tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post112471591729073293..comments2024-03-25T06:39:42.081-04:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: Sex, Reproduction and IdolatryFr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1125600949800840392005-09-01T14:55:00.000-04:002005-09-01T14:55:00.000-04:00I can say from bitter personal experience that thi...I can say from <EM>bitter</EM> personal experience that this "sensitivity" to topics and terminology can border on the fanatical -- to the point that even the use of common technical jargon is found to be "unacceptable in a Sunday homily. After all, children are present."<BR/><BR/>Another few generations of ignoring the topic will, of course, result in so few children that this objection will no longer be even remotely valid.Fr. Larry Gearharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06187388268532224727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1124941866867114412005-08-24T23:51:00.000-04:002005-08-24T23:51:00.000-04:00Well, I may, you never know...I wouldn't be so exp...Well, I may, you never know...<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't be so explicit; it really makes parents squirm when you talk very candidly about contraceptives and sex; and the thing is, that becomes an excuse for not receiving the message.<BR/><BR/>So when I talk about contraceptives, I use circumlocutions.<BR/><BR/>And, I may be wrong, but the jocularity would perhaps not go over well in a homily.Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1124939775530534622005-08-24T23:16:00.000-04:002005-08-24T23:16:00.000-04:00Um, Father, I just found your blog.Might I continu...Um, Father, I just found your blog.<BR/><BR/>Might I continue your theme by asking, what would happen if you delivered this as homily?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1124771867731797892005-08-23T00:37:00.000-04:002005-08-23T00:37:00.000-04:00I heard my first full explanation of NFP in a four...I heard my first full explanation of NFP in a four week program that Father James Sullivan did at St Gertrude in Cincinnati before he left. It was part of his millenium lecture series that went on for a number of years. It was so well done that I could not believe any sane person would do anything else. Why the church does not teach this as a mandatory part of getting married or for those who wish to join a parish and are childbearing age is beyond me. My two kids just went through the laughable program put on by the Cincinnati Diocese for marriage prep and gained nothing of value. It was like some time you had to put in to get the OK to marry in a church, not like something that has been given to mankind as a gift from God. What I have found since coming home to the Catholic Church is so much variation that it is hard to tell true church teaching and this is sad because what is truth has such beauty even as it calls us to sacrifice. BE NOT AFRAID was JPII's call I wish more preists would hear. It's really not about butts in the seats as much as it is leading the children of God home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com