Her Little Garden
by Norma McCorvery
My friend Monica Ashour knew before I did that I
would join the Church. It was only a matter of time. That time came on
August 17, 1998.
Some time later I had a dream of getting both Catholics and non-Catholics
alike to work together to help overturn Roe v. Wade. (I was Roe, for
those of you who dont know.) I work very closely with the Texas Justice
Foundation for this reason. The Foundation encompasses a team of both
Catholic and non-Catholic lawyers who want to bring our children back to
the world of the living without abortion.
My most recent endeavor is for Our Lady. I always bring one thing back for
the Lord from each of my trips: seashells from the East Coast, sand from
Florida, rocks from California, and leaves from Maine. I had been speaking
at Texas A&M in hope of changing some minds on abortion. In a roadside
store, I came across a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I looked upon Our
Ladys face and I saw tremendous peace in her eyes. I wanted that same
peace. What a great gift to be the mother of Jesus Christ! - to think there
was no room at the inn.
As I approached her statue, knowing that this was the one I would get, my
heart beat faster and faster. After some conversation with the clerk, we
put her in the car. As I arrived home it occurred to me that the Blessed
Mother needed a place all to herself. So thats when her little garden
began.
Just a little garden for my Lady to see that all she endured for us was not
in vain. Chimes-like church bells-now accompany her in the garden. I can
hear the chimes when the wind blows outside the window where I live.
If only the world outside was so humane as not to kill little children in
utero!
This information has
been reprinted from Holy Cross' Sunday Bulletins
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