by Michelle C. Martin | Oct 1, 2024 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
You know who you married, so give your spouse grace in conflict. Does your spouse need grace? The other day, I saw the first public post on social media I have ever wanted to respond to. I didn’t (responding to people publicly online is a bad idea) but I’ve been...
by Michelle C. Martin | Jun 24, 2024 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
Patience is a form of the moral virtue of fortitude: firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good.” ~ Catechism of the Catholic Church. Love is patient. We’ve all heard that. But patience is a very high calling. We think of patience in waiting for...
by Michelle C. Martin | Nov 3, 2023 | Church, Family Life, Marriage, Parenting, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
“Whatever is true… think about these things.” In 1942, C. S. Lewis published The Screwtape Letters. If you’re not familiar with it, Lewis wrote the book from the perspective of a demon in hell. Screwtape is mentoring his nephew guiding a soul through life. In this...
by Edmund Adamus | Oct 12, 2023 | Agapè Catholic Ministries, Church, Prayer, Spirituality
We’ve all heard time and time again of so-called “jihad” concerning Islamic fundamentalism and its ideological links to tyrannical radical Islamic terror. But “jihad” is really about declaring “war” on self – i.e....
by Michelle C. Martin | Sep 18, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Society
“Wisdom builds her house but Folly tears hers down with her own hands” (Proverbs 14:1). Earlier this week, we discussed the two types of womanhood displayed in the Bible. There is the woman of folly, represented by Eve, who tears her home apart. And there is the woman...
