Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

BRONX, NY (Catholic Online) – One of the most true and profound things I ever heard in the pro life movement came from, Msgr. Philip J. Reilly, founder of The Helpers of Gods Precious Infants. I have always loved Monsignor who I feel really understands the complete picture surrounding abortion. I see Monsignor as a true living saint. For those of you who may not know him, Monsignor spends hours sidewalk counseling each day, outside of "Choices" abortion clinic in Queens, NY

"The reason we go out," he says," is not primarily to save the physical life of the child, though we want to do that, absolutely, but if that becomes our primary purpose we will become limited in what we will achieve  and we are going to misunderstand why God wants us to be there. Our purpose will determine the instrument that you use, so if your purpose is to save the physical life of the child then you are going to measure your success on whether the physical life was spared. But the real purpose should be the salvation of souls…"

There is no doubt the sin of abortion has claimed many souls; souls of the mothers, fathers, grandparents, clinic workers and countless others. The impact of just one abortion is astronomical, never mind that there have been 54 million since Roe vs. Wade, touching countless lives including the siblings of the unborn child,

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