Suffering alone and in silence, parents try to forget the experience of their abortion. Their deep remorse and sorrow makes them feel it is impossible for God to forgive them. They also feel it is impossible for them to unite with their children in a loving and prayerful relationship. Too often, even those who have accepted the mercy of God fail to recognize that they too are called to enter into a prayerful family relationship with their child.
The purpose of this book is to give hope to parents who have aborted their children, and to help them enter into a prayerful relationship with their children based upon the teaching found in Pope John Paul II's encyclical 'Evangelium Vitae'. We can have 'sure hope' that they are alive and that they dwell in the presence of God. They remain members of our families and are willing to help us as powerful advocates.
We can have "sure hope" that the Mercy of God reunites parents with their children wherein the family relationship is restored in Jesus Christ. These babies yearn to unite themselves in prayer with and for their parents, their families, and with all who repent of having a part in abortion. For numerous reasons, these children have been overlooked as a group of people who are advocates, but they represent a veritable multitude of people numbering in the billions willing to be of help. It is time we recognize them as such and to ask them to intercede with God to restore a culture of life to this nation and to this world.
Truly, these children can say to their parents, "I am not lost. I am still here, I am alive, I am with you and we are still a family if you will have me. I love you and I want to pray with and for you. I am your advocate with God."
Truly, parents can say, "I am not lost. I love you and I am sorry for what I have done. Thank you for not abandoning me and for calling me "Mother" or "Father". I want to develop a prayerful relationship with you. Please help me in telling God how truly sorry I am for what I have done. Thank Him for me, for His great mercy. With you I have the courage to do this."