
Just days before I started having abdominal pain, an online friend who was around 6 weeks pregnant shared that because of issues with emotional abuse from the baby's father, she had scheduled an abortion. I tried to reach out to her with love and compassion and although she was receptive, she was pretty firm that she was going to go through with the abortion. I knew she had previously had a late abortion (20 weeks) that had left her emotionally scarred, so besides the life of the baby, I was concerned what another abortion would do to her mental health. I prayed often for the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and enlisted some of my Catholic mom friends to pray as well. There wasn't much else I could do.
Her abortion was scheduled for that Thursday morning; I went into the ER Wednesday night. When I came home late Thursday, I discovered that she had canceled her appointment with the abortionist. While I was losing my baby, she was choosing life for hers.
I have faith that Our Lady heard my pleas for intercession. And in some strange way, it softened the blow of losing my baby. My baby had implanted outside my womb; she never had a chance, her loss was inevitable. Her baby DID have a chance, and she gave it to her.

3 comments:
Awesome, Katie! Way to go.
Made me think of something I never shared. The weekend I found out I was pregnant was the weekend my 'spiritually adopted baby' was due! Matt and I were at a Mass in Denver, CO 9 months before and it was the first time I ever heard of spiritual adoption. I prayed the prayer every day for 9 months until that weekend in June!
Wow, that's awesome! :)
Katie, that is an amazing story! The power of prayer is SO huge! Praying for you.
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