Show Notes

Episode 77. Living Pro-Life Every Day

Episode 77. Living Pro-Life Every Day

“This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
~ John 13:35

Am I really "pro-life"?
How does loving others impact my mental & spiritual health?
How am I supposed to treat the people who are hard to love?

In Episode 77 of This Whole Life, Pat Millea welcomes Fr. Nathan LaLiberte for a powerful conversation about living out the pro-life message in our daily interactions and relationships. Together, they go beyond the usual political rhetoric, exploring how being truly pro-life means acknowledging the dignity of every person—from the unborn and marginalized to the neighbor or cashier we encounter each day. Drawing on scripture, personal stories, and concepts from psychology, they discuss the challenges of loving those we might find difficult and the importance of moving past disgust and division. You'll hear thought-provoking reflections on boundaries, cancel culture, authentic Christian love, and the everyday choices that build a culture of life. Join this heartfelt and inspiring call for radical, incarnational pro-life living.

Show Notes

  • “The glory of God is a human person fully alive.”

    • St. Irenaeus of Lyons

  • “Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains for ever in a special relationship with the Creator, who is its sole end.”

  • “The truth is that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light… He Who is ‘the image of the invisible God’ (Col. 1:15), is Himself the perfect man. To the sons of Adam He restores the divine likeness which had been disfigured from the first sin onward.”

  • Jesus recognizing the full human dignity of others:

    • Jesus & the woman at the well (John 4:4-42)

    • Healing the centurion’s servant (Matthew 8:5-13)

    • The Syrophoenician Woman (Mark 7:24-29)

    • The cleansing of ten lepers (Luke 17:11-19)

  • “This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

    • John 13:35

  • “If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.”

    • 1 John 4:20

  • “But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raqa,’ will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ will be liable to fiery Gehenna.”

    • Matthew 5:22

  • Rerum Novarum, Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on Capital & Labor

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Challenge By Choice

When is a time recently that you have turned away from someone in disgust or failed to honor their dignity?

  • Repent of that moment in humility

  • Ask the Lord to help you become more pro-life in every moment

  • “Lord, give me the grace to see as You see and to love as You love and to act as You act.”

Reflection Questions

For personal reflection or group discussion

  1. What is one specific thing that stuck with you from this conversation?

  2. Father Nathan discusses the tendency to see “pro-life” purely through the lens of abortion. In what ways can a pro-life ethic broaden to include other aspects of human dignity and social justice?

  3. What are practical ways, big or small, that you can affirm someone’s dignity on a daily basis, even if you don’t agree with them or find it inconvenient?

  4. How do you navigate loving and maintaining relationships with people who hold vastly different beliefs or values than you?

  5. The episode often returns to the idea that being fully pro-life requires acting with intentional love. What does that look like for you, especially in small, everyday encounters?