The Mystery of Life and Love

Little birdies in their nests agree. If they fight they fall out and get eaten by the cat!

Yesterday, Larry and I visited my sister in the nursing home in Frederick, MD. Traveling there and back is often an adventure, sometimes delightful, sometimes not so much. Last week our hour and forty minute trip home expanded to three and a half hours because of an accident on Interstate 81. Just saying those words, "Interstate 81," raises my blood pressure. We used our stop and start time to pray an extra rosary, especially for those in the accident, and to listen to an audio tape. It turned out one of the accident victims was the sister-in-law of friends. Fortunately, despite involvement with two tractor trailers, no one was seriously hurt, but the southbound highway was completely shut down for hours. 

Marriage: The Heart of the Matter

Since the Supreme Court's terrible ruling my pastor, Fr. Michael Dobbins, has given several homilies pointing out our own culpability in bringing about this evil assault on God's plan for marriage. It's a good time to examine our consciences and reflect on how our past (and perhaps present) sinful choices contributed to the ruling. 

There has been much discussion in the past week and a half regarding the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States to legalize same sex marriage in every state of the union. Many people rejoiced and many were outraged by the decision. As Catholics, we do not believe that marriage can be anything other than the union of one man to one woman for the totality of life. To look at this decision with anger and to be angry with the justices who rendered the majority decision is to be very short sighted. This is a decision very long in the making.

At the heart of the issue is a question: What is marriage?