Church Bells for Life: Let Freedom Ring for the Vulnerable, Especially Babies Waiting to be Born

JANUARY 22, 2025 “CHURCH BELLS FOR LIFE”–

AN INITIATIVE OF THE U.S. COALITION FOR LIFE

URGENT: Church Bells for Life

“Setting off a wave for LIFE that will resonate from sea to shining sea…”

By: Randy Engel 

January 22, 1973, A Day That Lives in Infamy!

Jane Roe (Norma McCorvey) was
used by Gloria Allred who fabricated
a massive lie about a non-existent
gang rape to win abortion on
demand! McCorvey later became
a Christian and fought for life.
She died in 2017. RIP, Norma!

Where were you when the Supreme Court's atrocious Roe v. Wade decision unconstitutionally abortion overturning laws in all 50 states of our country? My husband and I were on our way to teach our high school CCD class at St. Louis parish in Alexandria. We ditched the lesson for the night and, instead, focused on the moral evil of abortion.
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The feminists and their allies gloated in 1973 and prophesied that abortion was here to stay and the issue would disappear within a year now that the court had spoken. Little did they know that there was still a God in the United States who would raise up an army to defend the little ones and their mothers.

Today's first reading at Mass is a biblical metaphor for the fight.

David previously refused to wear Saul's armor to face the Goliath. He stands before the king as a shepherd, clad lightly with no helmet or shield and no weapon but his sling. Saul urges him to reconsider facing the giant. How can a "mere youth" stand up to the seasoned, armor-clad, sword-bearing Goliath surrounded by the Philistine army?

David's reply is swift and confident. "The Lord, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and bear, will also keep me safe from the clutches of this Philistine." And he faces the taunts of Goliath with the same manly courage, confident in the Lord's help and protection:

Console Your Mother's Heart on the Bloodiest Anniversary in History

Today is the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that overthrew EVERY law protecting unborn babies and, in fact, legalized abortion through all nine months of pregnancy in every state in the union.

In our country alone, clinic abortions have massacred 60 million babies who should be in the safest place on earth, their mommies' wombs. And that doesn't include the babies killed by abortifacients mislabeled as "contraception." The numbers worldwide are staggering. And the problems related to abortion are legion!

In the past 45 years, abortion has devalued the lives of every human person to the point that all the vulnerable are at risk. The abortion lobby promised that out of wedlock births, child abuse, and unwanted pregnancies would be reduced by abortion. The opposite happened. In fact, all those problems increased. Why wouldn't they? If you can kill a child up to birth, why wouldn't you slap around your sassy two-year-old. He's your property after all. Roe v. Wade said so! Studies show that most abused children were "wanted" by their parents.

Pray the rosary today to console the hearts of Jesus and Mary and for the conversion of those committed to the murder of the innocent.

#WhyWeMarch: Reflections on the March for Life 2018

I didn't go to the March for Life yesterday for several reasons, but I watched the rally program on EWTN and have been reviewing commentary and videos.

What an incredible event! And what an incredible crowd! 

For the first time a sitting President addressed the March live and in person even inviting a contingent to be there in the Rose Garden for the event. Surrounded by parents with smiling children and babes in arms, he gave an inspiring talk including saying he would sign the bill banning abortions for pain capable-infants in the womb when Congress puts it on his desk. It isn't enough, but it will save many. Let us all pray and fast that it happens!

The March for Death vs. the March for Life

I received the article below in my email box this morning. It is an important reminder of the price women have paid for their "right" to kill their children. Not only have tens of millions of babies died on the "altars" of abortion mills, but many women have died as well. Some died at the hands of the abortionist butchers. Some died from suicide because they couldn't live with what they had done. Some died at the hands of enraged "boyfriends" who wanted an uncomplicated sex toy and killed her when she refused to cooperate. Indeed, as the article below says, "Abortion has done nothing to advance women's freedom." Abortion makes women recyclable sex objects and babies doll objects to be cherished when "wanted" and ripped apart and thrown in the garbage when "unwanted." The Women's March on Saturday talked about women's rights being human rights. What the organizers really meant was that women are propaganda objects to promote abortionists' rights. That so many women joined in their own exploitation makes one wonder whether stupidity is sex-linked. And to see videos of leftist nuns with pearl earrings in their pierced ears was enough to bring out the vomit bags. The video was produced by America, the Jesuit magazine. Ho-hum, no surprise there. They stopped being Catholic years ago. But to hear nuns claiming that the women's march "respects life?" Obviously, those elderly ladies are demented. Pray for them because they have a lot to answer for!

