National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children

Very moving service today, The National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Rio Rancho. I am physically ill…..and emotionally drained after the service. As Pastor Richard Mansfield said, “We need an AWAKENING! to many in the Church are dead!” Let us AWAKE the CHURCH and NATION and end abortion. Here is a report from Laura:
By Laura Rosecrans
Another 1st in my post abortion journey! My husband Dan Rosecrans and I were BLESSED and HONORED to be a part of the New Mexico National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children in Albuquerque New Mexico on September 12, 2015! What a joy for us as The Hub of New Mexico Internet Radio Station and Surrendered Hearts Abortion Recovery Ministries to be a part of such an amazing event!
We give honor and glory to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and we give many thanks to the team that put this event together. Nationally of course Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, Priests for Life and Pro-Life Action Leaguewere the ones responsible for coordinating with the various cities across the United States that did a memorial at the city level – last count was over 150 services in the nation. Albuquerque’s own Father Stephen Imbarrato, with Priests For Life, led the service at the Tomb of the Unborn Child at Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut on Friday evening.
Here in central New Mexico Pastor Richard Mansfield fromNew Beginnings Church in Albuquerque , Pastor Cundiff from Calvary Lutheran Church Rio Rancho and Pastor Dewey Moede with For God’s Glory Alone Ministries were our Pastors on Board as well Father Trieu Vu with Our Lady of Sorrows in Bernalillo, NM was there to bless and pray over the memorial . Pro Life Ministries that sponsored the event werePro-Life Witness ABQ, Protest ABQ, Surrendered Hearts New Mexico, Albuquerque Right to Life and The HUB of New Mexico Internet Radio Station.
The event kicked off at noon with Dan Rosecrans with The HUB of New Mexico Internet Radio Station opening us up as Master of Ceremonies. Pastor Dewey Moede with For God’s Glory Alone Ministriesopened us up in prayer with a heart felt prayer. Pastor Quintin Cundiff from Calvary Lutheran Church Rio Rancho did the Scripture Reading and Reflection.
The special guest speakers were Pastor Richard Mansfield from New Beginnings Church in Albuquerque, Laura Rosecrans with The HUB Internet Radio Station and Surrendered Hearts Abortion Recovery Ministries NM, Betty Eichenseer with ABQ Right to Life and last but NOT least Tara Shaver with Protest ABQ and Pro-Life Witness closed out our speakers.
We then proceeded to the memorial site that has over 3000 crosses representing the aborted children of our state and Father Trieu Vu annointed the memorial with Holy Water and prayed over it. We all then placed flowers on the crosses to give honor to our babies that have been aborted in New Mexico and in our nation along with private prayer and meditation. Our MC, Dan closed us out and Pastor Dewey closed us in prayer.
Those are the facts. Now let me share my heart as a woman who was there to pay honor to her precious son who was remembered today by his family and partners in the pro-life community. My heart was overwhelmed at the 70 + people that participated today. My heart was blessed to hear the heart felt words by the Pastors that were there to show support to the Pro-Life movement – Pastor Dewey, Pastor Richard, Pastor Cundiff and Father Trieu Vu. My heart was full as I listened to the all the speakers who spoke words of life and grace as well as leading the charge for us to NEVER give up and to continue our fight!
My heart was leaping with joy that my precious mother, Carmen Rockwell and two of my precious children, Elisha and Jesse, were standing side by side with me during this event to honor their brother, John, today. And of course my amazing husband Dan Rosecrans, who participated in any way he could by setting up our sound system and being the MC of the event all the while supporting me and encouraging me to speak my heart.
Thank you to Bud and Tara Shaver for you endless work in New Mexico to end abortion and for organizing this event as well as ABQ Right to Life for your tireless efforts and participation in all things Pro-Life!
Thank you to ALL who came out today! Thank you to all who gave up a piece of their Saturday to honor our children who have been lost to abortion. Thank you to Father Mansfield from St. John Vianney Church in Rio Rancho who has set up this incredible and powerful memorial dedicated to remembering our 60 million babies who have died a horrible death in our nation.
Thank you to Father Imbarrato who introduced me to Baby Eve, a baby whose remains were rescued from a dumpster in an alley in the back of an abortion clinic whom God has preserved for almost 20 years as a symbol of remembrance of our children who have been lost.
AND most of all – thank you to our Father God and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for shedding HIS blood on the Cross for the forgiveness of our sins and for HIS grace and mercy! God is moving my precious brothers and sisters in Christ! Let us continue and remain strong in the Lord to stand up to the giant of abortion! Let US NEVER FORGET!