Tag: Divorce

Pastor Column: Casti Connubii VI

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From the bulletin of October 31, 2021      Having addressed threats to the 2 aspects of children and fidelity, Pope Pius XI now looks at the challenges against the sacramentality of marriage. He immediately identifies movements in society that claim marriage “belongs entirely to the profane and purely civil sphere.” This in turn is used to justify once again the claim that divorce should be easily obtained.      As he taught earlier in the letter, the pope repeats the teaching that even the purely natural union of man and woman has a sacred character and is prior to the formation...Read More

Homilies for the 27th & 28th Sundays of Ordinary Time: What We Have In Common

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27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, B                                                                  October 3, 2021Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/XevZjQ6nALs “It is not good for the man to be alone.” God knows this, he isn’t just figuring it out. Neither is he surprised that none of the animals prove “to be a suitable partner for the man.” He is not showing the animals to Adam as part of an experiment, he is doing it as a lesson for Adam, for all mankind. He is teaching us that we are not meant to be alone… that we are meant to be in communion with...Read More