Feb 14 2026

Every Thursday evening, “Penitents of Love” join online to pray a Rosary of reparation. Once a month a priest joins them in prayer and gives a talk highlighting God’s mercy but also the need for reparation. And during the penitential season of Lent, they will be praying a Chaplet of Divine Mercy each day. 

By Theresa Bonopartis

It’s 1 a.m. on Friday morning when Ann logs on to Zoom. The Ireland native stays up well past her bedtime so she can join a group of women and men, ”Penitents of Love,” who meet weekly online in the United States to pray the Rosary together. 

The thing they have in common: They’ve all experienced the profound mercy of God through healing from the devastation of abortion. Together, they seek to do penance and reparation for this sin.

Solidarity
“Since joining the weekly Penitents of Love Rosary, I can see more clearly the importance of repentance and reparation for the sin of abortion,” Ann says. “Praying with others who carry the same indelible scars as me and who are willing to stand in repentance rather than resentment, strengthens me. There is no judgment, just a feeling of solidarity as we humbly pray together accompanied by the gentle presence of the Blessed Mother in the Rosary.”

Penitents of Love is a new initiative of the Entering Canaan post-abortion ministry under its lay apostolate. Father Francis Mary Roaldi, CFR, one of the priests involved in the ministry, gives this definition of a penitent: “A penitent is a lover who personally moves back into loving relationship with God and moves others to do the same.”  

The rest is here: “Penitents of Love”: Seeking healing during Lent | The Divine Mercy

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Imagine if we get thousands…millions of people to join us in this prayer during lent! Spread the word!

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