LOAF TIDINGS
Joy of Love in Family
What makes a Catholic wedding different from other religious weddings? Here, Unitive Love and Procreative Love are not separated. But the idea of having a baby by any means exists throughout the world, including in Catholic families. But what does the Church teach us?
The Church allows only conception through the process of natural process, because the Unitive love is set aside in artificial reproduction, in other words every conjugal act should at the same time be love-giving and life-giving, and not life-giving alone. Therefore fertilization can only happen through sexual intercourse.
Contributions of modern medicine such as IUI (Intra uterine insemination), IVF (In Virto Fertilization) or test tube baby treatment methods, the sperm or egg is removed from the human body and the egg-sperm fusion takes place inside the uterus in IUI and in the lab in IVF, instead of taking place in the fallopian tube. There are many among us who believe that IUI is not a sin. But because the sperm from the male collected by masturbation is deposited into the female body, the unifying love is cut off from life-giving love.
Second, many people do not realize that artificial birth is often an anti-life procedure. If an egg and sperm are combined to produce a baby, only five out of 100 people who receive the treatment will have a baby. So often multiple, six to ten eggs are transferred at the same time to raise the success rate. Only 3 of these are deposited in the mother's womb. The rest of the embryos / babies are discarded, or frozen at -196 degrees, for future use. There are millions of orphaned frozen embryos in the world.
“It's been ten years after marriage, giving birth to children is the ultimate goal of marriage. Why is the Catholic Church so heartless?” This is a conversation we may hear in our families. There are many church-sanctioned treatments to help infertile couples, including treatments to increase sperm count and efficiency, fertility drugs, operations to remove obstructions in the sperm and egg pathways, and psychosexual counseling to name just a few.
Pope Francis lovingly reminds those who remain childless despite all moral methods, “Your vocation is different, your calling is different, it may be a calling to teach and care for many children, it may be a calling to comfort the needy, it may be a calling to be witnesses of faith, faithfulness and holiness.”
Finally, a word to those who have children, our children are not born of our own abilities and handed over to us to raise as we please. They are the gift of God who has been entrusted to us to look after for a short time, raised as saints and should be returned to God the Creator. Whatever our calling may be, we may be faithful and be holy.
Dr. Betsy Thomas,
Gynecologist.
God is love. By creating the human nature of man and woman in His own image, God instilled in them the calling, capacity, and responsibility for love and interaction.
God created man in his own image. He created them male and female. He blessed them and said: “Be fruitful and multiply.” To be in the image and likeness means to be a son, to be children. It is best to understand that God has given us the right to be His children when He created us. Jesus taught us to call God Our Father.
God given responsibility to man
God has given man dominion over all living things. This indicates a royal mission for man. Dominion for the king is to protect his subjects, provide them with what they need and protect them from evil.
Abortion
Human life must be respected and protected unconditionally from the moment of conception. From the first moment of conception, the human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person. The Church has taught since the early centuries that intentional abortion is a moral evil. God, the Lord of life, has given humans the great task of saving life.
Euthanasia
It is not right to deny a sick person the ordinary care they deserve even if death seems imminent. Patients should be helped to lead a normal life as much as possible.
Conjugal love and fruitfulness
Sexuality emphasizes conjugal love between a man and a woman. Fruitfulness in marriage is a gift. Conjugal love naturally leads to procreation. When a child is born, it is not an external addition to the mutual love of the couple, but arises as a result of the mutual gift of self.
Couples who are called to give life participate in God's work of creation. Couples should consider it their mission to impart life and educate their children. Thus the couple must understand that they are cooperating in the love of God the Creator. Fertility control methods based on the use of specific time periods i.e. periods of non-fertility are ethical. These ways show respect for the body of the couple. On the other hand, any act which renders procreation impossible, before the conjugal act, in its consummation, or in the development of its natural consequences, is evil.
Children are God's gift
A child is a gift, not a right of anyone. The ultimate gift in marriage. The child has the right to be the product of the conjugal love of his parents and to be respected as a person from the moment of conception. Couples who, despite seeking all reasonable medical remedies, cannot find a solution to their infertility should unite themselves to the cross of the Lord, the bearer of all sorrows. Show your generosity by adopting orphaned children. Human life is sacred because it embodies God's creative activity from its inception and exists in a unique relationship with the Creator. God alone is the author of life from its beginning to its end. No one under any circumstances has the right to destroy an innocent human being.
Bincy Sanoj
Higher seccondary educator
“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.”
-- Psalm 127:3 --