I’m taking a little break in our ongoing dialogue about the spirituality of marriage to draw attention to a critical issue that faces not only Catholic couples but all of humanity. Stanford University recently announced that a team of researchers has discovered a way to coax stem cells will into Read more…
Where ever we go, we’re surrounded by the little profits that God has put in our lives to remind us of his power and his love for us. It’s easy to see this in nature when we can observe the beauty and magnificence of God’s design. Saints throughout the ages Read more…
When we hear the word “prophetic”, we might think of the Old Testament prophets who time and again tried to bring the people of Israel back to God and thus paving the way for the coming of the Savior. Isn’t that still true in our world today? We continue to Read more…
As married people living in the world, we have the principal role to help one another — especially our spouses and children — to learn to love the material world correctly. This is part of our call to holiness as described by the documents of Vatican II Council. The faithful, Read more…
This new outlook on life begins with our view of material things. How do we affect them and how do we let them affect us? In other words, do we control them or do they control us? We have to learn how to do the following: – to affirm material Read more…
Would you agree that each community of religious and clergy are called to live a particular spirituality? I think most of us would. I wonder, however, if we have ever considered marriage in that same light. Do we realize that married persons also are called to live a particular spirituality? Read more…
“There will be an assault on the institution of marriage,” Santorum promised his audience. “Why? Because the left knows that they can’t really have government come in and take control of everything unless they destroy the family. Unless you destroy the family and destroy the Church they cannot ultimately be Read more…