Today I want to write about a topic that is of increasing popularity in our culture: cohabitation. I myself know this topic all too well because I lived it for 2.5 years. Before I met my husband, I lived with a man who was not my husband. In that time period I worked hard to …
Catholic Link: 10 Powerhouse Quotes from JPII’s Theology of the Body
I have become a contributor for Catholic Link-English. Here is my first published piece for them. It’s summer and that means many couples will be entering into the Sacrament of Marriage. If you want to give a great gift to your future spouse, then I would suggest studying a bit of Saint John Paul II’s …
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On the Woundedness of Men in Our Culture from a Female Perspective
The last few days I have watched a few different movies that have gotten me thinking about people I have known in the past, as well as the state of our culture. I am not a big TV watcher, but my body and brain have needed a break before I make the push through midterms …
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Catholic Exchange: Theology of the Body Changed My Life
Today I am writing about my reversion and Theology of the Body over at Catholic Exchange. I was raised in a Catholic home. My parents taught me that sex was reserved for marriage, but that was the extent of the discussion. They never explained why it was reserved for marriage. It was merely a “don’t …
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Abandon Ideology for the Good News: The Test is Coming
You will notice a trend on my blog that I am becoming increasingly anti-ideology. This is because I am observing a steep descent into ideology in our country and within the Church. Not the Church herself, but the people within it. This is largely destructive and causes division. Ideology is a type of heresy. It …
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The Need for Conversion: Catholic Sexual Ethics
I have decided to add another post into my current series on Catholic teaching on sexual ethics and "gay marriage". In a perfect world, all of us would fully assent to Church teaching before we professed to be Catholic. We would still sin, but all of us would, at least intellectually, assent to infallible teaching …
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Small Success Thursday: Protecting Our Children Edition
It is Small Success Thursday over at CatholicMom.com. Come share this week's small successes with us. This week was a travel week for my husband. Thankfully he is home for a while, but things get a little topsy-turvy when he is on the road. I managed to actually get some sleep while he was gone. …
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The Dangers of Modern Fiction and A Desire to Write
A desire to write is absolutely pushing itself upon me these days. In fact, writing is constantly in my thoughts like when a new romance is started. I can't explain it. It is hard to contain and hard to balance. I am the mother of a toddler, a wife, and about to become a postulant …
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Swimming the Depths 