The Gift of Healing
Jesus The Healer
Yours is the healing touch
that helps us rise from our bed,
sick with the fever
that sin always brings.
Yours is the soft word
that brings us back to our senses,
frees us from the bonds
that sin always brings.
Yours is the word of command
that calls us back from the tomb,
wrapped in the shroud of death
that sin always brings.
Lord, on this, and every day,
may I rise up
like she who was healed of her fever,
to do your bidding,
in your way,
now and forever.
Amen.
Sue Stone
www.catholicmeditations.com
As I meditated on this poem today, it touched me deeply. So many of us are in need of healing in many ways - physically, emotionally, psychologically - but especially spiritually. This poem (used with permission by Sue Stone) reminded me to pray for those women who will be hurt today by making the decision to abort their unborn babies.
They will be hurt psychologically in many ways. In fact, there have been more than one hundred different documented psychological reactions to abortion, some of which include: feelings of guilt / anxiety, helplessness, grief, and remorse; feelings of anger, bitterness, resentment, feelings of betrayal and mistrust; and a diminished self esteem. They may also experience recurring nightmares, flashbacks of the abortion experience, depression, sexual dysfunction, eating disorders, substance abuse, self-destructive behavior, abusive relationships, suicidal thoughts and tendencies and other problems.
There are many physical consequences of having an abortion that are just as numerous. Women who have an abortion are at a higher risk for breast cancer, cervical, ovarian, and liver cancer, uterine perforation, complications in labor, endometriosis, infertility, poorer overall general health, blood clots, and many other problems. The most common minor complications include infection, bleeding, fever, second degree burns, chronic abdominal pain, vomiting, gastro-intestinal disturbances and Rh sensitization.
Worse than either of these is the spiritual death that occurs when a mother commits the sin of abortion. As a result of this sin, she experiences a complete separation from the God who created her. Whenever someone sins, the innocent, as well as the guilty suffer the consequences of that sin. In abortion, the most obvious victim is the innocent baby who has died, but others, too, such as the extended family and the community family suffer the consequences of the sin.
The good news is the Jesus is our Healer, Our Peace, and Our Joy. He is the Divine Physician who heals us through the Sacrament of Reconciliation and restores our relationship with Him. He is the Source of all grace.
~ Jean M. Heimann
Jesus The Healer
Yours is the healing touch
that helps us rise from our bed,
sick with the fever
that sin always brings.
Yours is the soft word
that brings us back to our senses,
frees us from the bonds
that sin always brings.
Yours is the word of command
that calls us back from the tomb,
wrapped in the shroud of death
that sin always brings.
Lord, on this, and every day,
may I rise up
like she who was healed of her fever,
to do your bidding,
in your way,
now and forever.
Amen.
Sue Stone
www.catholicmeditations.com
As I meditated on this poem today, it touched me deeply. So many of us are in need of healing in many ways - physically, emotionally, psychologically - but especially spiritually. This poem (used with permission by Sue Stone) reminded me to pray for those women who will be hurt today by making the decision to abort their unborn babies.
They will be hurt psychologically in many ways. In fact, there have been more than one hundred different documented psychological reactions to abortion, some of which include: feelings of guilt / anxiety, helplessness, grief, and remorse; feelings of anger, bitterness, resentment, feelings of betrayal and mistrust; and a diminished self esteem. They may also experience recurring nightmares, flashbacks of the abortion experience, depression, sexual dysfunction, eating disorders, substance abuse, self-destructive behavior, abusive relationships, suicidal thoughts and tendencies and other problems.
There are many physical consequences of having an abortion that are just as numerous. Women who have an abortion are at a higher risk for breast cancer, cervical, ovarian, and liver cancer, uterine perforation, complications in labor, endometriosis, infertility, poorer overall general health, blood clots, and many other problems. The most common minor complications include infection, bleeding, fever, second degree burns, chronic abdominal pain, vomiting, gastro-intestinal disturbances and Rh sensitization.
Worse than either of these is the spiritual death that occurs when a mother commits the sin of abortion. As a result of this sin, she experiences a complete separation from the God who created her. Whenever someone sins, the innocent, as well as the guilty suffer the consequences of that sin. In abortion, the most obvious victim is the innocent baby who has died, but others, too, such as the extended family and the community family suffer the consequences of the sin.
The good news is the Jesus is our Healer, Our Peace, and Our Joy. He is the Divine Physician who heals us through the Sacrament of Reconciliation and restores our relationship with Him. He is the Source of all grace.
~ Jean M. Heimann
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