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GALLIA COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE PARTICIPATES IN THE NATIONAL LIFE CHAIN
On a windy
Sunday afternoon over 200 Gallia County residents, representing many of the
churches of Gallia County particularly Catholics and Evangelicals working
together in an ecumenical effort, participated in a peaceful, prayerful, and
silent demonstration for life from conception to natural death while praying
for an end to America’s holocaust…….over 50 million babies aborted and deprived
of their right to life since the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision of 1973
legalizing abortion. People of all ages,
from toddlers to teens, and adults to senior citizens were silently holding pro-life
signs along both sides of Eastern Avenue (Route 7) in front of the Ohio River
Plaza (Peebles, Taco Bell, etc.).
Passing cars got the message and some even participated
with a beep or two of their horns in sympathy and approval. The Knights of Columbus were present in full
regalia, adding color to the event.
The Life Chain in Gallipolis, sponsored
by Right to Life of Gallia County, has become a
tradition here in solidarity with thousands all over the country on Respect
Life Sunday, the first Sunday of October.
The Life Chain is in its 25th year nationally. The new Bishop of Steubenville, the Most Rev.
Jeffry Monforton placed so much importance on the event that he requested that
the Mass he was scheduled to say at the Diocesan Youth Rally be moved to later in
the day so that he could personally participate in the Life Chain in Marietta.
Right
to Life of Gallia County thanks all who sacrificed an hour of their time to
participate in this public demonstration for life.
The participants were holding signs
such as: "Abortion Kills Children",
"Adoption - the Loving Option", "Jesus Forgives &
Heals", "Lord, Forgive Us and Our Nation", "Abortion Hurts
Women", "El Aborto Mata Ninos", "Life - the first
Inalienable Right", and "Pray to End Abortion". On the back of each sign are prayers and
meditations for the participant to read.
Signs and more detailed information with videos may be obtained by
clicking on www.lifechain.net and/or www.nationallifechain.org along
with how to organize and stage a life chain in your area.
People
in other parts of the Country spread out about 35 feet apart with location assignments
predetermined, stretch out for miles along a busy boulevard. Then after the life chain is over, they
gather together in small clusters for a few minutes of group prayer in the
spirit of 2Chronicles 7:14…..”And if my people, upon whom my name has
been pronounced, humble themselves and pray, and seek my presence and turn from
their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven and pardon their sins and revive
their land”.
Life Chain defines
itself as a peaceful and prayerful public witness of pro-life Americans and
Canadians standing for one hour along major roadways, praying for our nation
and for an end to abortion. It is a
visual statement of solidarity by the Christian community that abortion kills
children and that the Church supports the sanctity of human life from the
moment of conception to natural death.
Motives for the National Life Chain
1. To both receive ministry and to minister to the public, aided by the Holy
Spirit.
2. To provide God a witness to anoint and use to save lives and change hearts
in each local area.
3. To join a national prayer chain that seeks God’s forgiveness and
intervention.
4. To better understand the impact abortion is having on our Country and why
the Church must end it.
5. To move the Church, under pastoral leadership, from the pews to the “city
gates” and the "marketplace”.
6. To honor our youngest fellow citizens who, most often, have perished alone,
within blocks of multiple church altars.
7. To help build a resolute army of Christians who are pro-life in both word and
deed.
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