tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post2480857224964940492..comments2023-12-27T18:36:13.163-05:00Comments on Bridget Mary's Blog: Homily Reflection by Woman Priest Katy Zatsick on History of Teaching on Contraception/ Minority Report is Shocking which 98% of Catholic Women RejectBridget Mary Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921879459312121740noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-8245070449620001082012-02-18T21:45:38.436-05:002012-02-18T21:45:38.436-05:00This is why I think artificial contraception is im...This is why I think artificial contraception is immoral. From a biological point of view, it's clear that certain animal actions are ordered to certain ends – e.g. eating is ordered to nourishment and sex is ordered to procreation. These activities are pleasurable, because if they weren't, animals wouldn't do them. As human beings, if we trick our bodies so that our activities aren't ordered to their proper ends, we are not being true to our nature. Of course for human beings, there is more to eating than nourishment and more to sex than procreation (e.g. fellowship and love), but if you don't want to put on weight when eating or procreate when having sex then there's a natural way of going about things. In order to avoid becoming obese, we develop good eating habits, such as not eating snacks between meals and not eating too much; in order not to have too many children, it's possible to develop good sexual habits such as NFP. Alternatively, we can choose unnatural ways – to avoid gaining weight we can induce vomiting; to avoid having too many children we can use contraceptives. If we decide to go for the unnatural root, we are denying our human nature – we are dehumanizing ourselves. It seems that the majority of people don't have a problem with this when it comes to sex. They suppose their libidos are so incredibly strong, any attempts to develop reasonable sexual habits would be futile. But I believe that with the help of God's grace, we can overcome all disordered inclinations and be true to ourselves and to each other. Grace perfects nature. When people argue for the necessity of contraception, I wonder whether this is because they don't believe in the reality of God's grace.Fr. Robert Verrill OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06186103252582784754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-13374298233790664432012-02-13T21:08:47.149-05:002012-02-13T21:08:47.149-05:00Vox populi, vox Dei. The clergy should listen to t...Vox populi, vox Dei. The clergy should listen to the sense of the faithful.dtedachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515969793060325169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-91353904748545084782012-02-12T23:14:37.185-05:002012-02-12T23:14:37.185-05:00Mitred imposters who take orders from the Vatican ...Mitred imposters who take orders from the Vatican speak for the Vatican, not for the majority of the faithful. They have no place in our national debate on contraception coverage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153529381521594901.post-28096692210275053492012-02-12T21:33:06.159-05:002012-02-12T21:33:06.159-05:00If 90% of Catholic women jumped off a bridge...
S...If 90% of Catholic women jumped off a bridge...<br /><br />Sin is sin is sin, regardless of how many engage in the sin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com