J.M.J. +
Dear Friends of the Unborn,
Praise God! I am so overflowing with joy right now I could not wait to send this belated Christmas present to all of you especially the pro-life veterans of many years. I have copied an email from a fellow pro-life advocate and Knight of Columbus Steve. I am also emailing in regards to this Saturday’s peaceful prayer vigil which will take place at 345 Whitney Avenue’s Planned Parenthood from 8 am till 12 pm noon on the 29th of December. If you would like to take an hour of prayer please respond. What an awesome joy to receive such beautiful consolations that God is working miracles out of compassion for His people. Our Blessed Mother looks on us her children with love and joy and is interceding to her son in response to our efforts! We may never know until eternity how many lives were spared and souls were saved because we decided to serve God by praying and witnessing for the Unborn. So when we feel discouraged by the babies who have lost their innocent lives and weighed down by the persecution of passersby, when we feel too tired and too cold to come out to pray, and when we wonder if our efforts and prayers are doing anything at all lets reread this story and praise God for His great consolations and faithfulness! And let us remember that God’s time is not our time, but His time is the most glorious of all!
God Bless you all and a Very Merry and Blessed Christmas indeed!
Mike and Kerry
Hi Kerry, I thought I would let you know what happened today after you left. Not long after you left most of the others departed also, all except for Mike who was on the sidewalk in front of pp and Nathanael. While Nate and I were praying the Rosary a car stopped and the woman driving asked me to come over to her car that she wanted to ask me a question.So I walked up to the passenger side window of the car where a pretty young woman sat with a big smile on herface and said hi how can I help you. The driver of the car, an older woman asked me if I knew the name of one of the older men who was standing here earlier. I told her I wasn't sure which man she was talking about and then asked why she wanted to know their name. She said she wanted to thank him for talking her out of having an Abortion some 15 years ago, I think she said Bloomfield? Then she said she wanted to show him a picture of her 15 year old son as a result of him taking the time to witness to her that day....TEARS OF JOY FLOWING FREELY!!!!! I was really caught off guard. I said thanks be to God! Praise God ...Praise the Lord Jesus Christ or something like that. Then I gave them both a little baby Jesus and a Miraculous Medal of Mary. They were both Very Happy and said to tell all the people that come out to pray and talk to the people about not having abortions that they do make a difference. Keep up the Great Work don't stop Praying. You never know when you are going to find out when you made a Positive Result happen in this world or in someone’s life. You may find out that day or the next week or it might take 15 years or you might have to wait until you get into Heaven to find out the True Fruits of your labor :)
God Always Wins :)
May God bless you,
Love and Peace,
Stephen :)
The Eucharist
May the Heart of Jesus, in the Most Blessed Sacrament, be praised, adored and loved with grateful affection, at every moment, in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time. Amen.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
An Early Christmas Gift!
J.M.J +
Dear Friends of the Unborn,
I am emailing to thank all of you for the prayer coverage at New Haven Planned Parenthood last Wednesday on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and on Saturday. I wanted to share with you the fruits of your labor in serving God for the many hours that you do! On Saturday while five of us were praying the sorrowful Mysteries a car preceded to drive into PP Parking lot. In it a young woman and man rolled down their window in response to some literature we were holding up. As I got closer I could see a very fearful woman who began to cry as soon as I asked her if she was there for an abortion that day. I went on to hand her the appropriate literature and explain to her that she did not have to choose death for her baby and we could offer her the help she needed. I explained that her baby already loves her, God loves her and we love her. The young man in the car said he did not want her to have an abortion, but could not talk her out of it and she went on to say that things were not good between them right now. He looked at me and said he knows that the people in that building only want their money that they do not care about much else. I asked her if she knew who I was holding in my hands, her eyes fixed and drawn to a beautiful retablo image of Our Lady of Guadalupe I held to my chest. She looked up at me with a smile and said yes her tears began to flow harder. I then told her that Our Lady did not want her to have an abortion today and I was no longer speaking for myself but for what I believe Our Mother would want me to say. Tears began to stream. I asked her how far long she was she looked at me with a look of shame and said 12 weeks. I could hear the beautiful sound of the rosary being prayed directly behind me. I knew it did not matter what happened now because it was in Our Lady’s hands. As we talked about Our Lady of Guadalupe and the more the woman looked at the image her hard stare began to soften and at the conclusion of the Crucifixion of the sorrowful mysteries she looked up at me and said I won’t do it. I won’t do it. I am going to keep my baby. It was like watching a conversion of heart happen right before our eyes. It was surely a miracle at the prompting of the last two days of prayer as well as at the powerful Intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The next best part of the story is when I asked the young woman her name. She went on to tell me “My name is Marie” the name of Our Lady! So for all of you who came out to pray on Wednesday and Saturday as well as those of you who are praying from home or before the Blessed Sacrament thank you! We all now have a spiritual son or daughter as our early Christmas present who will get the chance to live and to love and serve God! Praise Jesus!
For those of you who would like to commit to an hour of prayer for this Saturday the 22nd at 345 Whitney Avenue Planned Parenthood please respond. We are seeking to cover the hours that the precious babies are killed from 8:00am until 12:00pm noon. It has been made very clear to me by numerous priests that this battle we are fighting is a spiritual one. The prayer is front and center and without all of you coming out to pray a sidewalk councilor would be null and void. This is God’s work and cannot be done by human hands alone. This has been the basis of the Helpers Movement all along. It is wonderfully explained in the following paragraph of the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants Prayer Book. “The goal of the Helpers is to establish at every site where the Unborn are unjustly killed a presence of pure prayer so that a woman seeking an abortion can really hear a compassionate offer of help from a sidewalk councilor. While the focus is on prayer, designated sidewalk councilors speak gently to woman entering the clinic offering literature which contains available true help. In this way the Helpers create an occasion for God’s grace to work and God, for His part, does take advantage of the opportunity.”
