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  October 30/2009 -  Friday of 30th Week of Ordinary Time   

 

LITURGICAL/THEME MEDITATION:

"They were watching Jesus"

UNIVERSAL CHURCH/WORLD EVENT(S):

Archdiocese of Miami Bans Legionaries of Christ

SAINT OF THE DAY

St. Alphonsus Rodriguez

 GENERAL MARIOLOGY
Book Six - Chapter   VI

JESUS BROUGHT BEFORE PILATE. THE SCOURGING AND

CROWNING WITH THORNS.

 DIVINE MERCY

Divine Mercy in My Soul

NOTEBOOK VI

 TEACHING/TESTIMONY/CONVICTION:

The Truth About Love & Sex
The Great Lie

 

DAILY LITURGICAL MEDITATION

 
 
Friday (10/30): "They were watching Jesus"

Scripture: Luke 14:1-6

1 One Sabbath when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they were watching him. 2 And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. 3 And Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?" 4 But they were silent. Then he took him and healed him, and let him go. 5 And he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?" 6 And they could not reply to this.

Meditation: How do you approach the commandment to observe the sabbath as a day of rest? The Pharisees were convinced that Jesus was a reckless Sabbath-breaker. The gospels record seven incidents in which Jesus healed on the Sabbath – the seventh day of the week set apart for rest and worship. You would think Jesus' miracles on the Sabbath would draw admiration and gratitude from all. Unfortunately, each incident seemed to incite increasing hostility from the religious leaders who held an interpretation that went beyond God's intention for the Sabbath rest. They were certain that Jesus was a dangerous and irreligious man, a Sabbath-breaker, who must be stopped at all costs! Why did the Pharisees invite Jesus to dinner on the Sabbath, after he had already repeatedly broken their Sabbath regulations?

Luke, a physican and keen observer of the human condition, notes the disposition of the Pharisees as they bring Jesus into their table fellowship. Body language often communicates more truthfully than words. Luke says the scribes and Pharisees were watching Jesus, no doubt with great suspicion. They wanted to catch Jesus in the act of breaking the Sabbath ritual so they might accuse him of breaking God's law and find some way to discredit him. Jesus' attention and affection quickly turned to a person who had a physical ailment called dropsy. How did such a pitiable person get into this dinner party? In the hot arid climate of Palestine, homes were open and people freely dropped in without much fuss or attention. For the religious minded it was considered uncharitable to exclude beggars. And if a rabbi came to dinner, it would be expected for him to speak a few words. So, famous rabbis obviously drew crowds of bystanders wherever they went.

Jesus already knew that his hosts wanted to catch him in the act of breaking their Sabbath rituals. So when Jesus gave his defense for healing on the Sabbath, they treated him with cold silence. They were ensnared in their own legalism and could not understand or see the purpose of God in allowing a work of healing to take precedence over rest. Why did God give the commandment to keep holy the Sabbath and enjoined his people to refrain from work on that day? The "Sabbath rest" was meant to be a time to remember and celebrate God's goodness and the goodness of his works, both in creation and redemption. It was a day set apart for the praise of God, his work of creation, and his saving actions on our behalf. It was intended to bring everyday work to a halt and to provide needed rest and refreshment. It was not, however, intended to put a stop to love of God and love of neighbor. The law of love supercedes the law of rest! Jesus shows the fallacy of the Pharisees' legalism by pointing to God's intention for the Sabbath: to do good and to heal. God's word has power to heal and to set us free from ignorance, error, intolerance, and prejudice. Do you honor the Lord's Day with appropriate rest and worship, and do you treat your neighbor with love and compassion at all times?

"Lord Jesus, may I always honor you, both  in my work and in my rest, and in the way I treat my neighbor. Fill me with your love and keep me free from a critical and intolerant spirit that I may always seek the good of my neighbor in every situation."

Psalm 147

1 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.
2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their names.
5 Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
6 The LORD lifts up the downtrodden, he casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God upon the lyre!
8 He covers the heavens with clouds, he prepares rain for the earth, he makes grass grow upon the hills.
9 He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens which cry.
10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man;
11 but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your sons within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends forth his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casts forth his ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold?
18 He sends forth his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.
19 He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel.
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the LORD!
 

