Abortion, Motherhood and the Role of Mary COMMENTARY: The Blessed Mother emphasizes the great dignity of motherhood as well as the unparalleled dignity of her child.

National Catholic Register ^ | July 5, 2022 | Donald DeMarco

[Morgana]

Pro-abortion demonstrations over the past few months, and rising to a crescendo in the aftermath of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, have told the world, with unremitting vehemence, that women have a right to control their own body, a right to a safe abortion, and that the unborn is not yet human being. On the negative side, they have shown a hostility toward the Catholic Church and, in particular, to Mary, the Mother of God. The hostility toward the latter is well symbolized by the mantra, “keep your rosaries off our ovaries”.

Pope St. John Paul II expressed the role of Mary in the ongoing battle between life and death in his 1987 encyclical, Redemptoris Mater (Mother of the Redeemer). He made the remark that, “For Mary, present in the Church as the Mother of the Redeemer, takes part, as a mother, in that monumental struggle; against the powers of darkness.” Abortion is a rejection of motherhood, and therefore, a rejection of Mary, the Mother of God. Furthermore, Mary’s Son is a Redeemer who wills the redemption of many who emphatically refuse to be redeemed.

Dr. Denise Mari, a clinical psychologist, who has served as the director of Trinity Institute for Catholic counseling in New York City, has had extensive experience with women who have suffered from post-abortion syndrome. She has observed that “through the defensive process of denial, the post-abortion woman has suppressed the normal grief process due to the killing of her child and is unable to accept her responsibility for the abortion. This maladaptive coping reaction blocks her inner healing and ability to forgive herself and others.”

[Morgana]

I posted this because I think of the times the Pro Aborts hold signs that say "We wish the Virgin Mary had an abortion"

If the BVM had an abortion we would all be screwed.

We should all thank God the BVM chose LIFE and said "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word."