In this episode I tell my story of how I struggled with the church's teaching against the use of contraception. I explain how the truth of the Catholic faith changed my mind, and how I found both empowerment and peace in the process.  I also discuss my struggles with infertility, and how my relationship with the Blessed Virgin Mary gave me healing. 

Resources
Rome Sweet Home by Dr Scott Hahn

Theology of His/Her Body by Jason Evert

Dr Stroud's Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiPSn5O41Kk&t=0s

https://fertilitycare.org/what-is-naprotechnology

God loves you and created you. You're precious, unique and unrepeatable. He wants to be in a relationship with you forever and he's got a plan for your life. The bad news is that due to sin we were separated from God and our human nature was weakened. That means our intellect was darkened. Our wills became weak and sin became attractive. The consequence of sin became eternal death in hell. But the good news is that God's, Jesus became man. Atoned for our sins by dying on the cross, and rose from the dead for our salvation. We receive the Holy Spirit and this gift of salvation when we put our faith in Jesus, repent of our sins, get baptized and become his disciples. Finally Jesus established the Catholic church to teach with his authority, to empower us with his grace, and to bring us back to life if we commit a deadly sin.