There is Hope and Healing

When was the last time you checked your MySpace page? Well, I did yesterday. It had been a loooong time since I was on it. I was looking around and I found a blog I wrote years ago. I want to share that with you today. The blog is about an incident that happened with a very young couple at the abortion clinic. A good friend of mine spent all day at the clinic waiting for this young couple giving them love and hope. I still remember many details of it. Even their license plate is engraved in my memory. Here it is:

Things 16 yr olds shouldnt worry about    September 28, 2005

Current mood:crushed

Wow, had such a crazy day.   I spent my breaks at the abortion clinic today and it was just so overwhelming. Clinic was packed, no place for patients to park.  When I got there, my friend was talking to a sixteen year old couple that had just gotten out of the car.  If only you could see the look on their faces, confused, frightened, helpless, hopeless.  We offered them information, and offered them help to make a better decision.  We talked to them for about 10 minutes.  The girl was pregnant and frightened to get an abortion.  She said she didn't want to.  The boyfriend on the verge of tears pleading us for help.  Did no good, the girl went right in.  I dont know what she based her decision on, or if the nurse that was working as a security guard that day made her change her mind.  

We expected her to come right out, because on the first visit, you have to get a pregancy test and by law wait 24 hrs before you make your abortion decision.  One, two hours passed.  I left for class. Came back afterwards and the car was still there.  As we waited and waited, we were of course suspicious.  It was evident they were going to give her an abortion.  So as we usually wait for the women to come out after their abortion to help them out, we waited for this one girl.  After most patients left, the main nurse, comes out.  Looking out to see if we were there, she approaches the 16 yr old's car and turns it on.  So we went to the other side exit of the clinic and the two kids were there. The girl was by the door, and the boy approached us to the sidewalk.  I can still picture their faces of "What did we do??" "What now??" such frightening expressions.  You could tell the boy had been crying, and my friend gave him a hug.  In this one hug, probably one of the most heart-felt and compassionate, you could just see the pain flowing out of this kid.  Thats when all of a sudden the main nurse drove up in their car.  She ordered them to get in the car quick and to stop talking to us.  We gave the guy a phone number he could call for help and my heart broke to pieces even more when she tore up the information we gave the guy.  The nurse's aggressive behavior towards us just shocked the teens and they left without knowing where to go to next. 

This is something a 16 year old shouldnt have to worry about.  Should i abort my baby or not? What if my parents find out i'm pregnant? What if my parents find out about my abortion? What will people say at school? What if I dont have the funds? Will i be condemned? Will I be forgiven? Who can help me?

There is help.  Thats why we're at the clinic, offering absolutely ANYTHING the person might need. 

This is something a 16 year old specially shouldnt have to worry about. We all make mistakes, two wrongs dont make a right.  There is help.  Free help. 

8:33 PM

Rosaries, Rosaries and More Rosaries!

Friday was the feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary. A day where I witnessed so many miracles of faith, hope, love, healing, perseverance, patience, humility and the list can go on and on. Three lives were saved at the abortion clinics.

Recently, I've been getting nudged by God to take a step further in evangelization. Nudged to not be afraid to talk to others about God and his mercy. I feel that God has given me the courage I needed to straight up talk to people about confession and seeking God's forgiveness and mercy. It's hard talking to random strangers about God and try to evangelize them and fight for their souls. Doing what you can so they don't fall into the sin of abortion.
I know that God has revealed this special grace to me because I literally could not believe the words that were coming out of my mouth on Friday. I was speaking words that only the Holy Spirit could ever say. And I definitely felt the Holy Spirit flow through my mouth and gave me chills the whole morning.

So what made me meditate on all this? Easy answer.

Praying the Rosary.

For the past year, I've been getting from 1-3 packages a month in the mail full of rosaries from people from all over the country. The original purpose of these rosaries was to give them out to women and men we sidewalk counsel at the abortion clinic.
These past few days, God has challenged me for more. I always end up with tons of rosaries in my purse, so I figured that I need to step it up, and give rosaries to people and encourage them to pray.
Story:
A lady walking by on the street walked right by me (at the abortion clinic) and looked at the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe and a picture of an 8 week baby in the womb. She stopped for a few seconds and said hi. She looked at the baby with a lot of pain in her eyes and said, "They abort them and here are others," (almost pointing at herself), "who struggle to have a child." I asked her if she was Catholic and she said yes. All I could tell her was to keep praying and not lose hope. I gave her a rosary and a "How to Pray the Rosary" pamphlet.

Moral of this blog:
God has given me the tools and it's my mission to get others to pray the Rosary.
What I learned: don't suppress the promptings of the Holy Spirit.