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We have been created in order to love and be loved.
—Blessed Mother Teresa
My grandfather was feeding my grandmother oatmeal when she died. She just stopped in between bites, closed her eyes, and smiled. They had been married 57 years. My grandfather constantly showed his love for his wife by the way he took care of her. She became a type II diabetic when she was about 50, and complications of the disease caused her to be blind for the last 6 years of her life. Grandfather was always looking out for her well-being and making sure that she had the best possible treatment, which came first and foremost from him. It was obvious how much she loved him as well in everything she did, especially in the way she looked at him, whether she could actually see him or not.
We all want this type of loving relationship. It’s the way that “Till death do us part” was meant to be. Sadly, in today’s culture, the reality often falls far short of the ideal. Many married couples wonder if their marriage has what it takes to survive. Many young people wonder whether it’s worth it to get married at all. One More Soul created this publication to help people get the “tools” they need to prepare for marriage and to strengthen existing marriages. If this is what you’re looking for, read on.
We all want this type of loving relationship. It’s the way that “Till death do us part” was meant to be. Sadly, in today’s culture, the reality often falls far short of the ideal. Many married couples wonder if their marriage has what it takes to survive. Many young people wonder whether it’s worth it to get married at all. One More Soul created this publication to help people get the “tools” they need to prepare for marriage and to strengthen existing marriages. If this is what you’re looking for, read on.
Joanna Sacksteder, Executive Editor
Letter from the Publisher
As I age, my memory seems at times to be more in tune with yesteryear than with yesterday. For example, the little ditty, “First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes mama with the baby carriage,” that was ingrained in my mind sometime in the 1940s, bears little resemblance to common practice in the current culture. Today, sex before marriage is the norm. At least one-third of babies are born without their parents being married. Perhaps an additional third are conceived without marriage—many of these are aborted.
Yet, this simple rhyme from the past expresses the sequence of events that conforms to God’s wishes and the natural law. This “Love Marriage Sex Babies Tabloid” is One More Soul’s attempt to help our culture return to Christian values, calling attention to the joys that result from living one’s life God’s way. Those joys come to life in this publication’s beautiful pictures and sample writings from both ordinary and well-known authors.
Another memory of the past is taunting the Sisters (Sisters of St. Francis, St. Columba School, Iona, MN) with the challenge, “If God is all powerful, He can make 1+1=3.” I don’t recall their response. What is clear for me today is that God cannot make 1+1=3 because to do so would violate the integrity of His creation—it would not be consistent with the order that marks all of creation as coming from the hand of an all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-loving Creator. It is Man who wants to introduce disorder—the disorders (naming a few) of contraception, sterilization, in vitro fertilization, abortion, sex outside of marriage, homosexual acts, pornography, children born outside of marriage, same-sex “marriage” and abuse of children.
In God’s plan everything adds up, all the pieces fit—without force; life is beautiful, there is integrity, truth, and honesty. Contraception, and so on, are all lies that must be purged from our lives and our culture for happiness to abound.
The truth—the answers to all of life’s questions—can be found in Jesus and in His Church’s authentic interpretation of Scripture and Natural Law. We are truly and incredibly blessed by these resources.
We are very grateful for the artistic talent, creativity, and dedication of Joanna Sacksteder who assembled this resource. She has certainly had help from Nicole Muhlenkamp, the total OMS Staff, and accomplices too numerous to mention. If you are refreshed by this Tabloid, please say a brief prayer for all the contributors who made it possible.
Yet, this simple rhyme from the past expresses the sequence of events that conforms to God’s wishes and the natural law. This “Love Marriage Sex Babies Tabloid” is One More Soul’s attempt to help our culture return to Christian values, calling attention to the joys that result from living one’s life God’s way. Those joys come to life in this publication’s beautiful pictures and sample writings from both ordinary and well-known authors.
Another memory of the past is taunting the Sisters (Sisters of St. Francis, St. Columba School, Iona, MN) with the challenge, “If God is all powerful, He can make 1+1=3.” I don’t recall their response. What is clear for me today is that God cannot make 1+1=3 because to do so would violate the integrity of His creation—it would not be consistent with the order that marks all of creation as coming from the hand of an all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-loving Creator. It is Man who wants to introduce disorder—the disorders (naming a few) of contraception, sterilization, in vitro fertilization, abortion, sex outside of marriage, homosexual acts, pornography, children born outside of marriage, same-sex “marriage” and abuse of children.
In God’s plan everything adds up, all the pieces fit—without force; life is beautiful, there is integrity, truth, and honesty. Contraception, and so on, are all lies that must be purged from our lives and our culture for happiness to abound.
The truth—the answers to all of life’s questions—can be found in Jesus and in His Church’s authentic interpretation of Scripture and Natural Law. We are truly and incredibly blessed by these resources.
We are very grateful for the artistic talent, creativity, and dedication of Joanna Sacksteder who assembled this resource. She has certainly had help from Nicole Muhlenkamp, the total OMS Staff, and accomplices too numerous to mention. If you are refreshed by this Tabloid, please say a brief prayer for all the contributors who made it possible.
May God bless you,
Steve Koob
P.S. In retrospect, God does make 1+1=3 every time he creates a human soul—when he procreates a new human life. It’s the baby carriage thing.
Steve Koob
P.S. In retrospect, God does make 1+1=3 every time he creates a human soul—when he procreates a new human life. It’s the baby carriage thing.
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