I am beyond grateful that my parents adopted me. They went through so much grief losing a child, finding they then could not have a child, then the first adoption attempt having a girl refuse to give up the child they were going to adopt because my mom had one arm, and the girl didn't want a handicapped woman raising her baby. So much heartbreak, but they never gave up trying and I benefited from all that pent up love and hope. My dear mother and father still hoped, and my birth-mother had me and ran away from the hospital without singing the papers, but my parents waited those three long days unsure I would be theirs until she was finally located and finalized the adoption. Adoption is a brave and wonderful thing to do for another human being. People like me depend upon the mercy of birthmothers and couples to love and be generous. Hang in there and keep loving.
Thank you for sharing your story. If more women would realize how much a baby is welcomed and if they cannot raise it that some loving couple is just hoping and praying for the chance to do just that. Abortion is not the answer. Babies need to be loved and welcomed either by their natural parents or those with a heart and love just waiting to do that. ❤🙏
November 5, 2023 I am looking for people to please take a moment and pray with me for Souls in Purgatory. Can you help? According to tradition, St. Gertrude the Great was told by Our Lord that each time she piously recited the following prayer, it would release 1,000 souls (or a vast number) from their suffering in purgatory: Eternal Father, I offer You the most precious blood of thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal Church, for those in my own home, and in my family. Amen.
I think this podcast on the sixth commandment Should be given in every pre-cana before marriage. As a matter of fact the studying of the whole catechism should be a requirements for those seeking the sacrament of marriage. How I wished I would have known all of our faith when I was younger. Thanks again I can't tell you how much I appreciate this podcast the reading and the kind and gentle explanation you Father Mike give. Blessings 🙏
I was thinking that same thing today. That I would have done things so differently if I had been able to hear today's lesson and the last couple of days about being open to life. I told the man I eventually married on our first date that i was petrified of pregnancy and childbirth but loved the idea of children. But I couldn't see my way to getting over the fear of pregnancy and birth. He married me anyway. We are and always have both been catholic. The priest who married us knew of this fear and married us anyway. Didn't give me any sound advice or thoughts to ponder. We married at the age of 40 and are 51 now. No children. And our sex life has been almost non existent because the few times we did have sex I was a nervois wreck waiting for my period to come. Terrified I might be pregnant. I see now how damaging that was and pray that God and my husband will forgive me. He just got used to not having intimacy because it was too stressful and not worth it. 🙏🏻Now we need that part of our marriage to have healing. 🥺
Children are a gift and a blessing but we do not own them, they belong to God, my husband had twin sisters who could not have children but they helped us so much with our seven blessings, may they rest in peace ❤🙏
I am barren and decades ago I cried out to God, much like Rachel. Today, I am cooking breakfast trying to listen to the Catechism over the noise of the 6th and 7th children my husband and I are raising. God is so good!
Today hits close to home. No lack of trying. NfP in reverse, saving sex for only "fertile" days for 18 years. Result- only one child,,special needs, spina bifida and cerebral palsy. He has grown up to be a wonderful young man, overcoming his disability, now beginning his work history. But our greatest pain is that we were unable to give him a sibling. I think that is part of why I am so rabidly pro-life.
@@StAlphonsusHasAPosse That has certainly happened- he's a Knight of Columbus, is very involved in the church. All the Seeber boys of his generation are- of him and his four cousins, four out of five are Knights, two are at seminary starting this year, and one is going to Chesterton Academy in Mt. Angel, OR. Both of the special needs boys are working in the grocery industry.
Thank you Lord for blessing me with my children even though they were born outside of marriage.Many times I thought I was not able to have children. Thank you Lord 🙏🙏
Yes yes yes yes yes 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. “No one has a right to a child, children are a gift, a privilege, not property”. Say it louder for the people in the back Father Mike
A child is a gift of God, the supreme gift of marriage. It is the fruit of the conjugal act of its parents. A child has the right to be respected as a person from the moment of its conception. Artificial insemination and artificial procreation are immoral because they disassociate procreation from the act with which the spouses give themselves to each other and so introduce the domination of technology over the origin and destiny of human person. Today we pray for spouses who do not have children that they adopt options that show spiritual fruitfulness viz foster care or adoption. We have been called to love no matter our cross. 🙏
A Mother’s Prayer Father in heaven, you speak all things into being. You create life with your words, and they bring light to the darkness. Lord, bring light to my darkness today. The future can feel scary and is filled with the unknown. When my mind strays to anxious thoughts, light a path back to clarity and peace. May your light enter our household today and bring understanding. My kids are still learning to trust in you, and I don’t want them to fear the future. Give them peace and clear direction today. Thank you for answering my children’s prayers. Thank you for the whispered words they say just before bed-so often funny and always heartfelt. Thank you for for putting them in my life. In Christ’s name, Amen.❤❤❤
Praying for couples who find themselves in this situation 🙏🏻 I'm sure this is a difficult one for many to hear but children are a gift from God.....Praying for you and everyone here. God bless🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
This one hit close to home. We were blessed with one child though we would have welcomed more. Often people would ask if we had more - my response was always, "We get what we were given, and we're lucky to have him." I can't imagine the anguish of couples longing for a child. 💔
Father, may everything that I do this day, whether it be full of joy or pain, whether it be full of love or of grief, I ask that everything I go through today be offered to you just like Jesus offered everything to you. It is in his name we pray. Amen. 11/6/2023.
❤Opportunity to see God. I Choose Peace... I will live forgiven. I will forgive so I may live. I Choose Patience... I will overlook the inconveniences of the world. Instead of cursing the one who takes my place, I'll invite him to do so, Rather complain that the wait is to long, I will thank God for a moment to pray. Instead of clenching my fist at new assignments, I will face them with joy and courage. I Choose Kindness... I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for that is how God has treated me. I Choose Goodness... I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will confess before I accuse. I choose goodness. I Choose Faithfulness... Today I will keep my promises. My debtors will not regret their trust. My friends will not question my word. And my family will not question my love. I Choose Gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it only be in praise. If I clench my fist, may it only be in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself. I Choose Self-Control... I refuse to let what will rot, rule the eternal. I choose self-control. I will be drunk only by joy. I will be impassioned only by my faith. I will be influenced only by God. I will be taught only by Christ. I choose self-control. Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek His grace. And then when this day is done I will place my head on my pillow and rest.❤
We should have the right to salvation from conception until natural death. Prayers for the children who suffer from the abuse of misinformed or poorly educated parents. Prayers for our society, that we stand with the suffering infant for their sake and our wrong doing in social sin.
