tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post4548148328868463676..comments2024-02-02T05:53:59.845-05:00Comments on Praying for Grace: My thoughts, continuedBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00747308009364094199noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-20336677752684539822011-03-28T10:32:02.782-04:002011-03-28T10:32:02.782-04:00Precisely. There are a good number of Saint movies...Precisely. There are a good number of Saint movies. My mother-in-law saves the Ignatius Press DVD catalog and just netflixes them!Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975746279957689529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-34917223608901631462011-03-28T09:57:31.766-04:002011-03-28T09:57:31.766-04:00Elisa, I completely agree with you about the crude...Elisa, I completely agree with you about the crude humor. And just since we've curbed our watching of junk, it is even more offensive. Really, why watch it? We should feed our minds what is pure and Godly.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00747308009364094199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-14845305407179490882011-03-28T09:51:06.408-04:002011-03-28T09:51:06.408-04:00My husband will occasionally netflix a comedy gear...My husband will occasionally netflix a comedy geared towards men b/c they make them look funny in the previews. When we watch the movie, I am usually HIGHLY offended by the crude remarks towards women or their bodies. I now barely watch any "secular" movies. I don't like filling my mind with junk. I like the USCCB movie review site, but I sometimes don't even agree with the Bishops. I like Plugged In Online which is run by Focus on the Family and it digs much deeper & is much more detailed than USCCB.Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975746279957689529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-46230192968496863192011-03-19T23:31:43.529-04:002011-03-19T23:31:43.529-04:00I recently read a great book (that I've been m...I recently read a great book (that I've been meaning to review on my blog...but haven't gotten to it) called Encountering Christ in the Media. Great resource, Barb. <br /><br />Love this discussion and it's timely as my oldest (8) was invited to a bday party at the movie theater and I'm so torn about whether or not to send him to it. Still working through this. Can I just not go through the teenage years? I'm pretty sure they just might kill me! 4 teenage boys... oh my.Crafty Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770432469384389912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-59236931438263996182011-03-19T20:23:35.652-04:002011-03-19T20:23:35.652-04:00This IS a tough subject...I have a 19 year old in ...This IS a tough subject...I have a 19 year old in college and a 15 year old here, as well as a 9 year old. And I will admit that we have NOT done as well as we should have in terms of making sure the movies we watch are not inappropriate for our kids...there's stuff we won't let them watch ("My Cousin Vinny" and the uncut "Blues Brothers") but those are certainly there, and who's to say they're not popping them into the VCR/DVD when we're sleeping and they're up half the night?<br />Thanks for exploring this topic--I need to do some thinking about what's on the queue around here!Barb Szyszkiewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00329184613713551475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-66073523280754692482011-03-17T12:23:34.415-04:002011-03-17T12:23:34.415-04:00Wow, this is so timely for me to read. You articu...Wow, this is so timely for me to read. You articulate this subject so well! I have two (young) teens and this is such a challenge for me as well as it is new territory for us. I just recently rented Love Actually, and my husband and I turned it off within the first 5 minutes. Thank God children were not present... I mistakenly thought it was rated PG 13. I personally cannot watch, and pay to watch, other people portray sin...sins that send us to Hell. Even if I am not commiting the actual sin, I am allowing myself to be entertained by it. I can handle war movies and language to an extent, but not sins of the flesh. Adults are not immune to such themes. We are in danger of allowing ourselves to become desensitized to sin by watching sin. Married men will react to topless women in a movie etc. just as much as <br /> unmarried men. One just has to look at the sexual addiction epidemic in our society. In the Our Father we say, "lead us not into temptation", and much of media leads us right to temptation. A good priest we know is always warning his flock "custody of the eyes", and it is not a warning for just the children. Your diligence is admirable, and has certainly helped me "wake up" to this very serious issue.<br />Thank you for sharing this as it is helping me have a clearer perspective regarding my mission as a mother. It is nice to know other mom's are out there and grappling with these serious issues, and share how they handle it. May our Blessed Mother, who is the definition of purity, guide us and protect our families!<br />God Bless,<br />Christine<br />PS- I just love visiting your blog! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-16575539553709482332011-03-16T22:45:39.855-04:002011-03-16T22:45:39.855-04:00you are awesome, barb. i've been thinking abou...you are awesome, barb. i've been thinking about you all day, praying you will feel peace about this. i think all of this healthy discussion, from many wise ladies, is great! my tired brain didn't have the common sense to process what margaret and christine brought up about nudity. and (i love you both and you are so right. i think i merely spoke the way i did because i was uncomfortable with that naked man popping up all over the place in said movie. but that is a personal distaste i have.) and i agree that we can handle things as married adults that our children can't and shouldn't. <br />really, to each his own. we are all entitled to our opinions. and i certainly don't want to get up on my high horse and say that i've never watched anything raunchy. i just don't care too. and i've even watched things with my husband-because he wanted to see something-and i am usually the one to say (sarcastically of course) "nice choice"!