I do not regret this year coming to a close. For me, 2013 will always be the year when my beloved son, Lawrence C. McClarey, died at
“Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.” (Mk 10:15) Children can be
[This article is the third in a continuing series on Humanae Vitae. Last time I examined the question of what the Church means by responsible
In his December 1 Angelus message, Pope Francis called the season of Advent \”a journey towards the horizon of hope.\” I want to tell you
Although I am a mother of nine and a grandmother to two other little ones, my first encounter with my third grandchild startled me. I
“The meaning of the body is in some way the antithesis of Freudian libido. The meaning of life is the antithesis of the hermeneutics \’of
“God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” – Genesis 1:27 A couple
It is odd sometimes. I am living what some of my Catholic-mom-friend peers might consider their worst fears. They treasure their marriages and the spiritual
Once upon a time in colonial America, there was something called a “lying in” period. This was the time, typically a month or so, following
I hate the fact that I have to change the radio stations that keep playing the song “Same Love” by Macklemore. What bothers me most
[This article is the continuation in the Kevin Aldrich\’s Humanae Vitae series.] The moral evil of intentionally separating the unitive sexual act from its procreative
Have you ever read a book where you find yourself talking out loud in response to what you\’re reading? Simcha Fisher\’s The Sinner\’s Guide to
Transmitting human life is serious business. Not only that, transmitting human life is a *most* serious business. Pope Paul VI says in the opening line
If someone asked me for a short summary of Blessed Pope John Paul II’s Catecheses on Human Love (Theology of the Body), I would probably
“Everyone should be able to experience the joy of being loved by God, the joy of salvation! It is a gift that one cannot keep
[This article is the first in a series on Humanae Vitae: Fatherhood.] Pope Paul VI’s widely rejected, and even ridiculed 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae is
My husband wrote what I consider to be an excellent letter to our parish the other day, and he gave me permission to post it
Popular blogger Simcha Fisher’s first book, The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning, became a bestseller overnight after Fisher accidentally published the e-book a month early.
A few of the skirmishes continue, perhaps, but isn’t the war against so-called “same-sex marriage” effectively over? Aren’t we Catholics on the losing side of
The past six months have been some of the hardest months of my life. I used to think that the months that I was in
In August we celebrated our oldest son’s graduation from high school. You might be wondering why we waited until August to celebrate. Because we homeschool
In my work with newly bereaved families (in perinatal death) and in my life experiences of suffering, I have seen a strange dynamic over and
