St. John (H/T Tony Visco for the illustration)
I just was reading up on St. John of Sahagun, whose feast day is today, June 12th. It looks like his parents were infertile for sixteen years before they conceived John, and afterwards had many children. Talk about fruit of the womb!
He was also very faithful in denouncing vices of impurity, and knowing that pure love is the true “free love,” that makes him a super NFP saint!
Other NFP Saints:
- Mary (of course–the most open, fruitful mother ever!)
- St. Joseph
- St. John the Baptist–miracle child of infertile couple, died defending purity and marriage, and incidentally, this was Pope Paul VI’s birth name
- St. Elizabeth–long infertile woman gifted with a beautiful boy in old age!
- St. Gianna Molla–martyr of maternal love
- Venerable John Paul II–theology of the body founder, defender of purity, holiness, marriage and social justice
Who else is an NFP Patron?
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Have you seen this site?
Well organized and very informative:
http://thepillkills.com/
Yes, I have, but thanks for sharing the link with everyone. I’ve been debating on doing something on it. Why? It’s a message that needs to be heard, and I think this is an awesome campaign for pro-lifers and those who are open to listening to the pro-life crowd, but there’s a whole section of the population that will ignore this message, not because it’s not true, but because of the use of pro-life phrases and its link with ALL.
Please don’t get me wrong. I’m completely pro-life (and therefore pro-choice for all), but we’ve got to be savvy on our approach. We *do* need to scream this message from the rooftops–it’s that important–but if we scream it from the wrong rooftop, there’s a lot of people who aren’t going to listen or get the message.
I’m still figuring this out, and would be happy to hear your thoughts.