...St. Josemaría Escrivá. While he had been on my radar of saints since shortly after my return to the Church, I had not read much about him or by him until 2009 ,when Joshua was preparing for the (in my honest opinion one of the best) Confirmation Retreat for the youth of our old parish. My job was to type up ...
This is post three hundred and in celebration of taking five years to get to this point I share this with you (something completely unrelated ;)) "Throw yourself into the arms of God and if He wants anything of you, He will fit you for the task and give you the strength." St. Philip Neri.
I am not sure if you all have picked up that we are what some call "providentialists" when it comes to planning our family. That means, we do not, but God does. We do not do anything to avoid pregnancy, but we do not go out of our way to make as many babies as possible either. There has to be a lot of trust in God...
"Doctrinal correctness is more important than unity in wrong teachings." anonymous
"To have a good bedroom life, you have to have a good living room life too.
""Parents will remind themselves that it is certainly less serious to deny their children certain comforts or material advantages than to deprive them of the presence of brothers and sisters." (October 7, 1979 Pope John Paul II)