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Temperance In Marriage
What Is Temperance In Marriage? Temperance - the great moderator between restraint and excess can truly be a good friend in balancing and ordering our marriage appropriately. I'm sure many couples find that temperance often starts in the decision making...
Fortitude In Marriage
A Beautiful Work It's so easy to forget the things we cannot see with our eyes; the supernatural realities working all around us. Despite the fact that we encounter them regularly, we often choose to willingly ignore the angels and demons fighting for our attention....
Justice in Marriage
Justice is the virtue I have personally grappled with the most throughout my life, which is apparently a problem, because it turns out the Lord loves justice (Is 61:8). I struggled for a while in my younger years with proper repercussions for heinous sins, such...
Prudence In Marriage
What an amazing first week of the marriage workbook this has been! Prudence..whew! I was honestly surprised at how much deep conversation this chapter produced between my spouse and I, as we were the ones on the hot seat! Our main takeaway was being "present." We...
Advent Reflections – 4th Sunday
The Fullness Of Grace When the angel Gabriel came to Mary, he addressed her in a way that is pivotally significant to who she is (to God, Jesus, and us). Gabriel actually called her name kaire, kekaritomene -or “Hail, full of grace” (Lk 1:28-30). This means that...
Advent Reflections – 3rd Sunday
Who Is John the Baptist? Who is this man, who has a profound spirit of God, with which he exercises it in the desert, by calling on people to repent? The priests, Levites and Pharisees who are sent to John are all quick to question by whose authority he preaches this...
Advent Reflections -2nd Sunday
The Messengers The word angel itself means messenger, and often throughout salvation history God has sent angels to bring messages and guidance to men. But he has also allowed men; such as prophets and other holy ones, to deliver his messages and guide his people as...
Advent Reflections – 1st Sunday
Watch! Today marks the first day of Advent - the liturgical color shifts to purple as we prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ and recognize the first day of the liturgical year. The Gospel reading from Mark (13:33-37) is short and to the point. In it one...
Gospel Reflections – Christ the King
Happy Fest of Christ the King! Today I reflected on the Old Testament, when the Israelites demanded a King be put over them. Samuel warned against a King, saying that the people would be his slaves (1 Samuel 8:10-22). Still...they cried out for that slavery,...
The First Thanksgiving
Lest we forget... 55 years before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, there was a greater Thanksgiving being celebrated in St. Augustine, Florida. This Eucharist "thanksgiving," was the holy sacrifice of the Mass. Mass at St. Augustine, Fl has been celebrated for...
Gospel Reflections – Parable of the Talents
It’s hard to remain vigilant when approaching theology, but we should all be readily embracing it – and sharing it with our children and family as well. In fact, today’s gospel reminds us of exactly this: Three servants are entrusted with their master’s...
Quality Time in Marriage
One of the most important gifts I can give another human person is my time. In spending my quality time in the presence of another person, I give myself. In the context of marriage, this couldn't be more true. How often do we see two people together at a cafe table or...