Please remember Marie and her baby as well as the father in your prayers each day and contact me to join us in prayer on Saturday and to rejoice over the precious life that was spared!
Praise God,
Mike and Kerry
I am emailing to thank all of you for the prayer coverage at New Haven Planned Parenthood last Wednesday on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and on Saturday. I wanted to share with you the fruits of your labor in serving God for the many hours that you do! On Saturday while five of us were praying the sorrowful Mysteries a car preceded to drive into PP Parking lot. In it a young woman and man rolled down their window in response to some literature we were holding up. As I got closer I could see a very fearful woman who began to cry as soon as I asked her if she was there for an abortion that day. I went on to hand her the appropriate literature and explain to her that she did not have to choose death for her baby and we could offer her the help she needed. I explained that her baby already loves her, God loves her and we love her. The young man in the car said he did not want her to have an abortion, but could not talk her out of it and she went on to say that things were not good between them right now. He looked at me and said he knows that the people in that building only want their money that they do not care about much else. I asked her if she knew who I was holding in my hands, her eyes fixed and drawn to a beautiful retablo image of Our Lady of Guadalupe I held to my chest. She looked up at me with a smile and said yes her tears began to flow harder. I then told her that Our Lady did not want her to have an abortion today and I was no longer speaking for myself but for what I believe Our Mother would want me to say. Tears began to stream. I asked her how far long she was she looked at me with a look of shame and said 12 weeks. I could hear the beautiful sound of the rosary being prayed directly behind me. I knew it did not matter what happened now because it was in Our Lady’s hands. As we talked about Our Lady of Guadalupe and the more the woman looked at the image her hard stare began to soften and at the conclusion of the Crucifixion of the sorrowful mysteries she looked up at me and said I won’t do it. I won’t do it. I am going to keep my baby. It was like watching a conversion of heart happen right before our eyes. It was surely a miracle at the prompting of the last two days of prayer as well as at the powerful Intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The next best part of the story is when I asked the young woman her name. She went on to tell me “My name is Marie” the name of Our Lady! So for all of you who came out to pray on Wednesday and Saturday as well as those of you who are praying from home or before the Blessed Sacrament thank you! We all now have a spiritual son or daughter as our early Christmas present who will get the chance to live and to love and serve God! Praise Jesus!
For those of you who would like to commit to an hour of prayer for this Saturday the 22nd at 345 Whitney Avenue Planned Parenthood please respond. We are seeking to cover the hours that the precious babies are killed from 8:00am until 12:00pm noon. It has been made very clear to me by numerous priests that this battle we are fighting is a spiritual one. The prayer is front and center and without all of you coming out to pray a sidewalk councilor would be null and void. This is God’s work and cannot be done by human hands alone. This has been the basis of the Helpers Movement all along. It is wonderfully explained in the following paragraph of the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants Prayer Book. “The goal of the Helpers is to establish at every site where the Unborn are unjustly killed a presence of pure prayer so that a woman seeking an abortion can really hear a compassionate offer of help from a sidewalk councilor. While the focus is on prayer, designated sidewalk councilors speak gently to woman entering the clinic offering literature which contains available true help. In this way the Helpers create an occasion for God’s grace to work and God, for His part, does take advantage of the opportunity.”
Please remember Marie and her baby as well as the father in your prayers each day and contact me to join us in prayer on Saturday and to rejoice over the precious life that was spared!
Praise God,
Mike and Kerry
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Our God is With Us!
J.M.J +
Dear Friends of the Unborn,
We rejoice together in thanksgiving for the abundant prayer presence at yesterday’s peaceful prayer vigil in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Planned Parenthood in New Haven. We were able to cover all the hours of abortion and many of them with multiple prayer warriors. We had about 30 people who came out to pray yesterday that I am sure of! However I do think more came out than were scheduled from speaking to some of you who reported more people praying. Father Martin DeMayo from St. Marks in Stratford joined us in prayer at PP as well. We continue to offer prayers of thanksgiving for his intentions for making such a sacrifice in regards to the distance he drives as well as his precious time! The candle lit vigil was very powerful for those of us praying alongside the beautiful image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Many of us commented how much last night’s crescent moon looked like the moon under her feet in the image. It brings us continual joy to do the will of the Father through the intercession of Our Lady and Advocate for the Unborn.
I am sure you know I am emailing in regards to this Saturday, the 15th’s, peaceful prayer vigil which will take place at the location of 345 Whitney Avenue Planned Parenthood in New Haven from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm noon, the hours where the precious infants will be killed. Please respond to commit to an hour of prayer. If you have not already joined us in prayer at the abortion mill we ask you to please consider doing it this weekend. We need to pray directly at the mill when babies lives and God’s children’s souls depend on us being on the frontline. The abortionists as well as all those who support the culture of death are God’s children and we must remember Jesus loves them greatly and longs for all souls to come to Him, especially those who are so very lost. I know that standing up for these babies in front of the abortion mill may seem intimidating at first, however we must remember we are not doing this on or by our own account. This is God’s work. He is with us! Our Lord and Savior died for each and every one of us, our sins certainly could bury us alive, but Our Emmanuel, our God who is with us, has saved us. For we know… “If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)
Out of great love and adoration we embrace His will and accept in gratitude and humility to carry His Cross with Him. It is through Jesus’ Crucifixion and death that God has reconciled all to Himself bringing life out of death. Therefore as His disciples we must follow His will for salvation and die to ourselves. For we know that in this dying to ourselves babies in the womb will live!
