I’m not one who jumps on the bandwagon when it comes to predicting the end of the world. The authority on the subject has already stated that we will not know the day or the hour and that it will come like a thief in the night. Considering the source, that’s good enough for me. But, if I were a betting man trying to read | Read More »
The word honor can take on several definitions. Merriam-Webster online provides ten possible definitions among which are: 1. Reputation, as in someone’s good name 2. Some privilege, like dining with a dignitary 3. A person of superior standing; for example, a judge 4. Chastity and purity 5. Integrity, as in honoring a commitment Honor has a lot to do with marriage as a sacrament. The | Read More »
Last night, after the children were all in bed, my wife hit me with a grand slam jackpot. She recounted what my 7 year old son had told her that very day. Out of the clear blue, without provocation or context, he stopped playing with his siblings, approached his mother and said: “Daddy sure does love you.” On face value alone, that kind of a | Read More »
For lack of a better term, a new moral majority is sorely needed. People of faith need a re-awakening to the fact that the eternal truths they hold dear in private are applicable to all of reality, all seven days a week, both in private and in public. There must be no more fear and no more diminishing of faith as a guide in private | Read More »
Many folks getting married often exchange classic vows, promising to love, honor, and cherish their spouse. Loving and cherishing are easy enough concepts to immediately grasp the basics of each. Practicing and living them are another matter entirely, but that’s not the focus of this diary. The matter of honor is. For without the bedrock of honor, loving and cherishing are made perilously difficult, even | Read More »
Why are Catholics so hung up on traditionally defined marriage? It’s the theology, good sir (I never liked the crass, Clinton use of “stupid”). The sacrament of marriage between a male and a female has implications beyond just a squishy Hallmark definition of love. Marriage enables a couple to elevate from the natural to the supernatural. It is an opportunity (if both recognized and accepted | Read More »
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