New Dawn was a glorious few days, and it was a delight to meet friends, to have some wonderful discussions, to celebrate the Faith and to tackle serious subjects in an atmosphere of prayer...
There is an underlying seriousness when Catholics get together at present. Things in our country feel bleak, with a sense of social and moral fragility and breakdown, an awareness of great confusion and anger among too many of the young who have been given no understanding of what life is about or how much they are loved by God...
The poor old CofE is not helping much...read Auntie on the subject here...
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I think we need to see the connections between what are commonly regarded as "sexual ethics" issues - abortion, gay rights, and so forth, and self-harm and suicide. The logic of abortion - this is my body so I can do what I want with it - is very closely tied to the logic of suicide. Self-harm is, obviously, suicide-lite. But it is also usually very closely tied to sexual self-image.
I think one of the joys of the Catholic faith (whatever the differences of views on various topics) is the clear guidance on moral issues and long may that continue. Once you temper religious practices to coincide with modern fashions or mores (and politicians naturally do this) then there is no stopping. The Church of England being part of the state and headed by the monarch is open to these pressures. We are not.
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