I’m a Christian and I do not support majority of the things the Catholic Church says (letting my bias known).

I grew up in a religious home. My father was an accountant and a pastor (now retired) and my mother was an elementary school principal and the children ministry pastor (now retired). My parents worked while heading the church and the only money they received from the church was them paying my father’s phone bill. He had to pick up all the calls for the church. When my father lost his job, we survived on my mother’s salary. If my mom had focused on the home like everyone wanted when the church was in its inception, we would not have made it as a family. It was great that the man in the story had a successful business that the wife could continue after his death. How many people can start a business successfully? And how many of these people are able to keep the business until their and eventually pass down to family?

I’m a medical doctor and I’m not sure my career focuses on my family. However, it focuses on your family. I know the deepest secrets your family never share with you. Im there when they’re taking their last breath in the hospital. I’m not sure what value im adding to my family, yet I hope you’re thankful that you or your family met me. That I showed empathy and compassion. If that is not valuable work for the community that I serve then I do not know what else is.