Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

"God is not glorified despite the wounds; God is glorified specifically because of the wounds!" Gregory Bottero PhD

Great post by Dr Bottero on the mystery of suffering and the Resurrection..certainly something so true in post abortion healing and all of our sufferings…

Integrating the field of psychology
into a Catholic framework is not an easy task when the founder of the
field (Freud) wrote, “Much will be gained if we succeed in transforming
hysterical misery into common unhappiness.” Catholicism is concerned
with becoming human – fully human – and therefore fully alive. The end
of Catholicism is happiness beyond our wildest dreams, not just “common
unhappiness.” While this ultimate joy is not experienced until we reach
the ultimate end of heaven, the Catholic path to happiness includes
great joys and even fulfillment along the way. Compare Freud to Jeremiah
29:11: “’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord,
‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future.’”

The resurrection
of Jesus gives us the hope that pain and suffering – even death – is
not the last word. Pope Francis said in his Easter homily to “let the
risen Jesus into your hearts… even if just a little.” We are all
invited, even those who are not close to Jesus or who don’t know him at
all, to let the hope of the resurrection find its way into our hearts.

Many of my patients have suffered unimaginable traumas. We’ve all
heard horror stories, and for many, these stories are more than gruesome
documentaries or watered down news briefs that others can turn from.
For many, the memories, nightmares, and fears and panic responses are a
constant reality. As unbelievable as individual stories may be, trauma
is a very common experience. Everyone has experienced some difficulty in
life. We can almost all look back at certain experiences and wonder how
we made it through. If not, we can be sure that it will most likely
happen in our life that we experience something that makes us cry out,
“why God?” or even cry out as Jesus did, “My God, my God, why have you
abandoned me?”

the rest is here:http://www.catholicpsych.com/blog/