Prayed for you Fr. Mike, the Catechism in a Year production team, Ascension Presents, and everyone here at Mass yesterday and in my Rosary. For those who celebrated, I hope you had a delightful Daylight savings. God bless you!
@@JohnHenrysaysHi❤thank thank you for your prayers. ❤ Lord Jesus, we ask You to give us all around peace in our mind, body, soul and spirit. We want You to heal and remove everything that is causing stress, grief, and sorrow in our lives. Please guide our path through life and make our enemies be at peace with us through Christ our Lord. Amen. ❤❤❤
I had 3 miscarriages and then had one child after seeking medical help. We were blessed to have 1 child, my precious Aaron Peter who is autistic. I was selfish for many years and didn’t start trying to have at the age of 37. I keep wondering how my life would have been different if I had put having a family ahead of my selfish desires.
My husband and I struggled with infertility and the big why me question? However , after adopting my children from Russia 29 yrs ago, I now know why me. We never would have considered adoption if pregnancy were possible. There is a such a need... Children are a gift.
@@TrixRN Indeed. You know, Trix, off topic from this story, I see you occasionally at Reason and Theology. I have to say both Michael Lofton and Fr Mike - the "two Michaels" - well named after the Archangel! - are about the only two catholic websites I frequent. They are incredibly good at this, and at being true to Catholicism. Other than listening to Catholic audiobooks, I don't go beyond them. Right now catching up with Fr Mike, because I fall behind because of work! Bless you, too.
@@jamesmcgrath3841 Yes! I really like Michael L.’s calm take on the happenings in the Church. I watch quite a few different channels, but avoid those that are openly anti-Pope Francis or VII. I’m glad Michael goes into the weeds there because I don’t want to but I want to know what’s going on. I’m really disappointed in Bp. Strickland & hope he repents of his disobedience to the Pope. I think he’s allowed himself to be overly influenced by the sede group & been seduced by the adulation & notoriety. “America’s Bishop”! is what they’re calling him. I think it’s gone to his head. 😔🙏❤️
@@TrixRN Temperamentally, Michael Lofton very appealing to me because of that calm approach with the humor just below the surface. Fr Mike of course, has a temperament that is more excitable and closer to my own! Have to say the contrast is just good! I think you are correct in your conclusion with regard Bishop Strickland. Fr Altman went completely mad. And I think the same fame went to his head too. Which is a great credit to Fr Mike. His "fame" must be a real temptation, which doesn't seem to have affected him at all.
Day 310 Love how Fr. Mike was so aware of the pain of couples who cannot conceive and how Adoption of children is the alternate solution.... Growing up, no one in the church or family spoke about adopting children maybe because focus on being on our "flesh and blood"... But today Fr. Mike clearly tells that a child is a *gift* and not a right...... The only right is that of the child to have a right to having of mom and dad... To a right of being a gift.....
Please pray for my daughter and son in law, who have been going through Secondary Infertility for 6 years and they are trying to adopt a baby. Thank you.
Miraculous Prayer to the Holy Spirit Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Holy Spirit, you who makes me see everything and shows me the way to reach my ideal, you who gives me the divine gift to forgive and forget all the wrong that is done to me and you. who are in all instances of my life with me. I, in this short dialogue, I want to thank you for everything, and affirm once more that I never want to be separated from you, no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory. To that end and submitting to God’s holy will, I ask from you.. (Mention your request here…prayers for the intentions of your daughter and son in law) Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be… I believe in Thee, O my God. Strengthen, O Lord, my faith. I hope in Thee, O my God. Affirm, O Lord, my hope. I love Thee, O my God; increase, O Lord, my love. I repent of having offended Thee. O my God, help me to have contrition, so that with the help of Thy grace and the powerful patronage of Holy Mary of Good Success, I may never sin again. O Lord, have pity and mercy on me. Amen. Our Lady of Good Success, Pray for us...Amen❤❤❤
I will keep them in my prayers. My son and his wife adopted a little boy 7 years ago this month, and he was worth all the paper work, inspections, classes and waiting. He is such a joy for our family! 🙏🙏
Greetings! everyone in the CIY community. Fecundity and that fruitfulness in marriage is the blessing of the children. In marriage there has to be conjugal love. From the moment of conception, the child should be respected as a person. It's a God's blessing and parent-generosity to have a large family. The separation of the procreative act from the unitive act is gravely immoral. If childless adopting or performing services to others is God's blessing. No one has the right to a child only the child possesses genuine rights. Let us pray for each other! Amen.
Thank you Father Mike God bless you! ❤️God bless everyone in this community!❤️🙏❤️ We thank You, Lord for the many blessings and mercies You continually bestow on us. In everything we do, in word or deed, may we always do so in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through His Holy Spirit. Amen.
I’ve learned so much in the last week. Besides my faith the greatest gift has been my children……it wasn’t easy, it took 4 years to become pregnant with my first and then I was blessed with two more. To the couples out there in the arena of infertility do not give up hope! Praying for you. 🙏🏼✝️🙏🏼
I was a person who could not carry a child , I just turned 72 and it is still an ache, watching family and friends have kids, then grandkids and then great-grandkids..I did foster 18 or more kids through the years, that is not the same
No one has a right to a child, to a perfect life or to entry into heaven. All good things (occasionally bad) in this life are a gifts from God. He owes us nothing, not even mercy, that too is a gift.
@@dianefrank3688 I got a tear for those words; God cherishes ALL LIFE. I have an artist singing thanking God for the Mother; and mothers. It is Evangelical artist;- but I hear the words in the Catholic way. Thank you for the mothers; and the male singer sings: I want to be your King. Spanish artist. Listening to this CD for the first time. Lai-lai-lai. Very sweet; like Jewish.
A child is indeed a gift that parents get due to God's grace and mercy. The objection to the artificial way of becoming parents through he use of labs and a surrogate parent is valid because a child that is formed with a union of parents is definitely dearer to both and becomes a binding glue between them that increases their love and the desire to be together to raise it. I agree that those who can't be parents should adopt those children who have been abandoned or orphaned. This is a way of finding God's grace by being graceful and kind ourselves. The children get parent/s while a person/couple gets much needed child to love. It's not an obligation to have kids, but it's a good way of contributing to society if capable of doing so. I'm glad the Church teaches about responsible parenting! Thank you for this analysis, Fr Mike! I'm praying for you, for Team Ascension, and for the fellow listeners. God bless
All of you people watching this please pray for a friend of mine her words exactly “I don't know if non-believer is the right word, I'm not affiliated with any particular religion, I'm probably agnostic right now, I do find value in the psychospiritual, maybe to say I'm questioning is more accurate.”
