Dipping into the Catechism 497-507
WHEN IS IT MORAL TO REGULATE BIRTHS ? The regulation of births, which is an aspect of responsible fatherhood and motherhood, is objectively morally acceptable when it is pursued by the spouses without external pressure; when it is practiced not…
Dipping into the Catechism 488-496
WHAT IS CHASTITY ? Chastity means the positive integration of sexuality within the person. Sexuality becomes truly human when it is integrated in a correct way into the relationship of one person to another. Chastity is a moral virtue, a…
Dipping into the Catechism 482-487
WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR EARTHLY PEACE ? Earthly peace requires the equal distribution and safeguarding of the goods of persons, free communication among human beings, respect for the dignity of persons and peoples, and the assiduous practice of justice and…
Dipping into the Catechism 473-481
HOW DOES ONE AVOID SCANDAL Scandal, which consists in inducing others to do evil, is avoided when we respect the soul and body of the person. Anyone who deliberately leads others to commit serious sin himself or herself commits a…
Dipping in to the Catechism 466-472
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT: YOU SHALL NOT KILL WHY MUST HUMAN LIFE BE RESPECTED ? Human life must be respected because it is sacred. From its beginning human life involves the creative action of God and it remains forever in a…
15th Sunday 2023
The sower in the parable is a picture of God who is generous in his love and mercy. Someone might even say that He is like a wasteful farmer who throws seed on the road, on stony ground and between…
14th Sunday 2023
So often we are tired: the pace of life, the pace of work. This pace has written the rule of the modern world into the lives of us all. Do anything to avoid falling out of the mainstream, because someone…