tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501239684776771639.post2769769368348256277..comments2024-03-22T16:41:43.282+00:00Comments on Bangor to Bobbio: More important to be a spouse than a parentFr Seán Coylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02287947090085700335noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501239684776771639.post-78473546081492986622008-02-25T10:27:00.000+00:002008-02-25T10:27:00.000+00:00Thanks Fr sean..I will use this when I get chance....Thanks Fr sean..I will use this when I get chance..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501239684776771639.post-83259219040337069172008-02-25T09:48:00.000+00:002008-02-25T09:48:00.000+00:00Thanks, Jackie, for your comment. During the weddi...Thanks, Jackie, for your comment. During the wedding ceremony the couple exchange vows with one another and if they are of childbearing age promise to accept whatever children God may send them. (I know many heroic single parents, and I'm not referring to widowed parents here, but their becoming parents outside of marriage wasn't in accordance with God's will, though God stands by both parent and child with his unconditional love.)<BR/><BR/>It is God's will that children be born only to married couples and it is as spouses committed to each other in God's love 'until death do us part' that God calls a couple to be parents. Being parents is a consequence of being spouses.<BR/><BR/>Think of a priest who gives himself wholeheartedly in service to his people but neglects his relationship with the Lord, skips prayer 'because my work is my prayer' and so on. Is he living the life that God has called him to live?<BR/><BR/>'Do you love me, Peter?' Three times Jesus asked this question. The third time Peter felt hurt. but Jesus each time after asking the question then said 'Feed my lambs' or 'feed my sheep'.<BR/><BR/>I truly believe that the greatest form of parenting is husband and wife always having each other as the most important person in each other's life. Children cannot possibly suffer from this. This is God's revealed will. The spousal relationship is the only exclusive relationship to which God calls any two people.<BR/><BR/>In your blog you have frequently referred to decisions made together by Andrew and yourself for the sake of your family. In other words, you were taking responsibility for your family as spouses called, as spouses, to be the parents of a wonderful group of sons and daughters.Fr Seán Coylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432610859468495578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501239684776771639.post-87809927194817730112008-02-22T16:35:00.000+00:002008-02-22T16:35:00.000+00:00I struggle with this one Fr..still thinking it's m...I struggle with this one Fr..still thinking it's more important to be parent first????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3501239684776771639.post-7738283979792919262008-02-21T00:34:00.000+00:002008-02-21T00:34:00.000+00:00Fr. Sean, thank you for your wise reflection and s...Fr. Sean, thank you for your wise reflection and sound theology inspired by your involvement with the WWME which applies to the two Sacraments"Priesthood and Marriage."<BR/><BR/>That, the intimate bonding with Christ becomes a basic foundation to meaningfully carry on one's calling/vocation in life. This also applies to all state of life if I want to find "deeper" meaning in my life.<BR/><BR/>ladingadellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00081919827318142820noreply@blogger.com