Motherhood - more valuable than flying to the moon...Happy Mother's Day

: "Q: How can women's purported weakness be seen as a source of strength?

Alice Von Hildebrand:

"Granted that from a naturalistic point of view, men are stronger: not only because they are physically stronger, but also because they are more creative, more inventive and more productive -- most great works in theology, philosophy and fine arts have been made by men. They are the great engineers, the great architects.
But the Christian message is that, valuable as all these inventions are, they are dust and ashes compared to every act of virtue. Because a woman by her very nature is maternal -- for every woman, whether married or unmarried, is called upon to be a biological, psychological or spiritual mother -- she knows intuitively that to give, to nurture, to care for others, to suffer with and for them -- for maternity implies suffering -- is infinitely more valuable in God's sight than to conquer nations and fly to the moon. "

Woman Is For Man - Man Is for Woman

Recently I've read a number of articles/posts
about contraception (the church's position on it),
male/female roles, and "gay marriage".
Many of the posts are written by
self-described Catholics.
Church loving, Jesus loving, Catholics.
But it seems to me that
there is a lot of confusion out there about two things.
1. Exactly WHAT the Church
really teaches about these matters.
2. How and Why the Church
reaches Her conclusions on these matters.

I believe The Theology of the Body
and subsequent internalizing of this type of thinking
would spark a radical transformation within every individual.
This would in turn spark
a profound revolution in how we see ourselves,
see those of the opposite sex,
and how we are called to relate to one another
as man and woman. This thinking, this vision
has the power to change the world!
Yes, I said change the world.

I'd like to start regularly posting
my thoughts on these topics.
I hope that I won't as my dad may say
(and has said already) seem "too radical".
But I believe we NEED to radically change
how we think about these things.
(Marriage, contraception, sex, homosexuality, male/female roles)
Our eternal lives depend upon it!