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

Sunday, May 12, 2019

The Spectre of Death

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I learned--inadvertently and unexpectedly by way of a second-hand tag--that a man I knew, had lived with and worked beside at The Catholic W...
Saturday, May 4, 2019

By Your Words You Shall Be Condemned

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There is a story from the East I read years ago that has stayed with me over the years. It goes something like this: "The Zen master Ha...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

UnPlanned

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My wife and I just got back from seeing Unplanned, the story of former clinic director Abby Johnson who left Planned Parenthood after eight ...
Monday, March 11, 2019

The Progressive Presupposition

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This evening I attended a panel discussion at the invitation of a friend. The title of the sponsored evening was "A Crisis of Leadershi...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

A Raggedy Faith

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When I set up in the middle of town with a "CATHOLIC TRUTH" sign handing out Miraculous Medals, I feel really really uncomfortable...
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Friday, February 15, 2019

Tradition and Charity: The Face Of Renewal

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For the past month or so my family and I have been attending Mass in the Extraordinary Form--also known as the Tridentine Mass or the Tradit...
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Saturday, January 12, 2019

Famous Last Words

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Blogging today, when you are a nobody like me, is a little like small-scale organic farming. You show up at the inefficient but quaint farme...
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019

A Wallet Full Of Memories

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As parents of three kids, my wife and I try to be intentional about carving out one on one time with our kids. Some wise Christian friends t...
Monday, January 7, 2019

The Sweet Box

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I ran across an interesting article at Crisis the other day about Japanese-South Korea relations. It touched on the controversial issue of ...
Saturday, January 5, 2019

Left At The Altar

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My wife and I were joking yesterday about how compatible we are given that we are, well, almost complete opposites. We complement each other...
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I am a happily married 44 year old Catholic father of three. I am not a professional Catholic. I am not an 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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