by Michelle C. Martin | Oct 22, 2024 | Church, Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Prayer, Questions, Society, Spirituality, Teachings
“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...
by Michelle C. Martin | Sep 26, 2024 | Church, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting, Society, Spirituality, Teachings
“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...
by Michelle C. Martin | Sep 3, 2024 | Family Life, Marriage, Parenting, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
This one is for dads: you won’t bear the cross, but you will help carry it as a beloved companion. A beloved companion is a great characteristic of a Godly husband. Many of my friends are preparing for their first babies, and the men often ask how they should take...
by Michelle C. Martin | Jul 29, 2024 | Church, Prayer, Society, Spirituality, Teachings
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...
by Michelle C. Martin | Jul 18, 2024 | Church, Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Society, Spirituality
Jesus calmed the storm of the sea. He can calm the storms in your marriage. Storms can be scary! We know the Gospel story where, “He got into a boat and His disciples followed Him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by...
