http://www.socon.ca/where-are-the-bishops-and-priests/ Confronting the culture of death Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:30:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.socon.ca/where-are-the-bishops-and-priests/#comment-43661 Neal Ford Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:04:20 +0000 http://www.socon.ca/?p=26067#comment-43661 "Preach it Abby is right!" how many of us would take in a pregnant girl and help her through her pregnancy? I would like to hear a homily -no several- throughout the year, exhorting Joe and Josephine parishoner to contact their local crisis pregnancy centre and offer their home to such a girl... or if they can, underwrite some of the costs for someone bringing such a girl into their home, or living expenses so she doesn't have to worry about food and utilities... Or helping her get on her feet so she can work and take care of her child if she chooses not to place the child for adoption. No one wants to hear the Gospel unless they see it first in us. “Preach it Abby is right!” how many of us would take in a pregnant girl and help her through her pregnancy? I would like to hear a homily -no several- throughout the year, exhorting Joe and Josephine parishoner to contact their local crisis pregnancy centre and offer their home to such a girl… or if they can, underwrite some of the costs for someone bringing such a girl into their home, or living expenses so she doesn’t have to worry about food and utilities… Or helping her get on her feet so she can work and take care of her child if she chooses not to place the child for adoption.
No one wants to hear the Gospel unless they see it first in us.

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