by Julieanne Bartlett | Apr 30, 2021 | Calling of Marriage, Catechism of Catholic CHurch, God Author of Marriage, Help getting married, Hope for Marriage, Older Singles, Prolonged Singleness, scripture, singleness, The Ache of Singlehood, Uncategorized, Vocation
When I was in my thirties and stuck in prolonged singleness, I was desperately afraid that God had called me to the single life. This was compounded by the feedback and responses I would receive from well-meaning people I would speak to about my grief and suffering...
by Julieanne Bartlett | Feb 12, 2021 | Calling of Marriage, Dating, Devotions, Hope for Marriage, Older Singles, Prayers and Saints, Prolonged Singleness, scripture, singleness, The Ache of Singlehood, Uncategorized, Valentine's Day
This weekend is Valentine’s Day when everyone celebrates love with hearts, flowers, and gifts. I can still remember my years of prolonged singleness when I had no one to spend Valentine’s Day with. On the rare occasion that I was dating someone at the time, it...
by Julieanne Bartlett | Mar 20, 2020 | Calling of Marriage, God Author of Marriage, Uncategorized
St. Paul writes to the church in Ephesians Chapter 5, addressing the relationship between a husband and wife. He goes on to compare the relationship between a husband and a wife – marriage – to the relationship between Christ and his church. Let’s take a deep...
by Julieanne Bartlett | Feb 15, 2020 | Calling of Marriage, God Author of Marriage, Uncategorized
We know that marriage is important to God because the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) indicates that it has been given the dignity of a sacrament by Jesus Christ (§1601). In addition, throughout scripture marriage is referred to not only as having its own...