<br />so...with that being said...i'll go now. and i think that we might all be right...however, inevitably, we must all do what WE feel is best for our own families. (somehow balancing the desire to please our LORD, always, with tastefully enjoying a bit of entertainment. good. clean. fun. now and again.) (i wasn't crazy about the african ladies' big boobies in the babies movie either. we, too, fast forwarded it!)reganhttp://andeverythinginitsplace.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-1579480984226420842011-03-16T19:23:42.045-04:002011-03-16T19:23:42.045-04:00Thanks, Jennie, for your love and support. Besides...Thanks, Jennie, for your love and support. Besides having a God-centered life, being a really good example for my kids is really at the root of this.<br /><br />Margaret, You <i>are</i> a devil, you. And I agree -- about kids to some degree -- but not about God. If He is true and real to me, is anything but perfect good enough?<br /><br />Christine, <br />Like you, I think that showing that I am willing to sacrifice for my children shows them how much I love them. And saying "I will not watch this movie because I won't let you watch this movie" is really putting my love where my mouth is.<br /><br />Aimee,<br />Stick to your guns. And make sure that little girlie knows the reason that you are so careful is you love her and God loves her! <br /><br />Jenny,<br />I agree. Though my parents were cautious they were not cautious enough. Especially once I became an adult under their roof.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00747308009364094199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-78435585354283488162011-03-16T14:17:56.568-04:002011-03-16T14:17:56.568-04:00I really like this post. Very thought provoking. I...I really like this post. Very thought provoking. I only wish my parents had been more diligent in researching the movies we were watching.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12537767678040466695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-53915948228549464012011-03-16T13:14:09.027-04:002011-03-16T13:14:09.027-04:00Whoa, I am super late to the party! I just read y...Whoa, I am super late to the party! I just read your first post on this, and I have to commend you, Barbara for talking so frankly about it. There are a lot of parents who don't even address any of this with their kids ever.<br /><br />My eldest is almost 12, so I feel like we are really just now getting into this area with her. She is now at the age where she wants to watch "older" movies like the kind her friends watch. Unfortunately, what her friends watch (and listen to on the radio) is trash in her parents' opinion. I can tell it is really starting to chafe her even though we spend many conversations explaining our reasons to her. I feel like such a newbie that I have no good advice to offer yet.<br /><br />The comments are very valuable on these posts -- they make me feel like I might not be the freaky strict mom that all my friends think I am. Thank you, ladies!!Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16332125903937752882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-76071354545391745512011-03-16T11:52:17.541-04:002011-03-16T11:52:17.541-04:00Like Margaret I have also took those classes. I d...Like Margaret I have also took those classes. I drew very very good hands. hee hee. The naked stuff did not bother me. However, even watching the "babies" show with my teen boy and the black mama had her boobs out...I fast forward. <br /><br />Kids need to see their parents love their Lord. I personally did not get that from mine and was lost for so long. When I met my husband he told me his parents called a cab to make it to Mass when the car did not start. That is love.<br /><br />Love is watching my boyfriend puke after Mass in the snow bank because he did not want to miss Mass even deathly sick. (personally I say stay home so the rest of the world can stay healthy)<br /><br />I saw the love.<br /><br />I learned the most about the "whys" of our faith when my best friend left it because she didn't "feel" anything when she went to church.<br /><br />Under my Watch...would make a good blog name!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030030108671604522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-36411287458687203982011-03-16T11:05:34.336-04:002011-03-16T11:05:34.336-04:00Playing devil's advocate here...
As married a...Playing devil's advocate here...<br /><br />As married adults (and, hopefully, ones that are more grounded in our faith) we are less sensitive to certain themes than unmarried young adults. <br /><br />Therefore, sometimes, it <i>can</i> be a question of "Do as I say and not as I do" when it comes to mature subject matter because our appetites are not as...er...easily <i>aroused</i> as a 19-year-old's would be.<br /><br />I also have to respectfully disagree with Regan, (I love you, Regan!), in saying that nudity is not always immodest. This is the former art major in me talking--the one who took several life-drawing classes where the models wore little more than goosebumps, and the one who hopes to take her children to Europe someday to see, for example, Michelangelo's David in Florence. <br /><br />This is an excellent discussion!Margaret in Minnesotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603439076606550856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-30554440896919286972011-03-16T09:52:32.246-04:002011-03-16T09:52:32.246-04:00I was thinking the same thing as I started reading...I was thinking the same thing as I started reading this today, that as parents, we can't dictate and mandate every choice our children make as they grow older, but we set an example for them to emulate by the choices we make ourselves. Especially if they know why we've made them. :-)<br /><br />Love you, Barbara.Jennie C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14027736832723636538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130102521697018241.post-79983397795573385112011-03-16T09:38:57.464-04:002011-03-16T09:38:57.464-04:00Caught our blog from the Catholic Gadget toolbar. ...Caught our blog from the Catholic Gadget toolbar. What a beautiful blog.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699594279497017744noreply@blogger.com