Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

I thought I would share with you all a little about the "Entering Canaan" ministry and its history each day for the next few days.So I will write some I will take from the manual… let's start at the beginning…

The Beginnings

“Go,
Pick up the pieces lest they be lost” (Jn 6:12)

With
these words of Christ, John Cardinal O’Connor directed the Sisters of Life to a
ministry of reverence for women and men who suffer following the tragedy of
abortion. Together with Theresa Bonopartis, the co-author of the ministry,  a journey to healing inspired by the Holy
Spirit has been developed.

 Entering Canaan: A Sacramental Journey to
an Inheritance of Mercy is, we believe,  
a work of the Holy Spirit in answer to the directive of the
Cardinal.  It consists of three separate
and distinct parts each able to stand alone yet a part of the complete journey.

It
is our hope that those setting out on the journey to Canaan come to the
realization that like the Israelites before them, the journey may be difficult
at times, but Christ is present to them each step of the way. It is in the
surrender to His will each day of our lives that we are healed, trusting in His
goodness and love. As we come to “to understand what happened and face it
honestly” (Gospel of Life), understanding the dynamics of
abortion and growing in knowledge of Christ and His love for us we will also
find that “that nothing is definitively lost and you will also be able to
ask forgiveness from your child, who is now living in the Lord” (Gospel of
Life).

We
will  come closer to the Promised
land where, “the Lord gave them peace throughout the land…”Joshua 21