tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874284971533997218.post8363069927904528668..comments2024-03-03T23:27:54.456-05:00Comments on Catholic Media Review: Review of "Fireproof"Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05956785138139545349noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874284971533997218.post-88206868023044330372008-09-30T17:36:00.000-04:002008-09-30T17:36:00.000-04:00We just saw the movie this Sunday as a family. We'...We just saw the movie this Sunday as a family. We're not Catholic, but LCMS Lutheran, so our views on family actually line up pretty well.<BR/><BR/>While watching the movie, I thought, "how can there be no kids?", but I reached this conclusion: The movie was quite long and complicated as it is, and I don't know how that (important piece) could be included in the correct depth without making it a miniseries.<BR/><BR/> I don't think they were left out for any other reason than to focus on the root cause of many marriage problems: misunderstanding what love, married love, actually IS.<BR/><BR/> My $.02.<BR/>cpw...<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." </I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874284971533997218.post-89978820463282151952008-09-28T07:43:00.000-04:002008-09-28T07:43:00.000-04:00Thank you Leticia for that thorough and thoughtful...Thank you Leticia for that thorough and thoughtful review. I haven't seen the movie yet but planning to. I want to support movies with a positive message especially one that promotes Christ, the author and perfector of our faith. I am not a Catholic but agree with you whole-heartedly that many believers have bought into the lie that we have the right to control how many children we have and that children are somehow seen as a burden rather than a blessing from God. My faith has so increased and I have been freed from the fear that I will lose myself by having so many children, 5 so far! In fact that is what Christ has called us to, dying to self!<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work!<BR/><BR/>Caryn BennettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com