… it seems to touch a nerve when I try to write about personal aspects of my life in regards to dating and marriage. Which is precisely why I don’t post often on the subject or, to the best of my ability, be as vague as possible about details. Besides, this isn’t a blog about dating, or being single. Or divorced. There are much better writers on the subject than I. On more than one occasion I expressed how I... Read more

… well, not away. Just not blogging daily anymore. It’s funny. When you give thoughtful pause to what you hope to convey and desire it not be misconstrued you become more deliberate, and hopefully more considerate, of what you write. And in doing so, the obvious conclusion is that I don’t have nearly as much to say that is important enough to post with any regularity. I have a few posts I have been working on that I will publish... Read more

… the husband is the priest of his domestic church. The wife has the role of Mary. This is the way marriage was designed, it’s Rule. Any change of power or role reversal will cause am imbalance. I want the man that I am to be with to step up and accept, happily, his role as priest of his domestic church. This is why I can never be with a non-Catholic man. Or even a Catholic that does not practice... Read more

… it’s as if they vanished over night leaving nothing but the stench of Hollister and Axe body spray to linger where they once stood. Never before in my entire life has it been so hard to distinguish between a heterosexual male and a homosexual one. Boys, I call them boys because “men” does not apply, in their mid to late twenties are the strangest breed of effeminate creatures I have every seen. I certainly do not envy young ladies... Read more

… being in love is hard, period. Especially being in love with the Church. So, some days I resort to faking it. This used to leave me guilt ridden… until I had an epiphany. When it comes to my faith it helps to think of everything in terms of parenting. Example; If you were to ask me right now how much I love my son I would answer that I love my son more than anything on this Earth. Now,... Read more

… joy. What is the cause of your joy? Saint John’s Vision, Jacobello Alberegno c. 1390. Read more

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… ok, maybe not quite. translation; “My cat had acquired the wrong habit of pee in the furniture of the house, even in the bed it did once and my wife got so mad that she gave me an ultimatum, she told me that to next time that the cat was urinated inside the house I would have to choose between the cat or her, I loved both a lot and I prayed to the Virgen de Guadalupe for a... Read more

… Cezanne. Read more

… The “splendor of an entirely unique holiness” by which Mary is “enriched from the first instant of her conception” comes wholly from Christ. [CCC 492] Francisco Zurbaran, Immaculate Conception Jose Antolinez, Immaculate Conception Read more