A pro-life mother who prayerfully put her unborn child’s needs above her own and shared the meaning she found in her suffering died Saturday from cancer. Jessica Hanna of Michigan not only left behind her four children and her husband Lamar Hanna, but also how her faith helped alleviate suffering and defy death. It was also a powerful example of how it works.
On Good Friday, a few days before Hannah died, she wrote: Toward Calvary, we must not turn our backs and run…instead, we must take it on our shoulders, walk beside Him, drag the cross, and remember how much we love Him. We must tell the Lord that we are there and that we hope that He will remember us when He comes. to his kingdom. ”
“Like any good thief, we need to realize that we are there because of our own deeds and that God is there because of our bad deeds,” Hannah added. Ta.
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report In 2020, 14 weeks into her pregnancy, Hannah found out she had terminal breast cancer.
Before she became pregnant, Hannah noticed a dimple in her breast, but doctors dismissed it as a benign tumor. However, subsequent medical examinations made it abundantly clear that she had breast cancer.
Again, doctors reportedly downplayed the concerns and suggested she had a small stage 1 tumor. After performing surgery on the pregnant mother, they discovered the tumor was stage 4 and over 5 inches in size. This can be a fatal diagnosis.
Hannah was reportedly advised to abort her child. A devout, pro-life Catholic, she decided that her own fatal diagnosis would not extend to her unborn son, Thomas.
“This is God calling me to something very big,” Hannah told EWTN Pro-Life Weekly.
“It was just, ‘Great. Now you’ve got a pro-life conversation. Now you’re the woman that everyone uses in their discussions. What do you do when that woman’s life is in danger?’ It was a journey.” Hannah. “And now it’s time for me to take a walk.”
Hannah only accepted treatments that would not harm her baby and refrained from other potentially life-saving medical interventions. According to Catholic News Agency, Hannah refused a CT scan and bone scan of the rest of her body because she was pregnant.
In addition to spending more time in prayer, Hannah took the opportunity to share her experiences with others on social media and build a community of prayer.
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Said “If it weren’t for this suffering, I would never have left the world and ultimately found my way into eternal life,” said the podcast “Jesus Catholic,” which she named on her social media account “Blessed with Cancer.” I wouldn’t have turned inward. No matter how my story continues, no matter where my story goes.” Ministry needs me, I’m sure of one thing. …God’s plan is my only plan and I don’t have a plan B! ”
“I realized that no amount of suffering should be in vain,” the mother told EWTN Pro-Life Weekly. “I don’t know where God is taking me. Will God take me down a path where I need to show people how to die gracefully with grace and mercy? Or will it be a miracle? Will you show me?”
With prayer and patience, she
I gave birth safely To Thomas in 2021. Afterwards, he enjoyed a brief respite from cancer.
Despite clear scan results and showing that the cancer had not spread elsewhere, Hannah learned in 2022 that her disease had returned and this time it was definitely stage 4. Ta.
Despite her health declining over the past two years, Hannah continued to share her experiences online. In the videos she shares on her Instagram, Hannah continually emphasizes her love for God and acceptance of her destiny in life.
After the passing of Lamar Hanna on Saturday evening, he said, “My beautiful bride has gone peacefully to her eternal reward. She received capital punishment and apostolic pardon from Father Canon Sharpe on Thursday. On Saturday… She was very peaceful and surrounded by her loving family.” She took her last breath. She suffered fearlessly and joyfully in her final days. ”
Hannah from last year
I got it. that although her life expectancy is limited, everyone is ultimately “end-of-life” and must act accordingly. She said she wished she had understood this and had the surgery, while she was previously in a “healthier life” that had “slumbered forever”.
“I was absorbed in a world of ephemeral evangelism,” Hannah writes. “I did not walk the narrow path in fear and trembling; I unwittingly walked the wide path of destruction while the devil tricked me into thinking that faith and kindness were “sufficient.” Far from it, my heart lacks true compassion for sacrificial love, dying to self and abandoning all worldly cares that separate me from God. Ta. ”
The pro-life mother said, “Waiting for a ‘diagnosis’ is not wise.” [for] God has already diagnosed you as terminally ill and will come to you like a thief in the night. Get ready, pick up the cross at your feet, and begin faithfully following Him. ”
Cancer Blessings: Jessica Hannayoutube.be
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