Miscarriage Prayer & more

I received this in an e-mail from Angela, and wanted to pass it along to you all:

"With my first miscarriage, Fr. Gary called me and said, "Congratulations!" I was stunned, and replied, "EXCUSE ME!!" To which he said, "The idea is to get your children to heaven sinless....you did it!"

Recently with my fourth miscarriage, it joyfully occurred to me, that upon my death, I shall leave 5 very lively, loving children behind and upon entering Eternal Life, I will be greeted by the four whom I have lost!! I shall not enter Heaven alone as a mother!! Isn't that a wonderful thought?

I also wanted to share with your Mother Angelica's Miscarriage Prayer:

Miscarriage Prayer

My Lord, the baby is dead!

Why, my Lord—dare I ask why? It will not hear the whisper of the wind or see the beauty of its parents’ face—it will not see the beauty of Your creation or the flame of a sunrise. Why, my Lord?

“Why, My child—do you ask ‘why’? Well, I will tell you why.

You see, the child lives. Instead of the wind he hears the sound of angels singing before My throne. Instead of the beauty that passes he sees everlasting Beauty—he sees My face. He was created and lived a short time so the image of his parents imprinted on his face may stand before Me as their personal intercessor. He knows secrets of heaven unknown to men on earth. He laughs with a special joy that only the innocent possess. My ways are not the ways of man. I create for My Kingdom and each creature fills a place in that Kingdom that could not be filled by another. He was created for My joy and his parents’ merits. He has never seen pain or sin. He has never felt hunger or pain. I breathed a soul into a seed, made it grow and called it forth.”

I am humbled before you, my Lord, for questioning Your wisdom, goodness, and love. I speak as a fool—forgive me. I acknowledge Your sovereign rights over life and death. I thank You for the life that began for so short a time to enjoy so long an Eternity.

-- Mother M. Angelica"

You can also see the link to Mother Angelica's prayer and a prayer of blessing for parents who have miscarried in the links on the right. Thank you, Angela, for your reflections! May we dedicate ourselves wholly to Christ, so that one day we may be united with Him and our children!