It's been 218 (of 365) Days since we started this journey of #PrayersWrappedInQuotes! 🙏 🕯️ REFLECTION GUIDE below ⬇️😊 as you read this! Your day is going to be awesome after spending the next 10 mins reflecting! 🕯️: Today, you can continue your reflection on yesterday's quote, if you're still getting some fruit in that; or … Continue reading PWinQ #218: Family
The Husband’s Manifesto
I wrote The Boyfriend's Manifesto some years back. This is its followup. It took some time to write this because I honestly felt I'm not an expert at being a husband. A lot of people have been at this longer and have gone through much more. But I also can't deny that I've learned several … Continue reading The Husband’s Manifesto
#45: Prayer for Stronger Loving Relationship
Many of us may be going through difficulties in our significant relationships right now. This is an apt prayer for those situations. I suggest you pray this slowly and deliberately, remembering in your mind's eye the person you want to pray for and about. Prayer for Stronger Loving Relationship by Janet (from the Philippines) Dear … Continue reading #45: Prayer for Stronger Loving Relationship
#44: Home
Home is where we come as we are: "Home is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room." Because it is life's dressing room, it is also the place where we prepare ourselves for the stage. In a very real sense, we are who we are because of the homes we experienced in our lives, … Continue reading #44: Home
Love and Beauty: Meaning, Death, and Faulty Stars (Last Part)
by Pat Nogoy SJ The Beauty of Faulty Stars Despite it being a shout out to the void, Augustus profession of love to Hazel Grace is not without real meaning. Meaning finds its concrete existence in the encounter between the lover and Beloved. Meaning is the fruit of lovers revealed as beautiful in love. What … Continue reading Love and Beauty: Meaning, Death, and Faulty Stars (Last Part)
Love and Beauty: Meaning, Death, and Faulty Stars (Part II)
by Pat Nogoy SJ Infinity and Beauty It is neither the quotable words of Augustus nor the bravado he exudes that defines his rare ability to live in the moment. Even this “ability” goes beyond the labels of “gift,” “talent,” or “choice.” Beneath the exchanges of thoughts and dialogue with Hazel Grace is Augustus’ transformative … Continue reading Love and Beauty: Meaning, Death, and Faulty Stars (Part II)
Love and Beauty: Meaning, Death, and Faulty Stars
by Pat Nogoy SJ “Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.”― Confucius Life is not exactly beautiful. Being born into this world means wrestling with life’s givens. What we received from life is often measured according to our own expectations. Talents in its kinds and levels, physical appearances, family pedigrees, and cultural identities are … Continue reading Love and Beauty: Meaning, Death, and Faulty Stars
We’re Not Needy, We’re Want-y
It’s a very little thing. You can see it as merely a play on words. And yet, when push comes to shove, it’s actually a big deal when you’re in a relationship. It’s the difference between health and paranoia, freedom and obsession, between mature growth and psychosis. Some people come into a relationship thinking their … Continue reading We’re Not Needy, We’re Want-y
