Tuesday Night Live

 
Humanae Vitae, Blessed Paul VI’s encyclical letter on the Church’s teaching on human sexuality and the use of birth control, has been the topic of much discussion since its publication in 1968. For nearly 50 years, many millions of Catholics have understood this letter as imposing on married couples a heavy burden, an impossible demand that cannot be carried out in the concrete situations of real life.  Dr. Jordan Miller will join us for our next Tuesday Night Live presentation to offer perspective on the purpose of the letter: it is not about whether birth control is 'allowed' or 'not allowed,' but about what the human being is, and about what sex is.  "The truth will set you free" (John 8:32) and what Christ offers to us in  Humanae Vitae is not restriction but freedom, not a prison but liberation, not a burden placed on us, but a burden removed.

Click here to read Humanae Vitae.
 
Jordan M. Miller currently teaches courses in theology at Seton Hall University and at St. Peter's University.   He has previously taught at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, and at Fordham University, where he completed his Ph.D.  Jordan and his wife Alissa reside with their children in Hamilton and attend Mass locally.