Posted on 06/13/2019 1:32:13 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
I first read Humanae Vitae as a Protestant. Its truthfulness made me weep.
It was Humanae Vitae that succinctly described my dignity as a human being, that as a woman I was not a second-class citizen to man. The encyclical, which mentions early on “the dignity of woman and her place in society”, stresses the reciprocity and complementarity of man and woman. A woman must be revered: artificial contraception encourages a man to “disregard…her physical and emotional equilibrium” and “reduce her to being a mere instrument for the satisfaction of his own desires.”
Paul VI’s words told me that my body and mind, both together, were esteemed—that my reason and will are valuable. I learned that my entire being is a gift, and that “love is above all fully human, a compound of sense and spirit.” And finally, the encyclical showed me the depth of the moral order and the necessity that it be respected even within marriage.
True, all Church teaching touches on the question of man and his mission in life. But during this historical period when people en masse have bought the world’s lie about love, marriage, and sexuality, Catholic doctrine on these matters has a special ability to draw us out of the darkness and towards God.
I am dismayed when I see Catholics looking for an “opening”—a way to hide under a bushel the light of the Church’s teaching on marriage and sexuality. This teaching, which helped to change my life, is seen as burdensome and out-of-step with our contemporary age.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...
For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power, and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse, for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened.
"We know the truth when we see it..."
So much the worse for "our contemporary age", the morals of which are utter rubbish.
There is a huge truth to this. And I am not a Catholic saying this.
At 18 I married for what were frankly selfish and naive reasons. I wanted to be a mother and gave little thought to the man I was marrying and I gave little thought to the massive commitment I was entering with a husband and family.
On my wedding night instead of just having a selfish physical experience (which was what I had been taught to expect by school and society) I instead experienced an awesome personal epiphany.
It wasn’t just a mere act of sex or biology.
Afterwards I was emotionally destroyed over the huge decision I had so frivolously made.
And at the same time I wanted it no other way.
I understood the gravity of my decision and I understood that in the space of maybe ten minutes all of my possible choices in life (travel, career, hobbies, etc.) had narrowed down to being a wife and mother.
It took some time but I eventually discovered that I was not captive to being a wife and mother but that I was FREE to be a wife and mother!!!!!
My old high school friends are captive to their student loans, their careers, and their liberal lifestyles and none of them are free to be a wife and mother. While one of them is remarkably successful at her career with Salesforce her boyfriend is not interested in marriage, she can’t afford a house, and she believe she will never find the time to have even one child.
For all of her prosperity and material wealth she is a slave to those things. And she makes it no secret that she wishes she could have done it differently.
I accidentally and selfishly made the right choice and I thank God for guiding me as He did.
I’m FREE.
And by committing to my husband as I did I was forced to become a better person, a better wife, and a better Christian.
Megan
<>And as I’ve written elsewhere, the day my soul became Catholic—the critical point that brought about a definitive change—was the day I found out that as a divorced and remarried woman, I could not receive communion. Sorrow and joy commingled, and I emerged from that state spiritually and I daresay physically, victorious.<>
I suggest everyone read the embedded link.
Fertility is a feature, not a glitch. And not only a feature, an awesome power.
This gives me renewed faith in God's goodness in the Intelligent Design of the female person: complete in every detail.
Condoms treat Man's fertility as a poison. Contraceptive pills treat Woman's fertility as a disease.
The mentality behind them is diseased.
Amen x1000
The day the Federal government legalized the contraceptive Pill was an evil one.
It sowed the seeds (ironic pun unintended) for the further evil of Roe v. Wade.
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“And I hope that when you're my age, you will be able to say as I have been able to say: We lived in freedom, we lived lives that were a statement, not an apology.” - Ronald Reagan
Your life MeganC testifies to what faith is about, what womanhood is about, and what this amazing country is about. You embody the best. May God’s favor continue to surround you and your family as with a shield.
And to top it off you are also learning to fly planes! 💫 May you thunder and conquer on. ⚡️
Thank you for the suggestion. I did go to the link and read it. Wonderful! I’m adding the link here for the benefit of others. https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2014/11/my-plea
May God bless the author!
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