Articles in 'Marriage and Family'
Are Commandments Obsolete?
Are Commandments Obsolete?
By Donna Kendall
Whether a society has the luxury of enjoying an era of unabashed liberty or the misfortune of staggering beneath the yoke of oppression, the idea of being commanded can be distasteful and repellent.
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Trial by Divorce
Trial by Divorce
By Gabriel Owen Jenkins
It is said that divorce is survivable. Past the horrible gut wrenching feeling of having your heart torn from your chest. There is hope and light within the greatest warfare that the devil has brought to the earth. As I found myself sobbing over my sins in Confession hoping that maybe just maybe if I tell all the truth this time the Lord would spare me. My confessor spoke the most comforting words
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Pornography, the killing of a person.
Pornography, the killing of a person.
By Troy Kroening
It seems harsh to compare pornography with killing. After all, with almost all pornography the person is still alive. Though the person may still alive, with pornography the person is not viewed as a person, but an object. I would contend that anything that lessens a person to an object removes the personhood of the individual and thus kills the person.
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The Broken Nun
The Broken Nun
By Marie Murphy Duess
I knew it the moment my daughter said, “Oh, no, Mama...” She was washing her hands in the kitchen sink. I didn’t hear it crash... I heard nothing but, “Oh, no, Mama...” and my heart sank.
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Discovering Prayer: Crown of Roses
Discovering Prayer: Crown of Roses
By James Dsouza
For last few years, I have been on a silent lone journey with my God. I was never drawn to recital prayers like rosary. I was never really drawn to Mother Mary. I was pretty much into personal prayer of praise and worship.
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Lessons I Learned from the Lutherans
Lessons I Learned from the Lutherans
By Pam Spano
Our daughter graduated from college in May. My husband and I have been to many college graduations, but this one was different. It wasn’t different because it was our daughter, it was different because she graduated from a Lutheran college.
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No Crowds--No Applause Here
No Crowds--No Applause Here
By Elizabeth Thomas
Everyday---each person goes through the motions of living life—loving, caring, serving, helping—well just one act at a time: we are the hands and heart of Jesus. Sometimes however, we may feel I am not doing enough or I am not making a difference.
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Catholic Writing and the Grotesque
Catholic Writing and the Grotesque
By Joseph Michael
After reading a recent short story I wrote, my wife turned from her bar stool at our kitchen counter and shot me a disconcerting look; she paused, looked back at the computer, then back at me, and asked “why would you write something like that?” She is not the first person to approach me, either in person or via electronic media to inquire as to why my writing tends to be on the macabre side.
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First, you pray!
First, you pray!
By Norma Elaine Robertson
I think it's really crazy how God gives. God is very generous, so when you ask for something you need to be prepared for something generous! Every day I pray to use the gifts that He has given me to help others, to help my brothers and sisters, to build the body of His Church, to keep His body moving!
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Love, Death and a Mother's Pain...
Love, Death and a Mother's Pain...
By Carlos Espinosa
In The Passion of the Christ, there is a beautiful and heart-wrenching scene where, after witnessing the brutal scourging and unjust trial of her son, Mary sees Jesus falling as He carries the Cross. The images flash back to what appears to be a distant memory of a time when Jesus fell as a child and started crying. Mary was there to pick Him up and comfort him in her arms.
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Peter Pan: Why the World Needs Him to Grow Up
Peter Pan: Why the World Needs Him to Grow Up
By Rose Canavan
Children are usually divided up into two categories; the stuffy ones who want nothing more to do with childhood and anxiously await the responsibility of adulthood, and the cheerful youthful ones with the wild imaginations and boundless energy.
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Set the World ABLAZE! (Luke 12:49)
Set the World ABLAZE! (Luke 12:49)
By Greg Schlueter
One may have reason to doubt the real power of Jesus Christ alive and present. 90% disappear after Confirmation. 75% of Catholics no longer attend Mass. Only 13% of Mass-going Catholics even pray before meals. Or, perhaps like the origin of just about every superhero, the power is there, we have it, but we have no idea what we have.
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In Defense of Marriage
In Defense of Marriage
By Christopher McCarthy
Our modern era has seen no small amount of controversy and debate concerning the issues of contraception and homosexuality. In these two categories alone, a plethora of arguments have been made and remade with some for and others against the Catholic Church’s view of marriage and sexuality. If we disentangle ourselves from these arguments for a moment, we are immediately able to perceive an intrig
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Psalm 103
Psalm 103
By Malleson Emmerling
As I sat down a month ago and addressed the high school graduation announcements for my daughter, shivers went down my arm. The thought of what she had put me through during her 4 years in high school shook me. She had tested me, disobeyed me and tore me to my core. Then she left me to go live in her father’s home.
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If today you hear His voice
If today you hear His voice
By Catherine Garrett
How many times have you been going about your day, and suddenly you feel pulled to do something. Call an old friend. Text your mother. Email a cousin. Reach out to a stranger on social media. Or maybe, a new hunger for your vocation.
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Jesus helps this every day Catholic
Jesus helps this every day Catholic
By Kathy Lamb
It may be that this quote was especially significant for me as I’ve been trying to listen more and talk less but once my words are conceived I find it hard to withhold them. I pray the Holy Spirit will give me good counsel and help me be more selective in speech.
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Kenosis
Kenosis
By Mike Morris
To be a parent is to be a participant in the contemplative experience. This is true despite one's capacity to recognize. A parent is engaged in a lifelong act of self giving. Of pouring oneself out for the needs of another. Contemplative prayer is a means to the same end. Although, the other in this context is often less tangible.
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