Brochure of the Month

Brochure of the Month:  May 2019

Forgiveness and Healing After Abortion

 Note: This brochure is for everyone - not just those who are post-abortive. We all need to understand how people in our community have been impacted by past abortions.
Many post-abortive women feel that they have committed ‘the unforgivable sin’, feeling too ashamed and unworthy to seek reconciliation with God.  Or they know God has forgiven them, “… but it is so hard for me to forgive myself.”  Women and men who have been involved with an abortion need to believe that Jesus is, as He has told us “love and mercy itself…..Let no soul fear to draw near to me, even though its sins be as scarlet.”(1) “The greater the misery of a soul, the greater its right to My mercy.” (2)  The Scriptures have several stories of Jesus accepting sinners, such as speaking to the Samaritan woman at the well, (Jn 4:4-26) and declaring about the “sinful woman” who bathed his feet, that “her many sins have been forgiven…”(Lk 7:36-50.) Never does He reject a humble and contrite sinner.
The church offers healing through Project Rachel, which is mentioned in the brochure. In this archdiocese, the Office of Pro-Life Activities offers both Days of Reflection, Rachel’s Vineyard weekend retreats, and weekly support groups to help women and men to accept both forgiveness and healing from Jesus.  Contact Julie Fritsch, the director of the Office of Pro-life activities, at 713-741-8728 or JKFritsch@archgh.org.

1. Diary of St. Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul, no. 699.

        2. Diary, no. 1182.
 

The brochure is available at the Hospitality Desk in the Church and in the Ave Maria Family Life Center. Links to the text (8.5 X 11 format) are here:  English    Spanish.