Thank you ❤ I think this can also be inclusive for Grand children-I long for Grandkids and have prayed for the last 10 years for one. However, both of my children have decided to not have children 😢 now I pray that the strong feeling to nurture a grand goes away-
I totally understand, Karen. I have 1 child, a son, and couldn't wait until he married and I could be a grandmother. However, before that could happen, he decided to become a priest. He is in seminary now. And while I am proud of him and support him, I couldn't help thinking,"well, no grandchildren for me." God needed him more than what I wanted, lol. So I get you ❤
My 2 siblings both decided not to have children. (They are not Catholic). I have only been able to have 2 living children myself. It's so much different than my childhood growing up with many, many cousins. I'm so sad to have no nieces or nephews to love. I can only imagine the pain of no grandchildren someday. I'm so sorry, I pray they will change their mind. I have asked God to take the desire for more babies from me, but i still have no peace about it, so I understand your asking the Lord for that. God bless you. I truly hope they come around and see what a gift children are.
@@StAlphonsusHasAPosse Thank you for this insight. We do not realize that when a person gives his life totally up to God, how this might affect his immediate family. They lose the chance to have this love one get married, have children, live close to them, help take care of them in their old age. You have given me a very different perspective on the sacrifice of the whole family to the will of God's call. God Bless you & your son🙏
Seeing your comment makes me so sad for my mom. She is without grandchildren because of me and my sister. I would have done things so differently if I had been able to hear today's lesson and the last couple of days about being open to life. I told the man I eventually married on our first date that i was petrified of pregnancy and childbirth but loved the idea of children. But I couldn't see my way to getting over the fear of pregnancy and birth. He married me anyway. We are and always have both been catholic. The priest who married us knew of this fear and married us anyway. Didn't give me any sound advice or thoughts to ponder. We married at the age of 40 and are 51 now. No children. And our sex life has been almost non existent because the few times we did have sex I was a nervois wreck waiting for my period to come. Terrified I might be pregnant. I see now how damaging that was and pray that God and my husband will forgive me. He just got used to not having intimacy because it was too stressful and not worth it. Now we need that part of our marriage to have healing. 🥺🙏🏻I feel awful about my mom not getting grandchildren. She has never made me feel bad about it. She is just sad for me because we both know what incredible joy I've missed out on. 😢
I met a young mother today from the Midwest. She and her husband always wanted a big family but couldn’t conceive. They ended up with seven children (all natural siblings)😇
My boyfriend in high school had 17 brothers & sisters, all single births. The home was quite chaotic but very loving. I’ve remained friends with him for 50 years & they consider me one of the family when I see them.😊🙏❤️
Oh Fr. Mike… then there are ones (most prior to mid 20th century) who had numerous children - 8-10 etc with hard, difficult marriages- such a mess. I’m so happy that only God can know and understand all parents/families pain..😢🙏🙏🇨🇦 and joys!
November 6, 2023 Would you consider listening to Saint Faustina’s Diary in a year and/or EWTN Mother Angelica’s Classics to add to your Catholic learning? Oh my goodness so much life guidance in conjunction with Father Mike’s Bible and Catechism in a Year!
I have a Catholic friend who suffered from infertility. She sought help from Saint Paul VI center/Dr Hilgers in Omaha, NE. Now she suffers from hyperfertility. LOL If couples would reject IVF and embrace NaPro Technology and adoption, they'll find so much love and peace.
It's good to be appreciative of the ability to have kids and for their presence. It's also good to acknowledge that eugenics are selfish/sinful and even suggesting eugenics/DNA manipulation, can be rightfully viewed as abusive by some.
Each and every child is a gift and has a dignity naturally connected to the reality of the sexual act and needs to be protected at all times. Only the child has a genuine right to be born as the fruit of his parents' conjugal love to be respected as a person from the moment of his conception. Let us love genuinely in the context of the pain we find ourselves in by carrying our cross as Jesus asked us to do. This is life in its reality. 🙏
Children are a gift and it is really sad that it is not just at conception we can have these thoughts of owning them but in the midst of divorce children are turned into pieces of property. The legal systems terms dehumanizes the children and they are neglected of their needs so to enforce the free will choice of the parent to divorce and all must abide and affirm that choice. I have noticed so many similarities in statements said to encourage divorce abortion contraception and transgenderism from government and mental health professionals as well as good well meaning common folk sadly even those claiming to be catholic in these professions and life. It hurts but I understand some, if not many, of them dont know the truths and that is where the bigger hurt comes in when one informs the church authority in order to correct these misinformed souls and the church authorities chose to let it ride so to not come off as controling or sound like they are picking sides. In their omission they to choose a side and damage the order God has called for. I understand this sounds harsh. Know I state it with love for all as I call hearts to virtue. This is really what has happened to many not just myself.
I wish your kindness regarding infertility could be injected into others. There is often an awkward stigma experienced by those of us who were never blessed to have children- and, often, the scrutiny of raised eyebrows comes from fellow 'Christians'.
I am questioning paragraph 2377. Specifically in Vitro. I never considered this to be "morally unacceptable". This saddens me as I know a couple that have had this procedure twice. They are truly good Catholics. Much more so then most people who just show up to do their obligatory duties for the church.( I know that sentence might sound harsh) This couple truly, truly, truly are gifts to the church and I think they would be devasted to learn that having in Vitro is against the church's law. They have two beautiful children. Both are being raised in the faith. The parents support the church, it's teachings and they are active in the community as good stewards. They are the ideal family. Because they were not able to carry a child in utero and chose to save a child (twice) outside of the uterus are they sinners?
This couple should seek counseling, go to confession and be truly sorry for what they have done, knowlingly or unknowingly. The counselor would guide them on the right path.
Every good Catholic is also a Catholic who has sinned in the past-you and me included! Those children are no less a blessing because they came about by a sin, than our salvation is a blessing because it came about by the sins of the soldiers and pharisees. But the fact that good often comes out of evil doesn't make a sin not a sin. If nothing else, IVF leaves lots of embryos-tiny human beings-abandoned to an early death. Quite possibly your friends didn't know about that at the time and weren't informed by their (presumably secular) doctor. If they went through the process without knowing it was against the church's teachings and what it entailed, then they're not culpable of sin; if they did know and did so anyway, then they ought to make a good confession and repent of the sin while rejoicing that God brought the good of their children out of it-they might well have done so already, in fact, since who of us knows what someone else says in confession? My point is, your friends aren't necessarily bad Catholics just because they committed a sin. "Good Catholic" and "repentant sinner" are the same thing.
