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Prayers for China

The past few days have given us a look at the devastation in China from this weeks earthquake.
From the beginning, before I knew how bad it was, I heard a school was hit badly. The first thought that came into my mind was how the children in that school probably came from one child families.

China, of course, has had a policy of one child families and forced abortions (they say 400 million since 1979)and sterilizations for the past 30 years. I will never forget a book I read years ago by Steven MOsher "A Mother Ordeal". http://www.amazon.com/Mothers-Ordeal-Womans-Against-One-Child/dp/0151626626  It left such an impact on me..we truly do take much for granted here in the US although I do fear we are heading down the wrong road.
The only people with more than one child in China are the rich who can pay the government off. The poor people of China now not only have to deal with abortion and sterilizations they have experienced but  many of them now have to deal with the loss of their only child.

Please keep our world so enmeshed in abortion and especially the people of China  in your prayers

A Freewheelin Time

I got to read a little of the book "A Freewheelin Time" by Susan Rotolo, gf of Bob Dylan in the 60's.
Of course, I scooped out her writing on the abortion they had...I was disappointed but I guess I should not have been surprised at what she wrote.

Although she says she went back and forth with the decision, there is no doubt she did not want a child. She was young, their relationship was not going well, and "this was a complication we had not anticipated". She says was feeling confined and a child would have made her more so.

Abortion was illegal in those days but through an underground network they were able to find  a "good doctor who risked everything by secretly performing abortions in their offices or clinics".

She goes on to say she became depressed and wanted to sleep reality away. After that "the intensity of the bad created a weight that flattened the good we had together".

I do not doubt that her abortion had a major impact on her nor do I doubt it was a hard decision, but she seems to lament that it was illegal more than anything else and she is definitely in favor of abortion. She makes it seem like Dylan was not crazy about the idea, although I am sure in the midst of climbing to fame he went along. I wonder what his views are on abortion.

Hers was not an easy place to be and she seems to have been on her own from a early time in many crazy situations with parents who were communists. I felt sorry for her in reading the book knowing that somewhere in her head, like countless other women, the abortion is causing her pain.

Abortion Bill

There is a radical abortion bill here in NY , RHAPP  http://www.abortionbill.org/
that will enshrine abortion and allow them to be performed by non physicians. It is the brain child of Spitzer, our former governor who recently retired due to a sex scandal

Once again in the name of keeping this great right of abortion legal, they will be putting womens lives in even greater danger.

We will be going to Senator Cousins offices today to express our views, as she co sponsors this extreme bill. http://www.nyssenate35.com/35/Default.aspx

You cannot help wondering where the enthusiasm is for womens "Right to Know" legislation, or laws protecting women for abortionists who repeatedly have offenses, yet they put a lot of energy into enshrining abortion in NY in the name of womens rights...

Contrition & Gratitude

That is the theme of our "mercy" weekend coming up this friday.
It is based on a book by SC Beila who I use often in writing retreats...

we have 22 women coming so please keep us in prayer....

Putting the brakes on in "A Freewheelin Time"

Suze Rotolo, former girlfriend of Bob Dylan has written a book about what it was like to fall in love with Bob Dylan, and Greenwich Village in the 60's.

Although I have not read the book I have read a couple of reviews, where this self proclaimed liberal shares the difficulty of dealing with is rise to fame and the break up of their relationship after 4 years.

"During their turbulent, four-year relationship, Rotolo deeply loved Dylan, who was 20 when they met. She was there when classic songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" were new. She looked on with pride, then fear, as celebrity transformed him and other women pursued him. The author finally decided it was time for her to leave and become her own person. But not before an abortion and emotional breakdown shattered her."

From the review she seems to attribute  the emotional breakdown to the breakup, I would venture to say the abortion played a huge part in the breakup itself....

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-rotolo2-2008may02,0,795835.story?track=rss

or in this review

"The Post's Kyle Smith reports that Rotolo - the girl on the cover of album classic "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - writes mournfully in her upcoming memoir, "A Freewheelin' Time," about her abortion and her emotional breakdown during their protracted split."
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02102008/gossip/pagesix/dylan_girls_painful_memories_677243.htm

Sigur Ros Angel foetus

Sigur Ros tickets went on sale here in  NY for the Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom , for Jun 16, 2008

Although I am not very familiar with  the band, I do know of them because of an abortion testimony I read years ago that I use in a lot of the trainings I do. It reminded me to continue prayer for the girl who wrote it. You can read it here.http://www.bmeink.com/A30903/tatwhyth.html

Here is the image she had tattooed on herself http://download.sigur-ros.co.uk/art/foetus-big.jpg

ALways a Mom

Taking a much needed break after 2 weeks of work but wanted to wish all our post abortive moms a Happy Mothers Day.
Seem impossible for it to be happy? Does the empty space in your heart seem too painful for you to find any joy?

Spend some time in prayer....focus on the fact that  Jesus Christ died for all of our sins and through his suffering, death and resurrection, one day, we will be reunited with our children....there is much joy to be found in that!

May you all find peace in your hearts knowing the love of God and your unborn children....May our Mother Mary, enfold you in her mantle where your children dwell....

Happy Mothers Day!

COvering our Youth in Prayer

I feel sorry for our youth. Doing talks, I am seeing more and more the hardness of heart some have when it comes to abortion. It is frightening to me for them!

In this work, I all too often see the results of the misinformation they receive. I see the girl who will never be the same because of an abortion she thought would solve her "problem". I see the guy who could do nothing to stop the killing of his child and the heart break he suffers after. I see the destruction of dreams and hopes because of the depression, anxiety and self hate that often comes with abortion.

I see an attitude of sex as an activity instead of the great beautiful life creating gift it is, and the kids who now are having to deal with STD's for the rest of their lives because they bought into the lies.

I listen to the heart ache of women unable to have other children.

Mostly I pray for their healing, for the truth to get out there so our children do not suffer and that there is a renewed respect for life, not just for the unborn, but for their own lives so precious in the sight of God.

Mens Day

Well, the Mens Day on Saturday was phenomenal! Many graces were had and the humility of both those who attended and the man who gave witness truly touched my heart Father Mariusz, CFR and Br Andrew were wonderful as always as they led the day. All thanks be to God and t those of you who prayed for us!

Abortion not only kills unborn children but it hurts women and men....I pray that more and more come forward for healing as we continue to reach out

Bad RHAPP

for the people of NY

http://www.archidiocesis.com/vervideo.php?en=youtube&q=NYFPR&video=PXOCS3HY5f8