Prayer

Dear Friends of Vigil for Life - 

Prayer Warriors from time to time wonder if their prayers on the sidewalk are helpful and if what they are doing matters and makes a difference.  St. Alphonsus Liguori was (and through his many writings still is today) a great teacher of prayer.  Below is an excerpt from one of his writings that assures us all that our prayers on the sidewalk are indeed very helpful and that what we are doing is very important!

Excellence of Prayer and Its Power With God by St. Alphonsus Liguori (from The Necessity and Power of Prayer)

"Our prayers are so dear to God, that he has appointed the angels to present them to him as soon as they come forth from our mouths. 'The angels,' says St. Hilary, 'preside over the prayers of the faithful, and offer them daily to God.' This is that smoke of the incense, which are the prayers of saints, which St. John saw ascending to God from the hands of the angels (Apoc. 8,3); and which he saw in another place represented by golden phials full of sweet odors, very acceptable to God. But in order to understand better the value of prayers in God's sight, it is sufficient to read both in the Old and New Testaments the innumerable promises which God makes to the man that prays. Cry to me, and l will hear you (Ps. 49,15). Call upon me, and I will deliver you (Jer. 33,3). Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. He shall give good things to them that ask him (Mt. 7,7). Everyone that asks receives, and he that seeks finds (Lk. 11,10). Whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father (Jn 15,7). All things whatsoever you ask when you pray, believe that you shall receive them, and they shall come to you (Mt. 18,19). If you ask me anything in my name, that will I do (Jn 14,14). You shall ask whatever you will, and it shall be done to you. Amen, amen, l say to you, if you ask the Father anything in my name, he will give it to you (Jn 16,23)."

Please bring your prayers to the sidewalk this week.

OPEN HOURS 

Monday, 2/3 - 100% filled; Praise God whose love endures forever.

Tuesday, 2/4 - Only 13% filled on this Abortion Day - 1 needed at 9a; 1 needed at 10a; 2 needed at 11a; 2 needed at 12p; 2 needed at 1p; 2 needed at 2p; 2 needed at 3p and 2 needed at 4p.

Wednesday, 2/5 - Just 25% filled on this Abortion Day - 2 needed at 8a; 2 needed at 9a; 1 needed at 10a; 1 needed at 11a;  1 needed at 12p; 2 needed at 1p; 1 needed at 2p; 2 needed at 3p; 2 needed at 4p and 2 needed at 5p.

Thursday, 2/6 - 80% filled - 1 needed at 2p and 1 needed at 3p.

Friday, 2/7 - 100% filled; Praise God whose love endures forever.