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Baby is about to have a growth spurt, so I have frequent bouts of sitting with time to read.

I remain so moved by the principles of Catholic social doctrine and working out of the role of the Church in society as laid out in the Catholic church teaching. Everything is brought together so beautifully. It makes me want to add it to my list of DIY “Master Degree” personal studies—it’s not only intellectually satisfying but also stirs up those passions for Justice within me.

Well I gave birth before finishing this book. And it was via emergency c-section. As much as you can try to prepare for the ideal, real life sometimes requires making compromises for the greater good. I spent so much time trying to prepare to surrender to contractions—I did not anticipate having to surrender to the process in other ways, although I did acknowledge I couldn’t control nor know how it would go.

“Self-control is not needed because the body is evil—the truth is just the opposite. The body should be controlled with honor because it is worthy of honor. This is perhaps the most important theme in Paul’s doctrine of purity.”

“In the state of original innocence, the masculine and feminine bodies were the basis of the communion of persons. In the state of sinfulness, sexuality seems to be an obstacle to unity—a cause for fear and mistrust.“

“Remember this…:Your body is not a *badly designed machine*. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic. Human female bodies have the same potential to give birth well as aardvarks, lions, rhinoceroses, elephants, moose, and water buffalo…”

I’m sure this doesn’t imply that women *never* need medical intervention. But it does seem they need it less often than offered.

“Her loveliness was like that when f many landscapes, which require to be often seen to be fully enjoyed.”