The Power of Love And Prayer
How the Power of Love And Prayer Are Destroying The Evil Of Abortion In Rockford
By James
Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Because people like you are bringing Christ to the people of Rockford, souls are being saved, hearts turned to love, and the killing of babies has been cut in half at Rockford's abortion mill.
Because people like you are bringing Christ to the people of Rockford, souls are being saved, hearts turned to love, and the killing of babies has been cut in half at Rockford's abortion mill.
Just a few years ago the landlord of Rockford's infamous abortion mill walked outside the mill and began mocking the few Christians who were praying for life. He looked down the sidewalk in one direction and shook his head.
Then he looked down the sidewalk in the other direction and began laughing and said, "Where are all your Christians? No one's here. Nobody cares about abortion."
In the past the Rockford abortion mill was sometimes open three days a week and could do anywhere from 50-75 abortions a week in Rockford!
Below are the testimonies of three Christians who have over 65 years of pro-life ministry among them:
After the abortionist, Richard Ragsdale, moved from near Rockford Memorial Hospital to the clinic's present location on Broadway in 1985, the clinic was open 3 days a week, doing approximately 75 abortions each week.
The owner of the building, Wayne Webster, and the security guard, John Caskey, enjoyed themselves standing at the driveway every clinic morning, harassing and speaking obscenities to the sidewalk counselors and prayer supporters. If a car did stop in the driveway to talk to a sidewalk counselor, they would holler and scream at the driver to "pull in, pull in".
Rarely, did we get to give out literature or talk to a mother.
Rarely were there any "saves" or turn-arounds. vicki
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It was 1985 when I first went to 10th & Broadway to hear Joe Schiedler, a long time pro-life advocate from Chicago, give a speech.
I remember that he said ..."if you want to save babies, you have to be here where the babies are dying and do all you can to reach those moms who are going in there".
It was after that that I decided that is where I wanted to direct my efforts.
Others in our group worked to open the pregnancy clinic in Beloit.
Richard Ragsdale was the doctor who killed the babies.
The mill was open 3 days a week. It was not unusual to have 25-30 mothers going in on a Friday, and the other days it was usually anywhere from 10-17.
Wayne Webster, the owner of the building, had security guards who were not very nice people, and at one time he had a truck parked near the sidewalk filled with sewage that he threatened to spray on us. He also spent a lot of time on the loudspeaker, making fun of some of the people who were praying, and he took pleasure in calling people names.
I grieve for the children who have died such a terrible death in that building and pray for their moms. If God is calling you to help the unborn, please come and experience the joy of seeing a girl leave and choose life. There is nothing else like it. Mary Jane
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When I first started praying at this mill, there were so many mothers coming in for abortions, they sometimes had to park in the street because the parking lot was full.
I remember once when they killed over 40 babies in one day. Sadly, at times there were not very many Christians on the sidewalk praying or offering help to mothers. Kevin
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So what has changed from when 50-75 children were killed per week to now when they kill 20-25 babies per week with more mothers than ever turning to pro-lifers for help?
How can we continue this trend of reducing the numbers of babies killed in Rockford and continue being God's instruments in helping mothers and saving the lives of God's precious infants?
Jesus said, "And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My Name they will drive out demons."
1. Love - Love involves a sacrifice of self and time. More Christians than ever are realizing this abortion nightmare will not end without the sacrifice of ourselves and our time, standing in love for countless hours on the sidewalks in front of this abortion mill that has murdered so many thousands of children. More and more Christians are public witnesses of life and love that mothers see as they drive into the mill parking lot.
The very presence of Christians at this place of death results in mothers seeing and knowing that love and help are available to them - and many choose LIFE.
2. Prayer - Christians are praying at the mill, at home, at Church, at school for the end of the killing of children at the Northern Illinois Women's Center. The power of prayer is what those inside the mill hate the most and try to disrupt with loudspeakers and offensive signs in the mill windows meant to distract and disrupt the efforts of people at prayer. They have failed to stop the prayer, and the more they attack God, the more people are praying.
3. Courage - For years the Northern Illinois Women's Center has employed and engaged in a campaign of intimidation toward Christians that has finally backfired in its face. Because Christians have stood strong in the face of this bigotry and hatred, the vicious attacks of those who operated this mill are now being broadcast and documented on the Internet and YouTube. Over 50 web-sites have covered the bigotry and hatred of the Rockford abortion mill.
