http://brotherandre.stblogs.com/2008/09/21/natural-family-planning/ By Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M. Dedicated to Saint Joseph the Betrothed, Patron and Protector of the Universal Church Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:54:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://brotherandre.stblogs.com/2008/09/21/natural-family-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Nfpworks Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:31:32 +0000 http://brotherandre.stblogs.com/?p=78#comment-294 I agree that NFP has turned into a crutch for many families, and I laud him for extolling the much ignored virtue of modesty. I do, however, have a problem of him declaring that certain things are mortally sinful *no matter what.* I also have a problem declaring that spacing children every two years--not exactly liberal reasoning--is not good enough for using NFP. We do need to form couples to practice heroic virtue in their family planning decisions. Absolutely. They need to learn to accept suffering. Absolutely. But to give only two examples of grave reasons is far from helpful. I was excited to listen to this, but now that I have, I wouldn't consider posting it. I agree that NFP has turned into a crutch for many families, and I laud him for extolling the much ignored virtue of modesty. I do, however, have a problem of him declaring that certain things are mortally sinful *no matter what.* I also have a problem declaring that spacing children every two years–not exactly liberal reasoning–is not good enough for using NFP. We do need to form couples to practice heroic virtue in their family planning decisions. Absolutely. They need to learn to accept suffering. Absolutely. But to give only two examples of grave reasons is far from helpful. I was excited to listen to this, but now that I have, I wouldn’t consider posting it.

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