I saw this video from Uniquely Mary yesterday about praying for aborted, stillborn, unbaptised babies. There was a nice prayer in the comments which I typed out and am thinking of printing and sharing. I was hoping that some prayer theological experts here might just throw a look at it and see if there is anything problematic with the prayer. Thanks! "Prayers for Souls in Limbo. (from Uniquely Mary) 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 baptise 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, Amen. May they through the Holy death of Jesus Christ get everlasting life, through His wounds be healed and through His Precious Blood be freed. There to rejoice with the saints in Heaven. Amen. "
I wonder how "baptism of desire" comes into the picture. Christian parents who suffered stillborn babies would have baptised the infants had they lived. Unable to think clearly enough, I did not baptise our stillborn, "Michael"' when I held him (though I may have prayed so at the time) but certainly expressed that desire in prayer later. Victims of abortion opens up an even bigger area for debate. I also wonder if 'baptism of blood' can be applied to these babies.
FWIW, My family prays at the following at the end of every daily rosary: Heavenly Father, in Your love for us, protect against the wickedness of the devil, those helpless little ones to whom You have given the gift of life. Touch with pity the hearts of those women pregnant in our world today who are not thinking of motherhood. Help them to see that the child they carry is made in Your image - as well as theirs - made for eternal life. Dispel their fear and selfishness, and give them true womanly hearts, to love their babies, and give them birth, and all the needed care that a mother alone can give. We ask this through Jesus Christ, Your Son, Our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and Holy Ghost, One God, forever and ever. Amen.
I encountered an argument by a catholic website which said basically " if you deny Limbo (and say aborted babies go to heaven) you're not pro-life, because it's better to go to heaven for sure. than face possibility of hell"). I DON'T agree with this statement ,but it's a strong argument-- likewise those who believe hell is temporal ie; universalists (note: the ones I've known say hell is real, and very terrible-- they just say it's not eternal but don't wish it away) accuse the ones who believe in eternal hell of being logically inconsistent given this. For me, the only solution to resolve this silogism while being both pro-life and theologically orthodoxy ,is to concede that indeed, aborted babies go to heaven- possibly through prayers of other people and not "automatically". I think the vietnamse Marcel Van, spiritual brother of ST Therese taught aborted babies are saints but I can't find that info anymore online
There is a liturgical feast on December 28th dedicated to the memory of the Holy Innocents, those newborns who died by order of the wicked King Herod. Can we say that some of these went directly to heaven, even without circumcision, when Christ opened the gates of paradise? And can we say that this fate applies to all babies who die without baptism, since circumcision (which was always performed 8 days after birth) was equivalent to the Sacrament of Baptism in the Old Covenant?
