R
Roetting
Guest
My wife and I have been married for a little over 3 years now. We’ve had trouble with conceiving children. We do not practice contraception. 2 years ago around X-mas my wife had a miscarriage. It was a very rough and trying time. By God’s grace we have conceived once again. We are scheduled for our first ultrasound tomorrow. I ask for prayers for my wife and little one. I know it is early and things can still happen. Please pray that whatever happens, we can come to accept it.
Also, will the Church ever definitively put forth a teaching on children who die before they are born (miscarriages). I believe, as all Catholics should, that life begins at conception. Therefore, I have one child already which I believe is in heaven. He/she never had a chance for baptism by ordinary means. I couldn’t fathom a God though that wouldn’t welcome our child into his loving arms. I pray that one day I will be reunited with this child that I’ve never had a chance to hold. Somedays are better than others but that longing in my heart is still there. There are days when I beg God just to let me see him/her in my dreams to know they are ok and with him. I know deep down that I must trust God, but as we all can probably say, it is a lot easier said than done. I ask God to help me trust him more.
Peace in Christ,
Also, will the Church ever definitively put forth a teaching on children who die before they are born (miscarriages). I believe, as all Catholics should, that life begins at conception. Therefore, I have one child already which I believe is in heaven. He/she never had a chance for baptism by ordinary means. I couldn’t fathom a God though that wouldn’t welcome our child into his loving arms. I pray that one day I will be reunited with this child that I’ve never had a chance to hold. Somedays are better than others but that longing in my heart is still there. There are days when I beg God just to let me see him/her in my dreams to know they are ok and with him. I know deep down that I must trust God, but as we all can probably say, it is a lot easier said than done. I ask God to help me trust him more.
Peace in Christ,