In my late/early hour perusing of the blogosphere, I stumbled across this article. It serves to show the impact that two fronts have had on Christian life:
First -- The Sacrament of Marriage is under the most insidious of attacks.
Second -- Chaste living among clergy has been utterly denied on every level by even the most prominent Christian sects of today. The link is found here:
New York Bishop Orders Gay Clergy to Marry, Christian News
Marriage as a Sacrament of unitive and procreative love does not exist in this example. Self-gift and reception of the fruits of self-gift have become redefined by the pleasure and financial welfare that can be garnered. How does promoting a love that is inherently "curvatus in se" advance the good of Man?
Regardless of the seemingly moral intent of mandating marriage of gay clergy, the fact that sacramental marriage as a viable institution for the well-being and stability of family and community has been rejected and replaced by a model of self-gratification and financial stability, by downplaying at best and completely denying at worst the efficacy of the generative aspect of conjugal activity, makes one wonder how marriage has degraded to the near-pointless and arbitrary bond it has become to so many.
Concupiscence reigns where unilateral objectivity holds sway in the heart.
St. Joseph, chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster-father of Christ, pray for us.
Hey, Aaron! Here's my two-cents: How to undo the "Great Twisting" of society? How to re-order deep, deep disorder with deep, deep love? Our work is definitely cut out for us. Peace my friend! See you soon!
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