being a father, whenever I read the Psalm quoted above I'm always captivated by one word - "heritage." It basically means "something passed down from a preceding generation." That little girl I watched being born and wept for is not mine to give to God like a product of our fertility, but rather His, which he has entrusted to us. So are all her siblings.

My wife and I share a great treasure: precious lives, which are placed in our lineage that His life with us might be perpetuated. To the psalmist, this was a blessing from the Lawgiver, God Himself, who blessed Israel with another generation intended to continue their covenantal promise. For us in Christ, it is his gift of succeeding generations for His Church and her families.

These days I'm looking upon my grandchildren, and rejoicing that my children and their spouses will pass on the greatness of Christ's gospel to them and thus will continue the work of God in the world. What a blessing. What a heritage!

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, please keep me from taking for granted the gift of children. Help us to remember this heritage that you have given us. Make us faithful stewards of these precious lives, that each generation might be raised in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Randolph Sly
National Pro-life Religious Council

Pro life article/video of the day:

David Bereit on NFP.

That baby is broken by Abby Johnson:

http://www.abbyjohnson.org/2011/10/that-baby-is-broken/

Pro life quote of the day:

"The domestication of abortion has made it tragically commonplace, so much so that we seem to have lost our ability to be outraged by it. How is it that even we who oppose abortion are not more overwhelmed by the fact that it is legal... to tear apart the tiny bodies of helpless unborn children?"
-- Michael Spielman

Pro life resource of the day:

Smartphone ultrasound system:

http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/878578-smartphone-ultrasound-device-could-revolutionise-healthcare

Thanks so much for your support!

40 days for life London Committee

DAY 17: Prayer outside an abortion clinic is never boring!

2011-10-28T08:22:00.001-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

Praying outside an abortion clinic is NEVER a boring place.

It can lead to incredible encounters where lives are changed, hearts transformed and amazing blessings and graces are encountered!

See Catholic Herald article here and blog post here. The streets are also our media where many people can be reached to build a growing consciousness of the humanity of the unborn child!

Please FERVENTLY pray and fast during this campaign to help save lives and inspire others with a positive and upbeat message to build a culture of life!

Day 17 - October 14

Intention:

May all understand more deeply that the pro-life message is rooted in the two basic truths of life:

There is a God;
He isn't me

Scripture:

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

-- Genesis 2:7

Reflection:

From the beginning of the Bible until the end, the theme is echoed that God alone has dominion over human life. He made it; shared it; died to save it; will raise it up forever. The act of creation described in Genesis 2:7, and earlier in Genesis 1:26-27, is a sovereign act. God did not have to do it, and would have been happy forever without us. Yet without our asking for it or earning it, God brought us out of nothingness and into life, and sustains our existence at every moment. And He does so in Christ. "For by Him all things were created...in Him all things exist" (Colossians 1:16-17).

"You are not your own," Paul declares in 1 Corinthians 6. God alone owns us. While He entrusts us to the care of one another, He does not allow any human being to own another. A Southern California abortionist, James McMahon, once explained how he justified killing children after 20 weeks gestation by partial-birth abortion. He did not deny that this was a child, but rather asked, "Who owns the child? It's got to be the mother." The struggle over abortion is really a struggle over the dominion of God. The Christian individual, and the Christian Church, cannot sit idly by when others declare that God is not God.

Prayer:

Lord, we are yours. Thank you for breathing into us the breath of life. Thank you for claiming us as your own. May our words and actions in defense of human life proclaim to all the world that you alone are Lord of life and death, Lord of our freedom and of our choices. We pray in Jesus' Name. Amen.

Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life

Pro life quote of the day:

"The world is in dire need of creative extremists." (Martin Luther King Jr).

Pro life resource of the day:

Students for life resources: http://studentsforlife.org/resources

Pro life article of the day:

Ex abortion clinic worker describes life at clinic:

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pieces-of-children-former-abortion-worker-describes-life-at-boston-planned

Please attend this exciting conference!

Thank you for your support in saving lives and being a public witness to the injustice of abortion.

40 days for life London Committee

DAY 16: Prayer and Kindness stops abortion!

2011-10-28T08:21:00.001-07:00

40 days for life London
Autumn 2011

Greetings!

We heard of some exciting encounters down in Maidstone today of two potential life saving encounters today - see here for an awesome reflection. When we ask Jesus to intervene and save lives, this really does happen!

How many more lives will be saved as a result of the peaceful, prayerful witness of Christians offering healing and hope to those in need? Only God knows! By coming to the vigil- you might have a life saving encounter!

Congratulations to Isabel Vaughan Spruce for speaking so eloquently about 40 days for life on BBC WM Radio here!

Day 16 - October 13

Intention:

Pray for the mothers going into pregnancy help centers. The personal care, the free ultrasound, the ongoing practical help is designed to deliver them from those who profit in shedding innocent blood.

Scripture:

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

-- Matthew 11:28

Reflection:

"You have twins. That will be another $350." She did not speak English. But she finally understood that they were telling her to go get more money and return for her abortion.

