We MUST Promote Recognition of the Sanctity of Life & the Sanctity of Marriage/Family/Human Sexuality (9/1/2023 edition)
An Authentic Role Model of "Pride": St Charles Lwanga
Photo by Photos by Lanty on Unsplash
Background
[Saint] Charles [Lwanga] and his companions ....were members of the court of the king of Uganda ....He wanted them to get involved with him in homosexual activities.... They said “No"....
Some he pierced through with a sword. Some he burned alive....[Though] the pride of their families...they [were l dead at the king’s feet–lying in a pool of blood and a shower of tears from their mothers and fathers....
God is the One who made human love, and made it beautiful so that from the love of male and female–life comes forth! To pretend that all sexual activity is equal–is a shame that the propagandists put on all married people (Father Anthony Brankin, 6/5/11)
Same sex advocate Father James Martin describes the Ugandan king of St Charles' time as exceptionally cruel and a "practicing pedophile" (cf, America, 6/3/14). As St Charles and his companions were ages from 13 to 30 (cf, Saint of the Day for June 3), it was actually ebophilia and rape that the Ugandan king threatened. Even if someone were to "consent" to heinous crimes against marriage/family/sexuality, they would always be wrong!
Conclusion: A Blessed Coincidence
Toward the start of so-called "Pride Month," the USCCB recognizes the Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs.
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About the Author
Joe Tevington is a proudly orthodox Catholic, a husband since 1986, a dad to two married adult children, a grandpa to two, and a civil service retiree. He is a sign language fluent certified rehabilitation counselor with graduate degrees in deafness rehabilitation, religious studies/moral theology, & Christian counseling psychology, as well as a catechetical diploma and certificates in benefits planning and Catholic social ministry. He deeply appreciates Catholic teaching on the sanctity of human life and the sanctity of the transmission of human life, as well as how they are to inform us in our apostolates and ministries.
On much lighter notes, he fancies himself to be the foremost authority on his native Brooklyn, when it comes to architecture, geography, history, Italian food, Saturday Night Fever, stick ball, stoop ball, or wiffle ball.
