https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly For over 20 years, online dating has grown in popularity and is now one of the top ways couples meet. However, some single people, particularly those who are seeking a spouse with strong faith and values, are getting tired of dating apps and trying to meet in person again. […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly “If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them. Let us open wide our hearts. It is joy which invites us. Press forward and fear nothing.” – St. Katherine Drexel

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly In my book and elsewhere, I usually write about how to meet more people, get more dates, and enter a marriage-minded dating relationship. Today, though, I’m going to share some advice for when that relationship doesn’t go so well. Before I got married, I went through three main breakups […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly There are many things that I wish I knew when I was younger. One of those is that a man’s primary core need is to be respected. Women desire to be respected too, but men equate love with respect. To them, to be respected is to be loved. I […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly “It didn’t come with a manual.”I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard a guy say that about marriage and fatherhood.But it is true…and it is a hard truth.  The two most difficult “jobs” for a man—being a husband and a father—commence with little to no […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly “It didn’t come with a manual.”I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard a guy say that about marriage and fatherhood.But it is true…and it is a hard truth.  The two most difficult “jobs” for a man—being a husband and a father—commence with little to no […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said,“Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law?How do you read it?”He said in reply,“You shall love the Lord, your God,with all your heart,with all your […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Do you desire to have a lifelong Catholic marriage? In the twenty-first century, that is a tall order. How can we be sure if we are dating someone that if we marry we will be able to persevere? How important is that perseverance thing? For a Catholic—indeed for any […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly “The true measure of loving God is to love Him without measure.” –St. Bernard of Clairvaux

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly I kept my faith to myself for the first ten years of my marriage. My husband was an atheist, and although he came to Mass with me, he didn’t really get it, nor did he really want it. His questions felt like challenges to my faith, and it saddened […]

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https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly “Who do you want to love, if you do not want to love Jesus?” –St. Gemma Galgani Image: Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly “The human heart is not shaped like a valentine heart, perfect and regular in contour, it is slightly irregular in shape as if a small piece of it were missing out of its side. The missing part may very well symbolize a piece that a spear tore out of […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Find the first part in this series on Loving Your Wife HERE. Before we can go into specifics about how to transition from lust to love with your wife, let’s examine why developing a look of love – with your eyes and your heart – is so important for […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly So how does one practically move from lusting after one’s wife to learning how to love her? Warning: this is not a simple list, but takes a lot of grace, humility, and effort. Buckle your seatbelts, gentlemen. 10 Ways To Love Your Wife (And Stop Lust) So there you […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly “Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.” – Saint Mother Teresa Of Calcutta Learn More From Mother Teresa Who Taught Mother Teresa To Be A Person Of Virtue? The Spiritual Journey Of St. Mother Teresa Illustrated! Mother Teresa: Come Be My […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly “What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.” […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Recently, a student showed me the days-long conversation she’d been having with her Snapchat A.I. assistant. She felt ambivalence about how “creepy” it was, but she couldn’t stop engaging with it. No matter what she asked, a reply instantly blinked onscreen. Yet it gave more than just information; the […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Gentlemen, have you ever had your wife completely turn down your advances, seem completely disinterested in your attempts to woo her, and instead be totally annoyed with you? If your answer is yes, then you’re meant to read this. Why might she be reacting in this manner? The answer […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Jesus said to his disciples:“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.Remain in my love.If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,just as I have kept my Father’s commandmentsand remain in his love. “I have told you this so that my joy may be […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Growing up, I always thought I had a solid family unit. My parents were youth leaders in our small Methodist church and my Dad was a fireman/paramedic in our small town. We were just a normal and faithful family. This is why I was shocked when, as a 19-year-old […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly The longing for genuine connection and community has never been more pronounced. Building and nurturing community is an essential endeavor in response to Christ’s call to discipleship.    The quality of a community is reflected in the quality of communication among its members. If we want better community, we must […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly If you truly want to help the soul of your neighbor, you should approach God first with all your heart. Ask Him simply to fill you with charity, the greatest of all virtues; with it you can accomplish what you desire. – St. Vincent Ferrer

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly There are Catholics who marry Catholics and who live a wonderful life. There are Catholics who marry Catholics who end up in divorce. There are Catholics who marry non-Catholics who lose their faith. And there are Catholics who marry non-Catholics whose spouses convert and live happily ever after.  All […]

https://www.facebook.com/catholiclink.org/ Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly More young adults than ever doubt they can find real, lasting love. In today’s throw-away culture, a “forever love” that can endure the ups and downs of life can seem unrealistic, even unattainable. Yet, we all feel a deep need for love. In fact, scientific research indicates that the […]