Whoa, Mama!
As I said in my last post, my wife is a newly confirmed Catholic. She was accepted into the Church on April 7 at the Easter Vigil Mass. Her family, who are all southern baptists, were kind enough attend to offer their support. Everything went great and everyone was happy.
Fast forward to last night.
My wife and I were at her parents’ home because they invited us to dinner. While I was in the kitchen talking to my father-in-law, I hear my mother-in-law and my wife arguing about birth control. Here is where the fun began.
You see, my mother-in-law is concerned that we are going to have too many children so she asked my wife if she is on birth control. Of course my wife informed her mother that it is a mortal sin to use birth control and that we use NFP. Well, according to my mother-in-law, that is just the silliest thing ever! You can’t regulate the number of children you have without drugs! And what is a mortal sin?!?
Hey, I love and respect my mother-in-law, but I never thought that she would be the first to attack my wife about her faith. My wife is a new convert and already she is being called to defend the faith, however unprepared she may be. So I went to my favorite apologetics website and gave her the information as to why birth control is a sin. So at least she will be prepared for the next battle….with her mother.