Because they have been held accountable in public, their attempts at intimidation have been reduced to a few noxious signs in the windows of the building at 1400 Broadway. The courage of pro-life women and men to deal with the vulgar profanity of these killers of children and mocking of Jesus Christ directed at them for years has been the courage and steadfastness of which Saints are made.
4. Truth - Science has shown people the clear and indisputable truth that abortion kills a human person in her mother's womb. Women who have been deeply hurt by abortion in Rockford have come forward to tell the truth of how abortion has harmed them and how they have been treated by the abortion industry. The truth is that more and more people are getting sick of the murder of babies in the womb that takes place in Rockford.
5. Jesus Christ - "O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are His judgments, and how unsearchable His ways!" Romans 11:33 We don't always understand how the Will of God works, but we know for sure that any effort of Christian charity such as the pro-life movement which is bathed in God's grace and love will bring life and hope to the world.
"All these I have kept," the young man said. "What do I still lack?" Matthew 19:20
Much good has been done by Christians at Rockford's abortion mill. Many children have been saved from abortion, but many are still being killed every week. We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but it is good to know the pro-life prayer, ministry, and work already done in faith and love have brought Christ and life to countless people in Rockford.
We will continue, each according to our position in life, to do all in our power to bring Jesus Christ to mothers and children in need in Rockford so we may one day say, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing." 2 Tim 4:7
I believe the way Pro-life
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 8:21am — Greg (not verified)I believe the way Pro-life corner has been documenting the evil of abortion in Rockford and exposing it to the public not only is important in helping people now but will be a historical record people will study in years to come.
Your work is beyond excellent. Great job, you give us all hope.
Love and prayer will always
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 8:39am — Helen Schonau (not verified)Love and prayer will always win in the end. This life is a time of testing.
Those who murder babies at 1400 Broadway have failed the test of life, love, and human decency.
Those of you who are praying, helping, and loving those in need are truly the image of Jesus Christ.
YOUR PRAYERS ARE NEEDED AND
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 8:45am — Elizabeth (not verified)YOUR PRAYERS ARE NEEDED AND THEY ARE WORKING.
Please pray everyday for the end of baby killing in Rockford.
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For those who ask, receive; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Then Jesus told them, "I assure you, if you have faith and don*t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, "May God lift you up and throw you into the sea," and it will happen. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
The Gospel of Matthew
For me prayer is an upward
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 8:50am — William (not verified)For me prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance toward heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy. It has a supernatural grandeur which expands the soul and unites it with God. Theresa of Lisieux
Prayer is the best weapon we posses, the key that opens the heart of God. Padre Pio
Those who pray are certainly saved; those who do not pray are certainly damned. St. Alphonsus
Souls without prayer are like bodies, sick and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use. St. Teresa
Prayer is a place of refuge from every worry, a fountain of cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness and a path to heaven. St. John Chrysostom
As a body cannot live without food, so a soul cannot live without prayer. St. Augustine
It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life. St. John Chrysostom
Our Lord gives to souls of prayer a deep understanding of Himself. St Peter Eymard
We should know that what God refuses to our prayer, He grants to our salvation. St. Augustine
He causes his prayers to be of more help to himself, who offers them also for others. Pope St. Gregory
No one who says his rosary every day will ever be lost. St. Louis de Montfort
As long as abortion is legal
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 9:37am — Christina (not verified)As long as abortion is legal they will probably kill babies at NIWC. But what you Christians have done is nothing short of amazing. When the numbers of abortions should be going up because of the economy they are falling. Because of the faithfulness of Christians the numbers of murdered babies has been cut in half. How satan must hate you Christians, hence the demonic signs and actions of the mill workers toward Christians. It is so beautiful to see the power of prayer and love saving childrens lives and frustrating the evil of the baby killers. My prayers are with all of you.
ED: Many thanks for the prayers. We all need them.
Love - Prayer - Courage -
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 9:55am — Mary (not verified)Love - Prayer - Courage - Truth - Jesus Christ!
An unbeatable combination.
The children who have been saved from the abortionists bloody hands will thank and bless you pro-lifers for all eternity.
