DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Miracle in the Rain

Friends,

This is why we pray, folks. I'll let Ryan (from UW-GB's "Phoenix for Life" group) tell about what happened last Thursday night/Friday morning in his own words.

Thank you, Ryan.
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This is Ryan Lindner. On every Thursday night from around 11 till about 4 am my buddies and I have been going to pray at the abortion clinic. It started with just 3 of my buddies, but last night we were crowding the sidewalk with 10 people. We start out our night by going to the Saint Anthony of Padua Chapel out in the woods at UWGB and just pray together to prepare ourselves for the night. Last night we had the pleasure of walking with John Cavil right after midnight, and Monsignor Klister drove by and stopped to pray a decade of the rosary with us. (After all, it's out of the norm to see 11 young adults walking in the rain, praying to end abortion at midnight).

Before we even finished the creed a lady crossed the street to come see what we were doing and read our signs and after she saw what we were doing she was on the verge of tears and told us that, many years ago she had an abortion. She told us all the emotional pain she went through after this abortion and how sorry she was that she had it and was so moved that we were out there in the pouring rain praying to end abortion. After this confession, Monsignor laid hands on her and prayed a prayer of forgiveness and absolution . There is no doubt in my mind that this was a miracle. To have a large enough group to call Monsignor's attention to us and have him come pray just one decade of the rosary and for that lady to have come at that time and have the courage to reveal something so intimate. I know this was a miracle.

The first Thursday when my buddies and I started this routine I remember asking God to fill the Saint Anthony Chapel with people willing to come with us. Last night there were not enough chairs for us all. We were packed in that tiny Chapel and we prayed hard there and when we got to the clinic.

I thought I should Let you know this.

God Bless,
Ryan Lindner

Thanks to Mary Murphy for this story!