Catholic Teaching on Miscarriage
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Today we are talking about the Catholic Church's teaching on Miscarriage. There has been a LOT of confusion on this point, and with the help of this GREAT BOOK, Grieving Together (find it here: amzn.to/2MgFnO0), I work hard to answer some of those questions.
I cover the following questions:
1. Can we baptize our baby?
2. Can we name our baby?
3. Can we bury our baby? What do we do if we don't have the baby's remains?
4. Is my baby an angel? A saint?
5. Is my baby in Limbo? Heaven?
6. Is there a funeral or burial rite we can use?
I hope this information brings you comfort during this time of grief. I have been through 2 miscarriage and 1 stillbirth loss, so I know how hard this time is and how hard it can be to find some of this info.
You are in my prayers, sisters!
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When my chld was stillborn we absolutely baptized her. This was what the priest said. There is baptism by DESIRE. We can desire our child be baptized while in utero, and stillborn. Our child is floating in amniotic fluid, water. Believe that a living Father who co created this child desires to have your little Angel, your little spirit one with you. I never forget my chikd. She is carried with me, always in my heart. Frequently in my mind. I send her love, and feel love is returned to me. Peace.
Prayers for a couple who have lost 2 babies to miscarriage
What a great resource! I had an early miscarriage in Oct 2011. It was so hard, but we’ve since been blessed with two more beautiful children. I love how you pray to your babies in heaven; I think I will do the same! ❤️
Thank you for watching! I would be very touched if you took a minute to share your own experiences with miscarriage. Every life matters!
We lost a baby at 19weeks 1day. %100 believe Stella is a Saint in heaven and we do sing twinkle twinkle little star to her, and ask her to pray for us and I believe she truly has helped me with my faith. Thankfully my husband is the caretaker of our Catholic Church and we were able to take her remains home. She was buried with my husband's father and has a marker that we can go to.
I am not a Catholic, but I come from a Catholic family, and it was very helpful and informative to me as a daughter to better understand what my mom went through with her loss. Thank you for putting this together with great love.
The Church does not teach that unbaptized infants, born or unborn, are in heaven. The Church doesn’t teach that they are not in heaven. The Catechism actually says, “we don’t know, but we are permitted to hope.”
“...allow us to hope that there is a way of salvation for children who have died without Baptism. All the more urgent is the Church’s call not to prevent little children coming to Christ through the gift of holy Baptism.” CCC 1261.
“the Church does not know of any means other than Baptism that assures entry into eternal beatitude.” CCC 1257
I don’t see anything wrong with your feeling confident that your child is in heaven, but Church teaching is that we don’t know for sure. We know certainly that baptized babies are in heaven. We can hope for the unbaptized.
And the Council of Trent did say that Baptism remits original sin for infants, and that remission of original sin is necessary for salvation. It is of course possible for God to remit original sin without Baptism if He chooses, but He hasn’t revealed to us that He does or doesn’t. You’re right that limbo per se is a theological theory and doesn’t appear in Church teaching. That doesn’t necessarily mean that it doesn’t exist. You can personally reject the theory, but the Church hasn’t accepted or rejected it.
I needed this. Thank you so much 🙏🏽
Thank you so much for this video. May God bless you and your family.
Bless you! Thanks for your work!! 🌸😊🌸
Hi. I’m a new subscriber and I must say I appreciate your intelligent manner of speaking about our Catholic faith, it is very encouraging and inspiring. I wondered if sometime in the future you’d be willing to do a topic on something akin to “Morning prayer routine/bible study” on Sundays and for working moms like myself, on weekdays prior to leaving for work. Thanks for your channel.
Thanks so much for all this information.
Looking forward to more videos!!!
I have a cousin who, at 17, was pregnant through rape but she miscarried in the 4th month. She was actually relieved that she lost the baby because she was raised catholic and her family wouldn't allow emergency contraception with the rape kit or abortion. She fell into depression and suffered great mental and emotional problems due to the rape experience. She never wanted to go outside, always stayed in bed and barely ate enough food. That was about 5 years ago and still to this day she is not quite right. Was she right to feel relieved that her unborn baby had died?
My understanding is that Limbo was/is real and that was where we would end up, however once Jesus gave himself for us and died on the Cross, we received the possibility of salvation and essentially did away with Limbo, by offering those souls salvation as well.
Also, ofcourse these babies where innocent and pure, made fully with Gods love, so they would go straight to heaven because all that is pure is with God.
Baptize them now and everyday !
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, Your love is eternal. In Your ocean of love, You saved the world through Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Now look at Your only Son on the Cross Who is constantly bleeding for love of His people, and forgive Your world. Purify and baptize aborted children with the Precious Blood and Water from the Sacred Side of Your Son, Who hung dead on the Cross for their salvation, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. May they, through the Holy Death of Jesus Christ gain everlasting life, through His Wounds be healed, and through His Precious Blood be freed. There to rejoice with the Saints in Heaven. Amen.
NIHIL OBSTAT:
Rev. Fr. Stephen Obiukwu
Censor Deputatus
Chairman, Doctrine and Faith Committee
Archdiocese of Onitsha, Anambra State 430001
NIGERIA
1st July, 1999.
IMPRIMATUR:
Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, O.P.
Bishop of Ilorin Diocese
Ilorin, Kwara State 240001 NIGERIA
17th June, 2001.