As I've mentioned before, this blog used to attract some very vocal haters. I'm not sure why, but I think it may have had something to do with my status as a post-abortive woman and a revert -- almost a convert really, since I'd been raised in a very catechesis-light progressive-Catholic milieu. It seemed to me, from some of their barbed comments and vicious personal emails, that these readers believed that my gratitude at being forgiven my sins was insufficient because I had not demonstrated a close enough affiliation with the political right, and, as has become more and more apparent in the years that I've been writing this blog, many orthodox Catholics do align themselves tightly with this particular political philosophy, in spite of the fact that it has little to do with Catholicism. But if you've been reading this blog for more than five minutes, you already know that this is not a political blog, and that I'm not that personally interested in politics.
When I read Father Robert Barron's interview with Heather King about her own post-abortive healing, I wondered if the haters were going to get in a twist about her, too. Maybe they already have, but let's hope not. Most of us here love Heather and wish her well. And most of us, while we don't necessarily rush out to take suffering by the hand, know that those who suffer deeply, and who do so with an awareness of suffering's redemptive nature, are not only blessed, but are also a blessing to those around them.
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Thanks for the link to such a powerful article!!!
I'm crying here. Did you read the Crescat today?
Yes, I did read it. Katrina is the friend of a friend of mine.
It made me sad that she felt the need to apologize for the scandal her words might cause. This is where the haters find their way in. God may forgive grievous sin, but righteous blog-readers seldom do.
Why would Katrina's repentance cause scandal? If there is more joy in heaven over the conversion of one sinner than there is over a thousand righteous men and women, the righteous among us ought to be rejoicing with her.
One very humble commenter over on Kat's blog said, "I have not had abortions, through no virtue of mine." Too many pro-lifers, in my experience, are like the pharisee in the parable of the pharisee and the publican where post-abortive women are concerned.
I hear you sister! People can act like that around addiction/alcoholism too.
Great post. Living your salvation usually means that politics is a distraction, not a means to unite with God. TQ
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