Day 35 – 297 lives saved!

March 31, 2009

Day 35 – 297 lives saved!

National Campaign Daily Intention
Pray that all believers participating in 40 Days for Life will make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace (Ephesians 4:3).


National Campaign News
Saving a special baby

Local Campaign News
Pastor Bill Ransom – Tahoe Faith Fellowship
Report from 40 Hour Prayer Campaign, Sacred Heart Parish, Susanville
Volunteers needed

Coming Events
Rosary for Life at St. Albert’s April 3rd and every Friday morning at 8:30 am
First Saturday Rosary, April 4, 9:00 am
Wrap-Up Rally – Reno Life Chain, April 5, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Allow us to announce your prayer gathering here

40 Days through Scripture
Hebrews 11 – James 5

National News
Secrets of Abortion

Video Vignette
Miracle - Whitney Houston

Get Involved
Stop Sebelius
Be Heard Project Defends Conscience Clause
Keep Conscience Protection for Healthcare Workers – Deadline April 9th
Send a RED envelope
Sign-up for Your Hours on the Vigil Calendar

Have you signed up on the Vigil Calendar?
If you’re near the abortion site and have even just a few moments to spare
- GO PRAY!
Commit to pray daily from wherever you are.

National Campaign Daily Intention

Pray that all believers participating in 40 Days for Life will make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace (Ephesians 4:3).

Christ prayed that all those who would believe in Him would be united in single purpose and spirit, just as He and the Father were united.

I find it convicting to consider that those who would run to Jesus with their sins, seeking forgiveness, and falling in love with the Savior, often run from Christians today. Is it because they see division and dissension instead of unity and peace?

No doubt Christ is pleased to see the body unified and praying together during these 40 days. This is exactly what we see when we read about the beginnings of the church. Both the unity and the prayer are conspicuous, along with the results of unified prayer.

Acts 2:46-47 tells us, "So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved."

No doubt the enemy is disheartened to see the unity in prayer, fasting and peaceful vigil, and he will continuously try to disrupt the bond of peace among brothers and sisters in Christ. Let us guard our hearts and minds, exhibiting the love of Christ that He so graciously gives us, so that those watching will see the love among us and know that He must love them too!

Carmen PateCo-host,
"Point of View" Talk Show

National Campaign News

Saving a special baby
Elizabeth in Sacramento shared a report with me that is especially heartbreaking -- a mother being told abortion is her best option because her baby may have medical problems.

"I am six months pregnant and am going to have an abortion due to medical reasons," she told Elizabeth.

"I explained that her baby is precious," said Elizabeth. But at first, the mother was not interested in listening.

"My doctor insisted that there are multiple deformities," she said, "including spina bifida, and that this would be a 'special needs' baby."

"I shared how God knew from the beginning of time that He would create this special baby and that He gave special babies to special mothers," Elizabeth told her. "This baby is truly a gift from God."

At this point the two held hands and prayed together.

"I pleaded with God to send her all the graces necessary to choose life, accept God's will and to ultimately trust that He has the best plan for her and her baby."

As Elizabeth finished her prayer, she asked the woman if she could kiss her baby. The thought must have come from God, because she had no idea why she would ask such a question. But the mother agreed, and Elizabeth bent down and kissed her stomach.

Immediately the mother proclaimed with joy...

"I am keeping my baby! I don't care what the doctor or what anyone else says," she said, "this is my baby!"

Elizabeth then watched as the young mother courageously walked away from the clinic.
Your prayers and sacrifices during this 40 Days for Life are bearing fruit!

Jennifer in Cherry Hill, New Jersey woke up the other day, heard the rain outside, and it thought it would be a good day go back to sleep -- but she did not -- she COULD not!

"I thought how babies are often saved when volunteers make the sacrifice to come out in the cold rain." So off she went to join a small group in prayer.

But only a few abortion clients took their flyers, and Jennifer was discouraged at the end of her shift. "I was feeling cold and wet and wishing our sacrifices and prayers would have saved a baby."

When Jennifer went back to the clinic later, she learned that one of the women who entered the clinic while she and the others were praying had come out shortly after Jennifer left. She had decided to keep her baby!

Her discouragement vanished in an instant.

Local Campaign News

Are they not all ministering spirits sent to serve, for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?” -- Heb 1:14

One of my favorite set of Scriptures is Hebrews Chapter 1. Not only do these scriptures tell us about God speaking to us by God’s Son but also Angels.

Verse 14 relates that these ministering spirits are sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation (that is us who have received salvation). So, I know Angels will be around and help those who prayerfully protect those helpless babies.

