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2015-07-09T01:50:55-05:00

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Will Suffering Make Your Marriage Better or Worse?

Last updated on: July 9, 2015 at 1:50 am By Jennifer Fitz

Suffering is called “suffering” because it’s horrible. The amount of horror can vary from low-grade misery to unspeakable darkness, and furthermore some types of suffering are harder on a given marriage than others. In addition to objective differences — a week with a bad cold is less suffering than years of intractable scream-out-loud pain — each couple is composed of two people with their own strengths, weaknesses, and quirks, as well as their own distinct resources. Thus, for example, not... Read more

2015-07-06T19:59:49-05:00

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Is Abstinence Hard on a Marriage?

Last updated on: July 6, 2015 at 7:59 pm By Jennifer Fitz

NFP Awareness Week is around the corner, and in certain quarters bloggers are already expressing painful awareness. The topic is abstinence, lots of abstinence, and just how miserable that can make a pair of persons. Big question: Do extended periods of abstinence harm a marriage? To a certain extent it’s a moot point, and we’ll come back to that in several ways. As a recap, here’s Church teaching on sex, marriage, and abstinence in a nutshell: Sex is for making... Read more

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2015-07-04T13:21:37-05:00

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How to Protect Religious Freedom? Practice Your Religion

Last updated on: July 4, 2015 at 1:21 pm By Jennifer Fitz

I was surprised the other day to learn that the Episcopal church had just voted to allow same-sex weddings. The surprising part wasn’t the “Episcopal” the “same-sex” or even the “voted.” I was surprised that this was news. I thought the Episcopalians had decided to go this route ages ago. I had no idea — I mean seriously, no idea — that such questions were still being debated as recently as a week ago. The reason I was surprised... Read more

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2015-07-03T12:10:01-05:00

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Why Do We Evangelize?

Last updated on: July 3, 2015 at 12:10 pm By Jennifer Fitz

When I wrote on evangelization and discipleship yesterday, an old question came to my attention: How do we justify this behavior? Very specifically, I want to talk about something that bothered me my from my tour through Protestant Evangelical world, and that I think is a reason many Catholics view “evangelization” with skepticism. Think, for example, of this illustration I gave in my previous post: And then, get this: After the mature Catholic hits “play” on the DVD, he or... Read more

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2015-07-03T06:31:55-05:00

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Want Religious Freedom? Ditch the Assembly Line and Start Raising Mature Catholics

Last updated on: July 3, 2015 at 6:31 am By Jennifer Fitz

So my How to Prevent Same Sex Couples from Suing Us post garnered reactions pretty similar to all my other what if we did what the Church says we should do posts about catechesis (a smattering linked below). The three main reactions are: Nice idea, but priests have too much work as it is. Nice idea, but how exactly do we make this happen? Um. What?? But to give you an idea of how far off the cliff the Church has already... Read more

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2015-07-02T12:17:21-05:00

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How to Make Sense of Pope Francis News, This Saturday on Outside the Walls

Last updated on: July 2, 2015 at 12:17 pm By Jennifer Fitz

Yesterday I had more fun than a person should be allowed to have before 10AM, recording my contribution to the July 4th segment of Outside the Walls with Timothy Putnam. The topic was my blog post on Weird Things Pope Francis Says. What you get if you tune in Saturday morning: Tim & I talking about communication styles, and how that affects our reading of the Bible, the Pope, and Everything. (Evangelization is a nice slice of the Everything.) The... Read more

2016-10-26T12:28:19-05:00

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Flag Frenzies, Social Media, and the Demise of Human Rights

Last updated on: October 26, 2016 at 12:28 pm By Jennifer Fitz

June was a busy flag month, and I’m concerned it’s costing us our humanity. In the wake of the SCOTUS decision overturning state marriage laws, Facebook broke out in rainbow flags, and if you run in the circles I do, you saw a rash of yellow-and-white Vatican flags pop up in reply. So be it. People like their flags. But something more nefarious seems to be happening: People are becoming their flags. We have become such a symbol-heavy culture that we... Read more

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2015-07-01T10:59:04-05:00

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10 Things Christian Kids Need to Prepare for an Uncertain Future

Last updated on: July 1, 2015 at 10:59 am By Jennifer Fitz

In a private conversation Elizabeth Scalia posed a question, and I’m going to paraphrase it wildly: If you are the parent of young children, are you afraid for what the future holds for them? It’s a question people are answering this week whether it’s been asked or not: What does the future hold for faithful Christians in a culture that despises our faith? My answer is, very bluntly, is that whenever I’ve had my head on straight, I’ve always been terrified... Read more

2015-06-24T11:46:37-05:00

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Gay Marriage, Slack Parents, and Religious Ceremonies: An Even Simpler Solution

Last updated on: June 24, 2015 at 11:46 am By Jennifer Fitz

The usually sensible Fr. Longenecker proposes that the Catholic Church get out of the civil marriage business as a way to avoid being forced to officiate at same-sex ceremonies. There is a much simpler solution: We could decline to offer Catholic wedding ceremonies to couples unless at least one of the two is a practicing Catholic. We already try to do this, witness the massive hoops that Catholic couples are forced to jump through in order to get a church... Read more

2015-06-24T20:47:12-05:00

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Six Months ‘Till Christmas: Feast of John the Baptist

Last updated on: June 24, 2015 at 8:47 pm By Jennifer Fitz

I had this long rocky relationship with the Liturgy of the Hours, which finally came to a peaceful resolution when the breviary and I admitted that really what I want is the Office of Readings. Turns out it doesn’t matter how many helpful people suggest Morning, Evening, or Night prayer as the ideal place for beginners to start, what I need is the Geek Hour. Some people use their feelings to stir up their intellect, I use my intellect to stir up... Read more

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