Nashville, TN: Way of the Cross prayer vigil uplifts many and offends two

Nashville TN had a successful Way of the Cross prayer vigil  in front of  the abortion facility known as the Women's Center. Approximately 125 men, women and children participated in the peaceful prayer vigil.

Apparently some people took offense at the first amendment freedom of speech being offered on Good Friday. One man in the neighborhood complained about the cross...I guess that is what is known as the offense of the cross. One lady decided that reverent prayer was offensive to her and drove her car close to the curb,  yelling at the attendees daring them to step off the curb, along with other obscenities and hand gestures. She stopped and laid on her horn.The prayers continued.

 I apologized to one family who had driven from KY to participate. The mother said she did not want to shield her children from the fact that some people are hostile to Christian witness and they needed to be prepared for it. 

Way of the Cross...Nashville at noon in front of Women's Center abortion facility

On Good Friday we remember all the victims of abortion—the children lost, the mothers wounded, the communities blighted—in a solemn, ecumenical prayer service:

• Event: Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion
• When: Friday, April 18, 2014 at noon.
• Where: The Women's Center, 419 Welshwood Drive, Nashville, TN. Click here for map

Join us as we pray for healing for the victims of abortion and for a final end to this injustice in our land. This is a peaceful prayer vigil, not a protest. Family friendly....

Nashville Way of the Cross ...150 people pray while death occurs across the street....

The Way of the Cross in Nashville, TN in front of the Women's Center on Welshwood was a success despite the cold and rainy weather. Approximately 150 men, women and children came out to pray in this ecumenical prayer service known as the Way of the Cross. Children held 14 large crosses symbolizing the walk of Jesus to his death. Other students held pictures in front of each  cross as the remembrance was read.

Unknown to most,  there was a  spiritual battle taking place inside the abortion mill. I  received a text message when I was preparing to leave for the vigil....needing to arrive early to set up. It was from a friend who serves on a pro life board with me. A relative of hers was inside that very abortion facility on that day to get an abortion. Many individuals were communicating with her via text message (by the way, this abortion mill  does not want cell phone in there for this very reason) trying to get her to change her mind. One birth mother,who made an adoption plan,  was texting her telling her story of choosing life and adoption for her son. Prayers were offered. Pleas to consider another option were ignored and this "strong willed " girl went though with the abortion. This was occurring while 150 people were outside praying the way of the cross and remembering the journey that our Savior made for us some 2000 years ago as He walked to his death by crucifixion.  A most cruel and painful death....and inside  this building  another  life was also facing a death .....by dismemberment. It might sound terrible to be so blunt but that is the way it is and we shouldn't pretend that it is a pretty way to die.

The relative  who tried to intervene, herself a mother by adoption, was disheartened. I sent her a picture of the men, women and children praying outside. It may be  some comfort to know that this little one was remembered in prayer acknowledging her/his brief existence. I know as co coordinator it gave me some solace. Here is one of my favorite pictures.

Check out Pro Life Action League for more pictures around the country including Nashville and then read Fr. Frank Pavones's commentary on Killed in Darkness, Remembered in Light. 

Nashville: Good Friday Way of the Cross in front of abortion facility

This prayer vigil will be one hour in length, rain or shine. It is peaceful, loving and legal. This is not a protest.  It is appropriate for youth. Christ gave all for us, can we give Him one hour on this special day of remembrance?  Please share with your pro life friends and announce in your church if allowed.

Join me Good Friday for a "Way of the Cross for Abortion Victims"

Dear Pro-Life Friend,

On a bleak Friday afternoon, our Savior Jesus Christ was crucified

at Golgotha, "the place of the skull."

We have our own Golgotha right here in Nashville: The Women's

Center, where 2,000 years after the Crucifixion, His image is

violently destroyed again and again by abortion.

So it is fitting that we solemnize Jesus' suffering and death in

connection with the pro-life ministry He has entrusted to us.

Please join me on Good Friday, March 29 at 1 PM for an ecumenical

"Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion" at The Women's Center.

EVENT: Good Friday Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion

Deacon Ken Levinson- Prayer leader....booklets provided

WHEN: Friday, March 29, at 1:00 P.M.

WHERE: 419 Welshwood Drive, Nashville, TN

Click here for directions from your starting point

I want to emphasize that, even though the Way of the Cross is a

traditional liturgical observance, I look forward to praying for an

end to abortion with ALL my Christian brothers and sisters on Good

Friday.

Come to remember Christ's sacrifice and rededicate yourself to the

fight against abortion, inspired by His Passion. I hope to see you

there.

Families with older children and youth groups: please volunteer to

be a cross-bearer or hold a Station picture in front of each cross.

Please call  Marilyn

Yours for Life,

Susan Allen

susancallen@bellsouth.net

or

Marilyn Cox

stdominic@bellsouth.net