God, Sex, And Greed

[prose]

I watched the show. Did we see the same thing?

What I saw was that she said she was raised as a devout Catholic and at one time she wanted to be a nun. Now, she says, that she is still close to God. She said that being a Christian meant being of service to people and that she believes that she is providing a service that helps marriages.

When asked what she would tell her son about her lifestyle while she was raising him Catholic she said that she wasn't sure, but she certainly wasn't going to lie to him.

[jeffpugh]

Oh she's sooo virtuous

[Totus Tuus]

[quote name='CoffeeCatholic' post='1370886' date='Aug 26 2007, 02:16 AM']my personal favorite, St. Mary Magdalene (my confirmation patron). I have all 3 on Speed-Prayer![/quote]


My favorite too, and perfect for this particular intention

So we have three so far....?

Edited August 27, 2007 by Totus Tuus

[XIX]

Philomena for me. It's on.

[chelsea]

Yea, I'll do a novena for her... Starting today, right? I'll get St. Jude in on the praying action Patron saint of impossible causes...

[CatherineM]

My first thought was this was an example of how our society has made sex so common. It's now viewed as just a career choice. She does this to help out married couples? My husband and I will never need that type of help.

[jeffpugh]

So true. And how does selling her dignity help a couple? It only tears a man away from his wife for "flesh". Sickening.

[Old_Joe]

Well, Christ did call on prostitutes to repent. Seeing as she seems proud of her lifestyle, she's going to be in for a big surprise. Also, wasn't there a Saint who did the same thing in Roman times or was a temple prostitute until she repented?

On another note, until I saw prose's post I was going to says that if I was her Mother Superior, I would have the order be cloistered.

[Innocent]

If possible, let us fast and pray for her. Today is the feast of St. Monica, one of my favourite saints, and very apt for this situation. [url="http://www.mycatholictradition.com/saint-monica.html"][b][color="#FF0000"]Here's a novena to her[/color][/b][/url].

I'm sure many, if not all of us pray the Rosary each day. We could make pray the [url="http://www.catholicdoors.com/prayers/novenas/p00074.htm"][b][color="#0000FF"]54 Days Rosary Novena[/color][/b] [/url]for her. It wouldn't require anything extra, just that we be mindful of this intention for the next 54 days of praying the Rosary.

Yours in Christ,
Innocent

[prose]

I have to say that the Jewish man they had on there confronted her about her "marital aid" and was clear, and articulate.

He said something along the lines of "You are not helping married couples, you are causing a husband to want, need, and desire something other than his wife, and that helps no marriage."

[prose]

Here is the entire transcript by the way. It is a good read.

[url="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0708/24/se.01.html"]http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0708/24/se.01.html[/url]

[prose]

[quote]Savanna, let's deal with you. You grew up Catholic and you also wanted to be a nun.

(CROSSTALK) SAMSON: I wanted to be a nun at one point.

(CROSSTALK)

MARTIN: At one point.

SAMSON: I was very close to God always. All my fondest memories came from religious family functions. And that's, with my career choices, why my family was very hurt by that.

But I'm still very close to God. I believe part of Catholicism is being kind, loving, and to be of service. And what I do is I provide a service. I write for [mod]Website edited. --Era Might[/mod], where people hang on my every word, ask advice in how they can lead a healthier love life.

MARTIN: But how would you tell your child, though? How would you tell your child, this is what mom did, this is what I do, and you're raising that child in a Catholic upbringing?

SAMSON: Yes.

Well, I'm going to have to cross that road when it happens. But my child will know that I'm not ashamed of what I do, and not to judge people by what they do for a living. I'm going to have to prepare him for what's real. And I think I'm going to have the same problems that any mother has to face of how to prepare the child for what's real.[/quote]

A little further:

[quote]BOTEACH: Well, first of all, I think the problem with Tim is that he's too young to remember the Beatles. I don't care too much about money. Money can't buy me love.

It's people who don't feel loved on the inside that always need money on the outside as a currency by which to purchase self-esteem. Who are those who are the most greedy? It's those who feel the most insignificant. It's those who cannot find any virtue except through possession. I am my bank account. They're the ones who sit there every day to see if they are on the list of the Forbes 400. They live very insecure lives, and that's why they're so unhappy.

As far as sex is concerned, it's great to love sex. But the only problem with porn is that porn is the most boring sex around. As Savanna sits there utterly naked...

MARTIN: She's really happy about that.

BOTEACH: ... with some guy, what we don't see is the director saying, louder, louder. I mean, come on. There's nothing erotic about that.

When you say that have helped couples conceive and everything, Savanna, the guy's focused on you, not on his wife. Could you imagine if you were married to a guy like that, who, even as he's making love to you, is being excited by another woman, is feeling attached to another woman, is conceiving almost -- he's basically using you for what I call mental decapitation. He's cutting your head off and using your body for friction alone.

(CROSSTALK)

SAMSON: No, what you forget is that women enjoy watching these movies as well.

(CROSSTALK)

BOTEACH: Really? Name a porn magazine for a woman. Name one.

(CROSSTALK)

BOTEACH: Name even one porn magazine for a woman.

MARTIN: "Playgirl."

(CROSSTALK)

BOTEACH: "Playgirl," people say it's for gay men, but I'm not going to get into that.[/quote]

[thessalonian]

Sorry for the commercial.
She needs to go through theology of the body.

www.christopherwest.com.

Now back to your regularly schedule phatmass posts

[Tink]

[color="#4169E1"][b]For sure! And to think that her true vocation could have been so saintly... what wonders God was holding for her.

Makes me sad.[/b][/color]

[jeffpugh]

I concur, Tink.