On the radio yesterday I heard two commercials, back to back, for Planned Parenthood promoting “sexual health” by advertising their contraceptive services and the morning after pill. Health? Really? Ladies, a normally functioning reproductive cycle is not a health problem. If you have sex and get pregnant, it doesn’t mean that something went wrong; it means that something went beautifully … Read More
Marriage and Manhood
EXCELLENT! Msgr. Charles Pope from the Archdiocese of Washington talks about marriage – speaking specifically to men – on the Feast of the Holy Family (this is just an excerpt from his homily): See Msgr’s post Marriage and Manhood at the Washington Archdiocese’s blog.
TOB Tuesday: A Real Priest Speaks to Real Men
There is no question that men today, more so than in previous generations, are challenged with mixed messages about what it means to be a man. This is especially true when it comes to love, marriage, sexuality and family life. In his book Man to Man: A Real Priest Speaks to Real Men about Marriage, Sexuality and Family Life, Fr. … Read More
Theology of the Body T-Shirt!
Check out this awesome shirt from Digital Catholic celebrating the Theology of the Body: Front: Back: H/T : Inflated Tires, who says: This t-shirt is inspired by the teaching of the Theology of the Body where the earthly marriage of man and woman is said to be a foreshadowing, a foretaste, of the heavenly banquet. That heavenly banquet is previewed … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Read Humanae Vitae!
As I was reading through some of JP II’s writings on the Theology of the Body for today’s TOB Tuesday post, I came across this passage: The theology of the body is not merely a theory, but rather a specific evangelical, Christian pedagogy of the body. This pedagogic character comes from the character of the Bible and above all of … Read More
TOB Tuesday: TOB Video Series
I found a great little video series on the Theology of the Body from Fr. Roger Landry of the Diocese of Fall River Mass. – excellent for anyone picking up the teaching for the first time. Here is part one: See part II, part III, part IV, part V, part VI, part VII and part VIII TOB Tuesdays
“The Modern Method of Marrying and the Wedding Industry Militate Against Marriage”
This is great! In the bulletin for St. Lambert’s parish in Skokie, IL, the Rev. Know-it-All (aka the parish’s pastor, Fr. Richard T. Simon) responds to a woman who inquired “I visited your church once and am thinking about having my wedding there. How long is your main aisle?” I am often asked that question, and never quite understand it. … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Sex and Natural Law
JP II comments on Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae and the nature of the marital act: “The Church…teaches that each and every marriage act must remain through itself open to the transmission of life. That teaching, often set forth by the magisterium, is founded upon the inseparable connection, willed by god and unable to be broken by man on … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Is Celibacy a Life of Sexual Repression?
Christopher West has a great article up at Catholic Exchange: The difference between marriage and celibacy…must never be understood as the difference between having a “legitimate” outlet for sexual lust on the one hand and having to repress it on the other. Christ calls everyone – no matter his or her particular vocation – to experience redemption from the domination … Read More
They are No Longer Two but One Flesh
From this Sunday’s Gospel: from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” In … Read More