God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
“What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but handed Him over for us all, how will He not also give us everything else along with Him? Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who acquits us. Who will condemn? It is Christ [Jesus] who died, rather, was raised, who also is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? As it is written:
“For your sake we are being slain all the day;
We are looked upon as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8: 31-39)
Dear Friends of the Unborn,
We rejoice together in thanksgiving for the abundant prayer presence at yesterday’s peaceful prayer vigil in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Planned Parenthood in New Haven. We were able to cover all the hours of abortion and many of them with multiple prayer warriors. We had about 30 people who came out to pray yesterday that I am sure of! However I do think more came out than were scheduled from speaking to some of you who reported more people praying. Father Martin DeMayo from St. Marks in Stratford joined us in prayer at PP as well. We continue to offer prayers of thanksgiving for his intentions for making such a sacrifice in regards to the distance he drives as well as his precious time! The candle lit vigil was very powerful for those of us praying alongside the beautiful image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Many of us commented how much last night’s crescent moon looked like the moon under her feet in the image. It brings us continual joy to do the will of the Father through the intercession of Our Lady and Advocate for the Unborn.
I am sure you know I am emailing in regards to this Saturday, the 15th’s, peaceful prayer vigil which will take place at the location of 345 Whitney Avenue Planned Parenthood in New Haven from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm noon, the hours where the precious infants will be killed. Please respond to commit to an hour of prayer. If you have not already joined us in prayer at the abortion mill we ask you to please consider doing it this weekend. We need to pray directly at the mill when babies lives and God’s children’s souls depend on us being on the frontline. The abortionists as well as all those who support the culture of death are God’s children and we must remember Jesus loves them greatly and longs for all souls to come to Him, especially those who are so very lost. I know that standing up for these babies in front of the abortion mill may seem intimidating at first, however we must remember we are not doing this on or by our own account. This is God’s work. He is with us! Our Lord and Savior died for each and every one of us, our sins certainly could bury us alive, but Our Emmanuel, our God who is with us, has saved us. For we know… “If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)
Out of great love and adoration we embrace His will and accept in gratitude and humility to carry His Cross with Him. It is through Jesus’ Crucifixion and death that God has reconciled all to Himself bringing life out of death. Therefore as His disciples we must follow His will for salvation and die to ourselves. For we know that in this dying to ourselves babies in the womb will live!
God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
“What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but handed Him over for us all, how will He not also give us everything else along with Him? Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who acquits us. Who will condemn? It is Christ [Jesus] who died, rather, was raised, who also is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? As it is written:
“For your sake we are being slain all the day;
We are looked upon as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8: 31-39)
Our God is With Us!
J.M.J +
Dear Friends of the Unborn,
We rejoice together in thanksgiving for the abundant prayer presence at yesterday’s peaceful prayer vigil in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Planned Parenthood in New Haven. We were able to cover all the hours of abortion and many of them with multiple prayer warriors. We had about 30 people who came out to pray yesterday that I am sure of! However I do think more came out than were scheduled from speaking to some of you who reported more people praying. Father Martin DeMayo from St. Marks in Stratford joined us in prayer at PP as well. We continue to offer prayers of thanksgiving for his intentions for making such a sacrifice in regards to the distance he drives as well as his precious time! The candle lit vigil was very powerful for those of us praying alongside the beautiful image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Many of us commented how much last night’s crescent moon looked like the moon under her feet in the image. It brings us continual joy to do the will of the Father through the intercession of Our Lady and Advocate for the Unborn.
I am sure you know I am emailing in regards to this Saturday, the 15th’s, peaceful prayer vigil which will take place at the location of 345 Whitney Avenue Planned Parenthood in New Haven from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm noon, the hours where the precious infants will be killed. Please respond to commit to an hour of prayer. If you have not already joined us in prayer at the abortion mill we ask you to please consider doing it this weekend. We need to pray directly at the mill when babies lives and God’s children’s souls depend on us being on the frontline. The abortionists as well as all those who support the culture of death are God’s children and we must remember Jesus loves them greatly and longs for all souls to come to Him, especially those who are so very lost. I know that standing up for these babies in front of the abortion mill may seem intimidating at first, however we must remember we are not doing this on or by our own account. This is God’s work. He is with us! Our Lord and Savior died for each and every one of us, our sins certainly could bury us alive, but Our Emmanuel, our God who is with us, has saved us. For we know… “If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)
Out of great love and adoration we embrace His will and accept in gratitude and humility to carry His Cross with Him. It is through Jesus’ Crucifixion and death that God has reconciled all to Himself bringing life out of death. Therefore as His disciples we must follow His will for salvation and die to ourselves. For we know that in this dying to ourselves babies in the womb will live!
