I have at times been disappointed to find that many of our greatest poets, beginning in a clear way in the culture of the renaissance courtier, seem to be competing with one another to discover more and more clever ways to make crude comments about women.
It makes me think of the apologist Frank Sheed saying how it is essential in our day to exposit what the Church teaches to be true as well as show the import of that truth and its relevance to one's life. He uses the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary. You can say the BVM is perpetually a virgin, and someone could say, "So what if she is?" Virginity and chastity are compelling; we need to find ways to express them in compelling ways.
This is true. Children from a very young age rebel against rules that are presented as arbitrary and unrelated to living a fulfilling life. Even kids who are natural rule-followers feel this way if they are given a list of precepts that doesn't seem connected to any greater purpose beyond avoiding punishment.
It makes me think of the apologist Frank Sheed saying how it is essential in our day to exposit what the Church teaches to be true as well as show the import of that truth and its relevance to one's life. He uses the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary. You can say the BVM is perpetually a virgin, and someone could say, "So what if she is?" Virginity and chastity are compelling; we need to find ways to express them in compelling ways.
This is true. Children from a very young age rebel against rules that are presented as arbitrary and unrelated to living a fulfilling life. Even kids who are natural rule-followers feel this way if they are given a list of precepts that doesn't seem connected to any greater purpose beyond avoiding punishment.