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Women and Men Seeking Holiness as the Answer to Abortion

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Mercy

Members of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mercy recognize our debt to Divine Mercy — that each of us has received tremendous unspeakable Mercy from Jesus Christ, who is Mercy Incarnate.  He has forgiven the sin of abortion, and all the other sins that we have entrusted to Him when we made our confession.

But Jesus expects us to be instruments of His Divine Mercy as well.  We wants us to practice mercy in our own lives through living the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy.

Corporal Works of Mercy: to feed the hungry; to give drink to the thirsty; to clothe the naked; to shelter the homeless; to visit the sick; to visit the imprisoned; to bury the dead.

Spiritual Works of Mercy: to instruct the ignorant; to counsel the doubtful; to admonish the sinner; to comfort the sorrowful; to bear wrongs patiently; to forgive injuries; to pray for the living and the dead.

Each of us makes a commitment, before God, to try to live Mercy toward others.  What are some of the special and particular ways that we are to live Mercy?

  • Forgiving injuries, whether they were committed by family members, friends, co-workers, spouses, an abortionist — we forgive, and we pray for healing and reconciliation with God for those who have hurt us.
  • Reaching out to other post-abortive persons with God’s Love and Mercy, whether through Rachel’s Vineyard and other post-abortion ministries, or just through our every day contact with others.
  • Pro-Life outreach, especially to prevent other young women and men from making the same kind of mistakes that we made.
  • Assisting the Poor, the Elderly, Children (especially children in need of faith, hope and love), teaching catechism, etc.

We are not expected to practice all of these, but we do commit to the Lord that we will try to live always in His Divine Mercy, and to share that Mercy with others!

Recent Posts

Can God forgive our gravest sins?

Sometimes people ask if God can really forgive our most grievous sins — He not only can, but He actually does, if we ask for forgiveness. In this video, I share some stories of people who were notorious sinners — some would say “monsters” — who experienced the grace of forgiveness from the Infinite Mercy […]

One Soul at a Time

Over the past year, we have seen a several signs of hope regarding the sanctity of every human life, and suffered a few setbacks as well. On the positive side, the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the infamous Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey decisions, rejecting the notion that there is a federal […]

November – Month of the Poor Souls

One of the spiritual works of mercy is to “pray for the living and the dead.” We usually remember that we should pray for the living, because they are around us, seen by us, and their needs are often apparent to our eyes. But do we remember to pray for the dead, for the souls […]

Our Lady, Terror of Demons

We are in a war, a spiritual war. The Christian life is a constant war against the world, the flesh, and the devil. But what does that mean? We are at war with “the world” in its fallen state, in which the world around us, fallen and prone-to-evil human society, attempts to lead us away […]

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  • Testimony from a Woman Healed from Abortion
  • The Power of God's Mercy to Heal even the Deepest Wounds
  • Women of Grace: Part one of interview with Fr. Ben Cameron

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