Saturday, January 1st, 2011

According to
Webster’s Dictionary, the word “new” is defined as “having recently come into existence.” I have a question for you. Now that 2011 has come into existence, what’s really “new”? Let’s be honest here. There’s really not much that’s…
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Tags: Happy New Year!, Perpetual Adoration, Prayer
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Sunday, December 26th, 2010

Earlier this year, I handled a case for a 17 year old boy who had been involved in an automobile accident. The accident was not his fault, but the police officer found a reason to give him two traffic tickets. The boy’s mother called my office and scheduled an appointment. Prior to the accident, her son…
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Tags: Adoration, Legal System, Motherhood, Prayer, Reparation
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Saturday, November 13th, 2010

On a Friday night about eight years ago, I got myself into an argument with one of my college age children (“the college student”). The argument centered around a certain movie that I thought was morally objectionable. At one point, the college student blurted out: “Dad, most Catholics would not agree with you about this movie. You’re too extreme when comes to things like this. I…
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Tags: Catholic Boys, Catholic Families, Catholic Girls, Catholic Men, Catholic Parenting, Catholic Women, Family, Fatherhood, Humility, Motherhood, Prayer, Teenagers
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Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Webster’s Dictionary defines the word
revolution as “a sudden, radical, or complete change … a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something.” There was a sudden, radical, and fundamental change that took place in the United States during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. That change involved the complete and total…
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Tags: Catholic Boys, Catholic Families, Catholic Men, Catholic Parenting, Family, Fatherhood, Holy Family, No-Fault Divorce, Prayer, Rosary, St. Joseph, Teenagers
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Saturday, October 30th, 2010
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[/caption] About 22 years ago, during a discussion with one of my brothers about religion, the issue of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary came up. When I tried to point out the reasons why it was important to pray a Rosary every day, my brother got irritated with me…
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Tags: Catholic Boys, Catholic Families, Catholic Men, Catholic Parenting, Family, Fatherhood, Prayer, Rosary, Teenagers
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