by Patrick Hernandez | Jan 23, 2023 | Family Life, Parenting, Questions, Society
Society loves to tell us how to parent our children. But its definition of “love” couldn’t be further from what scripture teaches us. What is love? One Saturday morning when I put on Nickelodeon for my kids, I saw a commercial that could be summed up...
by Elizabeth Sala | Jan 13, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
It happens all too often. At dinner my husband, who loves Latin, will try to share his observations from a text he’s reading—Livy, Virgil, or the Vulgate. Almost like clockwork, I’ll stop paying attention, my mind who knows where until a question: “So what do you...
by Michelle C. Martin | Dec 22, 2022 | Family Life, Marriage, Parenting, Society
The best present of the holidays is quality time with your spouse. Ohhhh, Christmas time. There’s always so much to do. Wrap presents, decorate the house, send Christmas cards, bake cookies, shop for food. Sadly, I’ve known many people who find Christmas more...
by Michelle C. Martin | Nov 17, 2022 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Society, Spirituality
It’s that time of year again! Second only to Christmas, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I always loved my older siblings coming home for the holiday or going home myself for a college break. My family goes to Mass together in the morning, comes home to the smell...
by Michelle C. Martin | Oct 11, 2022 | Health, Marriage, Parenting, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
Where does my identity come from? The other day I was driving home by myself. I had taken a little time, like I do every Wednesday evening, to get away from my responsibilities as a stay-at-home mom and go to a cafe by myself to write. My car automatically connected...
