Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

Saw this on another blog and thought it is always worth posting again and again….

From the Encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) #99:

“I would 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 definitely 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.”

~Pope John Paul II

http://gerardnadal.com/2010/01/04/pope-john-paul-the-great-to-post-abortive-women/