Emphasis Preaching Journal

Former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder is an example of how repentance, which means "turning around," can look. In 1970, Schroeder was devoting most of her energies to motherhood. A few days after the birth of her second child, Schroeder began hemorrhaging so badly that she lost consciousness and, though not a Catholic, was even given last rites. Since she was too weak to survive surgery, the doctors stuffed her with gauze and eventually the bleeding subsided.