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Reintroducing the Institution of Courtship

July 23, 2017

In our last post we discussed the purpose of intentional dating is for a couple to gradually and chastely come to know and trust...Read more

Purposeful Dating

July 16, 2017

Flourishing marriages and family life are a central concern for the new evangelization. However, we are living at a time where both are at...Read more

Sex and the Human Person: Part V

Consummation

July 9, 2017

This series has made its purpose to demonstrate that human sexuality is rooted in the order of creation because both creation and the human...Read more

Sex and the Human Person: Part IV

Complementarity

July 2, 2017

Thus far we have seen that the order of creation reflects its Source--the Trinitarian God. More to the point of sex difference, the cosmos...Read more

Litany of Humility

Cardinal Raphael Merry del Val (1865-1930)

June 26, 2017

O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, hear me.

From the desire of being extolled, deliver me, Lord Jesus.

From...Read more

Sex and the Human Person: Part III

Sex Differences

June 25, 2017

An indication that our understanding of masculinity and femininity have become confused is the confusion that surrounds the terminology. In the last couple of...Read more

Sex and the Human Person: Part II

Sex in Creation?

June 18, 2017

We can say that there is sex in the fabric of creation if we speak analogously. Human complementary sex differences reflect universal, cosmic principles...Read more

Sex and the Human Person: Part I

The Problem

June 11, 2017

St John Paul II’s theological emphasis and his pastoral focus were motivated by his concern that modern society had gravely distorted the meaning of...Read more

A Tale of Two Freedoms

Freedom for Excellence versus Freedom of Indifference

May 28, 2017

The late Father Servais Pinckaers, O.P., was a Belgian Dominican described as one of the leading moral theologians in the Thomist renewal of moral...Read more