Only the Church Believes What the Love Songs Say
Posted October 10th, 2017
The Church is the last guardian of true romance. And if you think about it, pop music agrees. [Read More...]
Paper, Silver and Gold: 3 Wedding Anniversaries
Posted July 18th, 2017
It was my daughter’s first anniversary, our 25th, and my in-laws’ 50th: Paper, Silver and Gold … [Read More...]
Benedict on Being Married … to God.
Posted July 11th, 2017
God seeks to court us, and St. Benedict can give us an example. [Read More...]
Marching for Motherhood
Posted January 24th, 2017
I can’t help but recognize maternal virtues are just as important to appreciate; I live with a mother of nine. [Read More...]
Pope Francis: Divorce, Remarriage and Confession
Posted December 6th, 2016
Since age 17, he has been focused on meeting Jesus in the sacrament of reconciliation. [Read More...]
Western Civilization: The End Game
Posted July 19th, 2016
In the aftermath of the culture war, Catholics are uniquely posed to win the peace … on the condition that we are true to the Church’s teaching on marriage. [Read More...]
Tolstoy Was Wrong About Happy Families
Posted February 18th, 2016
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The famous first sentence of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina is often repeated and has a ring of truth to it. [Read More...]
John the Baptist and the 21st Century
Posted December 15th, 2015
I first became fascinated in 1977 by watching the “Advent man” John the Baptist on the NBC miniseries Jesus of Nazareth. I was 10. In the episode, Michael York jumped on rocks and [Read More...]