Pater Familias

"Men will take up arms and even sacrifice their lives for the sake of this love….when harmony prevails, the children are raised well, the household is kept in order, and neighbors, friends, and relatives praise the result. Great benefits, both of families and states, are thus produced. When it is otherwise, however, everything is thrown into confusion and turned upside-down.” --St. John Chrysostom

Monday, August 13, 2018

"Like A Filthy Ocean"

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It rained cats and dogs this morning in our neck of the woods. I was at daily Mass a little before 7:00am when my phone blared an emergency ...

A Revolution of Saints

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I've been reading a lot--a lot--the past few weeks about the McCarrick scandal in the Church. Of course it goes deeper than this one inc...
Sunday, August 12, 2018

"All My Desire Is Before You": A Scriptural Meditation On Rebuke

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“Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray.  How painful are honest words!"   (Job 6:24-25) I've ha...
Saturday, August 11, 2018

"The Unholy Vice of Self Esteem"

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A few weeks ago I started a blog post on the topic of the sin of vainglory, based on the writings of St. John Climacus . But I got bogged do...
Thursday, August 9, 2018

A Letter From A Reader, On Contraception

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A reader writes: "I just saw you on The Journey Home . It was good stuff and I am sorry for the losses you and your wife had along th...
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

An Iron Fist In A Velvet Glove

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I was chatting with a friend recently about why certain writers and media personalities in our little Catholic world make it big. I was comp...
Tuesday, August 7, 2018

How To Find A (Good) Spiritual Director

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Someone asked me recently how to go about finding a good spiritual director. The honest truth is: I don't know. It can be very hard. I p...
Saturday, August 4, 2018

On Secret Faults

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In Adoration yesterday I had a vision--nothing dramatic, but it did seem as if it came from the Lord. I saw a man sitting on a couch, kind o...
Thursday, August 2, 2018

You Have All That You Need

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I had been a smoker and user of nicotine for at least twenty years--on and off, but mostly on. In June of 2016 I stopped, and did not use ni...
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Saturday, July 28, 2018

"Wherever The Catholic Sun Doth Shine, There's Always Laughter And Good Red Wine"

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I know there are a lot of great poets out there, both dead and alive, who have written great sonnets and painted works of art with their wor...
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I am a happily married 46 year old Catholic father of three. I am not a professional Catholic. I am a reluctant author. I am just an ordinary guy trying to get his family to Heaven, and leaving some breadcrumbs along the way. "I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone." --St. Francis of Assisi
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