Immoral sexuality

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To my fellow Catholics:

Most of the current hot button issues today revolve around human sexuality: abortion, embryonic stem cells, AIDs and other STDs, adultery and fornication. And Gay Marriage.

Starting in 1968, with the so-called Sexual Revolution, Hollywood began making movies that included one about swingers. In the 1970s, the TV show, All In The Family, featured a scene where the hippie son-in-law accuses his father-in-law of being afraid of sex. Then ‘adult bookstores’ appeared all over the country, followed by the National Organization for Women telling all women that men were the eternal enemy. Followed by No-Fault Divorce sweeping the country in the 1980s along with porn on cable. Followed by “Adult Language” and “Partial Nudity” on network TV and porn on the Internet.

We are now in the abyss. Let’s review:

Everything is OK. It’s all good. Right? Wrong? Who knows?

Illegal drugs - OK.

Prostitution - OK.

Strip clubs - OK.

Porn - OK.

Comedians that string profanity and anti-God comments together - OK

Christianity - NOT OK.

Too many are shacking up, having sex outside of marriage, cussing out their own parents and don’t know right from wrong. This has become a free-fall culture with one central theme:

Have sex with anyone or anything as often as possible. Problem prenancy - abort it. Problems in general - illegal drug it. Problem spouse - divorce him or her. If it feels good, do it. No matter what.

All of the following are 100% wrong. Always have been.

Sex outside of marriage by single people, either heterosexual or homosexual - fornication.

Sex with prostitutes.

Sex between a married person and someone other than their spouse - adultery.

I encourage all Catholics to avoid vagueness. This did not happen overnight. The campaign to destroy the family through divorce has been going on for a while. To destroy trust between men and women and husbands and wives. And to disrespect everyone on the level of human sexual conduct. Sex is for marriage. Period.

And talking about sex is for appropriate settings and circumstances. It is not, and never should be, a joke - a series of explicit sex jokes, that cheapen the sanctity of a loving, committed relationship.

The dignity of the human person is the goal. The respect of the privacy of the human person.And to hold in high regard the true love that occurs between a man and a woman and their children.

Only then will we begin to return to commitment and right ordered relationships between men and women, and a healthier and more moral society as a result.

God bless,
Ed
 
Ed,

The saddest part about your post is that it not only is all true, but you only scratch the surface.

This will only end in self-destruction. Perhaps not in my lifetimes, but not that far off.
 
Yes, your post is very sad because it is all true. I often wonder if we are going the way of Rome. Then, since I believe we are, my next pondering is when we will succumb to the decay in our society. It really no longer appears to be a matter of “if” but a matter of “when.” Sadly, it doesn’t seem too distant, though only He knows when we will manage to self-destruct completely…
 
Hey Team,

Let’s pick our heads UP!!! Ed you’re right. We know we see it, we shouldn’t pretend it’s not there. We should point at it and write about it and say it’s wrong. But the sadness and despair cannot take us over. We need to pick our spirits up. It’s the fourth quarter and we’re down by ALOT. But we don’t give up. We grab our Rosaries and we pray. We pray We pray We pray.
 
Our Lady of Fatima - July 13, 1917

“The war is going to end: but if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the Pontificate of Pius XI.”

“The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much to suffer; various nations will be annihilated. In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.”

By the way, July 13, 2008 is on Sunday.

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We need to open our mouths and speak. Hope is the message. Hope is the answer. Love hopes. True love. The flesh is not to control us. It can be difficult. God knows, I’m not perfect.

The hope that is in us will triumph. Pray.

God bless,
Ed
 
Ed, You are right…We must keep praying and speaking the truth…I am the mother of 4 children (ages 10, 8, 5 and 2 months) My husband and I raise them in the faith and we will teach them sexual morality and abstinence/chastity until marriage. We cannot be too embarrassed to teach our children…we need to explain that the wordly view of sexuality is disorded…and also explain God’s beautiful plan for human sexuality.
There are other friends I have that are doing the same…so even though we are in the minority…there are some of us trying to raise moral and faith-filled children to hopefully bring the light of Christ to their generation. I am in the Legion of Mary and the power of the Rosary is AWESOME. I always attend the first Saturday Rosary devotion to beg forgiveness for the indifference and offenses to Jesus and Mary. I also recite the Divine Mercy chaplet often for the reparation of sins. We can take comfort in knowing Mary pleads on our behalf and Jesus is so merciful that we can pray for our own souls and for others.
Ed, I know so much damage has been done over the years as you pointed out…so please pray for all of us young families trying so hard to undo it…I believe the children raised in the faith can be strong disciples with our prayers! I bet there is an army of us out there…we are just dispearsed. We can join together in pray!

Blessed Virgin Mary, Pray for us!!