God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
“What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but handed Him over for us all, how will He not also give us everything else along with Him? Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who acquits us. Who will condemn? It is Christ [Jesus] who died, rather, was raised, who also is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? As it is written:
“For your sake we are being slain all the day;
We are looked upon as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8: 31-39)
We rejoice together in thanksgiving for the abundant prayer presence at yesterday’s peaceful prayer vigil in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Planned Parenthood in New Haven. We were able to cover all the hours of abortion and many of them with multiple prayer warriors. We had about 30 people who came out to pray yesterday that I am sure of! However I do think more came out than were scheduled from speaking to some of you who reported more people praying. Father Martin DeMayo from St. Marks in Stratford joined us in prayer at PP as well. We continue to offer prayers of thanksgiving for his intentions for making such a sacrifice in regards to the distance he drives as well as his precious time! The candle lit vigil was very powerful for those of us praying alongside the beautiful image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Many of us commented how much last night’s crescent moon looked like the moon under her feet in the image. It brings us continual joy to do the will of the Father through the intercession of Our Lady and Advocate for the Unborn.
I am sure you know I am emailing in regards to this Saturday, the 15th’s, peaceful prayer vigil which will take place at the location of 345 Whitney Avenue Planned Parenthood in New Haven from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm noon, the hours where the precious infants will be killed. Please respond to commit to an hour of prayer. If you have not already joined us in prayer at the abortion mill we ask you to please consider doing it this weekend. We need to pray directly at the mill when babies lives and God’s children’s souls depend on us being on the frontline. The abortionists as well as all those who support the culture of death are God’s children and we must remember Jesus loves them greatly and longs for all souls to come to Him, especially those who are so very lost. I know that standing up for these babies in front of the abortion mill may seem intimidating at first, however we must remember we are not doing this on or by our own account. This is God’s work. He is with us! Our Lord and Savior died for each and every one of us, our sins certainly could bury us alive, but Our Emmanuel, our God who is with us, has saved us. For we know… “If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)
Out of great love and adoration we embrace His will and accept in gratitude and humility to carry His Cross with Him. It is through Jesus’ Crucifixion and death that God has reconciled all to Himself bringing life out of death. Therefore as His disciples we must follow His will for salvation and die to ourselves. For we know that in this dying to ourselves babies in the womb will live!
God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
“What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but handed Him over for us all, how will He not also give us everything else along with Him? Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who acquits us. Who will condemn? It is Christ [Jesus] who died, rather, was raised, who also is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? As it is written:
“For your sake we are being slain all the day;
We are looked upon as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8: 31-39)
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Am I not here, who am your Mother?
J.M.J +
Dear Friends of the Unborn,
I am emailing in great joy for the wonderful peaceful prayer presence we had today at 345 Whitney Avenue Planned Parenthood! We had 35 people who came out to pray today that I am aware of!!! Our Lady, on the Feast of her Immaculate Conception, has obtained for us so many graces. The Christian presence and witness we experienced was yet just the beginning of the gifts we received today. A couple who went into Planned Parenthood as we were praying during abortion hours came out about 40 minutes later. As we know although the abortion procedure may only take 20 minutes, the women are kept for a total of 3 hours including the time of preparation, anesthesia and recovery. As this couple emerged from the building and drove past us out the driveway both of them had beautiful smiles on their faces and were waving and bowing their heads a s if to say thank you. As you can imagine we do not get many waves from those driving out that driveway. Many of us feel strongly that a baby's life was saved here! Praise God! Another most awesome gift Our Lady sent to us on this Most Holy Feast of her Immaculate Conception is the answer to a prayer I know many of us have held in our hearts for some time; Our Mother sent us one of her Priests. We had the honor of being lead in prayer today by Father Martin Demayo from St Mark’s Parish in Stratford. We are so very grateful for his presence and prayer.
I became inspired while reading an article in Columbia Magazine of the December issue written by Father Chavez, entitled Our Lady’s Messenger. It beautifully conveys the story of Saint Juan Diego’s encounter with Our Lady of Guadalupe. As we move into the Feast of Saint Juan Diego tomorrow and into the 5 consecutive days that Our Lady appeared to him on the 9th through the 13th , we are reminded that even the saints faced their own anxieties and uncertainty in the midst of a difficult world and troubling life circumstances. Father Chavez illustrates so beautifully below the faithfulness and love that Our Mother has for us as her children.
“On December 12th, Juan Diego left his home very early to summon a priest in Tlatelolco who could care for his uncle, who was seriously ill. Anxious and upset about Juan Bernardino’s condition, Juan Diego detoured around Tepeyac Hill so he could avoid encountering the Virgin Mother. However, Our Lady intercepted him and pronounced the most beautiful words, which are also directed to us: “Hear me and understand well, my littlest son, that nothing should frighten or grieve you. Let not your heart be disturbed. Do not fear that sickness, nor any other sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy? Are you not happily within my fold and under my arms? What else do you wish?” Mary assured Juan Diego that Juan Bernadino was already cured. Indeed, at the same moment, the Virgin appeared to the dying uncle and not only restored his health but also identified herself as “Holy Mary of Guadalupe.”
At this time of great transformation in the pro-life movement all of us are needed more than ever on the frontline. We know that our God is always faithful, He never changes. He is hearing our prayers and embracing our reparations for those who are killing His children and He is displaying His almighty power over the darkness of evil. We know our Blessed Mother is always faithful to the Will of her Son, from the beginning of her Fiat a resounding Yes, she inspires us to imitate her example by becoming obedient followers of Jesus her son. We can see though the example of her life and almost hear her now asking us to “…Do whatever he tells you.” John 2:5 It seems quite often that witnessing the powerful act of God’s hand, as we are in the pro- life movement, can frighten us. It is as if we want to be faithful but are afraid to go outside of our comfort zone in putting our Faith into action. It is almost as if through our own weakness and limitations we fear that somehow we will be unable to accomplish the goals we have set. It is then we need to remember that this is God’s work and He is in control. We are merely instruments being faithful to His Will. Now is the time for us to remain vigilant and all the more faithful. It is time to pull together as the Body of Christ, for our Master’s greater glory and for babies, women, and families!
