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

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

If The Love Of The World Is In You

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Sometimes you forget the things you take for granted as a Christian. It seems hard to remember a time before the life of faith when I would ...
Friday, July 10, 2020

The Law of Unintended (Liturgical) Consequences

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A phenomenon that has long fascinated me is the oft-referred to "Law of Unintended Consequences." It is a socio-political/economic...
Sunday, July 5, 2020

Adrift and Untethered

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I read The Brothers Karamazov for the first time while staying in a shed on a horse farm in New Zealand. I had returned to Wellington t...
Friday, July 3, 2020

"The Time For Preaching and Teaching Is Over"

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I asked a friend this evening, "Do people read books anymore?" "No. They don't," he replied. "What...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

The Dead of Night

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A friend recently sent me a conversion story of a woman who had come to the faith. She wrote down her story after her confirmation as an a...
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Sunday, June 21, 2020

Throw Her Out

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If I could urge dads young and old to do one thing this day moving forward, it's this: if you watch/buy/use/consume pornography--stop. ...

Fatherhood In The Age Of Witness

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Of all the modern (hopefully, soon-to-be) saints, Fr. Hardon speaks to me the most about the perils of the modern age and the witness of wh...
Saturday, June 20, 2020

The Immolation of Christ

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In June of 1963 a Buddhist priest, Quảng Đức, doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire on the streets of Saigon to protest the...
Friday, June 19, 2020

Don't Fear The Heart

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I think there is a tendency for men to eschew the heart in favor of the mind, because the heart has feminine connotations. "The heart...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

In Desperate Need Of A Friend

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Each morning my wife and I have been praying and reading Carmelite meditations on the interior life. Since the Feast of Corpus Christi, the...
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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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