Spera in Deo: the Single Life Before Marriage
For Catholics in search of a spouse, bitterness and resentment slowly start to creep in.
Death to Self – Asceticism of Marriage
They fight their battles in living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, prayer corners, offices, cars, Church kneelers and dining rooms.
Can the “Theology of the Body” Be Reconciled with the Traditional “Ends of Marriage”?
His formulations are not always very clearly articulated, but at the end of the day, he is a Thomist on the disputed questions.
The New Lectionary and the Catholic Wedding
One of the topics most hotly disputed at the synods on marriage and the family, back in those halcyon years of 2014 and 2015, was the possibility of admitting to Holy Communion Catholics who are living in what are euphemistically called “irregular marital situations” — that is, objectively adulterous unions. This dispute took its place…
Harmony out of Chaos: Traditional Marriage
I sometimes brag to other Catholics that I know the size of pants worn by the notable Theology of the Body speaker Christopher West. If you’re still reading, allow me to reminisce on simpler times.
Lifecraft: Meditative Media
Dr Cuddeback brings enthusiasm to everything from pig-slaughtering to how to deal with failure.
How Traditional are Betrothals?
In response to a recent article about the return of nuptial care cloths, one reader commented: It’s a beautiful, ancient custom. However, it was never part of the American ritual books (as far as I can tell.) Use it in France all you like, but ‘bringing it back’ in the US would be anachronistic and…
Marriage: Cross and Crown
Looking to my own experience and that of so many married friends and acquaintances, it is hard to escape the conclusion that marriage is the most difficult vocation in the world. This is not to say that it does not have its beautiful and wonderful side. It was fitting that St. Paul should compare the…
Surveying Sacraments: a Global Snapshot of Traditional Weddings
Catholic with a small c, my catechism taught me, means universal. Our Faith’s long history, unique claim to the Truth, and geographic spread make it an ideal and never-ending source of visual projects. Daniel M. Koenemann’s cheering article on the global spread of Latin Masses is one of the latest Catholic map-based projects on the…
A Convert’s Perspective on “Easy” Annulments
By an Anonymous Protestant Convert Struggling to hang in there… At one point in my youth, I gave up on Christianity altogether. It happened after I walked away from a Protestant Church that had become cult-like in its adherence to its pastor. I went looking for answers, and sought solace in things like the turgid…
How Amoris Laetitia’s Stalemate Debases Marriage
In modernity, monogamy is often defined to mean “one partner at a time” or, in other words, “anything short of a harem.” As the Sexual Revolution enters its third generation, the figures are becoming clear: a greater number of sexual partners corresponds to a lower success rate in a later marriage. Marriage as we know…