DAY 36: Pro-abortion counter event!

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