Comments on: “Same Sex Marriage” and Its Threat to Religious Liberty

By: Piper

Piper — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:41:29 +0000

Every parish should have continuous teaching programs on Humane Vitae for adults and trained Chastity speakers for teens of all ages. The Truth must be allowed to be taught so Catholic Christians can recognize lies when proposed. Otherwise, many a good meaning person can easily be swayed by this culture of death.

Continued prayer and sacrifice called for!

By: marcey

marcey — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:52:49 +0000

The only answer to the absurd ways in which the pendulum has swung to the liberal left is to get the next generation, our progeny, steeped in the truths of the Catholic Church. I couldn’t agree with Cheryl more when she recommends the book series by Teresa Tomeo. My daughters and I eagerly awaited the next book in the series (Modern and Modest) which is now out and couldn’t be more pleased.

Next to “Girls Rock” this new one is our favorite. Any parents wishing there were messages that were Catholic but could somehow keep their kids attention because they deal with real things, this is it.

When the vocation of marriage comes up in “Girls Rock”, it isn’t about same-sex but about responding to God’s call. And we can all be sure God’s call isn’t for same-sex marriages.

I just love these books and feel a huge sense of gratitude to the authors for helping me teach my daughters well.

By: gadjmljj

gadjmljj — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:08:55 +0000

Elkabridir,
You are soooo right! Contraception IS behind this all and where it “began”.

So many Catholics who should have the “fullness of faith” do not live and undertand the meaning and purpose of marriage. I know when I first got married I didn’t really either…but by the Grace of God being open to this ONE teaching made all the difference in our marriage and growth in our Faith. Because the Grace of the Sacrament of marriage can work when we follow the teachings of the Church.
Yes, it can be difficult at times….but the blessings are sooo abundant!
Mother Teresa said “for love to be real it has to cost you something” Sacrificial love is the highest form of love.

God help us to believe in YOUR ways again!

By: elkabrikir

elkabrikir — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:33:43 +0000

goral,

tell us how you really feel!

The imagery……ah!!!!!!

Cotton Mather couldn’t have propounded as vividly.

My 11 children will be holding the Crucifix and their rosaries before Lucifer as he attempts to ensnare them and suck their lifeblood.

I’ll be cheering them on with excerpts from Casti Connubi, Humane Vitae, and Theology of the Body….

By: aurit

aurit — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:03:57 +0000

Casti Connubii

Humane Vitae

Theology of the Body

We have the tools. This is what PJPII was preparing us for. We need to start at the parish level and educate our Catholic breathern.

By: CherylDickow

CherylDickow — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:50:14 +0000

Because the future of our families are truly at stake here, I highly recommend the “All Things Girl” series by Teresa Tomeo, Molly Miller and Monica Cops. We need to educate our girls early on to so that they build their house upon rock and not the sand of what is happening in our world. The simple truths of JPII’s Theology of the Body and Feminine Genius are woven throughout these books in ways that both tweens and parents love.

These books teach the Truth so that our precious children will be able to withstand all that is now at our doorstep!

The titles are:

Friends, Boys, and Getting Along
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, What is Beauty, After All
Girls Rock!
Modern and Modest
Journal for Prayers, Thoughts, and Other Important Things

Visit the author’s website at http://www.RunwaytoReality.org for the best Christmas gifts for your kids!

By: Warren Jewell

Warren Jewell — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:33:00 +0000

Fiercely bright comments, you Christians!

Full of the Spirit, the light from your fires is wondrous to behold.

By: bwnasca

bwnasca — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:28:11 +0000

goral:

Very powerful. Very prophetic. Thanks……………..ben

By: goral

goral — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:06:45 +0000

The notion that marriage is what any interest group wants it defined is so grotesquely perverted that it defies reason. Allowing a band of “God cursed sodomites” to define it is the height of moral cowardice.
These double-gated crusaders will not stop until they own the “moral” and legal ground to enforce their back-to-front idea of social order.
We lost the battle in CT because our clergy was leading decadent catholic voters the way they want to be led.
Don’t tell us that we’re loosing our civilization, our minds, and our souls.
Tell us how wonderfully christian, tolerant and sensitive we are for holding the chain link on the anvil while Lucifer keeps extending the chain that will bind us.
Evil demands are a black hole, never filled, never satisfied. We’ve already witnessed smoke and fire billowing out of windows in this country. We’ll see more as the demands get more unreasonable and more violent.

By: momof5

momof5 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:33:51 +0000

Living in AZ we are closely watching what is happening in California as we too voted in favor of marriage between a man and a woman. Thank you for this article which seems to name much of what is at stake.

I am reading Christopher West’s book, “The Good News about Sex and Marriage” and I can’t recommend it enough. While I always knew that marriage was to be between a man and a woman as instituted by God in Genesis, I could never properly verbalize it past that. Using Theology of the Body, the book so thoroughly explains and details the “whys” behind not only marriage, but also sexuality, same sex unions, contraception and the like. He paraphrases JPII by saying:”As sexual attitudes and behaviors go, so goes marriage. As marriage goes, so goes the family. As the family goes, so goes society.” Further he states that, “Human life its dignity and its balance, depends at every moment in history and at every point on the globe on the proper ordering of love between the sexes.” The seemingly unrelated topic, sex, cuts to the very core of the problem that has been decades in the making.

I have been studying TOB for some years now and cannot express how important knowing and understanding this teaching is. It will give us the language, the understanding and the words to verbalize the “why’s” behind what we know and believe to those who are confused, lost or angry.

And as it reminds us all in today’s Gospel, “Be vigilant at all times
and pray that you have the strength
to escape the tribulations that are imminent
and to stand before the Son of Man.”