This paragraph of the Catechism of the Catholic Church describes the Three States of the Church. Those three states are; the Church Militant, the Church Suffering, and the Church Triumphant. On November 1st, we celebrate, All Saints Day. We honor the Church...
“Passing encounters are only a caricature of love; they injure hearts and mock God’s plan” Pope St. John Paul II. The other day, a friend and I were reminiscing about our engagements before marriage. I dated my husband for nearly three years and then was engaged for...
“There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just,” (Catechism of the Catholic Church). Chastity is not accepted by society today. For instance, once, I was asked, “If you never had sex before marriage, how do you know it was worth the wait?”...
“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth” Genesis 1:28. After God banishes Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, He...
Vows vs. consent, it is time to get this right! In the Sacrament of Matrimony, people often use the term “vows.” This is a misunderstanding of the definition of the word. In marriage, a couple does not, in fact, exchange vows, but instead, the couple exchanges...
Marriage can be overwhelming, but it can be Christ-centered with a little prep work! Divorce rates as well as out of wedlock pregnancies are at an all-time high. The world seems to be crumbling around us in misery and distress. Yet, the sun keeps rising and people...
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife. And the two will become one flesh” Matthew 19:5. "Man shall leave his father and mother an cleave to his wife!" My husband and I just celebrated the 4th anniversary of our engagement. I...
Every year on August 15th we celebrate the Assumption of Mary. There are three reasons God chose to bring her to Heaven in this unique manner. The Assumption of Mary is a Holy Day of Obligation in the Catholic Church. We are all obliged to attend Mass and celebrate...
“Do not forget that holiness consists not in extraordinary actions. But in performing your duties towards God, yourself, and others well” ~ St. Maximillian Kolbe. August 14th is the feast of St. Maximillian Kolbe. He was a Polish priest who died in 1941. When he was a...
Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. When Jesus saw their...