Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the West Philadelphia abortionist who was found guilty yesterday of the first-degree murder of three babies gave up his right to appeal in exchange for avoiding a possible death sentence.
He will reportedly be sentenced on the remaining charges, including the death of the third baby, on Wednesday.
So it looks like life imprisonment for Gosnell. He chose life imprisonment over death.
It’s time for me to do something I haven’t been able to bring myself to do yet. Pray for Kermit Gosnell. Pray that he invites the loving light of Jesus Christ into his heart and he seeks forgiveness for what he has done.
For his punishment on Earth Kermit Gosnell has chosen life over death. Now let’s pray he does the same with the hereafter.
May 15, 2013 at 4:21 am
So you're betting that if this guy starts following Jesus — while he's in jail — that this sick murderer of multiple live infants will go to heaven?
I don't know about you, but I don't want any baby killers in heaven with me and my family! Imagine the property values!
May 15, 2013 at 5:05 am
akg41470-
as Christians- we must hope for God's mercy- none of us 'deserve' heaven
May 15, 2013 at 6:15 am
Are you seriously equating me — a hard-working loving husband and father of three — to someone who killed viable infants and put their bodies in cat food containers? We are equal in your god's eyes?
May 15, 2013 at 8:46 am
yep.
May 15, 2013 at 12:04 pm
We all need mercy, all of us without exception. Heaven is a gift not a right. We're praying that Kermit Gosnell will accept the mercy that's freely offered by saying sorry. It's as easy & as difficult as that.
May 15, 2013 at 7:01 am
…he looked so diminished and very pathetic as an old man being led away in chains and a jumpsuit.
The summit of his life is that it ends in prison.
…I had forgotten for a moment, that he was a profiteer, a mass murderer, exploited, maimed and mistreated countless women, children and babies for which he will always be remembered!
May 15, 2013 at 9:32 am
akg, the simple fact is we all need God's mercy.
May 15, 2013 at 10:31 am
…..forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who have trespassed against us.
May 15, 2013 at 1:29 pm
I rather wonder if he will survive very long in general population.
It's hard, but I always try to remember that we should be HOPING that Hitler is in Heaven when we get there.
May 15, 2013 at 1:44 pm
God is both just and merciful. I hope the commandant of Auschwitz will be in Heaven at the end of time. I expect he's in Purgatory because he repented publicly and his redemption would glorify God's mercy. Hitler, however, did not repent (as far as we know) and is therefore subject to God's justice. Nothing wrong in thirsting for justice, it's part of the Beatitudes.
May 15, 2013 at 3:15 pm
sparrow – It's the "as far as we know" that's important to me in that thought. And I don't think thirsting for justice precludes hoping for the conversion of anyone before the full force of justice unfolds for any human being.
May 15, 2013 at 3:39 pm
One must do reparation for all one's sins before one can enter Heaven.
May 15, 2013 at 4:02 pm
I also will pray. I will beg our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ that he condemn this man to the deepest darkest pit of hell. I will beg Saint Michael Lord of the Host to intercede to keep this most demonic man in external pain and damnation separate from union with our Lord. We are all sinners, and I am one of the worst, but the Church teaches us there are different types of sin. This man, had so many times to change course. Father Emmons prayed with an entire prayer circle for this demonic witch-doctor for over 15 years, yet for more than 15 years heaven had to watch the souls of the unbaptized innocents torn apart.
This man kept the severed feet of babies on his desk, for Pete's sake.
I will pray, I will pray hard for the external damnation of Gosnell and all murderers of the innocents like him, who right now, after complete knowledge of what just happened are tearing apart babies _as we speak!_
May 15, 2013 at 4:04 pm
akg: Jesus said:"There are many rooms in my Father's house" Jesus died for all. Hitler may have repented before his life came to an end from the bullet. There was time as hitler fell. Capital punishment, the death penalty, is the temporal punishment due to the sin of homicide and cannot be removed by the church or by the state. A life for a life. Gosnell, the weasel slithered out of JUSTICE.
May 15, 2013 at 4:09 pm
akg, are you for real?
May 15, 2013 at 5:33 pm
I am happy Gosnell was convicted and justice served. I prayed for it. However, if he truly repents that is a good thing just like I have repented for my many sins. I, too, find it hard to pray for my enemies such as those who support abortion and most liberals but I started doing that every day. Remember Jesus said he came for the sinners so we shouldn't be wishing Gosnell's eternal damnatiion.
May 15, 2013 at 5:46 pm
Akg,, you do recall the murderer Saul who became Saint Paul, don't you? Not a single one of us deserves mercy, but it is there for each of us (regardless of how evilly we have sinned), we just need to ask. Gosnell is no more and no less deserving of mercy than any of the rest of us.
May 15, 2013 at 6:15 pm
Lynda – I agree. I just know that I look at things through my eyes and God looks at things through His eyes and knows a lot more about what is going on in a person's heart and mind at the instant of death than I do.
May 15, 2013 at 6:42 pm
Divine Mercy and Divine Justice
Please, a must read for questions answered!
God will not "force" a "free will" to love Him!
A human that goes to hell is one that really "wants" to "be there"! A total and complete rejection of God's love.
…and not "trusting" in God's forgiveness, were stubborn, obstinate and obstructed the flow of God's grace right up to the end of their death!
Pagans, athiests, and (the worst of the lot) the lukewarm, will not be forced to accept salvation!
…but, may be interceded and prayed for…;)
It is good to "trust", believing, that God gives us "sufficient grace"! Anything is possible up, until the last breath!
May 15, 2013 at 6:45 pm
St Faustina's 'Divine Mercy Diary'
May 15, 2013 at 6:43 pm
Scripture says that the Father does not want anyone to be lost, so praying for Gosnell's conversion is what we are called to do. And for those who don't want him in heaven with them, not to worry. If there is any lack of charity in you, you won't be there either, but stuck in purgatory till you are only filled with love.
May 15, 2013 at 6:48 pm
Abby Johnson wrote a good article on Lifesite News about Christians spewing their hatred for Gosnell. She makes really good points. Reminded me of I have been forgiven much like Mary Magdalene. It's worth reading.
May 15, 2013 at 8:42 pm
I wrote a little response to The Bard's comment http://remnantofremnant.blogspot.com/2013/05/be-merciful-as-heavenly-father-is.html