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Welcome to 40 Days for Life: SEPTEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 1, 2009
Gateway Life Church / Silent No More Awareness
To participate in the 40 Days for Life Fall 2009 campaign at the 7th Ave. Planned Parenthood in Phoenix, please visit, and sign up for updates, at www.40daysforlife.com/phoenix. This Tempe location is not part of the official 2009 Fall 40 Days for Life campaign. There is no vigil schedule for Tempe. Children of the Rosary prays at this location on Tues. 9-11am; Fri. 9-11am, and Sat. 9am-12pm throughout the year. You can help make a life-saving impact by joining Children of the Rosary (and others) at: Be sure to sign-up for updates and prayer requests. Let us keep our eyes fixed on the New Jerusalem, where death will be no more. ------------------------------------------------------ "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" -- Revelation 21:4-5 ------------------------------------------------------ Every activity we undertake in defense of the sanctity of life is prophetic, inasmuch as it points to the day when "death will be no more." Every victory we have when an act of abortion is prevented is prophetic of that day when death itself will be definitively conquered. Every triumph of grace in this world, whereby someone is brought to see the value of life and given the strength to welcome it, is a breaking into our history of that definitive future in which the old order of things will have passed, and all things will be made new. As pro-life warriors, we must keep our eyes fixed on heaven, and our hearts secure in the hope that the day is coming when all evil will be conquered. It is the future that shapes the present; it is victory that informs the battle; it is the destination that determines the journey. Daily, we are called to reflect on heaven. When we weep, we are to think of the day when every tear will be wiped away. When we face the destructive power of death, we are to think of the day when death is swallowed up in victory. When we labor against abortion, we are to think of the day when we will have the rest and peace of the final triumph of life. Heaven is as real as earth, and its joys will be as real as our present sorrows. ------------------------------------------------------ Father, you are the God of hope. Your word fills us with the vision of the world to come, when every tear will be wiped away, and death will be no more. Father, how we need that hope, how we are strengthened by that vision! Keep our hearts focused on heaven, and diligent in the labors of earth. As we struggle against the culture of death, root our souls in the assurance of victory. We pray through Christ our Lord, Amen. |
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