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Prayer continues to save lives.

Threads by Salvation and me.

40 Days for Life -- Pray to End Abortion

The 40 Days for Life campaign is firmly rooted on a foundation of prayer and fasting. To help maintain focus on the Lord and stay in tune with His guidance, we have prepared a series of daily devotionals — one for each of the 40 days of the fall 2009 campaign.

We fervently believe that prayer and fasting will end abortion, and your prayers are very much needed and appreciated. Please follow the links below to read and meditate upon these brief reflections.

Printable versions are available; please click the link at the bottom of each devotional.

Prepare: September 22 Day 1: September 23 Day 2: September 24 Day 3: September 25 Day 4: September 26 Day 5: September 27 Day 6: September 28 Day 7: September 29 Day 8: September 30 Day 9: October 1 Day 10: October 2 Day 11: October 3 Day 12: October 4 Day 13: October 5 Day 14: October 6 Day 15: October 7 Day 16: October 8 Day 17: October 9 Day 18: October 10 Day 19: October 11 Day 20: October 12

Day 21: October 13 Day 22: October 14 Day 23: October 15 Day 24: October 16 Day 25: October 17 Day 26: October 18 Day 27: October 29 Day 28: October 20 Day 29: October 21 Day 30: October 22 Day 31: October 23 Day 32: October 24 Day 33: October 25 Day 34: October 26 Day 35: October 27 Day 36: October 28 Day 37: October 29 Day 38: October 30 Day 39: October 31 Day 40: November 1 Day 41: November 2

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Baby Saved on First Day of 40 Days for Life Campaign

September 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - You know 40 Days for Life is off to a great start when there's a report of a baby saved from abortion -- at a pre-campaign kickoff event!

The 40 Days for Life team in St. Louis began a day of preparation prior to the campaign with prayer at a local church, followed by more prayer on the sidewalk in front of the Planned Parenthood abortion center -- prayer that was joined by more than 100 people.

At the St. Louis kickoff rally that evening, "we sang, prayed and had a chance to meet many new people," said local coordinator Brian Westbrook. "God truly blessed us with an exciting night."

But the excitement was just beginning. At the end of the long day, Brian went home, checked his e-mail and found this message:

"I just wanted to let you know that today just before we left the clinic, as we were wrapping up and praying together, one of the sidewalk counselors came over and let us know that a couple who had gone into the clinic in the morning had just left and decided to keep their baby. So praise God, I believe that's the first fruits of what's to come over the next 40 days."

Brian said, "What an incredible start to these 40 Days for Life. I cannot wait to see what God has in store for us this fall. Keep praying and fasting and one day we will see an end to abortion."

Positive reports from kickoff events and news stories about 40 Days for Life are pouring in from across North America as the campaign is getting off to an incredible start in over 200 locations. . .

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Archbishop Raymond Burke has written a fantastic editorial on the fight for life.

Thread by NYer.

Reflections on the Struggle to Advance the Culture of Life

It is clear that we are experiencing today a period of intense and critical struggle in the advancement of the culture of life in our nation. The administration of our federal government openly and aggressively follows a secularist agenda. While it may employ religious language and even invoke the name of God, in fact, it proposes programs and policies for our people without respect for God and His Law. In the words of the Servant of God Pope John Paul II, it proceeds "as if God did not exist" (Pope John Paul II, Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation Christifideles laici, "On the Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World," 30 December 1988, no. 34).

At the same time, there is a lack of unity among those dedicated to advance a culture which respects fully the gift of human life and its origin in procreation, that is, in the cooperation of man and woman with God through the conjugal union and through education in the home which they have formed by marriage. Recent statements, occasioned by the Rites of Christian Burial accorded to the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, have manifested profound disagreement and even harsh criticism among those who are publicly committed to the Gospel of Life.

As we share the same commitment to foster respect for human life and the integrity of marriage and the family, I wish to offer some fundamental reflections on how to advance the culture of life in our nation. The reflections are not comprehensive. It is my hope that, in some small way, they may help us both to address more effectively the Gospel of Life to the political leadership of our nation and to draw together in greater unity with all who are truly dedicated to promote the respect for human life and the integrity of the marital union and its fruit, family life. . .