After some discussion over the past week and especially today I have been made aware that it is very important to all of us to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe who’s feast is coming this Wednesday , the 12ths of December. Being she Is Our Mother, the Protectress of the Unborn, the patron of the Pro-life movement and of the Americas many of us feel it important to honor her faithfulness and intercession on behalf of the Unborn specifically by creating a strong prayer presence this Wednesday by covering the hours the babies are killed from 8:00 am-6:00 pm. We then are asking for as many people as possible to either come back or join us at 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm for a candlelit vigil in the front of the Planned Parenthood building facing Whitney Avenue on the sidewalk. We need as many people as possible to join in prayer and song while creating a very powerful witness! We are most focused in covering the 11:30am -6:00 pm abortion hour time slot and again especially the candlelit vigil as we need as many people to create a prayerful witness on the sidewalk adjacent to Whitney Avenue.
Please respond back as soon as possible to commit to an hour or to the Candlelit vigil time as I need an idea of how many candles I will need to purchase.
Thank you so much for your faithfulness and passion for the pro-life movement. It is an honor to know and pray with all of you!
God bless you!
Mike and Kerry
Am I not here, who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy? Are you not happily within my fold and under my arms? What else do you wish?”
Our Lady of Guadalupe Protectress of the Unborn Pray For Us!
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Dear Friends of the Unborn,
I am emailing in great joy for the wonderful peaceful prayer presence we had today at 345 Whitney Avenue Planned Parenthood! We had 35 people who came out to pray today that I am aware of!!! Our Lady, on the Feast of her Immaculate Conception, has obtained for us so many graces. The Christian presence and witness we experienced was yet just the beginning of the gifts we received today. A couple who went into Planned Parenthood as we were praying during abortion hours came out about 40 minutes later. As we know although the abortion procedure may only take 20 minutes, the women are kept for a total of 3 hours including the time of preparation, anesthesia and recovery. As this couple emerged from the building and drove past us out the driveway both of them had beautiful smiles on their faces and were waving and bowing their heads a s if to say thank you. As you can imagine we do not get many waves from those driving out that driveway. Many of us feel strongly that a baby's life was saved here! Praise God! Another most awesome gift Our Lady sent to us on this Most Holy Feast of her Immaculate Conception is the answer to a prayer I know many of us have held in our hearts for some time; Our Mother sent us one of her Priests. We had the honor of being lead in prayer today by Father Martin Demayo from St Mark’s Parish in Stratford. We are so very grateful for his presence and prayer.
I became inspired while reading an article in Columbia Magazine of the December issue written by Father Chavez, entitled Our Lady’s Messenger. It beautifully conveys the story of Saint Juan Diego’s encounter with Our Lady of Guadalupe. As we move into the Feast of Saint Juan Diego tomorrow and into the 5 consecutive days that Our Lady appeared to him on the 9th through the 13th , we are reminded that even the saints faced their own anxieties and uncertainty in the midst of a difficult world and troubling life circumstances. Father Chavez illustrates so beautifully below the faithfulness and love that Our Mother has for us as her children.
“On December 12th, Juan Diego left his home very early to summon a priest in Tlatelolco who could care for his uncle, who was seriously ill. Anxious and upset about Juan Bernardino’s condition, Juan Diego detoured around Tepeyac Hill so he could avoid encountering the Virgin Mother. However, Our Lady intercepted him and pronounced the most beautiful words, which are also directed to us: “Hear me and understand well, my littlest son, that nothing should frighten or grieve you. Let not your heart be disturbed. Do not fear that sickness, nor any other sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy? Are you not happily within my fold and under my arms? What else do you wish?” Mary assured Juan Diego that Juan Bernadino was already cured. Indeed, at the same moment, the Virgin appeared to the dying uncle and not only restored his health but also identified herself as “Holy Mary of Guadalupe.”
At this time of great transformation in the pro-life movement all of us are needed more than ever on the frontline. We know that our God is always faithful, He never changes. He is hearing our prayers and embracing our reparations for those who are killing His children and He is displaying His almighty power over the darkness of evil. We know our Blessed Mother is always faithful to the Will of her Son, from the beginning of her Fiat a resounding Yes, she inspires us to imitate her example by becoming obedient followers of Jesus her son. We can see though the example of her life and almost hear her now asking us to “…Do whatever he tells you.” John 2:5 It seems quite often that witnessing the powerful act of God’s hand, as we are in the pro- life movement, can frighten us. It is as if we want to be faithful but are afraid to go outside of our comfort zone in putting our Faith into action. It is almost as if through our own weakness and limitations we fear that somehow we will be unable to accomplish the goals we have set. It is then we need to remember that this is God’s work and He is in control. We are merely instruments being faithful to His Will. Now is the time for us to remain vigilant and all the more faithful. It is time to pull together as the Body of Christ, for our Master’s greater glory and for babies, women, and families!
