A friend of mine is 13 weeks pregnant with a baby that seems to have brain damage such that it might not live very long after birth and might suffer a lot. This is how the doctor presents the case, the doctor who says to abort, in so many words. This is one solution but not one that might transform the Mother into all she is called to be.
Jesus showed that even for God, life is suffering. Without the cross he would have simply been Jesus from Nazareth, healer, wisdom figure, visionary. Is it not so, that this child in the womb is Christ present in an unexpected disguise? If the Mother brings the child to term, and it lives for however long, might not the parents be led to become even more compassionate, patient, accepting than they had ever been? Is this not being more Christlike? Are we not called to be Christ in the world? We don't get to choose the circumstances of how we grow. Technology today is trying to find ways to be rid of suffering, especially unnecessary suffering. Imperfect babies in the womb are seen as "unnecessary suffering" by some. Real life is suffering. As least it seems so to me.
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Well, I said a rosary for your friend today (age of miracles!)but I also pray that the child does not suffer, but rather finds love & joy in that family.
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