Our Lady of Guadalupe Touches a Heart?

In This Issue:

• Our Lady Speaks to All Who Will Listen
• Open Hours This Week
• Announcements

Dear Friends,

Last Wednesday, one of the days abortions are done all day long at Planned Parenthood on Orin Road in Madison, I spent an hour praying with a fellow prayer warrior.  It was cold and damp, an unpleasant atmosphere with gusts of wind adding to the misty conditions.  By the time I arrived, he had already been there an hour.  He stood, holding a framed picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe, carrying the Christ Child in her womb, turning to make sure that those driving into the parking lot and those driving by would see her image.  He was determined to spend yet another hour showing mothers that THEIR Blessed Mother, so young and with child, said yes. 

It seemed that many ignored him but there was one young woman who paused as she pulled into her parking space. She studied him and Our Lady's image for a few minutes and then left, never getting out of her car.  He wondered if a light turned on in her heart and prompted her to leave once she considered the next step she was about to take?  We may never know if this is in fact what happened, but she did leave without going into the abortuary.   

As we continued our time together, I noticed that periodically he would crouch down or bend in order to stretch his back.  He was in great discomfort but didn't want to leave before his shift was over. He persisted, offering up his pain for the babies dying inside Planned Parenthood that day and for all who have lost their lives there in the past almost 10 years since they've been in operation.  His faith and dedication to changing the culture was impressive and inspiring; he is a frequent face out there praying in the trenches.

I'm sharing this experience with you for your own reflection and meditation, hoping that you will consider signing up for an hour, saying "yes" as Our Lady did and "yes" as this prayer warrior did that day and so often does when called by a vigil captain.  Can you offer up some time to the Lord to work in His vineyard?

"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest....Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."  Matthew 9:35-10:1

Please take a look at the open time slots for this coming week (Dec. 12th is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe!) and in the coming months.  Consider what days and hours you can give to this important mission.  We can all do something!

Open Hours - Please Step Up and Pray for Life!

Monday, 12/9/13:  100% filled!  Praise God!

Tuesday, 12/10/13:  2 needed at noon, 1:00, 2:00,3:00, and 4:00pm; 1 needed at 9:00, 10:00, and11:00am  Only 19% filled ON THIS ABORTION DAY!

Wednesday, 12/11/13:  2 needed at 8:00, 11:00,noon, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, and 5:00pm;  1 needed at 9:00am Only 15% filled ON THIS ABORTION DAY! 

Thursday, 12/12/13:  1 needed at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00,4:00, and 5:00pm  Only 50% filled!

Friday, 12/13/13:  1 needed at 2:00pm

Go to www.vigilforlife.org/calendar/monthview to sign up for hours or email info@vigilforlife.org.  Your faithfulness will be rewarded!

"Empty Manger"Caroling at Planned Parenthood on Thursday, 12/19/13, at 6:00 P.M.

Let us bring joy and an awareness of the wonder of the unborn child to Planned Parenthood as we await Christ’s birth on Christmas Day. Join us as we point to the “Empty Manger” not yet filled with the Christ, which reminds us of the many empty “mangers” in the hearts of post-abortive men and women.  What could be more moving than a carol of Mary with the Christ Child in her womb sung outside of an abortion mill where the innocents’ lives are taken?
 

What:  "Empty Manger" Caroling
When:  Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.
Where: Planned Parenthood’s sidewalk
3706 Orin Road
Madison, WI 53704

We will provide caroling song sheets. Bring a flashlight and wear weather-appropriate clothing.  Questions? Contact info@vigilforlife.org.

Reminder Announcements: 

• Pro-Life Wisconsin March for Life Pilgrimage to DC 2014 - Please join Pro-Life Wisconsin from January 19th - 23rd as we travel by motor coach to Washington DC for the annual March for Life.

This is a perfect pro-life opportunity for families and adult individuals to join over 500,000 others from across the US and beyond as we call for the recognition in law of the personhood of all preborn babies at all stages of existence, without exception.  

For more details and to request a registration form, call 262-796-1111 or visitwww.ProLifeWisconsin.org. Space is limited and full payment is required to hold a spot. 

•  Prayer Vigil on Mondays at Planned Parenthood – PARK ST.

The Servants of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be holding prayer vigils outside the Planned Parenthood at 2222 S Park St, Madison, WI 53713TOMORROW and every Monday, weather permitting!  Check with Jen to see if tomorrow'svigil will go on as scheduled.

The arrival time is 3:00pm but won’t start until 3:15pmto give attendees time to find a place to park.  Meet on the sidewalk in front of the library once you are parked.

This Planned Parenthood location dispenses the Morning After Pill (so they are chemically aborting babies), dispenses contraception, and refers women to Orin Road for surgical abortions. 

Prayers will be the Divine Mercy chaplet and the rosary. There will be signs to hold and literature to hand out along with the Maafa 21 movie about Planned Parenthood and their black genocide agenda since this is an area with a lot of minorities. 

Afterwards all are invited to go to Culvers on Todd Drive to get a hot chocolate.

Please join us! If you have any questions you can email info@vigilforlife.org.