Nov 6, 2007 / 14:00 pm
The 40 days may have ended Nov. 4, but the 40 Days for Life North Dakota prayer vigil outside North Dakota’s only abortion facility is continuing.
At an evening gathering of 40 Days for Life participants Nov. 4 and later, at a midnight Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Fargo, Colleen Samson, committee chairperson, announced that the prayer effort would continue 24 hours a day for an additional 10 days. Upon completion of the 10 days, the prayer schedule will be reviewed again, she said.
The decision was made as a result of prayer and input from participants, Samson said. “God has been speaking in the hearts of countless people that North Dakota will be the first state in our nation to be free of the evil of abortion-on-demand,” Samson said in a written statement. “We are waiting upon his word, his will in our continued perseverance of prayer, fasting and vigilance before the abortion facility to bring an end to the killing of our unborn children.”
At a November 5th midnight Mass, Bishop Aquila encouraged participants to continue in prayers. “We can never, ever, if we are truly of Jesus Christ, forget to pray for those who do not know the truth.” Our Lord has told us clearly in the Gospel ‘Pray for those who persecute you and utter all kinds of false slander against you.’ He tells us to love our enemies. Hard words at times to hear and yet he himself practiced that from the cross, when he prayed ‘Father forgive them for they know not what they do’.”