Kids: A Right? A Curse? or a Gift?

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.9 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

For probably the first time in human history, the common perception of children as a gift has been under attack by our culture at large. More and more the world sees kids as an affront to our personal autonomy or the driver of a pending apocalyptic catastrophe.

Today, Fr. Mike weighs in on the "primary goods" of marriage and why we need to re-orient our mindset when it comes to children.

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0:00.0	How many names father Mike Schmitz and this is a center of brilliance?
0:02.0	That's not true.
0:03.8	This is not a center of brilliance.
0:05.2	It's a center of ascension presents.
0:07.2	So let's start again.
0:16.1	How many names father Mike Schmitz and this is a center of brilliance?
0:18.4	Here's the thing.
0:19.9	I don't like holding babies.
0:21.1	I'm just going to say it.
0:22.2	I mean, just like, I mean, a baby that's maybe a little older, fine.
0:25.7	But everyone's like, you know what, newborn.
0:27.2	Like, you want to hold the newborn baby?
0:28.4	Like, why?
0:29.2	Why would I want to hold someone else's baby?
0:31.9	Why would I want to hold this baby?
0:33.2	I mean, hey, listen, I appreciate the fact that every human being,
0:37.7	every human being has made it God's image in like this.
0:40.0	That God loves every human being.
0:41.8	Like, right, that they have incredible value, right?
0:45.2	Yes, but I can admire that value from afar.
0:48.0	Like, are you because you're nervous about breaking the baby?
0:50.0	Like, no, I'm not nervous about breaking the baby.
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