I think what is overlooked or not considered is the risk to the children. I personally know a couple who were desperate for children and chose invitro with the husbands' sperm with doner eggs. Implantations did not work on the male fertilized eggs. The final 4 eggs were girls. They were implanted and they all "took". Labor began very early and two died. The other two survived and are handicapped/disabled. This couple refused adoption. I believe a situation like this is why we are not to interfere.@@MySchoolProject15
@susanbaldwin It is likely they did either did not know why "in vitro" is considered an evil means by the Catholic Church or that it is indeed an evil means. But either way, it remains so, and will always be so. Glen below has provided a most excellent response to this question.
@ahling Used to be normal, in previous times I believe! 😁 My uncles and aunts used visit and bring their kids. We'd all go out running around and play, so the adults could have an actual conversation. A lot to be said for it....
Great explanation of the church's position on this commandment. ALL children are a gift from God, regardless of the circumstances of how they enter this world. However, the Church's view on in vitro is quite disappointing.
If they’re not living in sin & make a good confession then I believe the answer is yes. But a priest would need to help them discern their situation.🙏❤️
Can someone expand on the "only the child has a right" that he mentions? I'm trying to find the words to expand on that phrase should someone question it. Seems a bit harsh and I want to understand father's heart behind it.
So I feel like my husband and I wasted our marriage life. We never tried to have children and now approaching 50 myself it’s too late. Not sure what to make of it.
@mariace I doubt very much that you and your husband "wasted' your marriage life. You did what you wanted. You are together. How can that be a "waste"? You should still have many years left.
Seeing your comment makes me so sad. I'm na similar situation. I would have done things so differently if I had been able to hear today's lesson and the last couple of days about being open to life. I told the man I eventually married on our first date that i was petrified of pregnancy and childbirth but loved the idea of children. But I couldn't see my way to getting over the fear of pregnancy and birth. He married me anyway. We are and always have both been catholic. The priest who married us knew of this fear and married us anyway. Didn't give me any sound advice or thoughts to ponder. We married at the age of 40 and are 51 now. No children. And our sex life has been almost non existent because the few times we did have sex I was a nervois wreck waiting for my period to come. Terrified I might be pregnant. I see now how damaging that was and pray that God and my husband will forgive me. He just got used to not having intimacy because it was too stressful and not worth it. Now we need that part of our marriage to have healing. 🥺🙏🏻I feel awful about my mom not getting grandchildren. She has never made me feel bad about it. She is just sad for me because we both know what incredible joy I've missed out on. 😢
Peace be with you. I pray this did not happen to anyone you know. If yes, please contact me. This is traumatic and amidst the pain and suffering, God alone is Giver and Taker of Life. Aborting the infant would be double trauma. God in His Infinite Wisdom would not have Permitted the new life without being able to turn the hurt and shame for Good. The abuse may have continued and become life threatening had she not conceived. This is a very difficult and most sensitive issue. God have Mercy on us. Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, save us and the whole world.
@@jamesmcgrath3841 Yes, I understand that in the first place, the parents do not have the right to have a child using illicit means. But when they go ahead, regardless, I just think about the child. And it’s dignity.
@@lorrainefolkes4908 Of course that child has dignity. Once it is conceived regardless of how that happens. Fr Mike's point is that we do not have a "right" to have children. So we may not use illicit means to "obtain" them. As though they are "ours" rather than a gift from God.
I am beyond grateful that my parents adopted me. They went through so much grief losing a child, finding they then could not have a child, then the first adoption attempt having a girl refuse to give up the child they were going to adopt because my mom had one arm, and the girl didn't want a handicapped woman raising her baby. So much heartbreak, but they never gave up trying and I benefited from all that pent up love and hope. My dear mother and father still hoped, and my birth-mother had me and ran away from the hospital without singing the papers, but my parents waited those three long days unsure I would be theirs until she was finally located and finalized the adoption. Adoption is a brave and wonderful thing to do for another human being. People like me depend upon the mercy of birthmothers and couples to love and be generous. Hang in there and keep loving.
What a beautiful testimony.🙏❤️
Thank you for sharing your story. If more women would realize how much a baby is welcomed and if they cannot raise it that some loving couple is just hoping and praying for the chance to do just that. Abortion is not the answer. Babies need to be loved and welcomed either by their natural parents or those with a heart and love just waiting to do that. ❤🙏
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❤Thank you for sharing such a beautiful example of love. The Lord works in mysterious ways. Praise the Lord !❤
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Thank you Fr Mike. Praying for you and everyone here. God bless 🙏🏻 ❤️ 🙏🏻
I adopted 54 yrs ago. What a blessing my son has been. Could not love him any more. I encourage anyone to adopt.
November 5, 2023
I am looking for people to please take a moment and pray with me for Souls in Purgatory. Can you help?
According to tradition, St. Gertrude the Great was told by Our Lord that each time she piously recited the following prayer, it would release 1,000 souls (or a vast number) from their suffering in purgatory:
Eternal Father,
I offer You the most precious blood
of thy Divine Son, Jesus,
in union with the Masses said
throughout the world today,
for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory,
for sinners everywhere,
for sinners in the universal Church,
for those in my own home,
and in my family. Amen.
Thank you, Father Mike. We wanted more children, but God gave us one. We are in a process adapting two children. Keep us in your prayers
I think this podcast on the sixth commandment
Should be given in every pre-cana before marriage. As a matter of fact the studying of the whole catechism should be a requirements for those seeking the sacrament of marriage. How I wished I would have known all of our faith when I was younger.
