A friend shares his thoughts to John concerning the Church and NFP.
John,
Thanks for sharing. I pray to God, our Lord and Savior that the truth you expound will reach the hearts of many so you will receive the support you need!
I believe NFP is truly one of the Church’s answers to so many of the ills of our society today (pornography, contraception, divorce, homosexuality, abortion.). I believe these ills are due to the local churches lack of teaching in the area of sex. The ultimate result (or outcome) of the teaching of the Theology of the Body by Pope John Paul the Great is NFP used in marriage; but most people ignore these issues of our society and so does the Church. The Catholics in the pew don’t know about NFP and could care less because frankly, they want to control their lives and they don’t: 1) trust God enough, 2) take the vows of Marriage seriously, 3) know or care what the Church teaches especially on birth control. Of course, you know why – it takes sacrifice to live a chaste life, to have kids, and not many people are willing to sacrifice themselves for the truth like you are. What a mess!!!
I praise God for you and Sheila! Sexual issues have made our society the culture of death because the devil has helped us enslave ourselves to these sins. I am just agreeing with your cause …so no sense in going on and on. Sexual sins and the results of sexual sin is everywhere …the mindset of our new world. It is affecting everything! We can’t even get a bus load of folks to go to Washington DC this year for the prolife cause! …who wants to sacrifice?
God bless you and keep the faith. We will be having our pastor over for supper soon and when we do, I will speak to him about having NFP classes as a requirement of Marriage prep at our parish ..we will see! I think I know the answer here again, but I will ask / promote /and encourage him to do so.
Keep trying!
YBIJ
YOUTUBE: I read an article on animation recently in the Wall Street Journal. As a result I went to one of the animation sites to promote NFPI and here is the result. Sheila