A young man stopped by the vigil to remonstrate with a priest who was there last week. He kept insisting that "you are just here to provoke", while Father answered gently that we are there offering help and witnessing to the fact that an unborn life is a human life which should be allowed to be born.
We have two signs currently at the vigil. And a few passers-by have also complained that we are judging or condemning women, or trying to shame them. This is not our intention at all. I will include the posters in this post so you can judge for yourselves how judgemental or shaming the signs are.
The man who stopped to tell the priest off got angrier and angrier, shouting down the answers to his questions. "What help do you give?" -"Well we offer..." "Bull****! you don't help anyone".
"Why are you here?" "Because we believe..." "No. You are here to provoke" etc etc.
The "Women and children deserve better than abortion" sign was the particular subject of his ire, and eventually he tried to remove it, though thankfully he didn't manage to in the end. Finally he explained angrily that he and his partner had an abortion very recently.
As he stormed off, we were left to contemplate how much the pain caused by abortion disfigures everything, so that even an offer of help or a sign calling for better options for expectant Mothers can somehow be seen as an attack.
May God heal the brokenhearted and end the scourge of abortion in our land.
Clare
Why not join us in prayer during Lent? See the options to join our Rosary or Adoration Rotas, or join us at 40 Days for Life – see GoodCounselNetwork.com for details. And follow the daily updates here on our blog, which includes details of the Bishop, Archbishop and Cardinal who have attended 40 Days for Life vigils in London this Lent.
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