Thanks again I can't tell you how much I appreciate this podcast the reading and the kind and gentle explanation you Father Mike give. Blessings 🙏
I was thinking that same thing today. That I would have done things so differently if I had been able to hear today's lesson and the last couple of days about being open to life. I told the man I eventually married on our first date that i was petrified of pregnancy and childbirth but loved the idea of children. But I couldn't see my way to getting over the fear of pregnancy and birth. He married me anyway. We are and always have both been catholic. The priest who married us knew of this fear and married us anyway. Didn't give me any sound advice or thoughts to ponder. We married at the age of 40 and are 51 now. No children. And our sex life has been almost non existent because the few times we did have sex I was a nervois wreck waiting for my period to come. Terrified I might be pregnant. I see now how damaging that was and pray that God and my husband will forgive me. He just got used to not having intimacy because it was too stressful and not worth it. 🙏🏻Now we need that part of our marriage to have healing. 🥺
Children are a gift and a blessing but we do not own them, they belong to God, my husband had twin sisters who could not have children but they helped us so much with our seven blessings, may they rest in peace ❤🙏
God bless
I am barren and decades ago I cried out to God, much like Rachel. Today, I am cooking breakfast trying to listen to the Catechism over the noise of the 6th and 7th children my husband and I are raising. God is so good!
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼. Bless the unborn and broaden the rights communicated on this day 310.
Today hits close to home. No lack of trying. NfP in reverse, saving sex for only "fertile" days for 18 years. Result- only one child,,special needs, spina bifida and cerebral palsy.
He has grown up to be a wonderful young man, overcoming his disability, now beginning his work history. But our greatest pain is that we were unable to give him a sibling.
I think that is part of why I am so rabidly pro-life.
May God bless your precious son.
@@StAlphonsusHasAPosse That has certainly happened- he's a Knight of Columbus, is very involved in the church. All the Seeber boys of his generation are- of him and his four cousins, four out of five are Knights, two are at seminary starting this year, and one is going to Chesterton Academy in Mt. Angel, OR. Both of the special needs boys are working in the grocery industry.
@@TedSeeber That's terrific. I have one child, a son, who is a Knight. He started seminary in August to become a priest.
Feeling this. 😔 I'm praying for all who can not conceive. God bless Father Mike. Thank you for praying for us.
Blessings on your precious son.🙏❤️
Thank you Lord for blessing me with my children even though they were born outside of marriage.Many times I thought I was not able to have children. Thank you Lord 🙏🙏
Yes let's pray for all the children in homes .unwanted children to find a forever home full of love .God bless Amen lots prayers Father Mike Amen
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Yes yes yes yes yes 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. “No one has a right to a child, children are a gift, a privilege, not property”. Say it louder for the people in the back Father Mike
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Thank you Fr Mike for all you do and for the love you pour out in your teachings, your understanding and sharing. You are spirit filled.
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Hello everyone & Happy Day 310!🙏😊
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🙋♀Elizabeth & All of CIY 😊Day 310 ❤🙏
Howdy y’all 👋 Happy day 310. It seems the days are flying by, less than 2 months left.🙏❤️
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Fr. Thank you ❤. Praying for you, for the Ascension team and for all my CIY brothers and sisters. God bless. ❤🙏
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A child is a gift of God, the supreme gift of marriage. It is the fruit of the conjugal act of its parents. A child has the right to be respected as a person from the moment of its conception. Artificial insemination and artificial procreation are immoral because they disassociate procreation from the act with which the spouses give themselves to each other and so introduce the domination of technology over the origin and destiny of human person. Today we pray for spouses who do not have children that they adopt options that show spiritual fruitfulness viz foster care or adoption. We have been called to love no matter our cross. 🙏
A Mother’s Prayer
Father in heaven, you speak all things into being. You create life with your words, and they bring light to the darkness.
Lord, bring light to my darkness today. The future can feel scary and is filled with the unknown. When my mind strays to anxious thoughts, light a path back to clarity and peace.
May your light enter our household today and bring understanding. My kids are still learning to trust in you, and I don’t want them to fear the future. Give them peace and clear direction today.
Thank you for answering my children’s prayers. Thank you for the whispered words they say just before bed-so often funny and always heartfelt. Thank you for for putting them in my life.
In Christ’s name, Amen.❤❤❤
Praying for couples who find themselves in this situation 🙏🏻 I'm sure this is a difficult one for many to hear but children are a gift from God.....Praying for you and everyone here. God bless🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Joining in your prayer for all longing for a child.❤🙏
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This one hit close to home. We were blessed with one child though we would have welcomed more. Often people would ask if we had more - my response was always, "We get what we were given, and we're lucky to have him."
I can't imagine the anguish of couples longing for a child. 💔
“He makes the barren woman live in the house As a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)”
Psalms 113:9
Father, may everything that I do this day, whether it be full of joy or pain, whether it be full of love or of grief, I ask that everything I go through today be offered to you just like Jesus offered everything to you. It is in his name we pray. Amen. 11/6/2023.
❤Opportunity to see God.
I Choose Peace...
I will live forgiven. I will forgive so I may live.
I Choose Patience...
I will overlook the inconveniences of the world. Instead of cursing the one who takes my place, I'll invite him to do so, Rather complain that the wait is to long, I will thank God for a moment to pray. Instead of clenching my fist at new assignments, I will face them with joy and courage.
I Choose Kindness...
I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for that is how God has treated me.
I Choose Goodness...
I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will confess before I accuse. I choose goodness.
I Choose Faithfulness...
Today I will keep my promises. My debtors will not regret their trust. My friends will not question my word. And my family will not question my love.
I Choose Gentleness...
Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it only be in praise. If I clench my fist, may it only be in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.
I Choose Self-Control...
I refuse to let what will rot, rule the eternal. I choose self-control. I will be drunk only by joy. I will be impassioned only by my faith. I will be influenced only by God. I will be taught only by Christ. I choose self-control.
Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek His grace. And then when this day is done I will place my head on my pillow and rest.❤
We should have the right to salvation from conception until natural death. Prayers for the children who suffer from the abuse of misinformed or poorly educated parents. Prayers for our society, that we stand with the suffering infant for their sake and our wrong doing in social sin.
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Well said ❤
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God bless you Fr Mike 🙏
“Children are a gift “. Thank you Fr. Mike, for day 310 🛐
Incredible reading & interpretation. Infertility is a cross but having children who follow the wrong way is also a cross.
May God 's Love and Mercy heal so many suffering infertility.
Prayed for you Fr. Mike, the Catechism in a Year production team, Ascension Presents, and everyone here at Mass yesterday and in my Rosary. For those who celebrated, I hope you had a delightful Daylight savings. God bless you!
Thank you for your prayers. I immerse everyone here into the abyss of Christ’s Divine Mercy everyday at 3:00.🙏❤️
@@TrixRN That means so much, Theresa. You are so kind and generous. Thank you for your beautiful charitable heart!
