NFP Prepared Couple for Sacrifice

June 15, 2010 - PRLog -- The following letters are from the Jan.-Feb. 2010 issue of "Family Foundations," the publication of the Couple to Couple League International.

Perhaps the practice of NFP is a training ground for detachment from one’s spouse! What I mean is learning not to need him/her to satisfy our desire for a comfortable life or to be the culmination or ruination of our happiness.

This past year my husband has lived in New York state taking care of his Dad under hospice care. What was supposed to be a few months, praise God, turned into one year…
and going. His dad has flourished under his loving and attentive care. And I have gone through four seasons… and going… tending the home fires with all the breakdowns and illnesses, enduring periods of acute loneliness and loss of routine.

Sacrificial practices have become such a part of our lives that this is but one more part of it. A greater good, the care of an ailing parent, is at stake. Though still difficult, how blessed we are to have lived the practice of sacrificial love through NFP that makes this ongoing separation yet another way of living our devotion to one another.

--D. Johnston, Ellington, Conn.

Daily Prayer Keeps Marriage Centered on God

Since we began dating, we have prayed together every day. When we were apart, we would call each other. As a married couple, we unite our days through the morning offering and reflect on them with evening prayer. This daily routine forces us to work out our disagreements before retiring for the night and helps us to keep our relationship centered on God.

--J. Burke, CCL Teaching Couple, Toledo, Ohio

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Sign up for a membership at Couple to Couple League International at www.ccli.org, and receive “Family Foundations.”

Natural Family Planning Classes Taught

The next series of classes in Natural Family Planning in northeast Illinois will begin Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010 at 1:30 pm at Holy Cross Church in Batavia, taught by Chris & Debbie Lillig.

To register, and for a list of classes throughout the U.S., go to CCL International at http://www.ccli.org, (800) 745-8252. Chicago area NFP information is at http://www.naturalfamilyplanningchicago.com.

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The Couple to Couple League (CCL) is an international, Catholic, non-profit organization dedicated to teaching Natural Family Planning (NFP) to married and engaged couples. This news article is sponsored by the Chicago chapter of CCL International.