Today, as the Church remembers the Passion of St. John the Baptist, martyred for his belief in the Sanctity of Marriage, let us ask for his intercession as we pray for an increase in healthy marriages and a better understanding of human sexuality as God intended it to be lived.
Celebrating the martyrdom of St. John the Baptist also reminds us - Christians in our own times - that we cannot give into compromise when it comes to our love for Christ, for his Word, for his Truth. The Truth is the Truth; there is no compromise. The Christian life requires, as it were, the 'martyrdom' of daily fidelity to the Gospel; the courage, that is, to allow Christ to increase in us and to direct our thoughts and actions.
Pope Benedict XVI, address given August 29, 2012
(Thanks to Diocese of Arlington Young Adults for finding this!)
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