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Lord Jesus, we ask You to give us all around peace in our mind, body, soul and spirit. We want You to heal and remove everything that is causing stress, grief, and sorrow in our lives. Please guide our path through life and make our enemies be at peace with us through Christ our Lord. Amen. ❤❤❤
@@KB_2161 Your reply is a wonderful surprise! God bless you. Thank you so much.
I am so very grateful for CIY
God bless you, Fr. Mike and everyone here
Thank you Father.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Day 310...The gift of a child...Thankyou Fr.Mike for your time in the priestly ministry...Praying for you and the Ascension team 🙏. 🙏
God bless Father Mike
The child is a gift to the parents not a right. The only person who has a right is the child.!!
I had 3 miscarriages and then had one child after seeking medical help. We were blessed to have 1 child, my precious Aaron Peter who is autistic. I was selfish for many years and didn’t start trying to have at the age of 37. I keep wondering how my life would have been different if I had put having a family ahead of my selfish desires.
Thank you Father.
My husband and I struggled with infertility and the big why me question? However , after adopting my children from Russia 29 yrs ago, I now know why me. We never would have considered adoption if pregnancy were possible. There is a such a need... Children are a gift.
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Indeed. You know, Trix, off topic from this story, I see you occasionally at Reason and Theology. I have to say both Michael Lofton and Fr Mike - the "two Michaels" - well named after the Archangel! - are about the only two catholic websites I frequent. They are incredibly good at this, and at being true to Catholicism. Other than listening to Catholic audiobooks, I don't go beyond them. Right now catching up with Fr Mike, because I fall behind because of work! Bless you, too.
@@jamesmcgrath3841 Yes! I really like Michael L.’s calm take on the happenings in the Church. I watch quite a few different channels, but avoid those that are openly anti-Pope Francis or VII. I’m glad Michael goes into the weeds there because I don’t want to but I want to know what’s going on. I’m really disappointed in Bp. Strickland & hope he repents of his disobedience to the Pope. I think he’s allowed himself to be overly influenced by the sede group & been seduced by the adulation & notoriety. “America’s Bishop”! is what they’re calling him. I think it’s gone to his head. 😔🙏❤️
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Temperamentally, Michael Lofton very appealing to me because of that calm approach with the humor just below the surface. Fr Mike of course, has a temperament that is more excitable and closer to my own! Have to say the contrast is just good! I think you are correct in your conclusion with regard Bishop Strickland. Fr Altman went completely mad. And I think the same fame went to his head too. Which is a great credit to Fr Mike. His "fame" must be a real temptation, which doesn't seem to have affected him at all.
Thanks Fr, this is consoling.
Catholic parents who choose artificial insemination must really be suffering. God have mercy on us all. We all fall short. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Love how Fr. Mike was so aware of the pain of couples who cannot conceive and how Adoption of children is the alternate solution.... Growing up, no one in the church or family spoke about adopting children maybe because focus on being on our "flesh and blood"... But today Fr. Mike clearly tells that a child is a *gift* and not a right...... The only right is that of the child to have a right to having of mom and dad... To a right of being a gift.....
Thank you.. praying for you all.. God Bless .. ❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
❤🙏Praying for you also. Thanks for the prayers
Please pray for my daughter and son in law, who have been going through Secondary Infertility for 6 years and they are trying to adopt a baby. Thank you.
Miraculous Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Holy Spirit, you who makes me see everything and shows me the way to reach my ideal, you who gives me the divine gift to forgive and forget all the wrong that is done to me and you. who are in all instances of my life with me.
I, in this short dialogue, I want to thank you for everything, and affirm once more that I never want to be separated from you, no matter how great the material desires may be.
I want to be with you and my loved ones in your perpetual glory. To that end and submitting to God’s holy will, I ask from you..
(Mention your request here…prayers for the intentions of your daughter and son in law)
Say 1: Our Father… Say 1: Hail Mary… Say 1: Glory Be…
I believe in Thee, O my God. Strengthen, O Lord, my faith. I hope in Thee, O my God. Affirm, O Lord, my hope. I love Thee, O my God; increase, O Lord, my love. I repent of having offended Thee. O my God, help me to have contrition, so that with the help of Thy grace and the powerful patronage of Holy Mary of Good Success, I may never sin again. O Lord, have pity and mercy on me. Amen.
Our Lady of Good Success, Pray for us...Amen❤❤❤
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I will keep them in my prayers. My son and his wife adopted a little boy 7 years ago this month, and he was worth all the paper work, inspections, classes and waiting. He is such a joy for our family! 🙏🙏
Day 310.🙏🙏🙏
They really are a gift. And i would die for my son and unborn daughter. ❤❤❤
Absolutely! May God bless you and your family
Thank you FatherMike
Greetings! everyone in the CIY community. Fecundity and that fruitfulness in marriage is the blessing of the children. In marriage there has to be conjugal love. From the moment of conception, the child should be respected as a person. It's a God's blessing and parent-generosity to have a large family. The separation of the procreative act from the unitive act is gravely immoral. If childless adopting or performing services to others is God's blessing. No one has the right to a child only the child possesses genuine rights. Let us pray for each other! Amen.
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Thank you, Fr. Mike. God bless you.
Thank you Father Mike God bless you! ❤️God bless everyone in this community!❤️🙏❤️
We thank You, Lord for the many blessings and mercies You continually bestow on us. In everything we do, in word or deed, may we always do so in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through His Holy Spirit. Amen.
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I’ve learned so much in the last week. Besides my faith the greatest gift has been my children……it wasn’t easy, it took 4 years to become pregnant with my first and then I was blessed with two more. To the couples out there in the arena of infertility do not give up hope! Praying for you. 🙏🏼✝️🙏🏼
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I was a person who could not carry a child , I just turned 72 and it is still an ache, watching family and friends have kids, then grandkids and then great-grandkids..I did foster 18 or more kids through the years, that is not the same
Amen Amen! Praying for those who are in this situation. God Bless.
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Praise be to God
No one has a right to a child, to a perfect life or to entry into heaven. All good things (occasionally bad) in this life are a gifts from God. He owes us nothing, not even mercy, that too is a gift.
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Amen! We as Catholics are to try to cherish all life. 🥰🙏❤🙏💞🙏
@@dianefrank3688 I got a tear for those words; God cherishes ALL LIFE.
I have an artist singing thanking God for the Mother; and mothers. It is Evangelical artist;- but I hear the words in the Catholic way. Thank you for the mothers; and the male singer sings: I want to be your King. Spanish artist. Listening to this CD for the first time. Lai-lai-lai. Very sweet; like Jewish.
