Thread by Salvation.
I have been wounded in my heart by the election results to a degree that truly amazes me. There is the kind of pain in my heart that comes from a deep sense of betrayal. I know that a majority of my fellow Americans have never been, and are not now, anywhere near believing in the unlimited abortion license vocally supported by the president-elect during his campaign. I know that Barack Obama won the votes of Catholics who are not at all in favor of his abortion policies and that he won in spite of those policies, not because of them. Still the feeling that my heart has been pierced by betrayal has been acute.
It isn’t just the work, the hours, the energy and words expended. It is that I long with all my heart for my country’s promise to respect the inalienable right to life of all human beings to come true. Anything that pushes the hope of seeing that further away, hurts.
**I have been wounded in my heart by the election results to a degree that truly amazes me. There is the kind of pain in my heart that comes from a deep sense of betrayal.**
I, too, felt this. In fact, it was so monstrous that I had to go to Confession and talk with the priest about it.
The lives of these children are in God’s hands right now, and we must trust God. (Hard to do for me — letting go and letting Obama have a hand at the wheel — but possibly that is what needs to happen to wake up the longing for life, liberty and happiness held by all Americans.)