Welcome to the second part of your life. St. Ignatius of Loyola considered the Spiritual Exercises to be so impactful to a person’s life, that their life could be divided into two parts: their life before the Exercises, and their life after the Exercises. While generally used to help a person make an “election,” orContinue reading “Ignatius 90: Transform Your Spiritual Journey in 90 Days”
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Lessons From the Desert: The Water Only Gets Colder
Needles stung my face and chest as the already uncomfortably cold water turned to ice.
The Morality of Natural Family Planning
Natural Family Planning (NFP) is an often misunderstood discipline. It is often billed as “Catholic birth control,” or “Catholic contraception,” but it is neither of these. When discussing the use of NFP versus contraception, many questions surround the morality of its use, especially if sex is supposed to be for procreation. When NFP is properlyContinue reading “The Morality of Natural Family Planning”
Woman; Adam Perfected
What is a woman? Woman is Adam perfected; the epitome of all creation. God made Adam in His own image from the clay of the Earth, but made Woman from Adam’s flesh and bone. She carries within her characteristics of Adam, but is her own person as well. Being the perfection of all that GodContinue reading “Woman; Adam Perfected”
A Nice Man Is Not a Good Man
“‘Then he isn’t safe?’ said Lucy. ‘Safe?’ said Mr. Beaver; ‘don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.’” The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis This may offend you, and that’s good. Simply being “nice”Continue reading “A Nice Man Is Not a Good Man”
The Measure of a Man 