By Martina Casey The Bible is rich with warning against the destructive nature of gossip; from the Ten Commandments to Proverbs, Psalms, Old Testament prophets and most of the New Testament books. As Christian women...
By Martina Casey In Holy Sex! A Catholic Guide to Toe Curling, Mind Blowing, Infallible Love Making, Dr. Gregory K. Popcak lists five powers of Holy Sex. Let’s begin by defining Holy Sex. According to Dr....
By Martina Casey In Tractates on the Gospel of John, St. Augustine says that "the confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works," so here it goes: Twelve years ago I was working...
Recently I was at a baby shower seated with women I didn't know well. Everyone was married except one, she was getting married soon and so the conversation went from small talk to her upcoming...
Have you ever heard the phrase that competition is envy's ugly sister? As a society we idolize a winner. Our culture doesn't judge people based on their holiness or piety but on the number of degrees,...
Below is Our Lady’s prayer (the Magnificat), that I refer to throughout this post. May Our Lady’s prayer give you the same clarity it gave to me. Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and...
Research suggests that the optimal wait time to conceive another baby is between 18 and 30 months after giving birth to your last. Too little time between pregnancies may increase the risk of premature birth...
The pill - we’ve all heard of it at some point in our lives. Whether from a doctor, a friend or a family member, it seems to be ingrained in the vocabulary of the twenty-first...
I think it’s time for a term change. Pregnancy, for many people, is some kind of precursor to motherhood. We see sayings such as “Mother-to-be” or “Expecting Mother” on cards, in advertisements and even doctor’s...
I initially dismissed FABM’s (Fertility Awareness Based Methods) because I didn't understand them. “This is just another form of birth control” I thought, albeit natural, but birth control nevertheless. My flawed thinking was the result...
Contraception broken down = "against (contra) conception" or more simply "against life". The term was first coined in the late 1800’s and in the 20th century gained considerable momentum. See the timeline below, which gives...
I made a commitment to chastity when I was 13 years old. In my mind, this meant that I had decided to save sex for marriage. Fast-forward a few years, and although I kept this...
1.) There are no sex rules There are no sex rules in Fertility Awareness, because it does not serve the same purpose as FABM’s of family planning, which is achieving/avoiding pregnancy. The goal of Fertility...
I’m sure that every woman reading this blog had been catcalled at least once in her life. So to you my sisters, I say I’m sorry. I’m sorry that this has been normalized. I’m sorry...
Cool your jets and hear me out. I love leggings. I own them in multiple colors, fabrics and brands. They are comfortable and I love the way they look on me, but as a recent...
When you learned to drive, did someone just hand you a set of keys and say, ‘good luck?’ What a silly question right? Nobody would do that. Yet, when learning about the female body and...
Women are wonderfully created in that we have been given great gifts that are unique to our femininity. The first is menstruation (our period), the second is gestation (pregnancy) and the third is lactation (breastfeeding)....
Boundaries. Ah, it's the B word that makes us feel awkward. We avoid talking about this word in dating relationships to bypass the elephant in the room. I mean, let’s face it; if you are...
The use of the oral contraceptive pill (OCP) is so widespread in today’s culture that it is difficult to imagine a landscape without it. One way in which OCPs are used is to ease the...
My newsfeed is filled with #Prolife comments and memes. People all over the country are rightly outraged by a bill signed into law on Jan 22 that permits late term abortions up to the day...