On Valentine’s day, communication, and not getting kicked in the nuts
This year, I revealed to my husband that I actually kind of like Valentine’s Day. This is despite all the times I told him that I hated it, it’s lame and stupid, and a made-up, over-commercialized...
View ArticleLove isn’t supposed to be efficient.
Jesus died for everybody, true. But He also died for each of us, specifically, individually, lovingly. Inefficiently. He would have died just for me. Why, I do not know. But I know it wasn’t just...
View ArticleOnly a rightly-ordered heart feels grief
e know some couples who don’t fight very much, but they don’t seem to really enjoy each other, either. They more or less leave each other alone, with a sort of low-level, courteous disdain for each...
View ArticleMaria Goretti didn’t die for her virginity
Or she wasn’t canonized just because she managed to remain a virgin, anyway. Let’s back up. When you think about holiness, do you fall into bathwater thinking? Bathwater thinking is when you forget the...
View ArticleOn complaining honestly about NFP (and other crosses)
Want to complain about NFP? Far be it from me to stop you! You could even go ahead and write a whole book about how hard NFP can be, and see where that gets you. (Psst, it’s still on sale! $5...
View ArticleFood, Love, Law, Jesus: It’s All the Same Thing
What God is trying to tell me is, “Sweetheart, why are you making this so complicated?” Read the rest at the Register. *** photo credit: Last Supper via photopin (license)
View ArticleHow about post-Cana counseling?
For many young couples, their main problem is that they simply don’t have any Catholic friends or family, and no one will know what they’re talking about if they are struggling with family planning,...
View ArticleBlessed Are the Useless
This is the connection that we need to hear over and over again: we’re not here, in this world, to get ahead. We’re not here to prove how useful we are, and we’re not here to use other people. We’re...
View ArticleUp from Unity Candles
My marriage is now an adult! It’s eighteen years old as of yesterday. Here’s a piece I wrote back in 2011, wherein I recount some of the ridiculous things that happened during our wedding ceremony, and...
View ArticleShould we smile, smile, smile?
What’s the difference between feigned joy that cult members are required to display, and a suffering saint’s determination to smile at everyone she meets; and what does it have to do with the awful...
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