Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

Bringing a Message of HOPE

“Hoping against Hope! ” I am betting anyone who has ever suffered from a past abortion can relate to “hoping against hope” as they reached out for help for the first time. “Hope” is usually something they gave up long ago.In our “Entering Canaan” ministry, Days of Prayer & Healing are the first thing someone would attend. Our goal for the day is single, to instill "hope of healing ". To light the flame of "hope" into a soul so often plagued with despair, anxiety, fear, and unforgivness, and to be as Pope Francis said, “men and women who bring hope to others”.

Often, people think this is a small goal, after all, we are speaking about an abortion experience, but it is from this foundation of hope that faith grows, little by little, bringing a person to know and trust in God and His mercy, allowing them to experience His forgiveness and love.

This new found trust then gives them the ability to honestly look at their abortion experience, while they cling to the mercy they have found knowing they are loved, opening them to the tools they need, emotionally, spiritually and even sometimes physically to heal. This “light of hope” paves the way to travel on their journey of post abortion healing through the desert to “Entering Canaan” the Promised Land.

Traveling through this desert consists of many different experiences, from our “Hope & Healing” weekend retreat, which explores different obstacles of healing such as, acknowledging our sin, and the difference between shame vs. humility, to our monthly “Gatherings” groups where we share with one another. Our yearly “Mercy” retreat, is also a time to grow deeper in our faith and our healing as we renew ourselves in the Lord.

Hope, the foundation of healing and the instrument to keep faith alive is evident all through our quest for wholeness and healing after our abortions and our desire to see our children one day. Pope John Paul II tells us in the Gospel of Life: “The Father of mercies is ready to give you his forgiveness and his peace in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. To the same Father and his mercy you can with sure hope entrust your child. 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. “

Spreading the message of hope!

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