You Are What You Say: What Your Words Say About You
A priest once told me each one of us has three voices within that are speaking all the time: the voice of the Holy Spirit, the voice of the devil, and your own voice. The important point is being able...
View ArticleManage Your Emotions: Don’t Let Emotions Manage You
Several years after my divorce, I explained to a friend of mine that I wanted to move past the pain of my divorce but the memories were holding me back. Something would trigger a memory of what...
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Fear Factor: Overcome Your Fear Of The Unknown
In my Voices of Hope DVD, part of the successful Journey of Hope program for divorced Catholics, there is a chapter about letting go. Letting go is often equated with forgiveness, but the two issues...
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The Mystery of Being Single & God’s Perfect Timing
Waiting for the right one to come along can be pretty frustrating, especially if you’re 35 or older. Aging and being single brings up a barrage of worries and concerns that can lead to doubt about...
View ArticleMaking Sense Out Of Losing The One You Love
Moving sales… estate sales… garage sales… yard sales. After divorce, these scenarios are quite typical whether you are wanting to rid yourself of items that bring back sad memories, or are just trying...
View ArticleOur Lives Began Again
This month marks the second anniversary of my first date with Mr. Right, the dashing widower I met on CatholicMatch.com. As many of you know, I am a widow whose life began again the day I met my...
View ArticleWhy Do You Want To Be Married?: 2 Key Considerations
“The relation between any two decently married people changes profoundly every few years… every change causes pain, even if it brings a certain joy. Marriage is a long event of perpetual change in...
View ArticleLife After Divorce: Living As Opposed To Choosing
Ever find yourself living a life that you didn’t really choose? If you’re divorced, I bet you would answer “yes” to that question. Your choice was to marry for life but it turned out to be very...
View ArticleYear Of Faith: Unique Opportunities For Single Catholics
We’ve just begun observing the Year of Faith and already, I feel a refreshing breeze sweeping through the Church. Bye, bye, modern cynicism! So long, spiritual doubt! Hasta la vista, critics of faith!...
View ArticleA Time of Peace and Grace
Last Sunday, I was a Eucharistic Minister at Mass. At the end of communion, while I was still up at the altar, my pastor asked those who would be distributing communion to the homebound to come forward...
View ArticleMirrors Don’t Lie: My Life Changing Moment
I remember well the day my life turned around. I was getting ready for work. I was a call sales manager for a local corporation and I always tried to look my best. Yet on this day, I couldn’t seem to...
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What Will You Do Differently This Year?
Do you make New Year’s resolutions? According to StatisticBrain.Com, at least 45% of the US population makes New Year’s resolutions. If you’re like me, you probably think resolutions can be made any...
View ArticleForgiveness Is Key To Healing
As we get closer to Advent and the end of the liturgical year in the Church, I like to focus on the forgiveness aspect of rebuilding your life after divorce. It seems to be an insurmountable issue for...
View ArticleThe Burden and the Blessing
I’d like to tell you a little bit about a woman named Angela. Angela had the kind of story that makes the single among us say, “Wow, she’s really lucky.” In 2003, when she was 23 years old, she moved...
View ArticleHow To Become Even More Attractive
Isn’t it interesting that the secular press can’t wait to blare the accusatory horns about how antiquated, evil, and hateful the Catholic Church is, yet as soon as the recent Conclave began, the joy...
View ArticleComing To Terms With Your Divorce
You’re too big for that, now. That’s something I have to tell my kids frequently these days as they are moving past their childhood phases into more mature years. Most recently, it was my youngest...
View ArticleSingle Catholics Must Take a Risk to Reap the Rewards
Not too long ago, I balanced precariously on my pink yoga mat in a trendy Minneapolis yoga studio. With one leg crossed around one knee and my arms intertwined, I slowly bent to the left to hold the...
View ArticleBad Divorce, Happy Future: Romans 8:28
I often hear people who are suffering through tragedies such as divorce ask, “Why would God allow this to happen?” But my question is, why do people always blame God for what happens to them? Don’t you...
View ArticleIs It Better to Marry Young?
Dear Mary Beth, I’m wondering what you think about the recent crop of articles talking about why marrying young is the way to go. I kind of can’t stand to read them because I was totally game...
View ArticleMarriage Clips: Hope for Unmarried Catholics
As part of the many valuable resources available through the CatholicMatch Institute, we are putting together an audio series called “Marriage Clips” with helpful advice about dating and marriage. Our...
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