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@@MorreHope Music can be so healing and lift our minds & hearts up to God. I am so glad that you have music in your life. Praying for you and all. ❤🙏
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A child is indeed a gift that parents get due to God's grace and mercy. The objection to the artificial way of becoming parents through he use of labs and a surrogate parent is valid because a child that is formed with a union of parents is definitely dearer to both and becomes a binding glue between them that increases their love and the desire to be together to raise it. I agree that those who can't be parents should adopt those children who have been abandoned or orphaned. This is a way of finding God's grace by being graceful and kind ourselves. The children get parent/s while a person/couple gets much needed child to love. It's not an obligation to have kids, but it's a good way of contributing to society if capable of doing so. I'm glad the Church teaches about responsible parenting! Thank you for this analysis, Fr Mike! I'm praying for you, for Team Ascension, and for the fellow listeners. God bless
All of you people watching this please pray for a friend of mine her words exactly “I don't know if non-believer is the right word, I'm not affiliated with any particular religion, I'm probably agnostic right now, I do find value in the psychospiritual, maybe to say I'm questioning is more accurate.”
Thank you ❤ I think this can also be inclusive for Grand children-I long for Grandkids and have prayed for the last 10 years for one. However, both of my children have decided to not have children 😢 now I pray that the strong feeling to nurture a grand goes away-
I totally understand, Karen. I have 1 child, a son, and couldn't wait until he married and I could be a grandmother. However, before that could happen, he decided to become a priest. He is in seminary now. And while I am proud of him and support him, I couldn't help thinking,"well, no grandchildren for me." God needed him more than what I wanted, lol. So I get you ❤
My 2 siblings both decided not to have children. (They are not Catholic). I have only been able to have 2 living children myself. It's so much different than my childhood growing up with many, many cousins. I'm so sad to have no nieces or nephews to love. I can only imagine the pain of no grandchildren someday. I'm so sorry, I pray they will change their mind. I have asked God to take the desire for more babies from me, but i still have no peace about it, so I understand your asking the Lord for that. God bless you. I truly hope they come around and see what a gift children are.
@@StAlphonsusHasAPosse Thank you for this insight. We do not realize that when a person gives his life totally up to God, how this might affect his immediate family. They lose the chance to have this love one get married, have children, live close to them, help take care of them in their old age. You have given me a very different perspective on the sacrifice of the whole family to the will of God's call. God Bless you & your son🙏
@@dianefrank3688 Thank you for your understanding and good wishes Diane
Seeing your comment makes me so sad for my mom. She is without grandchildren because of me and my sister. I would have done things so differently if I had been able to hear today's lesson and the last couple of days about being open to life. I told the man I eventually married on our first date that i was petrified of pregnancy and childbirth but loved the idea of children. But I couldn't see my way to getting over the fear of pregnancy and birth. He married me anyway. We are and always have both been catholic. The priest who married us knew of this fear and married us anyway. Didn't give me any sound advice or thoughts to ponder. We married at the age of 40 and are 51 now. No children. And our sex life has been almost non existent because the few times we did have sex I was a nervois wreck waiting for my period to come. Terrified I might be pregnant. I see now how damaging that was and pray that God and my husband will forgive me. He just got used to not having intimacy because it was too stressful and not worth it. Now we need that part of our marriage to have healing. 🥺🙏🏻I feel awful about my mom not getting grandchildren. She has never made me feel bad about it. She is just sad for me because we both know what incredible joy I've missed out on. 😢
I met a young mother today from the Midwest. She and her husband always wanted a big family but couldn’t conceive. They ended up with seven children (all natural siblings)😇
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Thank you! Blessings everyone!🙏
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Thank you Fr Mike! Praying for you ❤❤❤and for all CIY members.
My best friend in high school was the oldest of 12. Her mother had five more children after I first knew my friend.
My boyfriend in high school had 17 brothers & sisters, all single births. The home was quite chaotic but very loving. I’ve remained friends with him for 50 years & they consider me one of the family when I see them.😊🙏❤️
So so so thankful for this Fr Mike, for doing the CIY. Praying for you and all in the CIY. God Bless 💓🙏💞🙏💓
May God bless you always 🙏
Day 310 ( Monday November 6th, 2023 ).
Amen 🙏.
Oh Fr. Mike… then there are ones (most prior to mid 20th century) who had numerous children - 8-10 etc with hard, difficult marriages- such a mess. I’m so happy that only God can know and understand all parents/families pain..😢🙏🙏🇨🇦 and joys!
November 6, 2023
Would you consider listening to Saint Faustina’s Diary in a year and/or EWTN Mother Angelica’s Classics to add to your Catholic learning?
Oh my goodness so much life guidance in conjunction with Father Mike’s Bible and Catechism in a Year!
I have a Catholic friend who suffered from infertility. She sought help from Saint Paul VI center/Dr Hilgers in Omaha, NE. Now she suffers from hyperfertility. LOL If couples would reject IVF and embrace NaPro Technology and adoption, they'll find so much love and peace.
It's good to be appreciative of the ability to have kids and for their presence.
It's also good to acknowledge that eugenics are selfish/sinful and even suggesting eugenics/DNA manipulation, can be rightfully viewed as abusive by some.
Amen!🙏❤️
Each and every child is a gift and has a dignity naturally connected to the reality of the sexual act and needs to be protected at all times. Only the child has a genuine right to be born as the fruit of his parents' conjugal love to be respected as a person from the moment of his conception.
Let us love genuinely in the context of the pain we find ourselves in by carrying our cross as Jesus asked us to do. This is life in its reality. 🙏
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Children are a gift and it is really sad that it is not just at conception we can have these thoughts of owning them but in the midst of divorce children are turned into pieces of property. The legal systems terms dehumanizes the children and they are neglected of their needs so to enforce the free will choice of the parent to divorce and all must abide and affirm that choice. I have noticed so many similarities in statements said to encourage divorce abortion contraception and transgenderism from government and mental health professionals as well as good well meaning common folk sadly even those claiming to be catholic in these professions and life. It hurts but I understand some, if not many, of them dont know the truths and that is where the bigger hurt comes in when one informs the church authority in order to correct these misinformed souls and the church authorities chose to let it ride so to not come off as controling or sound like they are picking sides. In their omission they to choose a side and damage the order God has called for. I understand this sounds harsh. Know I state it with love for all as I call hearts to virtue. This is really what has happened to many not just myself.
