The Church that Honors the Creator

No one can be against family planning or responsible parenthood. Planning is a good thing, it means preparation is required for marriage. Being a responsible parent is a good thing, it entails spousal mutual respect and self-giving sacrifice for the good of the children.
Unfortunately, those good terms are being used to propagate artificial contraception. Family planning and/or responsible parenthood is incongruous with RECKLESSNESS and that is exactly what artificial contraception does.
At the time when I wasn't against artificial contraception, the question that rose to my mind was "isn't natural family planning any different from artificial contraception, in the aspect that both intends birth control?" This was a crucial question because the answer makes a big difference in our relationship with God.
Any believer in God believes that God is the Creator of human life.
This leads to what the sexual act is. Every human being comes from the sexual union of a man and a woman; Thus, it is in the sexual act (not the intention) where God practices (or manifests) His Creatorship. The human sexual act is not a mere reproduction or regeneration but a co-creatorship act.
★Thus, any unnatural or artificial INTERVENTION in the sexual act is an intervention with God.
★Any DEVALUATION in the sexual act is a devaluation of God's creative power.
★Any FORCE (rape/ sexual abuse) in the sexual act is an assault on God.
In this perspective:
♥ No wonder, then, that the Catholic Church is strictest on the sexual act like pre-marital and extra-marital sex, masturbation, sodomy, same-gender sex artificial contraception €tc.
♥ No wonder, then, that the Catholic Church is the prime advocate of chastity and monogamy and does not recklessly allow second marriage or divorce.
♥ No wonder, then, that the Catholic Church, in as much as it is pro-life, it is against artificial contraception, in vitro fertilization, and embryonic stem cell.
♥ No wonder, then, that even if it was .01% of the clergy, the sexual abuse was the biggest crisis the Catholic Church had to face.
♥ No wonder, that most atheists, in spite of the scientific, medical, social, economic, constitutiona, land psychological bases against artificial contraception still advocate it.
The firm stand and teaching of the Catholic Church had convinced me of the Divinity of the Church. It was beyond intellectual, artistic, and emotional sense; I was convicted. The Catholic Church honors the Creatorship of God. The Catholic Church is for God, with God and through God.

Home Sweet Home

No matter how exciting or fufilling our work may be, at the end of the day, it is home we long for.
When storm gathers around us, even if there is a leak on the roof, it is home where we would rather be.
That sense of home so often neglected. The familiar surroundings no matter how imperfect.
The space where people you care for are expected.
The memories of nurturing and nourishing. A sense of warmth and healing.
Home, a small word that shapes a big world.
Home, a small word that
gives a glimpse of an eternal Home.