"One more reflection of what our secular society is accepting as a replacement for the sacrament of marriage"

Insightful cultural critique coming our way via Rachel at Catholic Sistas:

He had my favorite flowers delivered with a special note that read, “Meet me outside for a surprise! I love you!” My heart was pounding, I knew this was it! I slowly opened the back door to see a path of rose petals leading to the garden, behind the sheds. I wanted to run to him and yet at the same time I wanted to savor each step, remembering these few seconds forever. I turned the corner to see him surrounded by roses, kneeling down complete with a suit and tie. The combination of the scent of roses and his cologne filled the air, making me dizzy. Then he said the words, the words my heart were waiting for…..

“Will you go to prom with me?”

I had you going didn’t I?

Prom is the new wedding. Boys “promposals” can have as much thought as a marriage proposal, if not more. Girls spend more money on their over-the-top gowns than many of us ever even considered spending on our wedding dresses. Some parents don’t bat an eye at dropping hundreds if not thousands of dollars on limousines, tuxedos, gowns, dinners, hair and makeup, shoes, flowers, and on and on.

I’m not saying there is anything inherently wrong with making prom night special for your child, besides perhaps the possibility of spoiling him or her, but some might argue that is just what these special nights are for. What I am saying is that perhaps this is just one more reflection of what our secular society is accepting as a replacement for the sacrament of marriage.

Read the rest, it's worthy.

Why is marriage now such a turn off for the young?

If you have an idea, leave it in the comments... I'm seriously curious.

Comments

[BroKen]

I thought I had a piece about this but I had trouble finding it ('cause I didn't tag it as "plainly BroKen"). Anyway, here it is:

http://www.brutallyhonest.org/brutally_honest/2012/02/it-was-a-joke-a-very-sad-joke.html

"The ideal of a man and woman coming together with life-long commitment has been cynically relegated to an unrealistic pipe-dream."

We don't believe a lifetime marriage is likely anymore. We have so polluted the glue that holds couples together, and we've made divorce so easy, and, as Jesus said, "because of the hardness of your hearts" we've let marriage become optional. As a nation, our economy may recover, we may find or develop cheap energy, we may even maintain our leadership in the world, but if families built on sacrificial love don't make a comeback, "for better or worse, richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part," it will all be for nothing.

[Rick]

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