Standing up for Life

In our politically-correct culture where relativism and politeness often override the truth, many priests stay away from certain topics during homilies, in order to avoid persecution. During yesterday's refreshing Sunday mass homily, a visiting priest from an Natural Family Planning Outreach ministry fearlessly spoke to the congregation about God's BEAUTIFUL plan for marriage, family and life.

I was amazed that despite how absolutely essential these teachings are to living our faith, I have never once heard a homily even mention issues such as cohabitation, divorce and contraception. How many sacramental marriages are missing out on the amazing blessing of our Church's teachings about their vocation? How many couples are hurting because they learn about marriage from our media and culture, rather than from our Creator Himself? What couple would not want to know that their marriage is a reflection of the Trinity itself?? Perhaps my newlywed giddiness is starting to shine through these thoughts, but I truly can't image marriage any other way.

May God bless our pastor and the priest who made an effort to better educate and guide their flocks this past weekend. Let's pray for more priests to be strengthened in their vocations and spread the truth, and for Catholic married couples to have the courage share the good news with other couples.