For the closing of this Spring's 40 Days of Prayer in Denver, the Catholic Church brought out all the biggest weapons it could. A March 31st closing rally kicked off with a Spanish Mass, followed by a rosary led by Bishop James Conley, apostolic administrator for the Denver Archdiocese. This was followed by a 2nd Mass was celebrated by Fr. Joseph Hearty FSSP, Assistant Pastor at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in nearby Littleton. Fr Hearty originated the idea because he felt that it was time to “pull out the big guns.” He added“If we can pray the rosary, why not offer the Mass, why not use the Mass and the Eucharist as a means of fighting this tragedy. Why not use the most powerful means that we have?” As a member of the traditional Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, Fr. Hearty celebrated the traditional Latin Mass, known as the Tridentine Mass.
The empty parking lot is right across the street from the Planned Parenthood & isowned by a pro-life couple.
Also, 6 different Masses offered in the parking lot during the 40 Days campaign in English & Spanish. All six Masses were well attended, averaging between fifty & a hundred persons.
Organizers are hoping to build on the momentum. They hope establish a regular schedule of Masses in front of the clinic, continuing to wage spiritual warfare against the nation’s largest abortion provider.
“Our fight is not against the world, it’s against principalities and darkness, it’s against evil, it is against the devil,” says Fr. Hearty.
“Why not make a few demons quake?”
Why not indeed?
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Denver priest ‘pulls out the big guns’ on Planned Parenthood: says Mass on the street outside clinicLabels: 40 Days for Life, Planned Parenthood
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