As it states on its website, the goal of 40 Days for Life is to “end abortion locally through prayer and fasting, community outreach, and a peaceful all-day vigil in front of abortion businesses.”
In a statement to ACI Prensa, Lourdes Varela, director of 40 Days for Life in Ibero-America, highlighted the importance of prayer in the pro-life struggle, because, she said, if you want to end abortion, “the first thing you must do is pray.”
“Prayer is at the center of 40 Days for Life, and that is why we call on people of faith around the world to get on their knees before God and ask him to hear us and heal our land,” she said.
Varela pointed out that “we must pray outside the abortion center,” in the church, at work, with family, because “Christ told us that demons can only be expelled through prayer and fasting, so both go hand in hand.”
Regarding fasting, the pro-life leader explained that “it’s a sacrifice that helps us to go beyond our own limits with the help of God.” During the campaign, “churches, families, and groups are invited to unite as the body of Christ for a goal.”