Who Is My Neighbor?

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:36-40)

Loving one’s neighbor is so important to God, it pours forth from loving God first. Jesus was asked in the Bible who our “neighbor” is, and He gave the example of them being a despised person in his culture.

Who is despised in our culture today?

It would be safe to say that while there are many examples, unborn babies are among the most despised as they have been exterminated to the tune of over 54 million since 1973. If they are disabled, all the more. We are pretty comfortable as a culture to not prioritize the safety of our progeny in exchange of supposed safety, monetary security, etc.

What would you give up in order to make sure your neighbor, specifically the unborn, was loved as yourself and given, at a minimum, a chance at life?