Destroyng the Empire of Self

Zenit today noted that the number of Diocesan priests was on the rise.
http://www.zenit.org/article-21930?l=english
As men leading our families, do we encourage this vocation? Do we provide a spiritual home in which to develop our children’s relationship with God?
Or do we expect our wives and the Church to do this for us?
Men, the shortage of vocations [...]

Having read this yesterday during the office of readings of the Liturgy of the Hours, I felt compelled to post it in part for you to share. This is an excerpt from a Sermon by Pope St. Leo the Great.
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The Lord reveals his glory in the presence of chosen witnesses. His body is like that [...]

I have to be honest.
Never in my life, ever, have I felt as judged by someone as I do right now.
Okay, the basic story is that my wife and I considered a decision to which they disagree with. Without the details it is hard for you to understand, but the [...]

I’m amazed! This morning Paul Harvey during his daily radio address that none of the Presidential candidates, fighting for the highest ranking administrative role in the world, have any administrative experience. He said, “None have ever balanced a corporate budget.” First, let’s have a moment of silence for truth in the media. [...]

So this craze is taking my family by storm. We have changed our family blog (http://familynicholas.blogspot.com/) to the Off Brand Family.
A family striving to be “set apart”, to live in the world and not of it.
Please ck out our family blog as well for family focused Off Brand notes.
Join us in [...]