Lumina
Hope and Healing After Abortion
Women
“I would 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…
Men
“Lumina’s Entering Canaan men’s retreat enabled me to confront the reality of what I had done many years ago. At the end of the retreat, the facts had not changed, but I had. A recurring nightmare of more than 30 years, in which the…
Siblings
“I probably would not even be here if you did not have that abortion.” Those are sentiments expressed by many siblings of aborted babies, sentiments that bring up a host of feelings. Guilt for being alive, yet gratitude for the gift of life. Love…
The Guilt of Faith
One thing that amazes me is the continued attempts by those in the pro-abortion movement to make everyone believe that suffering from an abortion comes from guilt because of a person faith. They repeatedly try to make abortion a religious issue instead of the…
The Grace Of Staying Still In Healing From Abortion
Which Way Do I Go? The Grace of Staying Still in Healing We live in a very busy world. I feel I am often outside of myself catching up to where I think I should be. There just seems to be so many expectations,…
A Father’s Waves of Regret
I am sorry. How many times have I said that to myself, in prayer, in confession, the pang of regret that hits you? I learned to shove it aside. To try to bury it, but it doesn’t stay buried. Birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, all special…