Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

“Jesus answered them, "Amen, amen, I say to you,
everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.”

I don’t think there is anyone who truly acknowledges their
abortion for what it is and does not become a “slave” to the sin. Many women
speak of never being able to get it out of their minds. It follows them around
each day. Every baby they see, every pregnant woman, every little reminder of
the child they aborted enslaves them to feelings of remorse, grief and regret.

The first reading today speaks of false gods…our society has
been overcome with them…from money, to material possessions, to sexual
gratification, the pursuing of all this moves us away from God , as each thing
becomes more important than living in His will. As I work with young girls who
are post abortive, I often feel that they did not have a chance as they are inundated
with the pursuit of these gods from every angle, TV, music, advertising…it is
almost as though they are brought up in the spell of secularism, some of them
having no one to teach them the truth. It is very sad.

Still, we are called to preach the truth no matter how we
are perceived by the world. This does not mean walking around speaking of your
abortion experience with everyone, but there are certainly ways to speak the
truth without doing that. Jesus tells us “The truth will set you free”. It may
not be easy and you may not be the most popular person around for doing so, but
it is so important in this time of so many attacks against the sanctity of life…may
we each get the courage to speak the truth in a world filled with lies and
false promises. It will set us free.