Today the Holy Father's General Audience was on St. Therese of Lisieiux, St. Therese of the Child Jesus. The greater part of the audience is a retelling of her life. In the last two paragraphs the Pontiff reflects on her significance for us. I have translated these two paragraphs from the Italian. (An English translation [...]
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Only excerpts or summaries of the posts are shown on this page. Click on the title of a post to see the whole post.Therese of Lisieux – Pope Benedict XVI's General Audience
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011Marriage and Procreation
Thursday, March 17th, 2011This post continues the response to the question, what has changed regarding christians' and the Church's view of marriage and marital relations, a question raised in a comment on the post Married Saints and Continence. Traditional View (Systematized by St. Augustine) St. Augustine understands sexual intercourse to be so ordered to children, the "one honorable [...]
Married Saints and Continence
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Why did so many married saints live in continence, that is, without having sexual intercourse with their spouse for a significant portion of their life as married persons.
(1) Because such continence is and was considered very helpful for growing in virtue.
(2) Because the holiness of such persons is more evident.
(3) Because persons advanced in charity and virtue are disposed to practice such continence.
I am a Catholic seminarian and deacon in Vienna, and a teacher at the