After some discussion over the past week and especially today I have been made aware that it is very important to all of us to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe who’s feast is coming this Wednesday , the 12ths of December. Being she Is Our Mother, the Protectress of the Unborn, the patron of the Pro-life movement and of the Americas many of us feel it important to honor her faithfulness and intercession on behalf of the Unborn specifically by creating a strong prayer presence this Wednesday by covering the hours the babies are killed from 8:00 am-6:00 pm. We then are asking for as many people as possible to either come back or join us at 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm for a candlelit vigil in the front of the Planned Parenthood building facing Whitney Avenue on the sidewalk. We need as many people as possible to join in prayer and song while creating a very powerful witness! We are most focused in covering the 11:30am -6:00 pm abortion hour time slot and again especially the candlelit vigil as we need as many people to create a prayerful witness on the sidewalk adjacent to Whitney Avenue.
Please respond back as soon as possible to commit to an hour or to the Candlelit vigil time as I need an idea of how many candles I will need to purchase.
Thank you so much for your faithfulness and passion for the pro-life movement. It is an honor to know and pray with all of you!
God bless you!
Mike and Kerry
Am I not here, who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy? Are you not happily within my fold and under my arms? What else do you wish?”
Our Lady of Guadalupe Protectress of the Unborn Pray For Us!
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Friday, December 7, 2007
Saving Her Children
J.M.J +
Dear Friends of the Unborn,
I am posting to thank all of you who have committed to an hour of prayer or are coming out with the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants for tomorrow December the 8th’s peaceful prayer vigil at 345 Whitney Avenue’s Planned Parenthood in New Haven from 8am-12 pm noon. For those of you who wish to participate and have not taken an hour of prayer please respond. I am excited to tell all of you that we are now officially listed as a peaceful prayer protest at the American Life League’s website at http://www.all.org/stopp/maps/display.php?region=ct&PHPSESSID=d3e44b2649126366388bd4c9c78b7cb3
If you click on the New Haven PP location on the map you can see our information. We are now the second PP site listed in the state of Connecticut. The other is the 12 Case St. location in Norwich which recently hosted the 40 Days For Life this past Fall. This is awesome news because both Norwich and New Haven are 2 of the 4 PP's in CT which provide surgical abortions and we have them both covered. We all know that an abortion whether surgical, medical, or chemical is the same equally horrendous act of murder and therefore we continue to pray that all of our CT abortion clinics will become vigil sites. However it sends a powerful message to society that God has chosen these two facilities to be covered in prayer on a consistent basis. It is a great victory and honor at the hand of God that we should be able to cover the State headquarters at New Haven in a prayerful presence because we know more than anything that praying for the unborn on the front line is truly God’s work. We are allowing miracles to work through us as we pray becoming instruments directed by His hand. How awesome to become a vessel for His grace!
Below I have copied and included a story from Families Against Planned Parenthood website to keep fresh in our minds that God can use us to work miracles. The Holy Spirit wants to flood our hearts with grace and love causing them to overflow in prayer for these women, babies, men and families. The more people I speak to the more we all feel that something big is happening in the pro-life movement nationwide. We all felt this in the 40 Days For Life and we feel it now quite powerfully here in New Haven. Even those who are not consciously aware of the prayerful haven we are creating through God’s grace, say they cannot explain this feeling of optimistic change in the air. All of us know that we are s imply following where our Lord is leading us and He is changing the hearts of men and woman. We are remaining faithful servants on the front line and He is saving souls and lives by the healing grace of His hand. Tomorrow is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and I could not close this email without conveying the many graces which are and will be distributed through Our Blessed Mother’s most beautiful and Immaculate heart! I cannot help but to call to mind how many times Our Lady has saved me and my family through her intercession. We will never know in this lifetime how many times Our Lady has protected and saved our children from harm. Now it is time that we help to save hers. And help her in her only wish and desire, to lead all s ouls to her Son!
God bless you!
Mike and Kerry
http://familiesagainstplannedparenthood.org/blog/2007/1201/encouragement-from-the-front-line/
When I arrived at the Planned Parenthood facility this morning I saw every entrance into the shopping center had pro-lifers with pictures of babies who had been aborted. It was very cold and starting to snow, the people we relieved in front of the clinic were happy to see us and spoke to us about a couple they believe turned away and did not have an abortion. We were encouraged and began to pray and to try to speak with those going in.
Several young couples went into the clinic. Pretty soon one came out again and started walking to their car, I asked them to come talk to us and the man (boy?) waved as they got in their car. As they came out of the driveway, he rolled down his window and spoke, saying "we decided not to go through with it."
Smiling widely, I thanked them and offered them the information on places that could help them with the pregnancy crisis. I told them God would bless them for this decision and we spoke of all the people that were praying for them and who wanted to help them. Both were smiling, the girl with a brightness in her eyes that could only be unshed tears. The boy thanked me and they drove away. Please continue to pray for this couple!
Today I know at least two babies lives were saved by our presence. I feel honored and blessed to be used by God in such a way. Please, when you are discouraged, cold, and feeling like we are getting nowhere, remember that each minute we are out there, a baby, a mother, and a father may be saved - in more ways than one! May God Bless you and keep you warm!
