Pre-Marital Prayer
“They wanted to pray together, but not see each other, before the ceremony”
Tag: Marriage
Mawage
As a wise man once said, “Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday”…
“Just as priests and religious lay prostrate as they make their vows to God, we felt called also to make this act of love during our wedding. As one of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal C.F.R. chanted the Litany of the Saints, both Cristina and I laid prostrate (Cristina with a little difficulty in her dress!) as we vowed to take on the cross that we had each previously carried as singles. Lying there defenseless, we both committed our lives and souls to God by entrusting them to our spouse. We committed our dreams and goals and our past and future in sacrifice to one another”
Wise Words on Wednesday: Sex is a sin!
If I were the devil
I came across this 1993 broadcast of something Paul Harvey wrote in the 60’s:
Thanks to Mommy Life for the link.
Back on track
I recently wrote a few concluding thoughts about Jeff Bethke’s “Jesus > Religion” video. I’ve just seen a new video starting to go viral on Facebook…
Good chap, that’s much more like it.
Discerning Thoughts
As some of you know, since returning from England, I have embarked upon a period of discernment concerning the major areas of my life: vocation, location and occupation. I have been taking some time out to re-examine where I am, what I’m doing and asking if I’m where I’m meant to be…
In my early/mid-twenties I had set aside some time to specifically look at the question of ordained ministry. After getting frustrated and tying myself in knots, I received some good direction from a priest and after much prayer finally concluded that I was not being called to ordained ministry, or at least not for the time-being.
A lot of stuff has happened in my life since my mid-twenties, so it seemed like a good idea to return to this question.
The ideal woman!
The other day I was having lunch with a friend and, out of the blue, she asked me: “What’s the most important quality you look for in a wife?”
Americans! Sheesh! Whatever happened to polite conversation about the weather?!
I did have to chuckle a bit though… You see, at the moment I’m spending some time reassessing and discerning again my vocation – married life, priestly life, religious life or consecrated celibacy. Therefore, questions regarding the qualities of a future wife may well be, at this point, moot.
“She is worth far more than rubies…”
But I also laughed because of the various texts which flashed through my mind when she asked this question. One such text was from the Book of Proverbs:
“Who can find a worthy woman?” – Proverbs 31:10 (ESV)
Who indeed?! 😉
I can still remember when, at university, I was asked to be a Reader one evening and I encountered this scripture for the first time. I had to read this passage at Mass without sniggering. I won’t lie, it was kinda hard…