Rarely do I attach guilt to something pleasant. Life's too short.
Rex: Great! Now I have guilt!
I don't do guilt. Whatever I do, I do it happily.
I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest.
I grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota in a proud Catholic family.
I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious.
I come from a family of Catholic Italians, and that will always be in my blood.
I'm a good Catholic girl in the way that Madonna is. In the sense that I'm not that good at all.
I've always had very catholic tastes.
I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote - where no c...
Jesus tells us: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’ (Mk 12:31). How can we love our neighbor if we can’t or won’t love ourselves, at least a little? When we hold ourselves to unrealistic standards, that perfectionist attitude can’t help but tr...
So often, even when we stop to say a blessing before a meal, we’re mentally preparing to spoon some pasta or potatoes onto our plates. We’re not usually focused on the present moment, simply placing ourselves before our food and entering into the...
Food and eating often mask our pain, our inner longing for God, for acceptance. It is key to know our motivation for eating as well as for other actions. Why do I eat? Am I tired, am I bored, am I stressed and tired? A good practice is to live in the...
Tie me up, please..." Chantal said. They looked above at some vines and roots hanging down from the grassy area above the depression in the canal they were standing in. She was in his hands—he had to comply. A little bit of kink was one of the most...
My brothers, we have a special and distinct role as Christian men, fathers, husbands, and leaders in the family, in the Church, and in society at large. If we don’t step up, we run the risk of seeing our families overrun and absorbed by the surroun...
Her mother was Jewish, but her father had insisted that she and Anne be raised Catholic. So she went to mass every Sunday as a child, received communion, went to confession, and was confirmed, but because her mother never participated in any of this,...
I am a Tamilian by geographical disposition and a Roman Catholic by faith. A very unfortunate combination, if you ask me. Because not only did I get stuck with a name like Sophia Thilagam, I was also frequently subject to the aesthetically disturbing...
I became a Catholic against my will.
I am Jewish, Italian, American, Catholic.
I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
I was raised Catholic... I fell in love with certain ideals.
