“He was showing how marriage is not a contract, involving merely an exchange of goods and services. Rather, marriage is a covenant, involving an exchange of persons. Kippley's argument was that every covenant has an act whereby the covenant is enacted and renewed; and the marital act is a covenant act. When the marriage covenant is renewed, God uses it to give new life. To renew the marital Covenant and use birth control to destroy the potential for new life is tantamount to receiving the Eucharist and spitting it on the ground.” ChristianReligionFamilyEthicsCatholicSacramentsBirth ControlSaintsReformedPresbyterian Book:Rome Sweet Home Source: Rome Sweet Home
“Faith and reason are indeed complementary faculties that we use to think about the truth. When any winged creature (or mechanism) tries to fly on just one wing, it falls to the ground. In a similar way, when we human beings try to wing it with just one faculty, we crash.” ReasonTruthChristianFaithQuotesCatholicScott Hahn Author:Scott Hahn
“If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.” IfsMindBelieveChristianSpiritualFaithBeliefReligiousMemoriesPrayerWorryAnxietyCatholicChristian InspirationalTemptationTrust In GodResentmentTheologianFillingCommitment To GodConfidence In GodIntimacy With GodGod Within UsUnwelcome Book:Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots Source: Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots