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UNIVERSAL CHURCH/WORLD EVENTS

 

Archdiocese of Miami Bans Legionaries of Christ


Prohibition Effective Immediately
 
MIAMI, Florida, OCT. 29, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Archbishop John Favalora of Miami has officially prohibited members of the Legionaries of Christ from exercising any ministry in the archdiocese, effective immediately.

Msgr. Michael Souckar, the archdiocesan chancellor, communicated the ban today in a letter addressed to all priests of the archdiocese. ZENIT confirmed the veracity of the letter with the office of the chancellor.

Both Msgr. Souckar and Legionary of Christ spokesman Jim Fair were unavailable for comment.

The letter said that Archbishop Favalora made the decision based on alleged abuses of earlier permissions given to the Legionaries that restricted their work to attending to the needs of members of the Regnum Christi movement, a lay apostolic association connected to the Legionaries.

"In the past," it explained, "their priests were given individual approval by the vicar general each time they wished to come to the Archdiocese of Miami, but their ministry was restricted to their own members. Because the Legionaries of Christ have not abided by these restrictions, Archbishop Favalora has barred them from any ministry in the Archdiocese of Miami."

The letter furthermore stated that the Regnum Christi movement is not permitted to work in schools or parishes in the archdiocese.

On the Web site of the archdiocese, a notice appears that reiterates the ban.

The Legionaries are currently undergoing a worldwide apostolic visitation under the direction of the Holy See.
 

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DAILY LITURGICAL SAINT

   

Friday, October 30, 2009

St. Alphonsus Rodriguez

(c. 1533-1617)
 

Tragedy and challenge beset today’s saint early in life, but Alphonsus Rodriguez found happiness and contentment through simple service and prayer.

Born in Spain in 1533, Alphonsus inherited the family textile business at 23. Within the space of three years, his wife, daughter and mother died; meanwhile, business was poor. Alphonsus stepped back and reassessed his life. He sold the business and, with his young son, moved into his sisters’ home. There he learned the discipline of prayer and meditation.

Years later, at the death of his son, Alphonsus, almost 40 by then, sought to join the Jesuits. He was not helped by his poor education. He applied twice before being admitted. For 45 years he served as doorkeeper at the Jesuits’ college in Majorca. When not at his post, he was almost always at prayer, though he often encountered difficulties and temptations.

His holiness and prayerfulness attracted many to him, including St. Peter Claver, then a Jesuit seminarian. Alphonsus’s life as doorkeeper may have been humdrum, but he caught the attention of poet and fellow-Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins, who made him the subject of one of his poems.

Alphonsus died in 1617. He is the patron saint of Majorca.
 

Comment:

We like to think that God rewards the good even in this life. But Alphonsus knew business losses, painful bereavement and periods when God seemed very distant. None of his suffering made him withdraw into a shell of self-pity or bitterness. Rather, he reached out to others who lived with pain, including enslaved blacks. Among the many notables at his funeral were the sick and poor people whose lives he had touched. May they find such a friend in us!
 

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GENERAL MARIOLOGY


 

THE DIVINE HISTORY AND LIFE

OF THE

VIRGIN MOTHER OF GOD

BOOK SIX

The Marriage at Cana; How Most Holy Mary Accompanied the Re-

deemer of the World in His Preaching: the Humility shown by the

Heavenly Queen in regard to the Miracles Wrought by Her

Divine Son;The Transfiguration of the Lord;His Entrance

into Jerusalem; His Passion and Death; His Triumph

over Lucifer and his Demons by His Death on

the Cross; the Most Sacred Resurrection

of the Savior and His Wonderful As-

cension into Heaven

CHAPTER VI.

JESUS BROUGHT BEFORE PILATE. THE SCOURGING AND

CROWNING WITH THORNS.

The sun had already arisen while these things happened and the most holy Mother, who saw it all from afar, now resolved to leave her retreat and follow her divine Son to the house of Pilate and to his death on the Cross. When the great Queen and Lady was about to set forth from the Cenacle, saint John arrived in order to give an account of all that was happening; for the beloved disciple at that time did not know the visions, by which all the doings and sufferings of her most holy Son were manifest to the blessed Mother. After the denial of saint Peter, saint John had retired and had observed, more from afar what was going on. Recognizing also the wickedness of his flight in the garden, he confessed it to the Mother of God and asked her pardon as soon as he came into her presence; and then he gave an account of all that passed in his heart and of what he had done and what he had seen in following his Master. Saint John thought it well to prepare the afflicted Mother for her meeting with her most holy Son, in order that She might not be overcome by the fearful spectacle of his present condition. Therefore He sought to impress Her beforehand with some image of his sufferings by saying: "O my Lady, in what a state of suffering is our divine Master! The sight of Him cannot but break one's heart; for by the buffets and the blows and by the spittle, his most beautiful countenance is so disfigured and defiled, that Thou wilt scarcely recognize Him with thy own eyes." The most prudent Lady listened to his description, as if She knew nothing of the events; but She broke out in bitterest tears of heart-rending sorrow. The holy women, who had came forth with the Lady, also listened to saint John, and all of them were filled with grief and terror at his words. The Queen of heaven asked the Apostle to accompany Her and the devout women, and, exhorting them all, She said: "Let us hasten our steps, in order that my eyes may see the Son of the eternal Father, who took human form in my womb; and you shall see, my dearest friends, to what the love of mankind has driven Him, my Lord and God, and what it costs Him to redeem men from sin and death, and to open for them the gates of heaven."

The Queen of heaven set forth through the streets of Jerusalem accompanied by saint John and by some holy women. Of these not all, but only the three Marys and other very pious women, followed Her to the end. With Her were also the angels of her guard, whom She asked to open a way for Her to her divine Son. The holy angels obeyed and acted as her guard. On the streets She heard the people expressing their various opinions and sentiments concerning the sorrowful events now transpiring in reference to Jesus of Nazareth. The more kindly hearted lamented over his fate, and they were fewest in number. Others spake about the intention of his enemies to crucify Him; others related where He now was and how He was conducted through the streets, bound as a criminal; others spoke of the illtreatment He was undergoing; others asked, what evil He had done, that He should be so misused; others again in their astonishment and in their doubts, exclaimed: To this then have his miracles brought Him! Without a doubt they were all impostures, since He cannot defend or free himself!

Through the swarming and confused crowds the angels conducted the Empress of heaven to a sharp turn of the street, where She met her most holy Son. With the profoundest reverence She prostrated Herself before his sovereign Person and adored it more fervently and with a reverence more deep and more ardent than ever was given or ever shall be given to it by all the creatures. She arose and then the Mother and Son looked upon each other with ineffable tenderness, interiorly conversing with each other in transports of an unspeakable sorrow. The most prudent Lady stepped aside and then followed Christ our Lord, continuing at a distance her interior communication with Him and with the eternal Father. The words of her soul are not for the mortal and corruptible tongue.

 
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DIVINE MERCY

 

Divine Mercy In my soul
 

The Mercy of the Lord I will sing Forever.
Divine Mercy in my soul.
Sr. Faustina, Diary
 

NOTEBOOK V I

J.M.J.
 

During Holy Mass, I came to know that a certain priest does not effect much in souls because he thinks about himself and so is alone. God’s grace takes flight; he relies on trifling external things, which have no importance in the eyes of God; and, being proud, he fritters away his time, wearing himself out to no purpose.

There are moments when Jesus gives me knowledge within my soul, and then everything that exists on earth is at my service; friends, enemies, success, adversity… all things, willing or not, must serve me. I do not think of them at all; I strive to be faithful to God and to love Him to the point of complete forgetfulness of self. And He Himself looks after me and fights against my enemies.

After Holy Communion, when I had welcomed Jesus into my heart, I said to Him, “My Love, reign in the most secret recesses of my heart, there where my most secret thoughts are conceived, where You alone have free access, in the deepest sanctuary where human thought cannot penetrate. May You alone dwell there, and may everything I do exteriorly take its origin in You. I ardently desire, and I am striving with all the strength of my soul, to make You, Lord, feel at home in this sanctuary.”

I heard these words: if you did not tie my hands, I would send down many punishments upon the earth. My daughter, your look disarms My anger. Although your lips are silent, you call out to Me so mightily that all heaven is moved. I cannot escape from your requests, because you pursue Me, not from afar, but within your own heart.

When the soul of a certain young lady came to me one night, she made me aware of her presence, and made known to me that she needed my prayer. I prayed for a while, but her spirit did not leave me. Then I thought to myself, “if you are a good spirit, leave me in peace, and the indulgences I will gain tomorrow will be for you.” At that moment, the spirit left my room, and I recognized that she was in purgatory.

Today I felt the Lord’s Passion in my body more than at any other time. I felt this was for the sake of a dying soul.

Today, the Lord has been teaching me, once again, how I am to approach the sacrament of Penance: My daughter, just as you prepare in My presence, so also you make your confession before Me. The person of the priest is, for Me, only a screen. Never analyze what sort of a priest it is that I am making use of; open your soul in confession as you would to Me, and I will fill it with My Light.

Christ and Lord, You are leading me over such precipices that, when I look at them, I am filled with fright, but at the same time I am at peace as I nestle close to Your heart. Close to Your Heart, I fear nothing. In these dangerous moments, I act like a little child, carried in its mother’s arms; when it sees something which menaces it, it clasps its mother’s neck more firmly and feels secure.


 

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 CATHOLIC  TEACHING/CONVICTION/TESTIMONY

   

The Truth About Love & Sex

CHAPTER 1

The Great Lie

by Keith & Tami Kiser

Cars, Beer, Chewing Gum, and Blue Jeans

What do cars, beer, chewing gum, blue jeans, diet soft-drink, aftershave, and milk have in common? Give up?

The answer, of course, is SEX! That's right -- at least that's what advertising agencies must think; they all use sex to sell these products. Some of you older guys may well remember (how could you forget?) the Swedish Bikini Team. You remember the commercial: A group of guys are relaxing in the outdoors, when suddenly, beautiful "bikini-clad" girls appear and a huge crate of Old Milwaukee beer drops from the sky. One guy sums up the feeling of all his buddies: "It doesn't get any better than this!"

For the young ladies, we call your attention to a Diet Coke ad. A woman walks down a hall announcing to her female friends that it's time for a Diet Coke break. What the viewer soon realizes is that it's not the women who are having the drink break but a construction worker. The women gather around the office window to watch (and lust over) a very muscular construction worker as he takes off his sweaty shirt and chugs his Diet Coke. The commercial ends with one of the women telling the others, "Same time tomorrow?"

We're sure that with little thought you could come up with many other commercials that use sexual images and innuendos to sell products. We point out these commercials to remind you that we live in a sex-saturated culture. Nearly every time you turn on the TV, listen to music, go to a movie, look at a magazine, or pass billboards on the way to church, you are flooded with sexual images.

According to a recent survey, the average teenager spends nearly five hours a day in front of the TV. Over the course of a year that teenager will have viewed nearly fourteen thousand sexual encounters or implied sex acts on the tube. That's thirty-eight a day! Does this seem like an exaggeration to you? It did to us at first. But think for a second about what you see on the television on the average night. On most nights, it's hard to get through one sitcom or melodrama without a sexual joke or situation. Add to these: TV movies, tabloid shows, late-night television (for instance, Saturday Night Live), and all those commercials and it's not hard to come up with thirty-eight sexual situations a day. If you watch MIV, you would likely rack up thirty-eight sexual images and innuendos in about an hour!

Dan, a sophomore who is involved in our youth group, made a commitment to stop watching television programs that lead him to lust. After a week of struggling, Dan reported that he could hardly watch TV for ten minutes without needing to turn it off! With so many sexual images clogging our airwaves, it's no wonder our hormones are running wild.

Even if you don't watch much TV, you are still confronted with sex constantly. Have you been to the grocery store lately? The next time you go, take a peek at the magazine racks at the end of the checkout lines. (On second thought, maybe you shouldn't!) If you do, you'll see about a dozen different women's magazines. What these all have in common (probably without exception) is that they all feature a story about how to improve your sex life.

Just Do It! ... You Animal

What message about sex is being proclaimed through these commercials, TV shows, and magazines? Clearly, in is the dominant media, sex is about pleasure. In fact, the sex drive is thought to be so strong that it is considered virtually impossible for today's teens to control. Consequently, you're told not to fight those natural impulses but to "Just Do It!" Sure, the media recognize that there are problems that result from teen sex. AIDS is killing sexually active teenagers; STDs--or sexually transmitted diseases--are at epidemic levels; and over a million teenage girls get pregnant each year. Yet, you're still being told that it is okay to be sexually active as a teenager.

Many experts on social policy will admit that it's probably better if teenagers abstain from sex altogether, but this view is considered to be very impractical. A statement made by a member of the American Civil Liberties Union's Reproductive Freedom Project is an example of what many are saying: "Abstinence has a place in sex education ... but unfortunately, by itself it's not very realistic." Why? Simply because--so they think--teenagers can't be trusted to control their sex drive.

The reaction of some of the parents of the kids who were involved in the "Spur Posse" sex scandal in suburban Los Angeles illustrates this view. Maybe you remember hearing about this when the story broke. A group of high-school and college-age guys started a contest among themselves to see who could have the most sexual partners. After several of the boys were charged with sex-related crimes, the story attracted national media attention. A Time magazine article covering the case was of particular interest to us. The author highlighted the excuses given by the parents of the kids involved. The father of a kid who scored sixty-three points said of his son's behavior, "Nothing my boy did was anything any red-blooded American boy wouldn't do." And one mother excused her son's actions as a natural, hormone-driven behavior when she said, "What can you do? It's a testosterone thing."

Have you ever been around a dog that is "in heat"? If you have, you know that that animal will do just about anything for sex. Presumably, all that animal can "think" about is sex. In fact, the only way to keep that animal from having sex is to keep it away from other dogs. Keith had a dog (her name was Jockey) that his family literally had to keep indoors while she was in heat (they didn't want puppies!). Every time someone would leave the house, this dog was right at that person's heels trying frantically to get outside to do you-know-what. Realizing there was no exit through the door, Jockey would run from window to window, howling and scratching to be set free.

Sadly, many in our society view you teenagers as if you were "dogs in heat" that are driven by your hormones instead of your minds and consciences. Consequently, instead of sound moral advice, we are handing you condoms in our nation's high schools.

Have you ever stopped to think about what this is saying about you? Are you really an animal with no sexual self-control?

The Great Lie

When we were sophomores in high school, our youth group sponsored a Christmas party. Each person who came to the party was asked to bring a wrapped gift. All these gifts were placed under the Christmas tree. And when the appropriate time came, each person at the party was told to select a gift. Tami will never forget the gift she chose. She remembers picking out this particular package because it was beautifully wrapped and looked to be about the size of a ring box. She was pleased when she pulled off the paper to find a blue velvet box. As she lifted the lid off the box, she let out a loud scream, dropped the box, and jumped back in horror. All of a sudden, laughter filled the room as we all realized that what was in the box was not a ring at all but a decaying molar!

Obviously, Tami was the victim of a somewhat "cruel" practical joke. From the outside, the package she chose gave her the impression she was going to be receiving a nice ring. But she was shocked to find a really gross tooth from one of the guy leaders instead. To say the least, she was totally deceived by the slick appearance of the box.

Likewise, there are many things in our world that appear to be fantastic on the surface but after further, careful investigation prove to be rotten. It's our belief that the media's view of extramarital sex is one such example.

Granted, the glossy pages of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition seem harmless and attractive to some guys. And what normal girl wouldn't be flattered by the romantic advances of a guy she adores? Let's face the fact that your sexual desires and curiosities are very real and sometimes strong. Not only is your sexual drive real, but so is your love or infatuation for your boyfriend or girlfriend.

After speaking to a group of about a hundred high-school kids, a cute sophomore girl named Kim approached Keith and asked him if he thought she could really be in love with her boyfriend. She related that her mother didn't think this was possible at such a young age. The girl was surprised by Keith's answer. He told her that he definitely thought that young people could love each other. He related that young love may not be as complete and mature as marital love, but that he thought it can be very real nonetheless. In fact, we're convinced that we were truly in love while still in high school. But we now recognize that we had a lot more to learn about true love.

Given the fact, therefore, that your sexual drive, loves, and infatuations are real, it's no wonder why the media's message to "Just Do It!" is very appealing and attractive.

But don't fall for it! The package may look irresistible on the outside--but what's really on the inside? We believe that if you dare to open it, you might discover that the joke's really on you. We know a lot of people who are broken as a result of misusing sex. You might know a few yourself.

Take a look at a letter written by a friend of ours while we were still in high school. Nicole was sexually active. Here's a portion of her letter, which she wrote to Keith in the tenth grade:

Keith,

I'm so confused! My life is in shambles. Everything is so screwed up. I don't know what to do. I'm desperate! Can you help me? I've lost everything. I don't know who I am or where I'm at anymore. I have sinned so much and done awful things I know I almost can't forgive myself I know God is somewhere, but to me, he seems so far away. I had him so close once, but I don't know how to get him back with me. I don't mean to be a pain, but I need some help.

Love ya,

Nicole

Nicole learned the hard way that premarital sex isn't what the media claim it is.

The Devil's Good?

We've discovered that the devil is very good--at making dung look like gold. After all, Jesus did call the devil the "father of lies" (John 8:44). The apostle Peter warns us: "Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour" (I Peter 5:8). The most important weapon in Satan's arsenal is deception. He specializes in making harmful things seem very desirable. Isn't this how he tripped up Adam and Eve in the garden? (See Genesis 3.) We're convinced that he's up to his old tricks when it comes to our media's view of sex. In fact, this could be the devil's greatest lie.

Don't Settle for the Cheeseburger!

Please don't misunderstand us. We're not saying that sex is a bad thing. On the contrary, the main point of this book is to show that sex is a very good gift from God. But it's our belief that the view of sex set forth by our culture is a perversion of this wonderful gift. Unfortunately, many have bought into this great lie--with the result that few have experienced the tremendous gift of their sexuality to its fullest.

When Keith was in high school, he always preferred a cheeseburger to a thick, juicy steak. In retrospect, this seems like a poor choice to him today. To fall for our media's view of sex is like settling for the cheeseburger and rejecting the steak. No one who has tasted a good steak would consider settling for a mere cheeseburger. We are convinced that as you come to understand better God's purpose for your sexuality, you will not be satisfied with what our media have to offer. In fact, you will come to despise it.

A Final Look at the Media's View

Let's conclude this chapter by briefly summarizing what the media are saying about sex. As we mentioned before, the primary purpose of sex promoted by our media is pleasure. Unfortunately, sexual pleasure is often sought to fulfill selfish desires.

When the focus is placed on the pleasure gained, it's easy to see how sexual activity can become very selfish. It's sad, but often true, that guys and girls who have bought into this view will date for the purpose of seeing how "far they can get" sexually. Dating can become the search for a sexual conquest. Keith recalls how a few of his friends would meet at McDonald's after they had been with their dates. The topic of conversation would often focus on their sexual exploits earlier that night.

Surely, you can see how this is a cheap view of sex. Sex has become casual. It has become something that can be shared with several persons. In fact, members of the opposite sex can (and do) become treated as objects rather than respected as persons.

Ultimately, the media's view of sex is less than human. The fact is: We're not animals who are controlled by our passions. In the next chapter, we'll examine just what it means to be human and how this has implications for our sexuality. We think that as you continue to read you'll come to discover that your sexuality is so much more valuable than the media lead you to believe.

 

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