Abortion Has Done Nothing to Advance Women's Freedom

Hear the Sound of the War on the Unborn...

...and repent for our evil nation that inaugurated the greatest enemy of the unborn ever to sit in the White House. God help us indeed. And may He bring to repentance all those Catholics who voted for a man dedicated to advancing intrinsic evils  with the forced cooperation of all Americans.

The March for Life: Why We Will Win and Restore Protection to the Babies

Today was the 38th March for Life - can you hear the bells tolling for the millions of babies sacrificed on the altar of selfishness? But as I listened to the speakers today and marched down Constitution Ave and up to the Supreme Court I was excited and energized. And here are a few random observations and thoughts.

*This was one of the largest marches I've ever attended and I've been to all but four!

*The crowd was young and energized. In fact, the crowd was overflowing the mall and people spilled into the road from the sidewalks even ahead of the March banners.

*There were more Congressmmen and Senators on stage than ever and the freshmen included several doctors, one who has brought at least 5,000 babies into the world.

*The speeches from the politicians were laced with references to scripture, so that it was like a revival, something this country sorely needs. And the freshmen promised they will speak out for the babies.

*The crowd was more diverse than I've ever seen before with many "people of color." And, in fact, one of the freshmen congressmen, Tim Huelskamp, a Catholic farmer from the midwest, was there with his four adopted children who are black. See here.

*The pro-abortion group at the Supreme Court was the smallest ever. There couldn't have been more than a dozen, and that's a generous estimate. These are the people who call us violent, but aren't afraid to be among several hundred thousand of us knowing full well that they have nothing to fear.

*The Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) was there in a prominent location exposing the evil of abortion and other assaults against life with huge pictures. America, they said, won't stop abortion until they see abortion. Every social movement from abolition to civil rights to the Vietnam War to the genocide in Darfur have used gruesome photos to arouse the compassion and opposition of the citizens. Jesus Himself left us the image of His bloody sacrifice on the cross. We must tell the truth about abortion! Included in the display were pro-abortion quotes from President Obama who on January 22nd, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade promised his complete commitment to the killing of unborn babies.

*A big message from everyone on the podium was, "Go home and get back to work!" If the only pro-life activity you do is march once of year, you are not part of the solution. Pray and fight. Everyone can play a part. If you're a homeschooling mom, assign your children to write letters to your congressman. It's called teaching civics. They are future voters and need to know that they help shape the culture. Make a phone call, sign a petition, pray once a month at an abortion mill, hold a baby shower for a crisis pregnancy center, pray the spiritual adoption prayer of Fulton Sheen. Everyone has a role to play to protect and defend the innocent. Let us all be part of the solution.

Pray and Fast to End Abortion - Pray the Rescue Rosary!

Today is designated as a day of prayer and fasting to end abortion. Let's all offer little sacrifices and extra prayers for an end to this horrible atrocity. I especially invite you to join in the "rescue rosary." When I was in jail in Buffalo during the Spring of Life in the early '90s, I met a fellow sidewalk counselor who had the idea of a rosary specifically to be prayed for all those involved at the killing centers. The rosary was even color-coded to remind the one praying of the intention for each decade.

First decade - Blessed Mother blue - to be prayed for the mothers who coming to the abortion mill to kill their children, that they will reconsider and have a true mother's heart toward the little ones in their wombs and accept the help so eagerly offered.

Second decade - gold, the color of treasure or white like the pearl of great price - to be prayed for the babies, God's great gift, that they might be saved and their mothers might welcome them as tiny treasures to enrich their families with God's love.

Third decade - red, the color of suffering - to be prayed for the pro-lifers present at the killing centers who risk arrest and persecution for trying to save God's precious little ones from death and their parents from lifelong suffering.

Fourth decade - dark blue - prayed for the "boys in blue," the police officers who are often put in the middle between life and death, called on to enforce evil laws that violate the right to life.

Fifth decade - black, the color of evil and death - prayed for all those in the abortion industry: abortionists, staff, "deathscorts," etc. that they might repent, leave the abortion business, and turn back to God.

The rescue rosary reminds us that abortion touches so many lives - not just the babies and their parents. Make the rescue rosary an integral part of your prayer to end the scourge of abortion.