Summer
Posted by Daria Sockey in Season on Friday, July 11, 2008
July
11 - St. Benedict
Pope Benedict XVI took his name after this saint who saved Western civilization. You can read Pope Benedict’s own plans at Pope2008.com.
Want to write your own family rule of life? Read Benedict’s Rule at KansasMonks.org (Click on “Our Way of Life” and “Rule of St. Benedict”) and A Mother’s Rule of Life by Holly Pierlot. $14.95, from SophiaInstitute.com
— Daria Socky
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Facing the End
Posted by Father Richard Gill, LC in Spirituality on Friday, July 11, 2008
Question
I am an oncologist and have many
serious cases of people with poor prospects of survival. I agree that it is wrong to lie to patients, but I prefer not to be completely honest with them because being the bearer of bad news is very emotional and unpleasant for us both to deal with. The news causes my patients to become anxious and to give up hope. It also causes stress to their families and... READ MORE
Love and Marriage
Posted by Danielle Bean in Marriage on Wednesday, August 13, 2008
This is the first in a series of upcoming posts. In the coming days, each of our bloggers will be posting some thoughts on marriage and we hope that you will join the conversation.
Our assignment? What three things would you tell someone who is about to get married?
Here are mine:
1. The thing that drives you crazy is also the thing you love.
When you find yourself clashing with some part... READ MORE
Marital Bliss
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Marriage on Friday, August 15, 2008
Next week, Paul and I will celebrate our fourteenth anniversary. Did I really just type that? Isn’t it just four years? I guess not because then where did all these little boys come from. Some days I can’t believe I’m no longer a newlywed, while other days I marvel that it hasn’t been longer.
Fourteen years ago, I walked down the aisle headed towards the greatest adventure of my life. I love being... READ MORE
The Tardiness Quiz
Posted by Melissa Hartog in Mind Games on Friday, August 15, 2008
Are you chronically late?
Sick of the panicked, helpless rush? Here are questions to help.
STEP ONE: Look at yourself.
Lay down on the psychologist’s couch. Your attitude toward your tardiness is the first thing to look at. Which of these statements best describes you?
A. I’m fine. I’m always at my desk before 10, in Mass before the Gospel, at parties when people are actually there and talking.
... READ MOREFrom Darkness to Light
Posted by Lisa Klewicki, Ph.D. in Features on Friday, August 15, 2008
By Lisa Klewicki, Ph.D.
Sue pulls the pillow over her head as the snooze alarm goes off again. She desperately wishes that she could stay in bed instead of facing another day. Her husband, Joe, gently shakes her shoulder.
“Get up, honey. It’s getting late.”
“I’m going, I’m going!” Sue snaps back.
Forcing herself through her morning routine, Sue looks in the mirror and wonders exactly when she got... READ MORE
Nineteen Could Have Known
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Marriage on Sunday, August 17, 2008
When I think of someone who could benefit from marriage advice, I think immediately of myself on my wedding day. Bryan and I were married exactly six years ago today, when I was nineteen and he was twenty-one. We were sure we were following God’s will for our lives, and to that extent, we were ready. But nineteen, in our culture anyway, is still very young, and if I could meet my nineteen-year-old... READ MORE
Did I Marry the Wrong Man?
Posted by Father Richard Gill, LC in Spirituality on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
By Father Richard Gill, LC
Question
I’ve been married for nine years, and we have a boy, age 7, and a girl, age 5. On the surface, I suppose, we have a normal life and everything is okay. That’s probably what someone looking in from the outside would say about us. But I find myself unhappy and I don’t really love my husband. He seems to be in his own world, and we don’t interact much except for the... READ MORE
I Beg To Differ
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
My task is to add three tidbits to the excellent and sometimes moving advice for engaged couples my colleagues and our readers have already laid out.
I can’t. It’s all been said. But maybe I can issue a friendly warning against some marriage cliches that my friends and I have found unhelpful or misleading.
1. Honeymoon, schmoneymoon. If your expectations are formed by romance novels, you may be... READ MORE
Stop and Chat
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Welcome to Coffee Talk! If you are new, here’s what it’s all about. What kind of week has it been for you? What would you like to talk about today?
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