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Three Bits of Advice for Those Getting Married This Year

Three Bits of Advice for Those Getting Married This Year

It’s wedding season …  “Love is in the air / Everywhere I look around / Love is in the air / Every sight and every sound…” Pardon my 1970s flashback. Back to the matter at hand. Those getting married often ask me for advice. Here are three things I almost always...

The Pagan Cross Was a Sex Symbol

The Pagan Cross Was a Sex Symbol

Did you know that in the pre-Christian, pagan mind, the cross was actually a symbol of sexual union? Many pagan cultures recognized two lines crossing as “a symbol of life … because the figure of the cross is the simplest possible representation of that union of two bodies or two sexes”

St. Joseph Was Not a Prude

St. Joseph Was Not a Prude

With St. John Paul II’s help, I’d like to clear up a common misconception about St. Joseph, whose feast day is March 19. In a little-known address given on Aug. 21, 1996, Pope John Paul II spoke about the difficulty for many of accepting “the sublime mystery” of...

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