Today is the 3rd anniversary of my mother’s sudden death at the age of 55. Yes, Renee Harmon died on the 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae. This is also the feast of St. James, to whom the Lord said, “Can you drink the cup [of suffering and blessing] that I will [...]
I almost wrote “A follower asks…” for the title of this post, but then realized that sounded a little funny. Anyway, the social network and internet news universe is abuzz with the Guttmacher’s latest study which many are styling that the Church is a failure [...]
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the water –Genesis 1.2
It’s very easy to become depressed in the Natural Family Planning world and [...]
In the Catholic Liturgical Calendar, today is the Transfiguration of the Lord, the feast the marks the remembrance of the marvelous miracle of Jesus’ appearance in full heavenly glory on Mount Tabor before his Passion and Death. Why is that relevant to this blog, since it’s not the [...]
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When is the last time you saw a movie about Natural Family Planning (NFP)? [...]
Recently I did a post on ideas for NFP Awareness Week, which is coming up (are you ready?). One of the suggestions was to start a Humanae Vitae Study Group. As a trained
The USCCB’s site has some resources like homily helps, prayers of the faithful, prayers, couples’ witnesses (to be published in your local paper the week of/ before), and this awesome poster above (en espanol, tambien).
What are you doing in your area? Here are [...]
Paul VI was right. To the decently well read and open-minded individual, it’s no surprise when people suggest that Pope Paul VI was right. In 1968 he made 4 predictions in section 17 of his letter to the world, Humanae Vitae, and
Genevieve over at Feminine Genius reports on the news of the growing trend against contraception. (h/t Natural Family Life.)
I was trying to find some video of a dynamic Natural Family Planning, contra-contraception, or Humanae Vitae talk on YouTube, and I couldn’t find anything! (Yes, I know, the seminarians are there, but the novelty is wearing off.) There were a couple of decent homilies, but they [...]
The Lord has been preparing me for an unknown cross for some time, and on Thursday it became apparent in my soul that Friday, July 25th, the 40th Anniversary of Humanae, would be the beginning of this. Can I drink the cup? I wondered, remembering the Lord’s words to St. James, whose feast day it [...]
Well, I normally wouldn’t use my religion card on the blog with such flare, but you know what? The 40th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae’s release is this Friday, I just read a rockin’ article by Mary Eberstadt, and [...]
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