Dear Friends of the Unborn,
I am posting to thank all of you who have committed to an hour of prayer or are coming out with the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants for tomorrow December the 8th’s peaceful prayer vigil at 345 Whitney Avenue’s Planned Parenthood in New Haven from 8am-12 pm noon. For those of you who wish to participate and have not taken an hour of prayer please respond. I am excited to tell all of you that we are now officially listed as a peaceful prayer protest at the American Life League’s website at http://www.all.org/stopp/maps/display.php?region=ct&PHPSESSID=d3e44b2649126366388bd4c9c78b7cb3
If you click on the New Haven PP location on the map you can see our information. We are now the second PP site listed in the state of Connecticut. The other is the 12 Case St. location in Norwich which recently hosted the 40 Days For Life this past Fall. This is awesome news because both Norwich and New Haven are 2 of the 4 PP's in CT which provide surgical abortions and we have them both covered. We all know that an abortion whether surgical, medical, or chemical is the same equally horrendous act of murder and therefore we continue to pray that all of our CT abortion clinics will become vigil sites. However it sends a powerful message to society that God has chosen these two facilities to be covered in prayer on a consistent basis. It is a great victory and honor at the hand of God that we should be able to cover the State headquarters at New Haven in a prayerful presence because we know more than anything that praying for the unborn on the front line is truly God’s work. We are allowing miracles to work through us as we pray becoming instruments directed by His hand. How awesome to become a vessel for His grace!
Below I have copied and included a story from Families Against Planned Parenthood website to keep fresh in our minds that God can use us to work miracles. The Holy Spirit wants to flood our hearts with grace and love causing them to overflow in prayer for these women, babies, men and families. The more people I speak to the more we all feel that something big is happening in the pro-life movement nationwide. We all felt this in the 40 Days For Life and we feel it now quite powerfully here in New Haven. Even those who are not consciously aware of the prayerful haven we are creating through God’s grace, say they cannot explain this feeling of optimistic change in the air. All of us know that we are s imply following where our Lord is leading us and He is changing the hearts of men and woman. We are remaining faithful servants on the front line and He is saving souls and lives by the healing grace of His hand. Tomorrow is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and I could not close this email without conveying the many graces which are and will be distributed through Our Blessed Mother’s most beautiful and Immaculate heart! I cannot help but to call to mind how many times Our Lady has saved me and my family through her intercession. We will never know in this lifetime how many times Our Lady has protected and saved our children from harm. Now it is time that we help to save hers. And help her in her only wish and desire, to lead all s ouls to her Son!
God bless you!
Mike and Kerry
http://familiesagainstplannedparenthood.org/blog/2007/1201/encouragement-from-the-front-line/
When I arrived at the Planned Parenthood facility this morning I saw every entrance into the shopping center had pro-lifers with pictures of babies who had been aborted. It was very cold and starting to snow, the people we relieved in front of the clinic were happy to see us and spoke to us about a couple they believe turned away and did not have an abortion. We were encouraged and began to pray and to try to speak with those going in.
Several young couples went into the clinic. Pretty soon one came out again and started walking to their car, I asked them to come talk to us and the man (boy?) waved as they got in their car. As they came out of the driveway, he rolled down his window and spoke, saying "we decided not to go through with it."
Smiling widely, I thanked them and offered them the information on places that could help them with the pregnancy crisis. I told them God would bless them for this decision and we spoke of all the people that were praying for them and who wanted to help them. Both were smiling, the girl with a brightness in her eyes that could only be unshed tears. The boy thanked me and they drove away. Please continue to pray for this couple!
Today I know at least two babies lives were saved by our presence. I feel honored and blessed to be used by God in such a way. Please, when you are discouraged, cold, and feeling like we are getting nowhere, remember that each minute we are out there, a baby, a mother, and a father may be saved - in more ways than one! May God Bless you and keep you warm!
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Loving Until It Hurts
J.M.J +
Dear Friends of the Unborn,
I am posting in regards to this Saturday the 8th of December’s prayer vigil at 345 Whitney Avenue Planned Parenthood in New Haven. Please respond to commit to an hour of prayer from 8 am -12 pm noon. What an awesome way to honor Our Lady on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, by standing in peaceful prayer vigil to save her children!
Because it is the second Saturday of the month the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants will be praying 20 decades of the Rosary at PP as well as the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. There will be a procession following the 7:30 am Mass at St. Mary’s Church at 5 Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven leading to Planned Parenthood. We welcome all of you to come.
However if your schedule does not permit you to join the Helpers please do contact me as we are in need of people to take an hour of prayer to cover the remaining time span when the killing of these precious infants will take place this Saturday.
Below I have included some excerpts from a wonderful speech Blessed Mother Teresa gave in Washington, DC in 1994. I came across it again today and felt truly that no one could say it better than her, for she understood the sanctity of all human life especially amongst the weakest and most fragile of the poor. Let us pray that as we enter into Advent in great excitement and joyous anticipation of the Savior who will reconcile us to Himself that we may never forget that our King of Kings and Lord of Lords , chose to enter this world and our hearts through the fragility and humble meekness of an infant. Despite the holiness of Christ in all His power He chose to be born and laid in a simple manger of wood out of love for us. May we nev er lose sight that the very wood which secured Him on that holy night would go on to save us in the wood of His cross.
Speech of Mother Teresa of Calcutta to the National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, DC,February 3, 1994
On the last day, Jesus will say to those on His right hand,
"Come, enter the Kingdom. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was sick and you visited me." Then Jesus will turn to those on His left hand and say, "Depart from me because I was hungry and you did not feed me, I was thirsty and you did not give me drink, I was sick and you did not visit me." These will ask Him, "When did we see You hungry, or thirsty or sick and did not come to Your help?" And Jesus will answer them,
"Whatever you neglected to do unto one of the least of these, you neglected to do unto me!"
And so it is very important for us to realize that love, to be true, has to hurt. I must be willing to give whatever it takes not to harm other people and, in fact, to do good to them. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.
