Before anything else, I am not forcing people to be Catholics... most of my friends don't like being one and I don't force on them my beliefs. But there comes a point wherein the Catholic teachings are being attacked, and some of the statements are being distorted to befit the wishes of the 'pro-choice' movement. These people who are mostly cradle Catholics (people who were born in Catholic families)should just stop being one. They are free to choose their beliefs... just don't lie!
I have been absent for a long time in my duty of defending my Faith. I have observed in silence as the people mocked the Church's beliefs openly.
Most Catholics are like me, they no longer defend their convictions. Or there are also people who have no idea what the Church's stand against some issues in the first place.
I also wonder why, out of all the beliefs, the Catholics are the most oppressed. Anything against Catholic Faith is taken without retaliation and when we retaliate, we receive angrier reactions.
Whilst on the other hand, if one taunts a Jew, A Muslim, A Buddhist and so on, they defend it with great passion.... in the guise of not being too judgmental or racist. It's annoying, especially when fellow Catholics mock the Catholic teachings... I often wonder why not study the Church's teachings first before they turn against it?
I don't know what all the ruckus was all about. In my perspective, the Church is only echoing its tradition from thousands of years ago. It is dignity of every human being that the Church propagates. And the family is a very important unit. Let's face it, people who engage in careless sex produce fatherless children who grow up trying to fill the void of a broken home with a lot of unthinkable things. In our country, which is a poor country, giving away contraceptives will only encourage the poor populace of the country to not think of anything but idle thoughts because of what the media feeds them... which are mostly cheap entertainment.
What the masses need now is guidance towards functioning well in terms of their skills, talents, and gifts bestowed on them. Again, it is not my principle to shove my thoughts to people, All I'm saying is, be a smart person. Don't let the media fool you without knowing the root of the matter first especially when it deals with another person's life (abortion and the health dangers for the baby and the mother)...
In a current issue, I was taken aback because tabloids and newspapers were spreading rumors that the Vatican is switching its stand against contraceptives. It is sad, that the pope's statement regarding the use of condoms of male prostitutes in order to prevent inflicting diseases on other people was distorted to defend people's long time cry for reproductive health bill.
In what I read, the Pope never changed its stand, i.e., the precepts of the Church and its stand against the RH bill. The Pope is there to lead the people, and has no power to change the traditions and beliefs of the Church instituted and founded by Christ. If he does that, then he himself will be subjected to excommunication... and the Pope knew better than anyone what a Catholic Faith is.
Now, the statement of the Pope regarding the condom is not for the people who intends to use it for sleeping around purposes. Sleeping around or casual intimacy with strangers reduce the respect for people as it objectifies another person and human being as someone who will do for the night... for the week, or whatever.
The Church will never change its stand as it is Pro-life. Since the time of the Doctors of the Church (the likes of St. Augustin to St. Thomas of Aquinas), it never changed. In my years of research I found this to be true, I can certainly vouch for that. People may laugh at my serious tone regarding this matter, but I had to write it down. Because mostly, in this age of relativism, the Catholics are treated as old-fashioned, weird, and not practical... which is not true.... ok, old-fashioned maybe... weird in a normal person's perspective, but not practical? ...
As St. Ignatius de Loyola prayed "Only your grace, your love on me bestow, these makes me rich, all else will I forego" kind of crazy... but this is practical... this is FAITH! ;) I wish I am friends with him, alongside St. Francis Xavier ... :P
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I commend your efforts of standing for our Catholic faith. May you never become tired of it. God bless us all...
Thank you so much for reading.... I was just apprehensive because so called Catholics are against the fundamental teachings of the Church. It's sad because most of them don't look deeply in the precepts of the church... anyways, babies are not accidents. I will actively fight for the rights of the unborn. God be with us and strengthen our spirit!
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