Thank you for sharing this to the world JQ. Thou shalt no covet thy neighbor's goods. But for most unmarried women in the U.S., such behavior amounts to throwing your pearls before swine. Change ). Nothing. Do the sign of the Cross and say, "Bless me Father, for I have sinned. Pingback: A Man’s Guide to Loving a Woman – Catholic Style | LETHBRIDGE PRAY AND PLAY. Pingback: The Latin Mass and the Franciscans of the Immaculate - BIgPulpit.com. J.Q. It depends. But you don't wait till purgatory to choose hell -- you choose it here on earth by rejecting God. The sad reality is that these women married while the thrill of newness was still active; after this wears off, “servant-leadership” begins to look like a doormat wussiness in her eyes, and virtue seems more like weakness than strength. Sex. J.Q. Listen. Thank you. Good call Lianna! Beware; there are some churches which claim to be Catholic but are not. Your friends do not want to hear about your wife’s faults and you should be embarrassed for even mentioning them. ", me, as I am being "called back to my faith" after leaving the Church in 1975. – Trust the Science. See "Warnings. "The good of our soul is more important than the good of our body; and we have to prefer the spiritual welfare of our neighbor to our bodily comforts . There needs to be some solid and sobering questions asked of each other before an exchange of vows. You sound very defensive and bigoted against conservatives and religious people: why? Not your job. Why do Catholics think it is important to give themselves to God? Just close them and offer a prayer for the great reminder of all the little things that are flawed in your own person. When you actually go to confession, enter the confessional, and kneel on one side of the screen while the priest sits on the other. If both husbands and wives learned to put their relationship with the Lord before their spouse, and their spouse before themselves, the world would be a very different place. Try a book like The Privilege of Being a Woman by Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand — who just so happens to be a highly educated philosopher, theologian and former professor. She is a lady and a woman. This is the first rule of a Catholic man. You know what that means? If a certain kind of dress constitutes a grave and proximate occasion of sin, and endangers the salvation of your soul and others, it … If someone threatens her life, step up and die defending her. You shall have no other Gods before me. They’re easy to dominate. Ascension (40 days after the Resurrection), Please note that these are not all binding on all Catholics. Pingback: SPIN Blog : Tips on Loving your spouse. Thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord God in vain. The advice to read some books in common and have deeper discussions is pretty sound (including the listening part), it’s good advice for both spouses. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/0\/09\/Be-a-Good-Catholic-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Be-a-Good-Catholic-Step-1-Version-2.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/0\/09\/Be-a-Good-Catholic-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\/aid700213-v4-728px-Be-a-Good-Catholic-Step-1-Version-2.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"546","licensing":"