July 6, 2009
Dear Deacon John,
We all know people who need healing from an abortion. In the Priests for Life newsletter I share with you today, our friend Msgr. Mike Mannion, a pioneer in the field of post-abortion healing, outlines some insights he has been developing recently, that link the different schools of spirituality in the Church with the different personalities of the woman who has had an abortion.
Incidentally, one of the questions that arises so often when
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we speak about healing after abortion, is, "What happened to my baby?"
Pope John Paul II, in his encyclical The Gospel of Life, speaks directly to those who have had abortions, and tells them, "To the same Father and to his mercy you can with sure hope entrust your child" (n. 99).
The child, in other words, continues to live, and the mother continues to care for that child by "entrusting" him or her to the Father. God takes care of the children He has created, even when some of His other children destroy them. Therefore, we entrust these children to Him "with sure hope."
This "hope" means that we acknowledge that God wants everyone to be saved. He saves different people in different ways. Normally, what He desires is that people receive the sacrament of Baptism, which gives us the new life that is necessary for reaching heaven.
If a person, however, is prevented, through no fault of their own, from receiving the sacrament, that does not mean that God cannot give them that new life by different means. How, precisely, He does this, we do not know. He has not given us the answer to every question. But He has assured us - and in fact He commands us - that we are to trust in His mercy, and entrust each other, including aborted children, to His mercy.
As I write this to you, I'm preparing to launch our bi-annual, international training conference for Rachel's Vineyard, along with our Pastoral Associates, Theresa and Kevin Burke. It starts tomorrow in Malverne, PA, and will be a full week in which we will encourage and train professionals from across the country and around the world who are conducting Rachel's Vineyard retreats. Please say a prayer for these people and all to whom they minister!
We continue to add new media outlets airing our pro-life TV shows. Starting on Wednesday, July 8 our Gospel of Life program will begin airing on the National Religious broadcasters network on Direct TV! See below for t
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his week's show details.
Upcoming schedules for our TV shows and Radio programming:
Hear us on EWTN radio on Catholic Connection with Teresa Tomeo. Janet Morana will be Teresa's guest on Friday, July 10th from 9:10-9:30am ET. Call-in to the live show with questions for Janet at 877-573-7825. For radio station information and to listen to the live show on the internet, go to www.avemariaradio.net.
Defending Life: Watch on EWTN every Friday at 10pm ET and Saturday at 2:30am ET. Listen on EWTN radio every Friday at 1am ET, Saturday at 6:30pm ET and Sunday at 5am ET.
July 10-12: Senate Sermons
Gospel of Life: Watch on Angel one Channel 101 on Sky Angel IPTV and on Dish Network channel 262, every Thursday at 11:30pm. Watch on Catholic FamilyLand, every Sunday at 1am, Monday at 9am, Wednesday at 3:30am and Thursday at 11:30pm. Watch on the National Religious Broadcasters Network (NRB), every Wednesday at 6pm. (All times Eastern) The NRB Network is included in DIRECTV's base package, TOTAL CHOICE, on channel 378. For more information seewww.nrbnetwork.tv/Pages/default.aspx
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. Listen to Gospel of Life episodes on the web at www.gospeloflife.com/tv.
Week of July 6 on Sky Angel: Back in His Arms Ministry. A ministry for those who have suffered miscarriage.
Week of July 6 on the NRB Network: An Interview with Melba Moore
Week of July 6 on Catholic FamilyLand: An Obama Presidency
Please tune in and spread the word! In fact, you can help us - and your whole parish - by asking your pastor to place in the parish bulletin an announcement about our TV shows. Thanks in advance!
Many blessings,
Fr. Frank Pavone
