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"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

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Purgatory And Christian Charity

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  A friend recommended a film to me, Purgaotry (2021) by a Polish Catholic director, which my wife and I plan to watch this evening. I will...
Sunday, July 3, 2022

Courage Is A Gift Of The Holy Spirit

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In our dining room hangs a printed photograph, Aid From The Padre  by Héctor Rondón Lovera. You can see it for yourself, here: Navy chaplain...
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Friday, July 1, 2022

How Do You Talk Someone Off The Ledge?

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  Though I have thought about staffing a suicide hotline as a volunteer, I don't think I could do it. I wouldn't know how to answer ...
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Do Men Need Other Men?

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Every now and then I will hear a story of an old lady who lives alone who passes away. Sometimes it is days or weeks before the super gets w...
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Thursday, June 30, 2022

Get Off My Island

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 "The Island" is a 2006 Russian biographical film about a 20th century Eastern Orthodox monk. Pyotr Mamonov, who plays the lead c...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Some Thoughts On The Trades

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I have worked in the field of higher education for the past twelve years. Like most people in the admissions and enrollment management field...
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Monday, June 27, 2022

The Two Lungs of the ProLife Movement

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Pope St. John Paul II described the unity of the Church, saying, “The Church must breathe with her two lungs!” Here, he speaks of the mutual...

Why Do I Write?

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There was a song in Good Will Hunting by Luscious Jackson titled "Why Do I Lie?" It's catchy, I like it, and I liked the movi...

On The Lack of Solace And Comfort

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"It is not hard to spurn human consolation when we have the divine. It is, however, a very great thing indeed to be able to live withou...
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Sunday, June 26, 2022

Why Are You Here?

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For some reason today I really felt the weariness of Elijah the man of God, in reading 1 Kings 17-19.  In chapter 17, Elijah proclaims a dro...
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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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