"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
Yesterday, we began a guest post series from the author of SystematicChristianity.org, Matthew Grivich, on the subject of on-line Catholic dating…
In yesterday’s post, I outlined the advantages and disadvantages to online dating. Today I would like to give my suggestions as to how to use Catholic dating sites most effectively.
Today we have a guest post from my friend Matthew, the man behind SystematicChristianity.org and author of the book Rational Faith.
Before he left San Diego, Matt and I had talked about the world of online dating. I had never signed up from sites like CatholicMatch.com, so asked Matthew about his experience.
As we talked, he mentioned that he should write an article about the Catholic on-line dating scene. Several months later, as I heard of more and more of my friends using these websites, I sent him a message on Facebook asking him if he would, in fact, write something for Restless Pilgrim. He graciously agreed. Everybody, please welcome Matthew Grivich…
First off, I really appreciate David for starting the conversation on dating in the Catholic world. This is a topic that is badly (or evilly) covered in the secular media and barely touched in the Catholic media. When Catholics do discuss it, they usually spend more time saying what you are not supposed to do, instead of what you are supposed to do. Alternatively, they skip straight over meeting and dating to people who are already married.
Be it that I am engaged, and I met my fiancée (Jennifer) on-line, I am at least somewhat qualified to discuss this topic. However, your mileage may vary and take with a grain of salt. Clichés are no extra charge.
Since it was my feast day on Sunday…
“Be joyful and keep your faith and your creed. Do the little things that you have seen me do and heard about. I will walk the path that our fathers have trod before us”
– St. David of Wales
Today’s Music Monday is going to be a little be a little different… Those of you who know me or who have read my testimony will have heard me mention the name “Maeve”. Maeve is a member of the Verbum Dei community who really helped ignite my faith while I was at university in Southampton. I recently found out that, not only does she have a website, she also has just released a new album, neither of which I had heard about!
I looked around for a video of Maeve singing “Woman of God”, possibly my favourite song of hers, but I couldn’t find it 🙁 So instead, here’s a compilation video of Maeve singing and speaking Italian… 🙂
This is the last post in the series responding to Samantha Pugsley’s article about her regret in remaining a virgin until her wedding night.
Earlier this week, I wrote a couple more parts to my series which exames the story of a girl named Samantha, who remained a virgin until her wedding night, but who now regrets this decision.
So far in this series, I have spoken about the distinction between chastity and abstinence and I have also presented the Catholic vision for sex and marriage, contrasting this to the woefully inadequate formation which Samantha appears to have received.
Today I would like to begin by looking at the reasons Samantha was taught for remaining a virgin until marriage and then look at what she wrote about the road to her wedding day.
Over the last few months I discovered the website Labarum, in which the author has been going through the various claims of the popular movie Zeitgeist, and debunking its various claims. The series just came to an end. I’d thoroughly recommend reading it to prepare yourself to rebut the typical Jesus-is-zeus-recycled claims:
