Discipleship is Difficult Love of Neighbor

26JUN22 (22cO13). We are called to follow Christ in discipleship. This means to walk closely with Jesus and to become like him. We are called to freedom to love our neighbor. I was challenged with this in college with abortion in a moral and ethics course. It challenged me to think about what I actually believe. Roe vs. Wade has been over turned and although we will not be deciding supreme court decisions or legislation, we are influencing the culture of life by our discipleship. We influence the culture of life by our actions. Here are a few actions 1. talk about support and not condemnation in family. 2. Support Pregnancy Help Centers for crisis pregnancy. 3. Prenatal and Postnatal healthcare for difficult pregnancies and births. 4. Have Pro-family attitudes at work. 5. Have Pro-family attitudes at home acknowledging that the most important job and role in the world is motherhood. 6. Support foster care. 7. Support adoption. 8. I did not mention in the homily but is supper important get the father involved. Most of the burden is on the mother, we need to do a better job of calling on the men to be fathers and take responsibility. The world is a dark and difficult place. It needs light and hope and love. Let’s be those disciples that do so.