The parish of Our Lady of Sorrows – St. Anthony is holding a Day of Prayer & Fasting for Life on Thursday, October 3, 2019. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed all day for Adoration, so you can pray directly to Jesus in His physical, real Presence. In addition to private prayers, we will hold a series of devotions throughout the day.
9:00 AM Mass & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 12:00 PM Angelus & Rosary for an End to Abortion 2:00 PM Pro-Life Stations of the Cross 3:00 PM Divine Mercy Chaplet 5:30 PM Rosary for Healing for those affected by abortion 6:00 PM Repositioning of the Blessed Sacrament followed by the Holy Mass in Creole
All events will be held at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. We invite you to join us in prayer for those babies who have no voice, for those women who are facing an unplanned, unwanted pregnancy, and for those women who have been wounded by that difficult choice. We also ask you to pray for the elderly and the handicapped who are at risk from the new law allowing Physician-Assisted Suicide.
If, because of other obligations, you cannot come to Church to pray with us there, please note the times of the various devotions, and when possible, close your door and pray with us where you are! In spirit, we will be praying together!
In addition to prayers, we are also asking all parishioners to fast on this day, because fasting adds strength to prayer! It doesn’t have to be a rigorous fast of bread and water all day, but please fast from something you enjoy and would normally have during the day.
The Culture of Death is still ascendant in our country and the world. But we can make a difference, with God’s help.
Weekend of October 1-2: Supporting New Jersey Right to Life. Raffle tickets will be sold at the doors of both churches in support of the NJ Right to Life. It is the state’s largest, nonpartisan pro-life organization and leads the effort on public policy issues concerning the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death. NJ Right to Life supports centers and groups that provide pregnancy and post-abortion help.
Weekend of October 15-16: Knights of Columbus Rose Sale
The Knights of Columbus will be at the doors of both churches selling their roses to support Right to Life efforts.
Oct. 15: OLS joins the America For Fatima group to pray the Rosary in the Church Meeting Room of Our Lady of Sorrows Church at noon. All are invited to participate.
Throughout the month of October, the Respect Life committee invites and encourages all to pray the “Memorare” each day as many times as you like for the end to abortion. At the end of each day, send an e-mail to [email protected] with the number of times that you prayed the prayer.... use Memorare as the subject…. or…. Go to the Relevant Radio link below and add your prayers to the total count. Help OLS-SA to add dramatically to that total!!!!
Site: https://relevantradio.com/pray-the-memorare/