Ever since the night my husband and I had our most recent discussion about the difficulties of my being Catholic and his being Lutheran, I have been thinking (a lot!) about the “problem” of Holy Communion: that is, why aren’t non-Catholics welcome to receive the Eucharist at a Catholic Mass?
What a difficult question that [...]
Archive for the ‘Marriage’ Category
12 Aug
The Problem of Holy Communion
15 Jul
13 Years Ago….
Brian and I often go have lunch or dinner at McDonald’s for our anniversary—after all, it is where we met. But after all the traveling we’ve been doing, neither of us is exactly in the mood to either drive anyplace or eat fast food. Still, we do have to pick [...]
2 Jul
“The Mistake….” Part II
I had no idea that my husband had any interest in the musings of my blog until last night. After getting a mild version of the cold shoulder from him for a week, I finally asked him what was going on.
Well, he’d read this post, and it had made him really angry. He [...]
27 Jun
The Mistake I’ve Been Making
There are lots of them, actually.
But the one that has become glaringly apparent to me just recently is this: Here I have been praying and praying (and feeling guilty for not praying enough) for my husband to become Catholic.
I’ve been frustrated, wondered why he couldn’t see the so-very-obvious (to me and other Catholic converts) aspects [...]
15 Jun
Father’s Day, This ‘n’ That
I’m not sure there are any fathers who read this blog, but I’ll say Happy Father’s Day anyway!
My husband’s birthday always falls within a few days of Father’s Day, which means I always have to put on my proverbial thinking cap to come up with gift ideas for him. This year, it’s been all about [...]
3 Jun
Got No Rhythm
Yesterday, the boys and I had a “dance party” in the living room.
We used to do this with some regularity, especially during the year I homeschooled Urban for kindergarten. But we hadn’t had one in ages, so it seemed like a fun way to kick off our summer.
Charlie loves to dance. Probably we [...]
23 May
Considering Summer
it’s pouring rain this morning. Yesterday afternoon, I drove through a deluge to pick Brian up from the airport. He’d spent the past five days at a math conference in Arlington, Texas. I find that whenever he goes out of town, I get so used to fending for myself and the boys [...]
8 May
How Sad is This?!
Somebody found my blog today by typing the following words into a search engine:
can’t stand my husband but i’m catholic
I shared this with my husband, but he didn’t seem to think it was funny. Then I realized that the reason he wasn’t laughing is because he figured the person got directed to Epistles from [...]
27 Apr
The Last Straw
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now, you probably know about my struggles with being in a Catholic/Lutheran marriage. I attend two churches every weekend, and I even go to Sunday school at the church that is not my own. This has often been an uncomfortable situation, especially since I received the [...]
7 Apr
Too Tired to Deal: Church Stuff
So, yesterday I did the two-church thing, as usual.
Being so incredibly tired, I have to say I was pretty cranky when we arrived at the Lutheran church and discovered the nursery lady (who is a paid attendant) hadn’t shown up. I stayed with the two younger boys while Brian and Urban went in to the [...]