I just want to say "thank
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 10:17am — Anonymous (not verified)I just want to say "thank you" to all of the beautiful people who show up at 10th & Broadway each Wednesday and Friday to pray for an end to the killing of the innocents. God is looking down and sees all that is happening and the babies know that someone loved them very much at the end and tried to save their life.
God bless you and your families. Someday you will be welcomed by these holy innocents, into your heavenly home. I do believe that.
If you look at the pictures
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 10:29am — Richard (not verified)If you look at the pictures above you can decide for yourself who you would like to spend eternity with.
The people praying in love and faith trying to save a childs life / or the people protecting the killers of babies in the womb.
Easy call.
When you pro-lifers play a
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 10:53am — Rita Brown (not verified)When you pro-lifers play a part in the saving of just one childs life you may also:
1. Haved saved her mother and fathers soul.
2. Saved all the children that baby might grow up to have one day.
3. Used love and prayer to over come the demonic evil of abortion.
4. Caused the angels to rejoice a baby was saved.
5. Done your Christian duty.
6. Made an eternal friend you will know and love in heaven forever.
I hesitate to post this but I
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 11:21am — Joseph (not verified)I hesitate to post this but I have heard it from two diffrent sources. I was told John Caskey who was a guard at the Rockford abortion clinic years ago left Rockford and moved to Arizona. I was told that before he passed away (God have mercy on his soul) he had a complete change of heart, turned to Jesus Christ, and sought forgiveness for his involvment in abortion. If this is true and it was a real repentance I know we can all forgive him as we have been forgiven by Christ. Luke 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. May we all seek God's forgiveness.
ED: We, too, have heard the same thing regarding Mr. Caskey. We hope and pray that it is, indeed, true.
We have no idea of Mr. Caskey's religious beliefs; unfortunately our first-hand recollections of his presence in this world are not pleasant memories. That is a reality and the truth. But the wonderful fact is that like the good thief on the cross next to our Lord was forgiven on his deathbed, we pray Mr. Caskey did the same. If that is the case, the beauty of it is that he could be in heaven at this very moment praying for the Church Militant here on earth.
Now is the time to redouble
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 1:00pm — Mary Kate (not verified)Now is the time to redouble our prayers and efforts on behalf of babies facing death at the mill.
“SPE SALVI facti sumus”—in
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 2:53pm — Saved in Hope (not verified)“SPE SALVI facti sumus”—in hope we were saved, says Saint Paul to the Romans, and likewise to us (Rom 8:24). According to the Christian faith, “redemption”—salvation—is not simply a given. Redemption is offered to us in the sense that we have been given hope, trustworthy hope, by virtue of which we can face our present: the present, even if it is arduous, can be lived and accepted if it leads towards a goal, if we can be sure of this goal, and if this goal is great enough to justify the effort of the journey. Now the question immediately arises: what sort of hope could ever justify the statement that, on the basis of that hope and simply because it exists, we are redeemed? And what sort of certainty is involved here?
Make no mistake, these
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 9:04pm — John M (not verified)Make no mistake, these killers of children in the womb are not about to quit. They make to much money off of every dead baby to go quietly away. Anyway what can an abortionist or abortion clinic worker do if they stop killing babies? If they have time to think about what they have done and what the endless eternity before them holds for their brutal murdering of babies it becomes easier for them to keep killing than to retire and have to think about the reality of the hell that awaits them. Unless of course they have a conversion like Mr. Kaske may have. But to have a conversion it takes some humility, faith, and at least a spark of love for God and neighbor - that seems very hard to find with those operating the Rockford death mill.
Lord, have mercy. Christ,
Sat, 06/26/2010 - 9:19pm — Gino (not verified)Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the World, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, formed in the womb of the Virgin Mother by the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, united substantially with the word of God, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, of infinite majesty, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, holy temple of God, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, tabernacle of the Most High, have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, who loves every child killed by abortion in Rockford, have mercy on us.
Amen.
This article is such good
Sun, 06/27/2010 - 8:41am — Sophie (not verified)This article is such good news. There will always be those who will harm the weak and powerless but it sounds like so many of you are defending these helpless children. May the good Lord bless and keep you, defend you in all your endeavors, and protect moms, dads, and babies for any person who would harm a child in the womb.
