Another 40 Days!

J.M.J.+
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, the 27th of September outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion. Please join us to to take an hour of prayer.
Today begins the 40 Days prayer campaign. Below is the starting email.
May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry

It begins!

Today is the first day of the fall 2008 40 Days forLife campaign, when people from coast-to-coast -- andaround the globe -- are beginning to fervently prayand fast for an end to abortion.Additionally, thousands of people across NorthAmerica are leaving the comfort of their homes andoffices today to pray at more than 170 abortionfacilities and Planned Parenthood centers as part ofpeaceful 40 Days for Life vigils.Tens of thousands more will join these vigils overthe next 39 days.It's fairly easy to agree to pray -- and even to fast-- for 40 days, but when asked to stand vigil outsidean abortion center or Planned Parenthood facility, itcan be much more difficult to say 'yes.'To be totally honest, I never wanted to go prayoutside an abortion facility.But there are good reasons why any 40 Days for Lifecampaign must include a constant vigil outside theplaces where innocent human beings are put to death.That one fact is reason enough -- children are dyinginside those buildings, which are often innocentlooking store fronts or locations well hidden inotherwise innocuous office parks.Many people do not know that abortions are being donein their communities. The vigil brings attention tothis, and as people begin to gain knowledge about theexistence of abortion in their neighborhoods, theybecome increasingly uncomfortable.The abortion industry does not like publicity. Theybecome very uncomfortable as word spreads of whatthey had been doing in relative secret.And they know that the presence of people peacefullypraying outside their doors is bad for business.In a press release about 40 Days for Life, ChrisCharbonneau, President and CEO of Planned Parenthoodof Western Washington admitted, 'We know from pastexperience that these rallies and prayer vigilscreate barriers that deter our patients.'Two abortion facilities have gone out of businessfollowing 40 Days for Life vigils outside their doors-- in Dallas, Texas, and Rockland County, New York.The most important reason, however, to stand in vigiloutside the abortion facilities is to show the womenentering the clinics, the family members and friendswho accompany them -- and yes, even the people whowork there -- that people care about them and arepraying for them.Women contemplating abortion often feel abandoned --by the fathers of their children, by their families,even by their friends. They resort to abortionbecause they feel they have no one to support them.When they see people quietly, peacefully prayingoutside the clinic, they come to realize that they'renot alone.When they first began thinking about abortion, it wasbecause they had no hope. The vigil can help restorethat hope.More than 500 abortion-bound women have had a changeof heart and chosen life as a result of 40 Days forLife vigils.The people who work at the abortion centers may thinkof what they do as only a job. They too may have losthope of finding a better occupation. The sight ofpeople outside praying -- all day, every day -- makesthem take a second look at what they're doing.We know of at least five former abortion workers who,because of the 40 Days for Life vigils, quit theabortion industry.None of this would have happened if everyone took the'easy' path and decided just to pray at home or atchurch.It's the example of Christ Himself that we follow.When people went to Jesus with stories of those whowere suffering, He didn't just say a prayer or twoand walk on. He went to those people. He went totheir homes. He gave of Himself to comfort them andoffer them hope.So must we.

All Life Comes From The Eucharist

J.M.J.+
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, the 6th of September outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion. Please join us to to take an hour of prayer.

God bless you,
Mike and Kerry

Head of Vatican's Highest Court: Ministers Have 'Obligation to Deny' Communion to Pro-Abortion Politicians
By John-Henry Westen

ROME, August 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The head of the highest court in the Vatican has given an interview with a Roman magazine in which he notes that when dealing with pro-abortion Catholic politicians, 'the minister of the Eucharist has the obligation to deny It (Communion) to him.'
Last month, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Raymond Burke, formerly the Archbishop of St. Louis, as the Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, which is the highest judicial authority of the Catholic Church besides the Pope himself. In an interview published in the current edition of the Italian magazine Radici Cristiane, Archbishop Burke addresses the issue which has caused great controversy among the hierarchy in the West.
In the interview, parts of which were translated by Catholic News Agency, the Archbishop noted first that pro-abortion Catholic politicians should be publicly corrected and told not to receive: and, if they persist, they should be denied. He spoke of dealing with 'public officials' who contravene Divine and Eternal law such as 'if they support abortion, which entails the taking of innocent and defenseless human lives.'
'A person who commits sin in this way should be publicly admonished in such a way as to not receive Communion until he or she has reformed his life,' the archbishop said. 'If a person who has been admonished persists in public mortal sin and attempts to receive Communion, the minister of the Eucharist has the obligation to deny it to him. Why? Above all, for the salvation of that person, preventing him from committing a sacrilege,' he added.
The Archbishop explained that the Church does this 'not with the intention of interfering in public life but rather in the spiritual state of the politician or public official who, if Catholic, should follow the divine law in the public sphere as well,' reported Catholic News Agency.
'We must avoid giving people the impression that one can be in a state of mortal sin and receive the Eucharist,' the archbishop continued. 'Secondly, there could be another form of scandal, consisting of leading people to think that the public act that this person is doing, which until now everyone believed was a serious sin, is really not that serious - if the Church allows him or her to receive Communion.'
'If we have a public figure who is openly and deliberately upholding abortion rights and receiving the Eucharist, what will the average person think? He or she could come to believe that it up to a certain point it is okay to do away with an innocent life in the mother's womb,' he warned.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/aug/08081904.html