Welcome to our daily rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

Today is the feast of Pope Saint Paul, theth. He was the Pope from 1963 to 1978 who guided the church

through the Second Vatican Council and who had the wisdom foresight and courage to give the world arguably the most controversial

and prophetic teaching on the

July 25th, 1968.

There he reminded the world that God designed humans so that marriage, sex, and babies belong together and in that order.

Keep them together and in that order and individuals and society will flourish

But tear these three apart and individuals and society will also be torn apart

And will also be torn apart. And contraception allows us to tear these three apart with devastating effects. Now I didn't understand this and most people don't and that is why it's important for us to

reflect on what Paul the 6th foresaw and why. He anticipated that if we give in to widespread use of

contraception it would result in the lowering of morality that would also result in the destruction of marriage and family.

And we've experienced that in the sexual revolution in which men would lose respect for

women and treat them as objects for pleasure,

resulting in a decline of marriage and the rise in divorce.

And he foresaw that governments would use contraception and abortion as weapons to

control other countries demanding that they accept the policies of contraception, sterilization, and abortion or not receive

economic aid.

And finally, Paul the 6th saw, foresaw that people would come to believe they had unlimited power

over their own bodies, as we see today an abortion with the idea that I have a right to do with my body and my unborn

baby's body whatever I want.

Or I can choose my gender and the gender of my partners. With unbelievable foresight he saw where

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