Francine and Byron Pirola
One Flesh Union
It can be hard to get our heads around the amazing gift that Jesus made of himself by dying on the cross for our salvation. We…
Seasons of Marriage
Marriages are in perpetual transition, growing, evolving, and cycling through periods of plentiful intimacy and barren despondency. In many ways, these are just like the…
Spousal Gifts
It was 1985 and our whole family had gone to hear a talk by visiting Jesuit Father Charles Gallagher. He was proposing a radical approach…
Spiritual Guardians
Every person is created with a divine destiny: God created us for eternal union with him. Our earthly life is preparation for this union but…
Five Ways to Love your Man
Men and women experience love in different and complementary ways. However, a woman will generally express love the way she experiences it, not the way…
Made for Heaven
There’s a difference between marrying in the church and at the church. When we marry at the church, often it’s just a venue with no…
Brand New Grandparents
As a grandparent, or expectant one, your relationship with your grandchild comes bundled with your relationship with the parents. It can be helpful to reflect…
Overscheduled Couples
Too many marriages suffer from insufficient time. In fact, it’s possibly the single biggest contributor to marriage breakdown. There might be an affair or a…
The Charisms of Marriage
Sarah and Henry are passionately committed to growing deeper in intimacy. Following prostrate surgery that left Henry impotent, they persisted in seeking new ways to…
Self-Control to Self-Giving
We all know that people with a capacity for self-control can accomplish amazing things in life – athletic prowess, academic excellence, financial independence, social revolution…
Faithful
“I (name) take you, (name), to be my wife/husband. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and…
Family History
“When my baby sister was born with a life-threatening condition, my family became completely absorbed in supporting her for several months. As a four year…