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 For those of you reading this..who have had an abortion..I do not condemn you..nor do I judge you..What you have done you will have to live the rest of your life with..But please remember.. That God has already forgiven you..and so has your baby..now all you have to do is learn to forgive yourself. We all make mistakes..horrid mistakes..we are not perfect..we are on a journey..one that takes many turns..it has lots of bumps in the road..and some pretty hefty rocks to clime over. But we are not alone..no matter what we do or don't do..Each of us has to travel our own road..make our own path..and learn from the lessons that this life has to offer. There is help with the pain that you feel..but you must reach out and accept that help..again the choice is yours.. "The Gospel of Life" eleventh encyclical of Pope John Paul II What the pope has to say I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion. The Church is aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and she does not doubt that in many cases it was a painful and even shattering decision. The wound in your heart may not yet have healed. Certainly what happened was and remains terribly wrong. But do not give in to discouragement and do not lose hope. Try rather to understand what happened and face it honestly. If you have not already done so, give yourselves over with humility and trust to repentance. The Father of mercies is ready to give you his forgiveness and his peace in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. You will come to understand that nothing is definitively lost and you will also be able to ask forgiveness from your child, who is now living in the Lord. 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. This link below is for help to those who have gone thru an abortion. MY COMMENT TO EMAIL: When I first put a page about abortion.. Someone emailed me asking how could I be so unsensitive toward the mothers and fathers who have made the decision on having an abortion. I'm not unsensitive toward any person who has had abortion. Quite the opposite in fact.. My heart goes out to all of these children's families. Making such a decision is far beyond my comprehension..I don't think that having an abortion should even be a choice..But that is my opinion..Having to face the possibility of killing a child..no matter what the reason..having to live with the fact day after day..year after year..that I destroyed an innocent life..to me would be totally unbearable..There are many many ways to get rid of a child that you do not want..And there are many many people out there would love to have a child and can't.. My view remains the same now and forever.. Abortion is wrong.. we are killing babies.. Not only are we killing them but in the process we are inflicting such torture upon the babies and the mothers..that it is beyond human belief..or understanding..it does not matter which way you look at it..or how you try to disguise it.. it still comes down to murder.. Yes "MURDER" is a very strong word.. but what else do you want to call it.? What else "CAN" you call it? God has created a life.. We end it. There are so many reason to have an abortion.. rape..lack of money..lack of love..lack of respect..lack of self pride. FEAR of the unknown. but it still comes down to the same thing.. You are taking a life. Is that not what the definition of murder is? Taking ones life? ..Murder is murder.. no matter what label you want to put it under.. or excuse you may have... taking the life of a child that has not yet come into the world is MURDER.. pure and simple. |
