Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

Today we have the story of the poor man Lazarus and the rich
man who although he saw Lazarus’ suffering, did nothing to help him. We are
told Lazarus would have been happy with the scraps from the rich man’s table,
and yet he received none.

When the rich man dies, he is thrown into a place of torment
and begs to have Lazarus come and bring him relief for he sees Lazarus now safe
beside Abraham.

He said, 'Then I beg
you, father, send him
to my father's house,
for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them,
lest they too come to this place of torment.'

The rich man is convinced that if his brothers are warned
they will change their lives and do what is right, but Abraham reminds him
that  they all had been warned by Moses
and the prophets but they did not listen.

The message of life is not a new one. The sanctity of human
life is a message that has been proclaimed from the beginning of time by the
church. Most of us knew in our hearts before our abortions that it was wrong to
have one. Obviously, most of us were far from the truth of God when made that
decision.  Many of us wanted to believe the
lie that life would return to the way it was before the pregnancy if we killed our
unborn children.

Some women speak of those who are outside of the clinics and
believe that if someone was out there when they went, they would not have
aborted. Other saw those outside of clinics and got angry because they were
there. In truth, when we are far from God we ignore His commands, and we never really know what we would have done if situations were
different.

 We are all called to
be prophets in this time of great destruction of human life. That does not mean
anyone has to be “Silent No More” about their abortions, but it does mean we
need to work in some way to protect human life. That may be speaking out, or talking
one on one, working in a ministry, or financially supporting a ministry that
protects life. Only God, through a good spiritual director ,can direct each one
in their obligation depending on each life circumstance. Certainly we all can
pray to end the attacks against life.

Today pray that you may become a prophet for life in the way
God chooses.