“Things were in God’s plan which I had not planned at all. I am coming to the living faith and conviction that – from God’s
By guest writer Dominic Cooray. I came across an idea over at Art of Manliness that I took for granted as a kid: In his farewell address
We are in a spiritual battle right now. Society is challenging women, and the men that support them, to rethink femininity and what it means
One of the highlights of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land that I was on recently, was witnessing married couples renew their marriage vows in
The image of God that parents can portray is meant to make a mark in the hearts and memories of the children it serves. In
There are a great variety of vocations in life, but all require a deep, persistent love. Whether we look at our vocation in general terms
You may not be able to create life, but you can almost always save one. If you say yes.
When Pope Francis issued his post-synodal apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, the mainstream media and major Catholic websites were all over it, highlighting the broad structure of
Once upon a time, out near Texas somewhere, I was conducting a training exercise. It was a an IED response/mass casualty lane and one of
My husband – much like his father – gets things done on his own time schedule. If I ask him to fold the laundry or
“Many of us have had the experience of living in some local pocket of human society – some particular school, college, regiment or profession where
“I prefer a family with tired faces from generous giving, to a family with faces full of makeup that know nothing of tenderness and compassion.
Don’t doubt it: your vocation is the greatest grace our Lord could have given you. Thank Him for it. -St. Josemaria Escriva I know this
With the publication of the summary document of the 2015 Synod on the Family, the brouhaha about the synod appears to be taking on a
Questions such as communion for the divorced and remarried, female deacons, and acceptance of homosexual relationships have dominated the media discussion about the Synod that
Every week my wife and I bring our two young children to Mass. We typically go to Mass at the same time each week. We
It seems like we rarely hear about the Song of Songs anymore. At Mass, we read from this book only a couple times of the
Thanks to the great folks at Image Books, I was able to get a review copy of a The Choice of the Family: A Call
“For this slight, momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.” 2 Corinthians 4:17. I never realized until I
May 31, 2014 – A day different from all others for me. Half asleep and running on fumes, in the wee hours of the morning, I
“May 14, 1988 is an important date for me. It was on that day I was ordained a priest. The longer I am a priest,
