This is a post that I also published to Catholic Dads.
I thought fellow dads might be interested in a list of items on how to be a great dad from The Art of Manliness. I have reproduced just the list part, without the additional explanation. You can go to the article for the [...]
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Yesterday, I discussed how human fulfillment develops in regards to three universal needs - work, love, and God. A society can be diagnosed according to how well it hinders or fosters development in terms of these needs. It is important to realize that these ideas stem from a realist [...]
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There are three basic needs each man must satisfy for fulfillment, to achieve his potential. Freud identified two of these (though he is not the first nor is he alone) when he talked about love and work. Saint Benedict had a more complete picture with “ora et labora” [...]
Being anointed doesn’t mean having it easy.
Sunday’s readings struck me about this idea of anointing. The reading was on how David was finally accepted as King after Saul’s death (2 Sm 5:1-3). David was anointed king when he was a boy, but he did not become king until much time and pain had [...]
Two stories that caught my attention in the past 24 hours:
Marinovich arrested in Newport - OCRegister.com:
“NEWPORT BEACH - Onetime standout USC quarterback Todd Marinovich faces the latest in a long run of legal troubles after being charged with felony drug possession and resisting a police officer. Marinovich, 38, allegedly ran from police who tried [...]
When I had finished all of my schooling, I remember talking politics with my father - I think it was about welfare and helping the poor in our society. I was saying that everyone has the same opportunity and that why should those of us who have struggled and created a place for ourselves [...]
I have been reading much of the reaction that the American (and other) bishops and the entrenched liturgical establishment has to say about the Moto Proprio, Summorum Pontificum, that Pope Benedict released 10 days ago. Fr. Z has a listing of these, with intelligent commentary (far more intelligent than most of the original pieces). [...]
I have some thoughts on pride especially when found in Christians, and particularly the Catholic variety. This is the first of at least two parts.
The concept of Christian Pride or Catholic Pride is an oxymoron. I am glad I am Christian. I am grateful to God most high that I am Catholic. [...]
Tomorrow is the 4th of July. The day we Americans celebrate the birth of our nation. I have always been patriotic, and that increased after the 9/11 attacks. But what does it mean to be an American, and how does that fit in with being a Catholic?
I would consider myself patriotic, and [...]
I finally got to watch Champions of Faith. It is a DVD of Catholic professional baseball players sharing their faith and how it has impacted them in life and in the game. It intermingles baseball as a metaphor for life with real world life examples from these players lives.
Before I was offered the [...]
I would bet that many of you who were raised Catholic can remember getting the cardboard “rice bowls” at Lent (I don’t remember seeing them in a while). The nuns at my school would make sure that each of us had one. I remember sacrificing just a bit to fill that bowl.
As an [...]
Me monk. Me meander.: Public Liturgical Roles: Lectors, Cantors, Extraordinary Ministers of Communion, Cantors and PROPER CLOTHING
Check out Fr. Stephanos’ thoughts on attire at mass. It is important to keep in mind the profound reasons behind the simple things we do - like dress “up” for Mass.
Check out:Me monk. Me meander.: Spirituality and Men
This is an excellent list of Fr. Stephonos posts on authentic Christian masculinity. Highly recommended.
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At Catholic Dads, there has been some discussions on the pluses and minuses of NFP (Natural Family Planning - for those who don’t know it is an effective way to plan when children are born without resorting to artificial contraceptives). I don’t want to comment directly on that [...]
Fr Stephanos O.S.B. from Me Monk. Me Meander recommends two articles for Catholic Dads, but I thought they were worth posting here as well.
The Firemen of Sept. 11 and the Meaning of MasculinityWhat’s a real man? He’s not a bully or a wimp. He transcends his own ego, his own fears, his own selfishness, [...]
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Check out this 2003 article in Touchstone titled “The Truth About Men & Church.” It is about the role of fathers in the transmission of faith. Here is an excerpt:
“In short, if a father does not go to church, no matter how faithful his wife’s devotions, only one child in [...]
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A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of [...]
I just watched Nightline (2/22/07), and there was a report of an organization that exemplifies the culture of death and the extreme selfishness in our culture. The company, ironically, is called Abraham Center for Life. This unethical company gets select (PhD) sperm donors, matches them to attractive egg donors and sends the donated eggs and [...]
Yesterday I was writing about whether I am doing all that I should given the talents God has given me. Is this wondering about myself a manifestation of pride? Perhaps I am doing exactly what I am supposed to be, and if I was more humble I would recognize that. I guess I want to [...]
One of the things about giving up a VP job and working for yourself is that you wonder sometimes if you are a person of consequence. While there were many people below me and my decisions carried weight in determining the course of a company, it was clear that I was at least in [...]