We must pray & make reparations for sinners.🙏❤️
How many parents honour the baptismal promises by giving their children Christ in themselves. How many parents give themselves
Not near enough it seems🙏❤️
I wish your kindness regarding infertility could be injected into others. There is often an awkward stigma experienced by those of us who were never blessed to have children- and, often, the scrutiny of raised eyebrows comes from fellow 'Christians'.
That’s so wrong.😢🙏❤️
I am questioning paragraph 2377. Specifically in Vitro. I never considered this to be "morally unacceptable". This saddens me as I know a couple that have had this procedure twice. They are truly good Catholics. Much more so then most people who just show up to do their obligatory duties for the church.( I know that sentence might sound harsh) This couple truly, truly, truly are gifts to the church and I think they would be devasted to learn that having in Vitro is against the church's law. They have two beautiful children. Both are being raised in the faith. The parents support the church, it's teachings and they are active in the community as good stewards. They are the ideal family. Because they were not able to carry a child in utero and chose to save a child (twice) outside of the uterus are they sinners?
This couple should seek counseling, go to confession and be truly sorry for what they have done, knowlingly or unknowingly. The counselor would guide them on the right path.
Every good Catholic is also a Catholic who has sinned in the past-you and me included! Those children are no less a blessing because they came about by a sin, than our salvation is a blessing because it came about by the sins of the soldiers and pharisees.
But the fact that good often comes out of evil doesn't make a sin not a sin. If nothing else, IVF leaves lots of embryos-tiny human beings-abandoned to an early death. Quite possibly your friends didn't know about that at the time and weren't informed by their (presumably secular) doctor.
If they went through the process without knowing it was against the church's teachings and what it entailed, then they're not culpable of sin; if they did know and did so anyway, then they ought to make a good confession and repent of the sin while rejoicing that God brought the good of their children out of it-they might well have done so already, in fact, since who of us knows what someone else says in confession?
My point is, your friends aren't necessarily bad Catholics just because they committed a sin. "Good Catholic" and "repentant sinner" are the same thing.
I think what is overlooked or not considered is the risk to the children. I personally know a couple who were desperate for children and chose invitro with the husbands' sperm with doner eggs. Implantations did not work on the male fertilized eggs. The final 4 eggs were girls. They were implanted and they all "took". Labor began very early and two died. The other two survived and are handicapped/disabled. This couple refused adoption. I believe a situation like this is why we are not to interfere.@@MySchoolProject15
@@MySchoolProject15 Well said!🙏❤️
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It is likely they did either did not know why "in vitro" is considered an evil means by the Catholic Church or that it is indeed an evil means. But either way, it remains so, and will always be so. Glen below has provided a most excellent response to this question.
In my family, children were to be seen and not heard
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Used to be normal, in previous times I believe! 😁
My uncles and aunts used visit and bring their kids. We'd all go out running around and play, so the adults could have an actual conversation. A lot to be said for it....
Great explanation of the church's position on this commandment. ALL children are a gift from God, regardless of the circumstances of how they enter this world. However, the Church's view on in vitro is quite disappointing.
Can the parents of an Illegitimate child do communion if they never married and dont want to be together?
You would have to bring this before a priest. Depending on the actual circumstances it could be yes, but a few things might have to be done first. 🙏🙏🙏
If they’re not living in sin & make a good confession then I believe the answer is yes. But a priest would need to help them discern their situation.🙏❤️
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You know, Trix, you are always.... so incredibly accurate! 😇
@@jamesmcgrath3841 Aw shucks!☺️ Thank my RCIA & continuing study of the Church.🙏❤️
Can someone expand on the "only the child has a right" that he mentions? I'm trying to find the words to expand on that phrase should someone question it. Seems a bit harsh and I want to understand father's heart behind it.
My sister is paralysed, her husband who has passed on now was paralysed, they had three great kids who are now parents themselves. Is it all wrong?
So I feel like my husband and I wasted our marriage life. We never tried to have children and now approaching 50 myself it’s too late. Not sure what to make of it.
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I doubt very much that you and your husband "wasted' your marriage life. You did what you wanted. You are together. How can that be a "waste"? You should still have many years left.
Seeing your comment makes me so sad. I'm na similar situation. I would have done things so differently if I had been able to hear today's lesson and the last couple of days about being open to life. I told the man I eventually married on our first date that i was petrified of pregnancy and childbirth but loved the idea of children. But I couldn't see my way to getting over the fear of pregnancy and birth. He married me anyway. We are and always have both been catholic. The priest who married us knew of this fear and married us anyway. Didn't give me any sound advice or thoughts to ponder. We married at the age of 40 and are 51 now. No children. And our sex life has been almost non existent because the few times we did have sex I was a nervois wreck waiting for my period to come. Terrified I might be pregnant. I see now how damaging that was and pray that God and my husband will forgive me. He just got used to not having intimacy because it was too stressful and not worth it. Now we need that part of our marriage to have healing. 🥺🙏🏻I feel awful about my mom not getting grandchildren. She has never made me feel bad about it. She is just sad for me because we both know what incredible joy I've missed out on. 😢
How can a woman see a child as a gift when it was a result of a violent rape?
By her Dad.
How does that work for her?
Peace be with you. I pray this did not happen to anyone you know. If yes, please contact me.
This is traumatic and amidst the pain and suffering, God alone is Giver and Taker of Life. Aborting the infant would be double trauma.
God in His Infinite Wisdom would not have Permitted the new life without being able to turn the hurt and shame for Good. The abuse may have continued and become life threatening had she not conceived. This is a very difficult and most sensitive issue. God have Mercy on us. Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, save us and the whole world.
The family with a children, it sounds like they don’t give them Christ, at least from what you say or lacking to say
But what about the child who comes from artificial insemanation ; or surrogate mother. Does that child have dignity?
@lorraine
Yes of course that child has dignity. But the parents have no "right" to have a child using illicit means.
@@jamesmcgrath3841 Yes, I understand that in the first place, the parents do not have the right to have a child using illicit means. But when they go ahead, regardless, I just think about the child. And it’s dignity.
@@lorrainefolkes4908
Of course that child has dignity. Once it is conceived regardless of how that happens. Fr Mike's point is that we do not have a "right" to have children. So we may not use illicit means to "obtain" them. As though they are "ours" rather than a gift from God.
What about a child conceived as a result of rape?
It’s still an innocent child worthy of dignity & respect.🙏❤️
❤the child is not at fault and brought into this world to give Glory to God ❤