CHAPTER XXXVIII. Counsels to Married People. MARRIAGE is a great Sacrament both in Jesus Christ and His Church, and one to be honoured to all,…
CHAPTER XXII. Further Advice concerning Intimacies. FRIENDSHIP demands very close correspondence between those who love one another, otherwise it can never take root or continue….
CHAPTER XX. Of the Difference between True and False Friendship. TAKE notice, my child, that the honey of Heraclyum, which is so poisonous, altogether resembles…
Things are simply what they are. I am a subject given the faculty of reason and person-hood. I may have a difficult time with self knowledge,…
I haven’t been fully forthcoming with you, dear Readers. This blog is a stretching exercise for me. I’m not very practiced with verbalizing and sharing…
The debate in favor of the sinlessness of Mary has ranged in degrees from befitting the Mother of the Lord to a necessity for our redemption. In meditating on this truth this morning, I tend toward the latter end of the spectrum, but either way the truth of this mystery follows logically from what is revealed of God. The key to the mystery is the free exercise of Mary’s will.
The aim of creation, the end of man himself, is the love of God, Creator and Father, an ever greater love, the divinization of man,…
Love has no vice. Love has no pride. Love cannot be arrogant, or inflated. Love is all gift. To be made perfect in love is…
OK, mop in hand. Now what? Start cleaning kids; know your limitations. How to clean–where can I start? Let’s start with ourselves. Can I will…