For the past five weeks, People have been reciting the Rosary outside the Unity Heath Centre in York. Usually there are two people at a time, and the organisers fry to get two or three hour long sessions each day. The reason is that the Unity Health Centre is a clinic that facilitates abortions.
I generally fill a mid day slot on Fridays, and up to today it has been uneventful. However, today we were heckled by two separate residents of the street. One was extremely uncivil,using foul language. The other was less so, but still unpleasant.
More interestingly, an elderly lady came out of the clinic and came up to us to commend us on our bravery. After chatting for a bit, this lady decided she would like to join us in prayer and took out of her handbag a rosary. She stayed for five decades. It was this lady who took the brunt of the abuse from the more uncivil of the protesters.
A few days ago there was another unexpected incident. A member of the staff of the clinic who must have been going off shift came up to the group praying and said: "God Bless You". I was not present on that occasion, but was surprised to hear the story related.
There is just one more week left in the forty days.
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