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

Friday, February 23, 2024

The NIMBY Priesthood

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 Steve Skojec, for all his faults and character flaws, is if nothing else an honest man. I did appreciate his recent Substack, " When R...
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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Majoring In The Minors

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 I'm preparing to give a talk this evening at our monthly men's prayer fraternity on the virtue of chastity, and in doing so was mak...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Acedia and Ennui: The Cousins of Mid-Life Manhood

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 A few years ago I ran across a light-hearted little meme with a solidly truthful and existential nougat core. It’s a smiling little cartoon...
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Saturday, February 17, 2024

By The Work Worked

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 I had been in bed for two days. I was simultaneously gripped with a pernicious anxiousness of undisclosed character while having no will to...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Sin Before Death

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 Why do we sin? Why do we do that which we do not want to do, as Paul laments in Romans 7? Why are we even attracted to it, if it is not goo...
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Saturday, February 10, 2024

I Got Mine

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  "But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who war...
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

More Thoughts On A 'Third Way' of Christian Discipleship

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 I will be joining Eric Sammons tomorrow on his  Crisis Point podcast to speak a little about my book but also to discuss my post " T...
Saturday, February 3, 2024

FALLING DOWN and the Divorced American Male "Going Home"

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  "You think I want to hurt your family? I have a family of my own. That's where I'm going. I'm going home to see my family...
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Friday, February 2, 2024

On Suffering

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I was appreciative of Kevin Wells writing a glowing  review of my book  recently. But it put me in a weird head space. I felt dirty. I immed...
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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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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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