On Sunday, Nov. 4, the 40 Days of Life vigil came to a close. The organizers have prepared this tribute for all who came to pray for life this autumn.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3

Finally, Day 40 — God gave us a sunny, cold day to our  40 Day witness of prayer and fasting outside Planned Parenthood in Spring Valley. There are hundreds of people to thank.

So many prayers from the depth of our souls have been prayed.  Continue reading →

The closing ceremonies for the 40 Days for Life will be held Sunday, Nov. 4, at 3:00 pm, at the Planned Parenthood prayer site on Perlman Drive in Spring Valley.

Please join us, and thank you to all the wonderful prayer warriors who came during these 40 days to pray for the most innocent among us to be protected from Planned Parenthood.

The winds and waters of Hurricane Sandy bore down on Rockland County this week bringing death and injury, widespread physical destruction, and the disruption of everyday life we tend to take for granted.

Against such a force, what can you do? You try your best to keep going, to do the job that’s been given to you. Here’s what the 40 Days for Life volunteers did.

Through the storm, they prayed – not only for the unborn – but for all who were in danger, for the first responders, for their neighbors, for those who had lost their homes, for all who were suffering in so many ways.

They prayed at their homes, at the Eucharistic Adoration Chapel at St. Gregory’s and even at Perlman Drive on Monday,  in their parked cars or even out in the wind and rain at the vigil site itself.

That’s what prayer is for such times. Lifting up to God all who are frightened or hurting or broken and placing them in His hands.

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Hundreds of cars pass by each hour where we pray — just off Route 59 across from the entrance of the Spring Valley Marketplace, one of the county’s major crossroads.

It’s a constantly changing audience for our 40-day vigil. And probably not many truly understand the stakes, the battle of life and death that goes on under what appears to be only a cluster of commonplace folks with Bibles or rosaries, praying by the side of the road.

So we show them our signs — so they’ll understand what it’s all about, and why we’re there.

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Please join us the prayer site on Perlman Drive in Spring Valley at any time from 9 am to 5 pm. If you can make a commitment of one hour per week, please email rachelminister@aol.com or call 845-492-6709.

Prayer continues overnight at the Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Chapel at St. Gregory Barbarigo Church on Cinder Road in Garnerville.