When Jesus Came to Rockford
Sun, 06/27/2010 - 9:01am — G. A. Studdert-Kennedy (not verified)When Jesus Came to Rockford When Jesus came to Golgotha, they hanged Him on a tree, They drove great nails through hands and feet, and made a Calvary; They crowned Him with a crown of thorns, red were His wounds and deep, For those were crude and cruel days, and human flesh was cheap.
When Jesus came to Rockford, they simply passed Him by. They would not hurt a hair of Him, they only let Him die; For men had grown more tender, and they would not give Him pain, They only just passed down the street, and left Him in the rain.
Still Jesus cried, 'Forgive them, for they know not what they do, ' And still it rained the winter rain that drenched Him through and through; The crowds went home and left the streets without a soul to see,
And Jesus crouched against a wall of the mill, and cried for Calvary.
A powerful poem. Thank you,
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 9:27am — always pro-life (not verified)A powerful poem. Thank you, G.A. for sharing it with all of us.
As Dickens said, "these are
Sun, 06/27/2010 - 12:21pm — Stephanie (not verified)As Dickens said, "these are the best of times and these are the worst of times."
The best because so many people stand up for the lives of the unborn and the worst because we have an abortion mill that murders babies in the name of the evil one.
The greatest sorrow that
Sun, 06/27/2010 - 12:43pm — Gerald (not verified)The greatest sorrow that Rockford's abortion mill causes is not even the deaths of so many children but the loss of the souls to hell of those who kill these children. The sensation of pain in Hell is essentially very dreadful.
Picture yourself, on a dark night on the summit of a high mountain. Beneath you is a deep valley, and the earth opens so that with your gaze you can see Hell in the cavity of it. Picture it as a prison situated in the center of the earth, many leagues down, all full of fire, hemmed in so impenetrably that for all eternity not even the smoke can escape. In this prison the damned are packed so tightly one on the other like bricks in a kiln...
Consider the quality of the fire in which they burn. First, the fire is all-extensive and tortures the whole body and the whole soul. A damned person lies in Hell forever in the same spot, which he was assigned by divine justice, without being able to move, as a prisoner in stocks. The fire, in which he is totally enveloped, as a fish in water, burns around him, on his left, his right, above and below. His head, his breast, his shoulders, his arms, his hands, and his feet are all penetrated with fire, so that he completely resembles a glowing hot piece of iron, which has just been withdrawn from an oven. The roof beneath which the damned person dwells is fire; the food he takes is fire; the drink he tastes is fire; the air he breathes is fire; whatever he sees and touches is all fire.... But this fire is not merely outside him; it also passes within the condemned person. It penetrates his brain, his teeth, his tongue, his throat, his liver, his lungs, his bowels, his belly, his heart, his veins, his nerves, his bones, even to the marrow, and even his blood.
"In Hell," according to St. Gregory the Great, "there will be a fire that cannot be put out, a worm which cannot die, a stench one cannot bear, a darkness one can feel, a scourging by savage hands, with those present despairing of anything good."
ED: WOW!!!!!! Thank you for sharing such a profound and frightening thought. This should make us all aware of the sins we commit , without thinking, every day and how very important true repentance is.
We all need to pray and do
Sun, 06/27/2010 - 3:45pm — Paul (not verified)We all need to pray and do penance for an end to abortion and the conversion of those who are doing the killing. Jesus is our only hope.
Christ is our hope, be not
Sun, 06/27/2010 - 9:13pm — Carol (not verified)Christ is our hope, be not afraid. Open wide the doors to Christ and may the Holy Spirit decend into our lives.
May we all be open to God so He may use us to change hearts and souls and protect His children facing death at Rockford mill.
The house of death, the place of blood and pain for children will one day fall under the weight of it's own sin.
May the Spirit of God renew the face of the earth and set His children free.
Mother Teresa's four ways to
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 8:30am — Patrinia (not verified)Mother Teresa's four ways to love. We can use these four ways to love to help bring God's grace to our lives then we can bring the love of God to where they are murdering babies in Rockford.
Love Begins At Home - It is easy to show great love for people in other countries but we must begin by loving those in our life. Then we can reach out to others.
