I'm writing to you from Louisiana where my six-year-
old son Patrick and I are traveling to visit the
New Orleans, Jackson, Mississippi, and Pensacola,
Florida 40 Days for Life locations over these next
two days.
And here's the BIG announcement I promised you...
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HELP MAKE THE FALL OF 2008 A TIPPING
POINT IN NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY!
Join the growing momentum during the
second half of 40 Days for Life and
help end the injustice of abortion
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This is a critical moment in history.
More than 50 million children have perished from
abortion...
Millions of women have been wounded by abortion --
some have been physically harmed, and millions more
have been scarred emotionally, spiritually, and
psychologically...
Planned Parenthood -- the largest abortion chain in
North America -- took in $1 BILLION dollars in the
last year, with one third of its income, $336.7
million, coming from the pockets of taxpayers...
...And we are facing what could be the most important
national elections of our lifetime -- ones that will
impact the United States Supreme Court, the White
House, the Senate and House of Representatives, state
legislatures, and lifesaving legislative measures.
If ever there was a time to pray, fast, and put our
faith into action, that time is NOW.
And all across North America people of faith and
conscience are doing just that.
Tens of thousands of believers in 179 cities across
47 American states, two Canadian provinces, the
District of Columbia, and one American territory,
have joined together for the largest and longest
coordinated pro-life mobilization in history:
40 Days for Life.
This initiative -- which began on September 24 and
continues until November 2 -- consists of 40 days of
prayer and fasting for an end to abortion, constant,
peaceful vigils outside abortion facilities and
Planned Parenthood centers, and grassroots outreach.
This fall's 40 Days for Life campaign is about to
reach its halfway mark and to continue building on
the unprecedented momentum, you are invited to
participate in a one-time-only "40 Days for Life
MIDPOINT Tele-Rally and Web Simulcast."
If you have a telephone or computer, you can
participate! Here are the details:
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* WHAT: 40 Days for Life MIDPOINT Tele-Rally and
Web Simulcast
* DATE: Tuesday, October 14
* TIME: 9 PM Eastern (8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain,
6 PM Pacific)
* FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via phone or webcast --
it's your choice)
* REGISTER TO ATTEND:
http://www.40daysforlife.com/midpoint
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On the call, you will learn about:
* The latest breaking news from the front lines of
this historic 40 Days for Life campaign
* How local campaigns across North America are
mobilizing record numbers of people and having a
powerful impact
* The up-to-date tally of lives saved from abortion
during the first half of this fall's campaign --
this alone will boggle your mind!
* The abortion industry's increasingly desperate
attempts to try and stop 40 Days for Life
* How YOU can help build the momentum and make a
powerful impact -- right where you live -- during
the second half of this 40 Days for Life campaign
During the live event, you will hear from:
* FR. FRANK PAVONE, national director of Priests
for Life
* SHAWN CARNEY, outreach director of 40 Days for
Life and host of EWTN's "being HUMAN" series
* DR. ALVEDA KING, niece of the late Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.
* Me, DAVID BEREIT, national campaign director of
40 Days for Life
* Members of the Priests for Life pastoral team
including FR. VICTOR SALOMON and FR. PETER WEST
who are visiting many 40 Days for Life sites
* Several local 40 Days for Life campaign leaders
* And some VERY EXCITING surprise guests (including
one that you will not want to miss!)
If you are serious about turning the tide in North
America and ending abortion, then you need to be on
this call or web simulcast!
There are limited slots available for the call, so be
sure to grab one now before they're all taken.
Register to attend the tele-rally and webcast at:
http://www.40daysforlife.com/midpoint
Hope to talk with you Tuesday, John!
Here's today's devotional from Fr. Frank Pavone,
National Director of Priests for Life...
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DAY 17 INTENTION
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May all understand more deeply that the pro-life
message is rooted in the two basic truths of life:
There is a God;
He isn't me
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SCRIPTURE
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And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life; and man became a living being.
-- Genesis 2:7
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REFLECTION by Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life
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From the beginning of the Bible until the end, the
theme is echoed that God alone has dominion over
human life. He made it; shared it; died to save it;
will raise it up forever.
The act of creation described in Genesis 2:7, and
earlier in Genesis 1:26-27, is a sovereign act. God
did not have to do it, and would have been happy
forever without us.
Yet without our asking for it or earning it, God
brought us out of nothingness and into life, and
sustains our existence at every moment. And He does
so in Christ. "For by Him all things were created...in
Him all things exist" (Colossians 1:16-17).
"You are not your own," Paul declares in 1
Corinthians 6. God alone owns us. While He entrusts
us to the care of one another, He does not allow any
human being to own another.
A Southern California abortionist, James McMahon,
once explained how he justified killing children
after 20 weeks gestation by partial-birth abortion.
He did not deny that this was a child, but rather
asked, "Who owns the child? It's got to be the
mother."
The struggle over abortion is really a struggle over
the dominion of God. The Christian individual, and
the Christian Church, cannot sit idly by when others
declare that God is not God.
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PRAYER
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Lord, we are yours. Thank you for breathing into us
the breath of life. Thank you for claiming us as your
own. May our words and actions in defense of human
life proclaim to all the world that you alone are
Lord of life and death, Lord of our freedom and of
our choices. We pray in Jesus' Name. Amen.
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Yours for Life,
David Bereit
National Campaign Director
40 Days for Life
P.S.- With everything that is at stake over the next
few weeks, it is crucial that we get as many people
on this MIDPOINT tele-rally and webcast as possible.
Please forward this message and spread the word to
everyone you know, inviting them to join this vital
discussion by going to:
http://www.40daysforlife.com/midpoint
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