Blessings to all
 
The countries of Europe have gone this way far earlier than we in North America. I am of the opinion that every time a nation gets involved in a great war, that morality and ethical behavior slips more and more. Europe was involved in more than one great war. We have been involved in WW I and even more deeply involved in WW II. As a country we have been involved in at least a small war in almost every quarter of a century since the founding. It was the Viet Nam war that really turned the demons loose in the United States. Although almost everything on Ed’s list existed in certain pockets of society before than, they did not become endemic until the 60’s and 70’s and the country has gone down hill ever since.

As necessary as they might seem, wars harden peoples hearts against the good. How many times since 1800 have we been at some kind of war or “police action”?

Rome, although built on slavery, at first was a great civilization. But Rome was also almost constantly at war with someone. I can understand why some see parallels to our own situation. Hopefully those who are trying to be holy and raise good responsible children will eventually outbreed the morally defective.
 
Ed… you forgot to mention in the 90’s they started teaching that men were abusive by the sheer act of impregnating their wives in those stupid “Womens Studies” classes at college.
 
Yes, the “Women’s Studies” were too often creating a sense of separation between women and men. But the Bible tells us: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” This was the purpose of the radical, burn your bra Feminists who created fear, mistrust and a sense of warfare between men and women.

Vietnam was not a noble cause. I recall watching it unfold on TV. I have the deepest respect for those who fought there, counting two soldiers among my friends. But dope was everywhere and little was done to stop it. The American people stopped supporting the war. But what should have happened is that it should not have escalated in 1964. Few people know but America was involved in Vietnam since 1945.

Our colleges and universities contain too many people that hate America and despise our Judeo-Christian heritage. It only takes a handful to corrupt hundreds of thousands.

God bless,
Ed
 
The priests could do a lot to lead Catholics out of the abyss. Let’s hope that more of them do so.
 
Yes, the priests can help. Today, the Church is calling on lay people to spread the Gospel. With prayer for strength and discernment, a lot of humility and a willingness to actually do it, we can make a difference. People just need to be reminded of what was lost and shown how to get back. God, in His eternal mercy, is waiting for us just as the father waited for the prodigal son. He can use us wherever we are.

God bless,
Ed
 
edwest2 said:
Today, the Church is calling on lay people to spread the Gospel. With prayer for strength and discernment, a lot of humility and a willingness to actually do it, we can make a difference.
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Aye… It’s a shame most Catholics I’ve seen just wanna sit around and complain and find the way to do things that will mean the least amount of work…

There was suggested a 100 Hail Mary’s a day for 100 days initiative in my town for the growth of the local Church.

It was immediately shot down to just ONE a day yes just ONE a day so it wouldn’t be to hard for the pew warmers…

Others asked what’s the point if we pray the Rosary already…
 
It’s tougher than you might think, 'Wolf.

I try to carry the message of abstinence and NFP. I’m trying not to whine…

My parish priest is a pretty good guy, but rarely says anything about sex, at all. And I have a basic understanding of why, though I don’t agree with it. I think he hopes to teach by example, and keep our college kids in with the “good guys.” To speak out explicitly against fornication and birth control might push them further into the culture of death. (I repeat, I disagree.)

When nothing comes from the ambo about it, for me to speak out against it leads to two things. One, I get accused of hypocrisy, since I formerly supported ABC and abortion, and lived the lifestyle. (Thank you, Lord, for my conversion!) Two, I am avoided by the few young people I have spoken to on the subject.

And I do try not to be a Bible-thumping, condemnatory accuser, either. I try to answer the question, “Why does the Church condemn these things?” I pray to get better at it; I want to win hearts and minds for the Lord and His Church, not chase people away. But trying to subvert the “culture of death” frequently feels like being a chipmunk in a cattle stampede.

Hmm… maybe a better question to answer would be “Why did I change my mind?”

Ruthie
 
The Bible tells us: “The harvest is great but the laborers are few.”

I encourage my fellow Catholics to look at it this way. Pray first and ask God for guidance. If we all do just one thing, reach out to just one person when we can, we have done something.

God bless,
Ed
 
What? He referred to the people of the time as this “murderous and adulterous generation.” That if a man looks at a women and lusts after her that he has already committed adultery in his heart. That a man, except for the sin of adultery, cannot put away his wife by divorce. Let’s translate that into the present day:

Aside from all the murder going on in the US, most of it being committed by people who know each other, divorce is as high among Christians as among the secular population. That men look at women with lust by watching porn – “We LOVE Porn!!” (I’ve seen that written on the internet.)

It’s time to turn away - repent. To look at women with dignity and respect. To consider forgiveness as the best option (not including clear cases of self-defense).

God knows I’m not perfect but all of us, you and I, need to stop, look at ourselves, repent of our sins and continue moving toward Christ and away from the devil.

God bless,
Ed
 
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