Harrison Butker, the kicker for the champion Kansas City Chiefs, rattled some cages by making a traditional values-laced commencement address last weekend at Benedictine College in Kansas.
Butker shared a message at a private, Catholic college. Lost is the fact he shared a similar message in 2023 at Georgia Tech. No outrage then. But now that he's speaking at a private, Catholic college everyone's panties are in a bunch. I don't believe he was forcing his beliefs nor his wife's personal feeling on the audience. I went to a military academy where classmates got married the day after they graduated. Again this is not to say this is for everyone but many men and women look forward to being married. Many of the career choices I made were because I believe family comes first. Society has put down the "vocation" of motherhood and fatherhood. They poop on the idea of family. Finally, everything said can't be wrapped in a blanket so as not to offend someone. We realize there are men and women who want families but haven't found the right partner. There are those who God has not called to marriage. For some, marriage comes later in life. I'm probably missing someone and they'll be offended. There are those who marry and are unable to have children, or have to deal with the horrors of miscarriages. Butker and his wife have suffered three miscarriages. His over all message was perfect for where we are in a society that's losing its moral compass everyday. They are all entering a world and many work places devoid of morality and they need to be reminded to keep on their armor of God so they don't succumb to the evil out there. Again, but for this speech not many realize he gave a similar speech last year at Georgia Tech with zero outrage. Interesting.
That's interesting that he gave a similar speech at Georgia Tech a year ago without nary a peep. But we have made a steep decline rapidly, so that may figure in.
I am a strong believer in the family. God has designed it. I stand by my constructive criticism because it is not a godly principle that life starts after marriage--for anyone. We have to be conscious of honoring what God has created without making idols of it. Nothing is to take the place of being satisfied with Christ alone and then trusting Him with all of our lives. And, of course, Paul had a thing or two about what he believed was the better way. Having said that, marriage and motherhood are honorable and should not be denigrated. I think it's a beautiful thing if a husband and wife decide that they can afford and want to have the wife stay at home. It's also a good thing that a woman knows how to survive if she doesn't get married. No one is shoveling snow for many women, for example! LOL!
Good comments. I attend a traditional Latin Mass parish myself. Everything he said is in line with Catholic teaching. He was addressing a Catholic audience, so he has every right to say what he said. The people who are complaining don't realize that he is not trying to force his beliefs on them. He wasn't even talking to them. They could simply ignore him. Go on about their "kindness is everything" way. But they won't. They have force their views on us. The real sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was that they forced others to join them in their debauchery. They wanted to rape the two angels that Lot was protecting and wouldn't take no for an answer. Today's LGBTQ movement does not take NO for an answer. They don't live and let live. They live and don't let live.
The Catholic church has a very solid claim to being the church that Jesus established. And we have a rather unique way of understanding marriage. It is a sacrament. It is a way of being holy in our lives.
Anyway, keep loving Jesus. Thanks for your article and influence. Blessings.
Butker shared a message at a private, Catholic college. Lost is the fact he shared a similar message in 2023 at Georgia Tech. No outrage then. But now that he's speaking at a private, Catholic college everyone's panties are in a bunch. I don't believe he was forcing his beliefs nor his wife's personal feeling on the audience. I went to a military academy where classmates got married the day after they graduated. Again this is not to say this is for everyone but many men and women look forward to being married. Many of the career choices I made were because I believe family comes first. Society has put down the "vocation" of motherhood and fatherhood. They poop on the idea of family. Finally, everything said can't be wrapped in a blanket so as not to offend someone. We realize there are men and women who want families but haven't found the right partner. There are those who God has not called to marriage. For some, marriage comes later in life. I'm probably missing someone and they'll be offended. There are those who marry and are unable to have children, or have to deal with the horrors of miscarriages. Butker and his wife have suffered three miscarriages. His over all message was perfect for where we are in a society that's losing its moral compass everyday. They are all entering a world and many work places devoid of morality and they need to be reminded to keep on their armor of God so they don't succumb to the evil out there. Again, but for this speech not many realize he gave a similar speech last year at Georgia Tech with zero outrage. Interesting.
That's interesting that he gave a similar speech at Georgia Tech a year ago without nary a peep. But we have made a steep decline rapidly, so that may figure in.
I am a strong believer in the family. God has designed it. I stand by my constructive criticism because it is not a godly principle that life starts after marriage--for anyone. We have to be conscious of honoring what God has created without making idols of it. Nothing is to take the place of being satisfied with Christ alone and then trusting Him with all of our lives. And, of course, Paul had a thing or two about what he believed was the better way. Having said that, marriage and motherhood are honorable and should not be denigrated. I think it's a beautiful thing if a husband and wife decide that they can afford and want to have the wife stay at home. It's also a good thing that a woman knows how to survive if she doesn't get married. No one is shoveling snow for many women, for example! LOL!
Good comments. I attend a traditional Latin Mass parish myself. Everything he said is in line with Catholic teaching. He was addressing a Catholic audience, so he has every right to say what he said. The people who are complaining don't realize that he is not trying to force his beliefs on them. He wasn't even talking to them. They could simply ignore him. Go on about their "kindness is everything" way. But they won't. They have force their views on us. The real sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was that they forced others to join them in their debauchery. They wanted to rape the two angels that Lot was protecting and wouldn't take no for an answer. Today's LGBTQ movement does not take NO for an answer. They don't live and let live. They live and don't let live.
The Catholic church has a very solid claim to being the church that Jesus established. And we have a rather unique way of understanding marriage. It is a sacrament. It is a way of being holy in our lives.
Anyway, keep loving Jesus. Thanks for your article and influence. Blessings.
God bless you also!