by Michelle C. Martin | Sep 26, 2024 | Church, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting, Society, Spirituality, Teachings
“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth” Genesis 1:28. After God banishes Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, He...
by Michelle C. Martin | Jun 20, 2024 | Church, Family Life, Health, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
“But we want a man hag-ridden by the future. Haunted by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth. Ready to break the Enemy’s commands in the Present. If by so doing we make him think he can attain the one or avert the other.” ~ The Screwtape Letters, pg. 77....
by Michelle C. Martin | Oct 11, 2023 | Church, Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
Openness to life offers the freedom of surrender and control working together. With Natural Family Planning must come the understanding of openness to life. Earlier this week, we talked about practicing NFP. It can be found here: ...
by Catholic Marriage Prep | Mar 1, 2018 | Family Life, Health, Parenting, Society, Spirituality
Last week I wrote about how children are a gift and not a right. I wrote about how IVF is immoral by separating the unitive and procreative meanings of sex. This may lead many to wonder what options are out there for Catholic couples who find themselves seemingly...
by Catholic Marriage Prep | Jan 18, 2018 | Family Life, Health, Society, Spirituality
I read an interesting article today on CNN linking ibuprofen use to infertility in men. Ibuprofen has already been linked to affecting the testicles of babies in utero, so further studies have begun to reveal what could happen in male adults. For example, an athlete...
