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07/23/2025

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TAKING UP OF THE CROSS IN MARRIAGE

According to Croatian tradition, when a couple gets married, the priest doesn’t tell them that they have found the perfect person. On the contrary! Instead, he says to them: "You have found your cross. It is a cross to love, to carry it with you, a cross that is not to throw away but to treasure."

In Herzegovina, the Cross represents the greatest love and the crucifix is the treasure of the house.

When the bride and groom enter the church on their wedding day, they carry a crucifix with them. The priest blesses the crucifix. When the time comes to exchange their vows, the bride puts her right hand on the crucifix and the groom puts his hand on hers, so that both hands are joined together on the crucifix.

The priest covers their hands with his stole as they exchange their vows, according to the rite of the Church, to be faithful to each other, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, till death do them part.

Then, instead of kissing each other, the bride and groom kiss the crucifix. Those who witness the ceremony understand from it that if one of them leaves the other, he or she leaves Christ on the Cross.

After the ceremony, the newlyweds bring the crucifix to their home and put it in a place of honor. It will forever be the point of reference and the place of family prayer. In times of difficulty, the family do not go to the lawyer or the psychiatrist, but kneel down together before the crucifix in search of help from Jesus Christ. They kneel down and maybe even cry and open their hearts asking the Lord and each other for forgiveness. They go to sleep with peace in their hearts because they have received forgiveness from the only one who has the power to save.

Husband and wife will teach their children to kiss the crucifix every day and not to go to sleep like pagans, without first giving thanks to Jesus. They know that Jesus is holding them in His arms and there is nothing to fear.

H/t Toby Kenobe

07/21/2025

Natural Family Planning supports the beautiful mission of marriage—helping couples live fully, faithfully, and fruitfully in love.

As St. John Paul II reminds us in Familiaris Consortio: “The sacrament of marriage takes up and reproposes the task of defending and spreading the faith... and makes Christian married couples and parents witnesses of Christ... missionaries, in the true and proper sense, of love and life.”

Through NFP, couples become signs of hope—living God’s design and witnessing to a love that gives life, trusts deeply, and builds the future.

07/05/2025

Locals…you should go for a fun evening!

Movie Night with Deacon Rob, this Thursday! DM us for further details.

07/03/2025

You need your menstrual cycle to be healthy. It's not just about fertility — ✨ A natural menstrual cycle helps:

- Support brain growth and neuroplasticity
- Regulate mood and reduce inflammation
- Maintain healthy communication between the brain and ovaries

Your brain and hormones need each other.

Hormonal birth control can:
- Decrease serotonin (mood regulator)
- Raise SHBG levels (making natural hormones less available)
- Shrink the hypothalamus (key for mood, s*x drive, appetite & sleep)

Many women experience:
- Mood swings or depression
- Brain fog or "numbness"
- Loss of connection with their emotions

Your body knows the difference between natural and synthetic. When you ovulate naturally, your brain:

✔️ Builds cognitive resilience
✔️ Maintains neuroplasticity
✔️ Prepares for future stress
✔️ Stays in sync with your mood and body

🩸 A real period = a signal your brain is doing what it’s meant to do.

Want to get off the pill? DM us or comment "PILL" and we'll take it from there.

Want to learn more? Check out our article on the topic here: https://naturalwomanhood.org/reasons-women-need-periods-the-role-of-the-menstrual-cycle-in-brain-health-development/

06/27/2025

"Marriage should be a reflection of our life in Christ. By dying on the Cross, Jesus enters into all of our hurt. When we suffer, we can confidently turn to him who is suffering with us and for us, standing against the evils afflicting us. God is always “on our side” (Ps. 118:6, Rom. 8:31-39). He is always willing our happiness, and he remains the best of companions and supports in all of life’s trials (see 1 Pet. 5:7). Following him isn’t always easy. But neither is it a life of drudgery and pain—for his yoke is easy and his burden light (Matt. 11:28-30).

So yes, perhaps marriage isn’t easy. But that doesn’t mean it’s hard. Marriage is meant as a source of refreshment, bringing the joys of love to the inescapable cares of life. It takes work, it has bumps on the way, but it’s ultimately a source of happiness, and not an endeavor of misery.

This is an attractive picture of marriage, indeed. And one that should inspire many to pursue it."

06/25/2025

"Marriage should be a reflection of our life in Christ. By dying on the Cross, Jesus enters into all of our hurt. When we suffer, we can confidently turn to him who is suffering with us and for us, standing against the evils afflicting us. God is always “on our side” (Ps. 118:6, Rom. 8:31-39). He is always willing our happiness, and he remains the best of companions and supports in all of life’s trials (see 1 Pet. 5:7). Following him isn’t always easy. But neither is it a life of drudgery and pain—for his yoke is easy and his burden light (Matt. 11:28-30).

So yes, perhaps marriage isn’t easy. But that doesn’t mean it’s hard. Marriage is meant as a source of refreshment, bringing the joys of love to the inescapable cares of life. It takes work, it has bumps on the way, but it’s ultimately a source of happiness, and not an endeavor of misery.

This is an attractive picture of marriage, indeed. And one that should inspire many to pursue it."

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/is-marriage-supposed-to-be-hard?fbclid=IwY2xjawKAkOtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFVSkh2UlUzbTB1QjVWSHB5AR71ardKfYAtuAeAV4XobosYsPrqEtpIpWilG9xJU9zcjHIOB2biDe8DU7PGDw_aem_sg_FYw08DXwCC65fCjGGfA

How we talk about marriage matters. And we can be honest about marriage without utterly discouraging everyone to pursue it.

06/23/2025

06/23/2025

Deep thought of the day...

💒Marital love reflects the love of Jesus on the cross. Theology of the Body helps us understand this better.

06/20/2025

Said a prayer for each of you today.

Holy Family, pray for us🙏🏻❤️

06/19/2025

🌸Deep thought of the day!🌸
💕Life-giving love!💕

06/17/2025

In the Theology of the Body, St. John Paul II continually affirms the "reciprocal complementarity" of masculinity and feminimity essential to marriage and s*xuality and the "spousal meaning of the body".

06/16/2025

With the celebration of Father's Day and the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity fresh on our minds, this quote is so meaningful.