Family Life
10 Steps to Bullet Proof Your Marriage
I’d say step number ONE is to pray together. We’re about to celebrate our 25th Anniversary, and I can personally vouch for a number of these steps!!!
1. Shake up date night: Just pick something you’ve never done before (or recently) together. Rewarding experiences flood your brain with dopamine, a mood-boosting chemical. “If your partner is present, that feeling becomes linked to him,” says Aron.
The Mystery of Israel, by Dr. Alice von Hildebrand
Well, this sure explains some attitudes that I’ve run across.
The Mystery of Isreal
Years ago, I was sharing an office at Hunter College with a very observant Orthodox Jew, Michael Wyschogrod. He is a distinguished Jewish theologian — not only did he faithfully follow the Torah, but his religion was clearly at the very center of his life. This created a deep bond between us, finding ourselves in a radically liberal university in which religion was at best tolerated, at times overtly ridiculed, or subtly undermined by insinuations such as “passé,” “mediaeval,” and unscientific. No one should be surprised that according to Msgr. Herman Heide, a chaplain of the Hunter College Newman club, 65 percent of Catholic students lost their faith by their senior year.
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How to Develop a Rule of Life: Time Management for the Soul (Friday’s Meditation)
Meditation for the Morning
Let us adore Our Lord Jesus Christ always keeping engraved, in the middle of His heart, the most holy will of His Father as the only rule of all His actions, whether small or great. Never once did He follow His own will; at every moment His Father’s will was the law of His conduct.(John 8:29) How adorable He is in this life of loving submission to the divine good pleasure! Let us render to Him all our homage with this object in view.
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Ideas and Craft for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
HT to Maureen at Halo-Works for sending me the link to this great craft idea! Directions, detailed instructions, and step by step pictures can be found here.
We came up with a craft to honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus. You can do this anytime during the month of June since the entire month is devoted to honoring His Most Sacred Heart.
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Join Me JUNE 26th in Pennsylvania!
The “Cast the Gauntlet” Conference brings together like-minded Catholics who express their fidelity to the Gospel of Life. They challenge the de-Christianization of America and the strides made by the peddlers of the Culture of death.
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