Life - simple but, always complicated!!

The Catholic Church calls marriage between a husband and wife as a vocation.   Our professional vocations; teacher, police official,  lawyer, medical professional, accountant, truck driver, business woman, chef, barber, farmer require 40 hours or more of work each week. We dedicate years of skills preparation , years of college or trade school,  and on going education to keep our skills up todate If we have a hobby such as golfing, pickleball, playing a musical instrument, dancing , tennis, how many hours do we practice to maintain or improve our skill. Now, how many hours do we dedicate to improving our marriages.  Communications,  money management,  child rearing, faith development, human awareness,  respect & kindness towards partner.  Being keenly aware that its most important to value our spouse above all others; children,  parents, siblings,  and siblings.  Marriage is more important than your job, or hobb...

Peace is wanted & preached by God, look it up in the BIBLE.  was first introduced to the JUST WAR THEORY @ St. John Fisher College  in 1978/79. Fr. Jack Murray taught a theology course " The Just War Theory " Excellent !  David French NY TIMES April 22, 2026 What fighting an unjust war really means By David French The feud between the pope and the Trump administration over the justice of the Iran war may be the most important theological debate of my lifetime. It reveals the moral bankruptcy of the war, it illuminates the risks to our alliances and it exposes the hollow core of the new right’s Christian nationalism. When push comes to shove, there’s not much Christianity in Christian nationalism. As I wrote last Sunday, it’s not unusual for popes to disagree with presidents. John Paul II opposed the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. It is unusual, however, for presidents to attack popes, especially through lies and per...

UPDATE:  Jane Pauley veteran broadcaster of TODAY show, currently the host of CBS SUNDAY MORNING.  JANE PAULEY on recognizing DEPRESSION . link Cheers to Jane. It takes a bit of time to first recognize clinical depression and treat it. Then, more time to correctly diagnose the illness as bipolar depression. A very powerful one - two punch, depression & mania or hypomania. First, you have low self-esteem, low energy, and NO motivation.   Then, everything and anything sounds fun and exciting. What do you want ? A new car , no problem   Need to go on vacation lets buy one,  two timeshares.   Out of work ? Hey kids, lets go to the Final Four  How about a week on Jersey shore ? Vegas? SF ?  New Orleans  Where were all my family ? They split, or have split, all of them.  Siblings, children. spouse....and when the storm got rough. ...