Honor your parents. Jesus did. As in all things, Christ Jesus models perfection in fulfilling the commandment to honor thy father and mother. The Catholic man finds in the life of Jesus, and in the Lord’s reverence of Mary and Joseph, a model for honoring God the Father, honoring his
reconcile with your brothers (And avoid hellfire!) I do not have any biological brothers, but I do have 5 sons. In my fraternal poverty (biological speaking), however, I have learned its value, learning through fraternal bonds with other men how important brotherhood is. And, conversely, seeing the battles and fights
deeper than censorship Scripture is abundant with admonitions to guard our tongue but perhaps the most sobering admonition comes in the Epistle of James: “Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach shall be judged with greater strictness. For we all make
The Poverty of Marian devotion Fulton J. Sheen once said that Marian devotion is so central to Catholic practice and history that one could say that being Catholic is to be devoted to Mary. Yet, we know this isn’t so. Tainted, perhaps by our Protestant friend’s views of Mary, we
Of Pickup Lines and occasional temptation There’s a classic pickup line that, I presume, was actually used by someone, somewhere. Although, I’ve only heard it in comical, cynical, or cliché scenes in movies. That line is, “What is a nice woman like you doing in a place like this?” The
WHat’s wrong with the ‘pursuit of happiness’ Classical philosophy begins with the idea that each and every man desires one simple thing: happiness. All that he does he does because he thinks it is good for him, that it will bring happiness. That’s pretty easy to agree with. The harder
Honor your parents. Jesus did. As in all things, Christ Jesus models perfection in fulfilling the commandment to honor thy father and mother. The Catholic man finds in the life of Jesus, and in the Lord’s reverence of Mary and Joseph, a model for honoring God the Father, honoring his
reconcile with your brothers (And avoid hellfire!) I do not have any biological brothers, but I do have 5 sons. In my fraternal poverty (biological speaking), however, I have learned its value, learning through fraternal bonds with other men how important brotherhood is. And, conversely, seeing the battles and fights
deeper than censorship Scripture is abundant with admonitions to guard our tongue but perhaps the most sobering admonition comes in the Epistle of James: “Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach shall be judged with greater strictness. For we all make
The Poverty of Marian devotion Fulton J. Sheen once said that Marian devotion is so central to Catholic practice and history that one could say that being Catholic is to be devoted to Mary. Yet, we know this isn’t so. Tainted, perhaps by our Protestant friend’s views of Mary, we
Of Pickup Lines and occasional temptation There’s a classic pickup line that, I presume, was actually used by someone, somewhere. Although, I’ve only heard it in comical, cynical, or cliché scenes in movies. That line is, “What is a nice woman like you doing in a place like this?” The
WHat’s wrong with the ‘pursuit of happiness’ Classical philosophy begins with the idea that each and every man desires one simple thing: happiness. All that he does he does because he thinks it is good for him, that it will bring happiness. That’s pretty easy to agree with. The harder
