News Report on Day 9

OTTAWA, October 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The reports and stories from Ground Zero (in front of the Morgentaler abortuary, 65 Bank Street) of the Ottawa branch of the largest pro-life mobilization in history, 40 Days For Life, keep pouring in. 40 Days for Life Ottawa is maintaining a daily blog detailing its efforts, including its ongoing vigil outside the Morgentaler abortion mill (http://40daysottawa.blogspot.com/).

Yesterday several individuals spoke of the deep symbolism they saw and felt watching a workman at the mundane task of washing the exterior walls of the building which houses the abortion mill.

"He sprayed and scrubbed the walls of the building many times. He then took a break and then starting this procedure over again from top to bottom. It seemed as though the walls would not be cleaned and so he had to keep repeating the cleaning over and over again," wrote "Sue," who was on vigil from 7 to 9 pm.

"When I watched the water dripping down from the building, I was imagining it to be the blood of the thousands of little innocents who have lost their lives at this abortuary."

"David" saw the same thing during an unplanned vigil after a downtown dinner with friends: "As I watched him working, scrubbing the stone of the building, I could not get the thought out of my mind that he was trying to wash away the blood of the little ones who had lost their lives on the other side of the stone facade. He kept taking breaks, coming down to ground level and looking up to the areas where he was washing. It was as if he was not satisfied that he was getting rid of the stains. I hope he never succeeds."

Some vigil-keepers commented on the many men who have committed to keep watch: "There were many men at the vigil tonight. In fact they outnumbered the women 2 to 1. I felt safe in the presence of these men who were passionate and were unafraid to stand up for life and to show respect for women."

"Cynthia" shared her story of finding a vigil-keeper keeping watch at 6 this morning. A person came out of the abortuary and told the vigil participant, bundled up against the bitingly cold wind, to leave or he would call the police. "She did not respond to him. He came back out a second time to tell her again. Quite obviously her silent prayer vigil was a great distraction to him. To his intense displeasure, she did not respond to him nor acknowledge him. She merely continued her silent prayer until her vigil hour was over."