When I first heard about Netflix’s controversial new show 13 Reasons Why, the charge that it glorified suicide and encouraged copycat behavior was enough for me not to want to watch it. Then my brother, whose judgment I trust, urged me to watch it because of how insightfully it portrayed the lives of most modern teenagers.…
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Lenten Intentions
Ash Wednesday came and went and thus began the liturgical season of Lent. Every year I see people create short term, personal goals for themselves during Lent. Similar to New Years except these goals are only for 40 days and should focus on improving your relationship with God.…
He Created Them Male and Female and Blessed Them
“Man and woman were made ‘for each other’ … He created them to be a communion of persons, in which each can be ‘helpmate’ to the other, for they are equal as persons and complementary as masculine and feminine.” (CCC 372)
Pope Francis recently made a few remarks about women in which he tried to describe the phenomena that I observed over and again when I was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
…Rick Warren on Sex and Marriage
Famous evangelical pastor Rick Warren spoke at a conference at the Vatican on sexual complementarity last November. I recently came across this interview he did from Rome with Raymond Arroyo on EWTN.
I’m delighted with Rick Warren’s willingness to build bridges with the Catholic Church. …
God Is in the Ordinary by Richard Rohr
The great idea of the biblical revelation is that God is manifest in the ordinary, in the actual, in the daily, in the now, in the concrete incarnations of life. Our experiences of ordinary life will transform us if we are willing to experience them fully.…
Merry Christmas and “the Word was made Flesh”
In the first chapter of Luke’s Gospel we hear the Angel Gabriel say to Mary, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.…
A Man, the Woman He Loved and a Battle of Two Wolves
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Mt 5:27-28)
When I was a boy, my grandparents lived just down the street, and my brothers and I would visit them almost every day.…
A Family-Friendly Guide to Sex Education
Written By: Leila Marie Lawler
“How do I answer my children’s questions about what they hear on the news?” “How do I parent in a post-Obergefell world?” “My childhood was far from innocent. How do I raise my children?”
Parents want answers: I’m writing here to propose a few thoughts on human nature and to suggest some reading that puts parents in touch with the mind of the Church on the subject of sex education.…
JPII & TOB ON COSMO’S SNAPCHAT?!
JPII & TOB ON COSMO’S SNAPCHAT?!
You are never going to believe this. Guess what COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE posted on Snapchat! A THEOLOGY OF THE BODY REFERENCE.
Get this. Cosmo’s Snapchat Story featured an article titled, “I’m waiting until marriage – This is what my dating life is like”
Way to go, “Sara*, 22”!…
Science, Faith…and Love
Steve, a scientist, attended a class I taught for parents of students in our Religious Education program. One day I opened up the class by asking if any of them had a question or comment they cared to share.
Steve soon let it be known that he was struggling with his faith and said, “As a scientist I collect data, then observe and measure it.” After he and I spent some time discussing what science can and cannot do, we agreed on a number of points.…