Love Until It Hurts - If we want to love like Jesus loved it will involve giving up our own will, not always getting our own way, forgiving others when they have hurt us, giving and sharing even when we don't feel like it. Serving with humility, to continue serving even when we are disappointed, giving up our own comforts and pleasures.
Do Small Things Great Love - Our whole life is a series of small actions, eating studying, working and playing. In all of these actions there are other people and we can try to live each of these moments as a gift of love from God. As a chance to love and show love. We can see Christ in every action and every person. We can share Christ's love with a kind word or thought, with a smile or by putting someone else's needs before our own. Holiness does not consist of doing great things, it consists in doing small things with great love and excepting what God sends us with faith.
Total surrender - Total surrender is saying yes to God. Then we can begin to totally give our life to God. To give Him who and what we are and what we hope to be. Then God will truly begin to live and move within us and change us into who we truly are, a person created in the image and likeness of God and meant to live with God in heaven for all eternity. By giving up our will for God's will and serving and loving our neighbor one person at a time. Then and only then can we truly bring God's light and love to those who truly need us.
A couple of other Saints on
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 8:58am — Raymond (not verified)A couple of other Saints on love.
One of the heartbreaking things about abortion is it destroys a persons ability to love. Teach us to give and not count the cost. -- St. Ignatius de Loyola
At the end of life, we shall be judged by love. -- San Juan de la Cruz
When I look at the Pro-Life
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 9:46am — The bible on LOVE (not verified)When I look at the Pro-Life Christians of Rockford I see a living picture of the words below.
Matthew 22: 37-39. - Jesus answered him " Love the lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul , and with all your mind". That is the greatest, the first commandment. The second is like it, " Love your neighbor as yourself".
John 13: 34. - Jesus told them " Love one another, as I have loved you". Luke 6: 27-31. - But to you who are listening I say " Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you spitefully. If anyone hits you on the cheek, offer the other also, if anyone takes your coat, let him have your shirt as well. Give to everyone who asks you. If anyone takes what is yours do not demand it back. Treat others as you would like them to treat you".
John 14: 15, 21. - "If you love me you will obey my commands. Anyone who has received my commands and obeys them, he it is who loves me, and he who loves me will be loved by my Father. And I will love him and disclose myself to him".
Matthew 18: 21-22. - Then Peter came to him and asked, " Lord, how often am I to forgive my brother if he goes on wronging me?" As many as seven times? Jesus replied " I do not say seven times but seventy times seven times".
Matthew 25: 40. - And Jesus said " Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these brethren, you did it to me".
Operation Rescue's Troy
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 10:15am — Operation Rescue (not verified)Operation Rescue's Troy Newman and two OR interns join the Survivors for two weeks of "pro-life boot camp" Los Angeles, CA -
Troy Newman went to camp this summer, but not for the canoe trips and cookouts. This camp is a special pro-life activism training camp put on by Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, a youth group that is based in the Los Angeles Area. Newman, along with other national pro-life leaders with years of experience in the abortion trenches, imparted knowledge and wisdom to about 80 enthusiastic young people of the next generation, including Operation Rescue interns Josh Divine and his wife, Elizabeth, of Colorado who are also attending the camp. The Divines are working with Operation Rescue over the summer doing communications and research on the abortion industry and plan to return to Colorado to their normal routine of college classes in the fall. In the meantime, they are taking advantage of all that an Operation Rescue internship as to offer, and this summer that includes Survivor Camp.
Over the first week of camp they have participated in numerous protests, an in-studio radio interview, and Sunday morning sidewalk counseling at an abortion clinic that operates directly across the street from a Baptist Church. Survivors report that three babies were saved as a result of those efforts. "Survivor Camp provides a unique experience for young people, whose generation is more pro-life than ever," said Newman. "It gives them the tools to go from having a pro-life opinion, to actually becoming effective advocates for the pre-born who are able advance that position in the public square, changing hearts and minds of abortion-bound women and the public in general. What we took years to learn through hard experience, they are taught in two weeks. It is an amazing opportunity for young people who want to make a difference in this world for the better."
Troy will be returning to Operation Rescue's headquarters in Wichita today while the Divines will remain at camp through the end of the week. Watch for a report from Josh about his experiences next week!
