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Here are this week’s must-reads:
+ St. John Chrysostom said, “A good marriage is not a matter of one partner obeying the other, but of both partners obeying each other.” Maybe an easier word for that is serving — serving one another. Here’s how he explains it:
“When we speak of the wife obeying the husband, we normally think of obedience in military terms: the husband giving orders, and the wife obeying them. But while this type of obedience may be appropriate in the army, it is ridiculous in the intimate relationship of marriage. The obedient wife does not wait for orders. Rather, she tries to discern her husband’s needs and feelings, and responds in love. When she sees her husband is weary, she encourages him to rest; when she sees him agitated, she soothes him; when he is ill, she nurses and comforts him; when he is happy and elated, she shares his joy. Yet such obedience should not be confined to the wife; the husband should be obedient in the same way. When she is weary, he should relieve her of her work; when she is sad, he should cherish her, holding her gently in his arms; when she is filled with good cheer, he should also share her good cheer.” (On Living Simply: the Golden Voice of John Chrysostom) // More on marriage below!
Here’s what’s featured in my newsletter, The Collection, this week… I shared a handful of pieces for upcoming feast days. You can sign up for The Collection here.
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+ “Marriage is the groundwork of where you become a saint.” — Dan & Stephanie Bourke
+ “Marriage is about taking the low road. About (seeking to serve). Asking every day: how can I best love you today?” — John Delony
+ “Marriage is a daily sacrifice, lived out in the domestic church as the Holy Mass is offered daily on the altar. Just as (the enemy) tries to drive a wedge between Christ and His Bride the Church, he will try to drive a wedge between the husband and his wife. Here are some antidotes…” — Ginny, Laetare
+ “Turn your eyes incessantly to she, who is the Mother of Sorrows and also the Mother of Consolation, who can understand you completely and help you. Looking to her, praying to her… your anguish (may) change into hope, and your grief into love.” — St. JP II
+ “The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross… is the Exaltation of Love.” — Dr. Tim Gray
+ “You are an image-bearer with work to do, not a work-doer with an image to maintain.” — Ian Simkins
+ “At the end of her life, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity had one message for her spiritual mother: Let yourself be loved. And it is her wish for you, too. For the woman who is weary of doing it all: Let yourself be loved… ” — Claire Dwyer
+ “Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant.” — Ecclesiastes 11:4
+ “Whether you are single or married, young or old, painting the reality of God onto the walls of your home will be one of the great works of your life. People long for holy shelter: a safe place of comfort that values and preserves all that is good and offers solae from all the pain life’s issues can bring.” — Sally Clarkson
+ “September is the month of Our Lady of Sorrows. There are Seven Sorrows of Our Lady, and I highly recommend that you take some time today to reflect on them and I encourage you to take up the devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady (there are some incredible promises attributed to this devotion, such as: “I will console them in their pains and I will accompany them in their work.” and “I will visibly help them at the moment of their death—they will see the face of their mother.”) Our Lady suffered deeply, and she is there to help us in our times of suffering!” — Mystical Rose Photography
+ “In books, we seek God; in prayer, we find Him.” — Padre Pio
Here are the fashion finds
in this week’s Collection:
