Day 20: Halfway There!

Here is a representative from our vigil: little Isabel of St. Louis Parish, who attended the vigil with her father!

We are at war, a war that began long before we were born. It did not begin with Roe v. Wade and will not end with its' overturning. This war is primarily spiritual, the battlefield encompassing every living soul. However, sometimes the violence becomes tangible. Though exceedingly rare (40 days for Life vigils cover dozens of hours in hundreds of cities around the world), there have been a few attacks on vigil keepers. As mentioned earlier, one pregnancy resource center was broken into and destroyed. And every year the casualties mount: millions of unborn around the world.

John Paul II writes about this warfare:

We are facing an enormous and dramatic clash between good and evil, death and life, the "culture of death" and the "culture of life". We find ourselves not only "faced with" but necessarily "in the midst of" this conflict: we are all involved and we all share in it, with the inescapable responsibility of choosing to be unconditionally pro-life (Evangelium Vitae, paragraph 28).

Sidewalk counselors and vigil keepers are on the front lines of this warfare. We are victorious in this war, but we must keep in mind our enemies are not abortion workers or those who yell at us but sin, Satan and evil spirits, some of which can only be cast out by fasting as well as prayer.

Our Halfway Rally will be this Thursday, beginning at 6pm at the vigil site (details to follow). Come and join us to pray for life!