This is apparently the month of me writing.
The following is a comment in response to certain public declarations made by our President this past weekend: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/president_obama_wishes_you_a_happy_homosexual_fathers_day/
My comment:
Just want to say, my birthday is in June. Therefore, I'm a little possessive. And.. I don't appreciate the TRUTH being turned upside down and then smeared all over my month. Fatherhood is a gift.. given in the image of our Father in heaven, who is love himself. We should never condemn, for we do not have the right and we are all sinners. However, the LORD has given us truths through his Word and through the tradition of the Church, established by his Son, Jesus Christ, and these truths we can proclaim without fear and with fervence. Therefore, the natural order of sexuality as a full and whole gift of self between a man and a woman, for life, is established by Him, not by man. And thus it is not wrong to support this, proclaim it, and be upset and offended when a public figure of authority mocks this truth and presents a falsehood as something to be honored. That is scandal, and it is unacceptable.
C'mon Christians, we celebrate martyrs who wouldn't acknowledge the King of England's "divorce" and who were subsequently beheaded, but we won't publically speak out when another leader chooses to do a slipshot job of morality and we don't face consequences other than people telling us we're not "pc"? Sheesh! Hate the sin, not the sinner. No one should feel attacked, but the truth should be witnessed to, and if that challenges people to change, that is exactly what it should do. We all have to convert, daily, in different ways. We're on a journey together and we should be helping each other along the road.
(I would love to expound on this further, there are a million and one things to be said on the beauty of human sexuality, the purpose and dignity of marriage, its establishment in Scripture, etc... but those will have to wait. Feel free to visit links and check it out for yourself.)
These are the audiences of John Paul II on the Theology of the Body, chronologically listed: http://www.ewtn.com/library/papaldoc/jp2tbind.htm
The above with some edits and available in one volume:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0819874213/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?ie=UTF8&cloe_id=503259bd-bd26-432a-8d3d-1811ed9466c0&attrMsgId=LPWidget-A1&pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0819873942&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0KH5TRVBE4NJG9E9HYWP
Another good read by John Paul II: http://www.amazon.com/Love-Responsibility-Pope-John-Paul/dp/0898704456/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b
Moving reflection on the love God has for us and marriage's image of this: http://www.amazon.com/Love-That-Satisfies-Christopher-West/dp/1934217131/ref=pd_sim_b_20
Cardinal Medina Estevez's reflection on the Church's teaching on marriage and sexuality - verrrry good: http://www.amazon.com/Male-Female-He-Created-Them/dp/0898709431
