Posted on 02/06/2018 8:00:28 PM PST by marshmallow
DENVER, Colorado, February 5, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – As the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae approaches, the “liberating truth” of Church teaching on human sexuality must be proclaimed to the “increasingly confused” world, Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver wrote in a new pastoral letter.
In his pastoral letter, titled The Splendor of Love, Aquila wrote that although contraception has wrecked much of the culture and family life, not all is lost and there are great opportunities for people in every state of life to live and share Catholic teaching.
Catholics must have a “strong commitment” to defend authentic love, Aquila said, noting that Fatima visionary Sister Lucia said the final battle between God and Satan will be over “marriage and family”:
Indeed, Sr. Lucia, one of the visionaries from Our Lady’s apparition at Fatima, related that a “decisive battle between the kingdom of Christ and Satan will be over marriage and the family.” The family is the foundation of society, and when it is undermined, society itself is threatened with collapse. Therefore, it is crucial to reaffirm our commitment to the truth, goodness, and beauty of Christ’s teaching on marriage and sexuality.
Priests should “address” the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae in their parishes, wrote Aquila, urging them, “do not be afraid to proclaim the truth of God’s plan for human love with gentle clarity and charity.
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the World says we shouldn’t be fruitful, that we shouldn’t multiply. The World also says we should become as one, that nationalism is dead.
God set up the nations on purpose. He divided the earth by separating the continents. He confused us by giving us different languages. And He commanded us to fill the earth.
No red hat from Bergoglio will be given to this good archbishop.
C’mon, the News forum is completely, completely cluttered with Catholic posts right now.
The division by language ended on that first Pentecost, with unity of languages.
If you don’t like ‘em, don’t click on ‘em. In this age of utter moral degradation, someone who would be expected to preach the truth actually doing so is big news.
“The division by language ended on that first Pentecost, with unity of languages.”
I’m confused...Why does The Master keep the nations around as separate entities after He returns and rules out of Jerusalem?
He brought unity of the languages in order for the Gospel to be proclaimed.
They aren’t unified. We have to learn each other’s languages to this day. I have never heard anyone speak in tongues that were an actual language, as recorded in the Book of Acts, in my nearly 40 years of Christianity. I sure hear a lot of mumbo jumbo though, and I was sure pressured to blather out the same at times until I refused to. But that’s alright. There’s already enough that divides Christians from one another without having to dig up something else.
Still, there was unity that day.
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