Jesus is speaking to our human tendency to worry, sometimes ceaselessly, about tomorrow, about yesterday, about the far-off future and the long-dead past. Regrets can nag us from one direction, fear from the other.
Marriage & Family Life
Where is God on your family’s calendar?
If someone found your planner on the bus or a stranger glanced at your calendar on the wall or a hacker gained access to your phone’s events, would they see any sign you were a Catholic?
RADIO INTERVIEW: That Man is You
Matt Brady is a founding core team leader for “That Man is You” since its beginning at Our Lady of the Fields seven years ago.
John Paul I and the pill: He wanted change, but accepted ‘Humanae Vitae’
On the eve of the World Meeting of Families and with a view toward the beatification Sept. 4 of Pope John Paul I, attention turned to his initial openness to softening Catholic teaching on contraception and his later support for the teaching of St. Paul VI.
Meeting looks at how families protect life, pray, connect generations
Families are called to bridge the gap between older and younger generations and defend life, said U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life.
Vatican releases suggestions for lengthier, revamped marriage preparation
Saying “superficial” marriage preparation programs leave many couples at risk of having invalid marriages or unprepared to cope with the struggles that arise in every marriage, Pope Francis endorsed suggestions for a yearlong “marriage catechumenate” drafted by the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life.
Surrogacy, pornography both threaten human dignity, pope says
Pornography is a danger to public health, and it threatens the dignity of all men and women, Pope Francis said.
A tale of two weddings
Opportunities for witness and evangelization are everywhere and all about us.
Families are path to holiness, pope says
Family life is a path toward holiness where older and younger generations can learn to live with one another peacefully, Pope Francis said.
World Meeting of Families opens June 22 in Rome and online
The COVID-19 pandemic not only caused a one-year delay in holding the World Meeting of Families, it also prompted a look at new ways to involve Catholic families from around the world and to ensure that they take the lead in ministering to each other.
Ideology obstructs beauty of family, pope says
Families play an important role in a society’s development when ideologies are not imposed upon them, Pope Francis said.
Marriage proposal in RCIA class a first for Harford County parish
Matthew Sennett, a parishioner of St. Margaret in Bel Air, chose a much less glamorous, but meaningful path for his proposal. He proposed to girlfriend, Bethany Smith, during her Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults class at their Harford County parish.