Mike D'Avria recently did some research on the message that most TV programs are pushing. As you can guess, sex is the most popular and he notes that there is always at least one character on each show that brags about their numerous sexual conquests. What he uncovered is that the show with the highest number of sexual liaisons was Friends. It seems the cast of friends had at least 85 different partners. Remember, this is only six people. By the way, these are the partners we saw on the show. It doesn't even touch the ones they had prior to the show's beginning. Now that is really alarming in itself. Worse still, they never talked about what can happen as a result of all of this sex, in this case outside of marriage. A 2008 study published in the American Journal of Pediatrics highlighted this fact and said that Friends is noted for “glamorizing sex while hardly mentioning its downsides, such as pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.” If you remember, Friends did not come on at 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. No, it was in the prime time, early enough to catch even the youngest of children before they had to go to bed. Another interesting point to remember about this show; the cast was notorious for negotiating salary increases as a unit and typically were some of the highest earners on TV at the time. So not only did they glorify pre-marital sex but they made a fortune doing it. This quest for wealth at all costs is really nauseating. It reveals a terrible fact about our current society. People forget about their principles as soon as the money is flashed before them. The Bible says that the love of money is the root of all evil in 1 Timothy 6:10. People are enticed by all of money's promises to bring them the desires of their heart. They forget, as the Israelites did many times on their journeys, that God is all you need to be happy. God will provide our daily bread. In this version of the world, most of us have food and clothing, a house and car, a job and many things yet we are still seeking more. Look to the Light for everything you need. Jesus died so that we could have eternal life. That promise to come should be your comfort. Isn't that enough to satisfy even the most greedy person?
The spiritual climax of the Gospel of John, as Father John Waiss points out, occurs at the foot of the Cross, where Jesus utters his parting words: “Woman, behold, your son!” and “Behold your mother!” (John 19:26-27). While these words were addressed to the Apostle John, the disciple whom Jesus loved, the Church has long understood this moment as a universal adoption. To truly image Christ, we must share in His parentage; if we embrace God as our spiritual Father but reject Mary as our mother, we treat Christ as a half-brother rather than our "firstborn among many brethren" (Rom. 8:29). As Origen noted as early as the third century, the profound depths of the Gospel are only accessible to those who, like John, rest their heads on Jesus’ breast and receive Mary into their own homes. This maternal role is deeply rooted in biblical typology, positioning Mary as the fulfillment of the great mothers of the Old Covenant. She is the New Eve , the mother of all the living according ...
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