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

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Let Not The Son Go Down On Your Anger

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 Like all families, we have our share of happy moments as well as struggles and discord. And like many families, I more often than not selec...
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Sunday, January 21, 2024

Housekeeping

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  Since I've been getting some new readers to the blog after the release of my book Wisdom and Folly: Essays on Faith, Life, and Everyth...

What It's Like To Be An INFJ Catholic

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I take all things with a grain of salt, including personality type indicators such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. But I do find them in...
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Saturday, January 20, 2024

Thomas a Kempis and the Modern Devotion

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The Imitation of Christ is the most widely read and best-loved religious books in the world, aside from the Bible. As early as 1450, more t...
Monday, January 15, 2024

An Exciting Announcement

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I've been writing since I was fourteen years old--thirty years now. I started publishing my writing for public consumption on the now-de...
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Sunday, January 14, 2024

"If I Die, I Die": The Illusion of Safety

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I have always been fascinated by the church in China. But many Americans may not be aware of the unique circumstances of Christianity under ...
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Thursday, January 11, 2024

The Clean and Empty Stable

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I've been working from home since Christmas, though I'm going back to the office next week. Call me old fashioned, but I'm not i...
Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Infidelity

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I have always written about my relationship with the Church as a marriage. When I "walked down the aisle" at the age of eighteen t...
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Monday, January 8, 2024

A Catholic Venn Diagram

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 Just having a little fun last night thinking about the relationship between the three "types" of Catholics in the Church today an...
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Thursday, January 4, 2024

Catechizing My Father

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It began with a text on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception: “Dad, don’t forget to go to Mass today. It’s a Holy Day of Obligation. T...
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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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