“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.” - Dr. Seuss
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank
Don’t wait! Sign up to pray for the world to change – abortion to come to an end – this moment! Prayer proceeds all.
"A nation that kills it's own children is a nation without hope" - Pope John Paul II
One of our prayer volunteers was standing vigil earlier this week when a young woman approached her. She had an appointment in 1407 Union with another tenet, but was pregnant and considering abortion and making an appointment with Planned Parenthood. She walked over to the prayer volunteer and asked her what she thought about abortion.
“She asked me how long I would be out on the sidewalk, and I told her as long as she needed me to be there. After going in for her appointment, she came out and I gave her information about Life Choices and Birthright, as well as Catholic Charities as she had no where to go. I gave her my phone number too.”
The prayer volunteer spoke of the relief that was evident on the young woman’s face. We are praying for Joanne, in thanksgiving that she is choosing life for her baby!
Planned Parenthood, after the owner of 1407 Union refused to renew their lease with them and instead rented the space to UT Medical Group, started to look for a new home “close to their patients.”
They chose 1750 Madison, a six story building directly across the street from Memphis Catholic High School, St. Peter’s Villa (the Catholic retirement home of Memphis), and Villa Vianney (the Catholic priests’ retirement home of Memphis). This is basically a Catholic complex. We at 40 Days for Life were as shocked at the choice of move as faithful Catholics of Memphis appeared to be outraged. It was rather interesting that they should choose such a location. The Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency even called the situation, “putting fire and gunpowder next to one another.”
After gaining their Certificate of Need for the building all seemed to be going smoothly for them, until right before Christmas we at 40 Days received a private memo from an anonymous source that revealed that Robert N. Moore Company, the owners of 1750 Madison, were refusing to now lease to Planned Parenthood because of what they said was other tenants concern about “possible protests.”
In early January the Commercial Appeal reported that Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region would not be moving to 1750 Madison but instead would be buying 2430 Poplar. Planned Parenthood would not mention the true reasons behind why they were not moving to 1750 Madison (the property owner and the tenants did not want the “protesters” in front of their building and rather nixed deals with Planned Parenthood), but instead they said they were “taking advantage of a better opportunity by purchasing space at 2430 Poplar” which had, according to them, “not [been] on the market at the time.”
We, after spending three days in prayer at the possible new location, have returned back to 1407 Union to pray that Planned Parenthood’s stay will come to an end in Memphis and thus abortion and the pain and it inflicts on the unborn and their mothers will start to come to an end.
We cannot behave apathetically in the face of abominable crimes. We cannot slumber in a dull, stupid sleep that encourages those perpetrating the crimes. Through apathetic behavior we give wicked-intentioned, and possibly sincerely misunderstanding, men the opportunity to act as they do: to kill the unborn, to harm women, to wound men, to disrespect the human being by impoverishing , starving, widowing, and “mercifully” killing him. We become guilty when we do this. When we recognize what they are and what they are doing, which we do, it must be the duty of each man and woman to peacefully fight against it.
Pray. Fast. Take a silent stand that communicates a defiance of a grave evil, love for mothers and the unborn, and hope for change.
40 Days for Life Spring 2010 campaign kicked off today!
“The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” James 5:16
40 Days for Life Kick-Off Rally is tomorrow night! Come join us at Memphis Catholic High School at 6:30!
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” -Martin Luther King.
And not only do our lives end in this case, but those of many others!
We still need many more prayer volunteers for all days of the week, especially those days where surgical abortions are happening at Planned Parenthood, Wednesdays and Fridays. Visit www.vigilcalendar.com/memphis to view the online calendar and sign up to take an hour!
Every 40 days we start the time of prayer off with a kick-off rally, and we want to see you there!
The Kick-Off Rally for the 2010 Spring Vigil for 40 Days for Life is literally JUST AROUND THE CORNER! Wow!
40 DAYS FOR LIFE KICK-OFF RALLY
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2010
7:00 PM AT MEMPHIS CATHOLIC HIGHSCHOOL
We are looking forward to seeing everyone there!
The 40 days of prayer and fasting starts in one week!
Come out and join us in prayer at the vigil site, 1407 Union Ave from
February 17 – March 28.
Planned Parenthood has lost their lease at 1407 Union and will officially be making their move away from the location on February 28th, 1/3 of the way through the vigil. They recently (within the last week or so) bought the old Family Services building, 2430 Poplar. They are scheduled to appeal for their Certificate of Need before the state on April 28th. We would like to hope they would be out of commission until they received their Certificate of Need, however the Knoxville Planned Parenthood location moved and was in full service for two years before receiving a CON. So, with that in mind, we would not be surprised if they made the move fairly quickly and were right back at performing abortions soon after February 28th at the new location.
We will be following them there, starting March 1st.
It is VERY important we do not give up just because "they are moving."
More then ever there needs to be prayer. When an evil spirit is thrown-out from one place he returns with seven more evil spirits, more wicked then himself (Matt. 12:43). We don't expect it to be any different in this case!
We cannot step down or give up, rather instead consider coming out and standing in prayer more intensely then you have in the past. And if you have not come out before consider doing it NOW.
www.vigilcalendar.com/memphis
