Articles in 'Marriage and Family'
Driving IT Home: Educating Your Children
Driving IT Home: Educating Your Children
By Greg Schlueter
Our unsurpassed and all-defining identity, mission and purpose on this planet: Image the Trinity. Marriage and family are iconic of the Trinity. In our capacity to love, we literally participate in the life of the Trinity. We are called, literally, to make God, who is Love, known
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Called To The Mystery Of Intercessory Prayer
Called To The Mystery Of Intercessory Prayer
By Bernice Pillart Dumitru
One night I awoke and felt a deep sadness. As I reflected on where this was coming from, I realized it was from the news items I had read the day before on the number of abortions that have been committed in the past 25 years around the world and the campaign at the U.N. to make abortion on demand a human right.
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Deacon Roger & Helena Cartier--A Catholic Love Story for Us All to Honor
Deacon Roger & Helena Cartier--A Catholic Love Story for Us All to Honor
By Larry Peterson
St. John Paul II said, “Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church.”
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The Eucharist Is a Face-to-Face Meeting
The Eucharist Is a Face-to-Face Meeting
By Bill Dunn
Do you have any loved ones who are far from home? Quite often we are separated from the people we love because of jobs or school or military service. When people are separated, they can share their thoughts via letters and email, and they can make phone calls and speak to one another.
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Catholic Warning: Children are from outer space.
Catholic Warning: Children are from outer space.
By Christy Breedlove
I have extremely...uhm...lucky...to have taught kindergarten catechism for a few years. For those who have never tried teaching complex Catholic dogma to a group of 15 five year old children, I will, in my own limited way, describe what insanity follows.
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Operating on Faith - Book Review
Operating on Faith - Book Review
By Starla Hester
The author, Matt Weber, tells us the personal story of how he was living a normal and somewhat charmed life, getting married, and buying a new home when, out of the blue, he was rushed to the emergency room with excruciating pain not long after his honeymoon
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Amoris Laetitia: Circumventing Church Teaching on the Indissolubility of Marriage
Amoris Laetitia: Circumventing Church Teaching on the Indissolubility of Marriage
By Jason Izolt, M.Ed., M.A.T.
Anyone who pays even a little bit of attention to Catholic news, is well aware of the controversy that continues to grow out of the promulgation of Pope Francis’ Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia. For those who have been living under a rock (or do not pay attention to Catholic news), Amoris Laetitia is Pope Francis’ response to the Synod on the Family.
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Things Happen for a Reason
Things Happen for a Reason
By Michelle Nicholl
A couple weeks ago, I went to the church my son and his family attend and I’m always pleased when the visiting Monsignor gives his homilies. Over the years I’ve come to enjoy and learn a lot from them.
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Jesus is calling you
Jesus is calling you
By Madeline Mauro
Have you ever felt like getting off the freeway and venturing out down scenic roads to untraveled terrain alone? At first, excited about this new adventure, you begin to share it with others. They might even think you’re crazy. As you prepare for this trip of the unknown you set out to bring the life essentials; some survival gear is a given.
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Marriage, Love and Shattered Glass...
Marriage, Love and Shattered Glass...
By Carlos Espinosa
"At least you didn't break the wine bottles," my wife said in an irritated tone. "Well, I guess, I did something right," I answered coyly, after shattering a glass punch bowl with the seat of our car when I slid it back to get behind the wheel. The four bottles of wine next to it were not touched!
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Is it in the Spirit of the Mass to pray in the Orans position during the Our Father?
Is it in the Spirit of the Mass to pray in the Orans position during the Our Father?
By De Maria
The orans posture is an ancient “prayer” posture. It is, sort of, humorously described, in an incident where Moses, prayed with arms outstretched, for the Israelites to defeat their enemies. His hands got so tired that his attendants had to hold his arms up. Because every time his arms drooped, the Israelites would begin to lose the battle. They eventually won.
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Taking up a cross of your own. Reflection on Luke 9:22-25
Taking up a cross of your own. Reflection on Luke 9:22-25
By Jason Klinnert
A child may from time to time ask how we get to Heaven. Responsible parents shouldn't paint a "pie in the sky" everyone gets to Heaven picture for their kids but more of an explanation in an age appropriate way as they can comprehend. No, not everyone get's to Heaven.
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My Reversion Story to the Catholic Church
My Reversion Story to the Catholic Church
By Scott Pauline
My reversion story isn’t fantastic in any sense, but I think it will be interesting to the Fundamentalist because it involves the Apocalyptic, which is usually a big fascination with Fundamentalists.
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Alzheimer's Keeps Reminding Me Why I Love being Catholic
Alzheimer's Keeps Reminding Me Why I Love being Catholic
By Larry Peterson
I was trying to write something but I was stuck in “neutral”. No pencil scratching, no pen sliding, no keyboard clicking. Then Marty came in and stood there just looking at me and not saying anything. I smiled at her and said, “What’s going on?”
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Are Some Of Our Church Leaders Actually Protestants?
Are Some Of Our Church Leaders Actually Protestants?
By Arnold Scott
It sounds crazy to ask, but are some shepherds within the Catholic Church actually Protestants?
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Why Do I Carry Holy Water?
Why Do I Carry Holy Water?
By Stella Shea
A few months ago, after a purse debacle, I got into a thoughtful discussion which revolved around my Holy Water bottle. You see, I was in the store making an exchange from a faulty purse with a poor zipper to a new functioning purse. In this endeavor, I was forced to empty the contents of my purse onto a counter so I could place them in a new purse.
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A To Do List for Lent
A To Do List for Lent
By Stella Shea
As you may be aware (or maybe it has caught you by surprise), Lent for 2017, is March 1st. I've been thinking about what I and my family will be doing for Lent and I was reminded of a homily I heard a few years back.
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