She had already given them her rent money. But they were not about to give her a two-for-one deal. They told her to get dressed and return with more cash. A couple, who was praying outside, comforted her. They brought her to their local pregnancy help center.

The staff quickly saw that her personal circumstances were so desperate, and immediate, that they would need direct and ongoing help from local Christians and churches. They started making calls.

Then they did the ultrasound. It showed there was only one baby, not two. This abandoned, immigrant, powerless mother was being exploited. She would do whatever she was told. Who would know? Who would care?

God calls us to "Rescue the weak and the needy; and deliver them from the hand of the wicked" (Psalm 82:4).

When you provide an alternative to abortion you are not only rescuing innocent babies, you are delivering mothers from the wicked: those who profit in the shedding of innocent blood. Pray for those who rescue and deliver daily at your local pregnancy help center.

Prayer:

Father, hear our prayer! Snatch desperate mothers from the fire. Bring them out of our abortion businesses and into our pregnancy help centers. Deliver them from evil. Use us to help them chose life and see your hand of provision.

Rev. John Ensor
Vice President, Heartbeat International

Pro life quote of the day:

"Our media are the streets...Abortion will end when the People of God say so. Now is the time for people of every religious and political background to join together to stop the killing. When we come out on the streets, we always win. Fewer babies die and more consciences are stirred to action, starting with our own."
~ Fr. Frank Pavone, Speaking about 40 Days for Life, 9/24/08

Pro life resource of the day: Film- Volition (great for school groups!)

http://liveaction.org/blog/rocky-farm-studio-releases-powerful-pro-life-movie-volition/

New Magazine: And Justice for all:

http://www.humanlife.org/Resources/And%20Justice%20For%20All/And%20Justice%20For%20All%20WEB.pdf

EHD:

http://www.ehd.org/

Pro life article of the day:

Working at the abortion clinic after dark:

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/08/23/nighttime-scares-working-at-the-abortion-clinic-after-dark/

Thanks so much for your support. Let's continue to pray as if everything depended on God, and act as if everything depended on us!

Robert Colquhoun
40 days for life London

hard proof that BPAS want to do abortions up to 14 weeks gestation

2011-10-21T03:00:00.000-07:00

This is from the BPAS Spring newsletter 2011. The web address is at the top of the image.

Please join us on Saturday in Stratford East London, 11am-2.30pm, for a big day of pro-life campaigning against these abortionists.

East London Muslims join 40 Days for Life this Saturday

2011-10-20T06:29:00.000-07:00

Here is the flyer that will distributed this week to Muslims in East London, calling on them to take a stand for the unborn by fighting against the newly opened BPAS abortion facility in Stratford East London.

This event is open to all pro-life groups, Christians, and Muslims. Please join us: Saturday 22 October 11am-2pm. Meet at the main entrance of Stratford tube station. The day will open with a guest speakers and prayers outside the BPAS centre.

Juventutem at 40 Days for Life

2011-10-17T03:42:00.000-07:00

Many thanks to Juventutem London who led the 40 Days for Life prayer vigil a few weeks ago. Follow the link to read a short report with photos. http://juventutemlondon.blogspot.com/2011/10/juventutem-london-pray-to-end-abortion.html

40 Days for Life London

Great New Video showing 40 days for life in England!

Study Day Event

Life's Journey Event

40 days for life banquet

Saving lives - inspiring hearts and minds

40 Days for Life Fundraising Banquet

International Guest speakers

40 Days for Life Mission

Frequently asked questions

Record number attend all night vigil!

DAY 41+: Go onto the streets to proclaim a culture of life!

DAY 40: Great signs of hope!

DAY 39: Record breaking campaign enters last day!

DAY 38: All night vigil!

DAY 37: Keep praying!

DAY 36: Pro-abortion counter event!

DAY 35: Over 417 lives saved worldwide!

DAY 34: A new paradigm for life!

DAY 33: Defending human life!

DAY 32: Training and mobilizing a generation for life!

DAY 31: Building unity and alliances for life!

DAY 30: Making abortion history!

DAY 29: United for Life!

DAY 28: Praying for the conversion of abortionists!

DAY 27: A missionary for life!

DAY 26: Speaking up for those who cannot speak for themselves

DAY 25: Joy is a net in which you can catch souls

DAY 24: Vigil continues with joy and happiness!

DAY 22: Changing hearts with dialogue and listening

DAY 22: Inspiring hearts and minds

DAY 21: The streets are our media!

DAY 20: Placing hope where there is no hope

DAY 19: Great Pro-life youth conference

DAY 18: Beautiful encounters every day!

DAY 17: Prayer outside an abortion clinic is never boring!

DAY 16: Prayer and Kindness stops abortion!

hard proof that BPAS want to do abortions up to 14 weeks gestation

East London Muslims join 40 Days for Life this Saturday

Juventutem at 40 Days for Life

40 Days for Life
Fundraising Banquet