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Beyond Conception: Re-conceiving Healing in Infertility

The Springs in the Desert Podcast: Catholic Accompaniment Through Infertility

Today, we talk honestly about healing and infertility. For some of us, healing in a season of infertility may mean eventually conceiving and giving birth to a child. But many of us are trying to conceive and becoming exhausted and discouraged. Some have received a definitive diagnosis that makes the possibility nearly, or absolutely, impossible. Others are entering menopause or are now past childbearing age, yet still feeling the pangs of pain from a desire that will not be fulfilled. For all of us, the questions remain: Can I be healed? What does healing look like for me? How has God been working in my life to heal me already? Kimberly, Ann and Cassandra discuss the pain of infertility feels like and how it can be described, and think together about what healing in our infertility even looks like outside of conceiving and giving birth. They reflect on how God has touched their lives so far and acknowledge that grief and healing can be a lifelong process. Finally, they share some practical ways that we can cooperate with God’s grace in order to invite Him into our pain, as we place our hope of being healed in Him alone. Resources for this episode: More on Cassandra’s experience at Lourdes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOdTv9PdndU Lourdes grotto webcam: https://www.lourdes-france.org/en/tv-lourdes/ How to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/pray-the-chaplet If you enjoy this podcast, please rate and review it so that we can reach more people with this message of hope. And if you need prayers, someone to listen, or you want to tell your story on our blog, please email us at info@springsinthedesert.org.