Pastor Bill Ransom,
Tahoe Faith Fellowship

40 Hour Prayer Campaign, Sacred Heart Parish, Susanville
Debby reports:
“I would say that our 40 hours of Eucharistic adoration went well. We did have good coverage with many members of our parish participating. Remember that other than the daylight hours (9-4), we needed to have at least one male present. The Knights of Columbus really helped us out there. We also needed a minimum of two people for each hour. We had some real prayer warriors who signed up for a couple of the especially tough hours. To me, the really great part was that extra people showed up. I heard that at 12:30am we had two extra people and again at 4:30 am, and I know this was just a small indication of how things went. What this said to me was that this was a devotion people need. Our priest seemed happy with how things went and our respect life and K of C pro-life committees are hoping we eventually will be able to get a monthly 24 hour adoration in place.”

Volunteers needed!
Volunteers are also needed to make phone calls to past participants to ask them to give an hour at the abortion site again. Please contact Carol Marie at 530-412-1573 or send an email to: renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

Coming Events

Rosary for Life at St. Albert’s April 3rd at 8:30 am
Join us as we pray the Gospel every Friday.

First Saturday Rosary, April 4, 9:00 am
Calling all Pro-Life Catholics (and others who are interested) to pray the Rosary at the abortion site on Saturday, April 4th at 9:00 am. Join us as we pray the Gospel.

Wrap-Up Rally – Reno Life Chain, April 5, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Join us as we once again take our message of Love and Life to the streets in a Life Chain Event, this time in downtown Reno, on Sunday, April 5 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm. Our Midway Rally / Life Chain was a success, as we stood in prayerful witness calling upon those who drove by to consider that all life deserves protection, from conception until natural death.

Allow us to Announce Your Prayer Gathering Here
Gather together to Pray to End Abortion! When you have plans, let us know and we’ll let others know through our updates.

40 Days through Scripture

Day 35 - Hebrews 11 – James 5
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith. For the sake of the joy that lay before him he endured the cross, despising its shame, and has taken his seat at the right of the throne of God. Consider how he endured such opposition from sinners, in order that you may not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood. You have also forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons:

“My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord
or lose heart when reproved by him;
for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines;
he scourges every son he acknowledges.”

Endure your trials as “discipline”; God treats you as sons. For what “son” is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are without discipline, in which all have shared, are you not sons but bastards. Besides this, we have had our earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not [then] submit all the more to the Father of spirits and live?

They disciplined us for a short time as seemed right to them, but he does so for our benefit, in order that we may share his holiness. At the time, all discipline seems cause not for join but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it.
So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. Make straight paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed.

-- Hebrews 12:1-13

To get the complete 40 Days through the New Testament list, go to: www.40DaysforLife.com/renotahoe/NewTestament, print it out and get started now.
It’s never too late to start reading the bible.

National News

Secrets of Abortion
by I.K. Cush
[www.globalbreakingnews.com] - Perhaps one of the best kept secrets of the abortion industry is how lucrative it is.

It is one of the “most lucrative businesses in the world,” said Dr. Joseph DeCook, a retired OB/GYN doctor and vice president of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG).

Money is the driving force behind increased abortions in the United States with some doctors earning over six million dollars every year declared Dr. Martha Shuping, a psychiatrist who has trained professionals and peer counselors for abortion recovery programs in Europe, Asia and the United States.

Dr. Shuping spoke recently in New York at a workshop sponsored by the Concerned Women for America. The workshop featured several speakers who presented scientific evidence to support their contention that abortion poses significant mental and physical risks to women.

According to Dr. Shuping, women aren’t told about the “downside” of abortion. The risks of abortions are well-kept secrets even to medical students, Shuping revealed…
…Doctors do not inform women of the inherent risks associated with abortion, according to Dr. De Cook of AAPLOG.

“Informed consent is a joke,” he said. According to De Cook, “the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) ignores the risks associated with abortion.”

Planned Parenthood Federation of America did not respond to queries requesting an explanation of its protocol for informed consent.

Read the entire article here

Video Vignette

Miracle – Whitney Houston -

Get Involved!

STOP Sebelius:
Petition Against HHS Appointment of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius
[www.all.org – American Life League] President Obama’s appointment of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for Health and Human Services Secretary is rock solid proof our new president has no concern for the health of Americans. Rather, Obama’s modus operandi has and will continue to be full-scale attack on the personhood of the weak, disabled and preborn. Go here to sign the petition.

Be Heard Project Defends Conscience Clause
Sign the online ''Petition to Protect Pro-Life Doctors.'' Find details HERE

Cardinal George Urges Catholics to Tell Administration: Keep Conscience Protections for Health Care Workers
Find details HERE . The deadline to submit comments is April 9th. Your prompt attention to this matter is greatly appreciated!

Send a RED Envelope on March 31st
Let us show our President and the world that the voices of those of us who do not believe abortion is acceptable are not silent and must be heard. Details

Sign-up for Your Hours on the Vigil Calendar
Please, visit the calendar, register and sign-up to join us at the sidewalk. Our Vigil Calendars are located at: www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe and www.vigilcalendar.com/carsoncity for Reno and Carson City respectively.

Sign up even if you’re not 100% sure that you can make that particular time. Pray whether you are signed up or not. I