We have a lot of abortion
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 12:54pm — Bob (not verified)We have a lot of abortion survivors who come to pray at the Rockfoprd mill.
It's an interesting and eye opening thought that if the Rockford abortion mill had the chance to kill every girl and boy ever conceived they would gladly kill them all.
As far as we know they have never turned down a chance to kill a child.
If they had their way we would all be dead.
Bob you're right. Then only
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 2:17pm — H.M. (not verified)Bob
you're right. Then only two people would be happy when all the children are dead; one would be the father of lies and the other would be the guy who dresses up like him in a little red suit.
We must learn to "walk in the
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 2:19pm — John (not verified)We must learn to "walk in the light" and to be "zealous of good works," as He "purgeth us from all unrighteousness" when we "confess our sins."
It is necessary that we be constrained to become more "like him," for "when he shall appear, . . . we shall see him as he is. And every man that has this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure".
Thus, His forgiveness of our sins is inevitably accompanied by a purging of our lives.
The dignity of the human
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 4:51pm — Melissa (not verified)The dignity of the human person that the Northern Illinois Women's Center tries to kill is rooted in his creation in the image and likeness of God; it is fulfilled in his vocation to divine life. It is essential to a human being freely to direct himself to this fulfillment. By his deliberate actions, the human person does, or does not, conform to the good promised by God and attested by moral conscience.
In simple words - we love God and go to heaven or we reject God and send ourselves to hell. Abortion since it murders a child is a fast track to hell, unless of course a person turns back to God, repents, and changes.
"Since the mid-1940s we have
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 8:58pm — 40 days prayer partner (not verified)"Since the mid-1940s we have been accustomed to look askance at Germans. They were protagonists of the Second World War and so responsible for fifty million deaths. We say, "How awful," and yet in our country we have, for the most part, allowed the party of death and the court system it has produced to eliminate, since 1973, upwards of forty million of our fellow citizens without allowing them to see the light of day. They have done their best to make ours a true culture of death. No doubt, we shall soon outstrip the Nazis in doing human beings to death." ~ Bishop Doran, Reaping the Whirlwind of Abortion, The Observer (Rockford Diocese), 8/10/06 ~
Bishop Doran is right. As the nazis killed with a demonic frenzy so does the abortion mill in Rockford kill while pridefully mocking God. In the end we all know who will be in control.......forever!
True freedom comes from
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 6:54pm — Mark (not verified)True freedom comes from Christ
http://www.thebirthoffreedom.com/trailer-2
Five things we need to end
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 8:08pm — Janet (not verified)Five things we need to end the murder of babies in Rockford.
1. Purposefulness – Jesus was resolute. He was heading to Jerusalem to suffer, die and rise. He had this for his purpose and would not be deterred from this goal. He was determined to undertake the great battle and the great mission entrusted to him. Everything he did was to be oriented to this goal. We too are summoned to be purposeful, to be determined and to have our life centered around the one goal of knowing God in order to love Him, serve Him, be saved by Him and spend eternity with Him. Everything we do must somehow be linked to this one thing.
2. Perseverance – A certain Samaritan town rejects and will not receive Jesus or the missionary group accompanying him. When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?” Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they journeyed to another village (Lk 9:54-56) Now the fact is that if we witness to Jesus Christ authentically we are going to experience some hatred and rejection. Jesus is not deterred by this rejection but simply moves on to the next town. He also rebukes James and John for being so thin-skinned and revengeful about it. We cannot allow our little egos to get in the way of witnessing to Christ.
3. Poverty – As they were proceeding on their journey someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” (Lk 9:57-58) Now this man apparently thought Jesus was headed somewhere high, perhaps to a palace. He probably figured on a worldly Messiah who was set to conquer and take charge and he wanted a place close to this new King in the palace. But Jesus rebukes the notion that following him will lead to this. In fact, it will lead to the cross. To follow Jesus will require that we learn to be poor to this world.
4. Promptness – The fact is that it has always been tomorrow that “I’ll stand up against evil.” Jesus is unimpressed with all the excuses and the promises about how I'll do things “later.” He says, “Now.” The fourth discipline of discipleship is promptness. We must promptly obey God.
5. Permanence – And another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home.” To him Jesus said, “No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God.” (Lk 9:61-62)
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