It hurt Jesus to love us. We have been created in His image for greater things, to love and to be loved. We must "put on Christ" as Scripture tells us. And so, we have been created to love and to be loved, and God has become man to make it possible for us to love as He loved us. Jesus makes Himself the hungry one, the naked one, the homeless one, the unwanted one, and He says, "You did it to Me." On the last day He will say to those on His right, "Whatever you did to the least of these, you did to Me," and He will also say to those on His left, "Whatever you neglected to do for the least of these you neglected to do it for Me."
When He was dying on the Cross, Jesus said, "I thirst." Jesus is thirsting for our love, and this is the thirst of everyone, poor and rich alike. We all thirst for the love of others that they go out of their way to avoid harming us and to do good to us. This is the meaning of true love, to give until it hurts.
But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself.
And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion? As always, we must persuade her with love and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts. Jesus gave even His life to love us. So, the mother who is thinking of abortion should be helped to love, that is, to give until it hurts her plans, or her free time, to respect the life of her child. The father of that child, whoever he is, must also give until it hurts.
But what does God say to us? He says: "Even if a mother could forget her child, I will not forget you. I have carved you in the palm of my hand." We are carved in the palm of His hand; that unborn child has been carved in the hand of God from conception and is called by God to love and to be loved, not only now in this life, but forever. God can never forget us.
Blessed Mother Teresa, please pray for us that we may come to know that offering our prayer and love for these little ones at the abortion mill does mean giving until it hurts, but that in that giving we become united to the Savior of the world who gave everything that He had for us. May we come to know that in praying for the unborn babies who are surely the least of His people and a gift to our world that we are loving and adoring our new born King who is to come, the Emanuel! For we know it is He there amongst the poor.
May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
Dear Friends of the Unborn,
I am posting in regards to this Saturday the 8th of December’s prayer vigil at 345 Whitney Avenue Planned Parenthood in New Haven. Please respond to commit to an hour of prayer from 8 am -12 pm noon. What an awesome way to honor Our Lady on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, by standing in peaceful prayer vigil to save her children!
Because it is the second Saturday of the month the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants will be praying 20 decades of the Rosary at PP as well as the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. There will be a procession following the 7:30 am Mass at St. Mary’s Church at 5 Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven leading to Planned Parenthood. We welcome all of you to come.
However if your schedule does not permit you to join the Helpers please do contact me as we are in need of people to take an hour of prayer to cover the remaining time span when the killing of these precious infants will take place this Saturday.
Below I have included some excerpts from a wonderful speech Blessed Mother Teresa gave in Washington, DC in 1994. I came across it again today and felt truly that no one could say it better than her, for she understood the sanctity of all human life especially amongst the weakest and most fragile of the poor. Let us pray that as we enter into Advent in great excitement and joyous anticipation of the Savior who will reconcile us to Himself that we may never forget that our King of Kings and Lord of Lords , chose to enter this world and our hearts through the fragility and humble meekness of an infant. Despite the holiness of Christ in all His power He chose to be born and laid in a simple manger of wood out of love for us. May we nev er lose sight that the very wood which secured Him on that holy night would go on to save us in the wood of His cross.
Speech of Mother Teresa of Calcutta to the National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, DC,February 3, 1994
On the last day, Jesus will say to those on His right hand,
"Come, enter the Kingdom. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was sick and you visited me." Then Jesus will turn to those on His left hand and say, "Depart from me because I was hungry and you did not feed me, I was thirsty and you did not give me drink, I was sick and you did not visit me." These will ask Him, "When did we see You hungry, or thirsty or sick and did not come to Your help?" And Jesus will answer them,
"Whatever you neglected to do unto one of the least of these, you neglected to do unto me!"
And so it is very important for us to realize that love, to be true, has to hurt. I must be willing to give whatever it takes not to harm other people and, in fact, to do good to them. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.
It hurt Jesus to love us. We have been created in His image for greater things, to love and to be loved. We must "put on Christ" as Scripture tells us. And so, we have been created to love and to be loved, and God has become man to make it possible for us to love as He loved us. Jesus makes Himself the hungry one, the naked one, the homeless one, the unwanted one, and He says, "You did it to Me." On the last day He will say to those on His right, "Whatever you did to the least of these, you did to Me," and He will also say to those on His left, "Whatever you neglected to do for the least of these you neglected to do it for Me."
When He was dying on the Cross, Jesus said, "I thirst." Jesus is thirsting for our love, and this is the thirst of everyone, poor and rich alike. We all thirst for the love of others that they go out of their way to avoid harming us and to do good to us. This is the meaning of true love, to give until it hurts.
But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself.
And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion? As always, we must persuade her with love and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts. Jesus gave even His life to love us. So, the mother who is thinking of abortion should be helped to love, that is, to give until it hurts her plans, or her free time, to respect the life of her child. The father of that child, whoever he is, must also give until it hurts.
But what does God say to us? He says: "Even if a mother could forget her child, I will not forget you. I have carved you in the palm of my hand." We are carved in the palm of His hand; that unborn child has been carved in the hand of God from conception and is called by God to love and to be loved, not only now in this life, but forever. God can never forget us.
Blessed Mother Teresa, please pray for us that we may come to know that offering our prayer and love for these little ones at the abortion mill does mean giving until it hurts, but that in that giving we become united to the Savior of the world who gave everything that He had for us. May we come to know that in praying for the unborn babies who are surely the least of His people and a gift to our world that we are loving and adoring our new born King who is to come, the Emanuel! For we know it is He there amongst the poor.
May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
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