Amazing Strength, Amazing Results
Posted by Danielle Bean in Marriage on Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Imagine that your husband comes home one day and announces, “I don’t love you anymore. I’m not sure I ever did.”
How many of us would have the strength, wisdom, and self control to not become angry and emotional? How many of us us would have the perspective to see that hurtful actions are sometimes a symptom of a man who is hurting?
Well that’s just what writer Laura Munson managed to do. In the end,... READ MORE
All Out of Tears
Posted by Danielle Bean in Marriage on Thursday, July 09, 2009
Sarah drove her kids home from soccer practice in a rage. Hot tears stung her eyes and she wiped at them furiously.
In the backseat, the kids paid no attention. In recent months, they had become accustomed to seeing their mother in tears.
Sarah hadn’t always been a weepy mother. In fact, she was an exceptionally smart, strong, and capable woman. She and her husband David were both high-powered attorneys... READ MORE
Pseudo Marriage
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Thursday, May 21, 2009
Two weeks ago I highlighted Bishop Thomas Tobin’s educational and motivational column on same-sex marriage.
I admit I was surprised that several readers took the bishop to task saying they couldn’t see what the big deal was.
Originally I was going to respond in comments by linking to a couple of columns (here & here) I’ve written for the magazine on the topic and let it go.
But since the issue... READ MORE
Stolen Dreams
Posted by Kate Wicker in Marriage on Thursday, April 02, 2009
By Kate Wicker
During their two-year courtship, Henry Markston stole Cecilia’s heart. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the first or the last time he would steal something. More than 20 years into their marriage, Cecilia would discover that her husband harbored a secret that would tear at the very fabric of their life and marriage.
For Henry, college was more than a rite of passage, a time for broadening... READ MORE
Alimony Payback Time
Posted by Father Richard Gill, LC in Spirituality on Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Question
My daughter has been divorced for five years. She left her husband because he took up with another woman, to whom he is now married. He has been paying child support for their three children regularly. The divorce was very bitter and the children suffered a lot. One day he contacted her and claims that he has inadvertently been overpaying and demanded $25,000 to be returned right away. He... READ MORE
The Pope Gets It
Darkness and light complement each other. Even a grape, in order to ripen, does not only need the sun but also the rain, not only the day but also the night.
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Monday, June 30, 2008
Each summer the Holy Father meets with diocesan priests in the region where he vacations, and the Vatican publishes the Q&A sessions that result. In anticipation of this summer’s edition, here’s an excerpt from 2006, in which the Holy Father speaks of how to revive marriage as an institution. His full answer is marvelous, but I thought you’d appreciate this especially. The Pope describes an encounter... READ MORE
