Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

Every once in a while I like to post #99 from The Gospel of Life, the encyclical letter by Pope John PAul II. In so few words he reminds us of all we need to know for healing. The Church, while abortion is always wrong can understand how it can happen. Don't lose hope, face what you did and present yourself to Gods Mercy. Through your healing you can be the most eloquent defender of human life…how true and how beautiful! Thank you JPII!

Gospel of Life #99

I would now like to say a special word to women
who have had an abortion. The Church is aware of the many factors which may have
influenced your decision, and she does not doubt that in many cases it was a painful and
even shattering decision. The wound in your heart may not yet have healed. Certainly what
happened was and remains terribly wrong. But do not give in to discouragement and do not
lose hope. Try rather to understand what happened and face it honestly. If you have not
already done so, give yourselves over with humility and trust to repentance. The Father of
mercies is ready to give you his forgiveness and his peace in the Sacrament of
Reconciliation. You will come to understand that nothing is definitively lost and you will
also be able to ask forgiveness from your child, who is now living in the Lord. With the
friendly and expert help and advice of other people, and as a result of your own painful
experience, you can be among the most eloquent defenders of everyone's right to life.
Through your commitment to life, whether by accepting the birth of other children or by
welcoming and caring for those most in need of someone to be close to them, you will
become promoters of a new way of looking at human life.