Religious/Personal

Have the will to take my advice, Guarendi says on EWTN

(Nov. 22, 2011) In an interview with EWTN’s Doug Keck, Ray Guarendi sheds some needed light on marital problems and their solutions in this recent interview. Some good banter here between the two of them, too.

Marriages can be made happy, says popular Catholic author

It’s No Psychobabble - Just Small Steps Toward Good Habits, Author Says

On the whole, couples want to make it work

(Nov. 22, 2011) Common sense, manners and just plain effort can do a lot to save a marriage, or make a good one better, says popular clinical psychologist and radio call-in talk show host Ray Guarendi.

Guarendi, known on the speaker circuit, brings a wry sense of humor to his books, which center on family life and raising children. He now offers ten steps to a happy marriage in his new book, Marriage: Small Steps, Big Rewards.

Guarendi finds that except for big problems, such as major psychiatric disorders or alcoholism, “on the whole the husband and wife are decent people who would like their marriage to work…. Their problems have developed over time, as they drifted apart or as life brought more stresses.”

MN Bishop Spells Out the Beauty of Marriage in Video, and Why Same-Sex Unions Are Bankrupt

In a compelling six-minute YouTube video (see below), Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul/ Minneapolis talks about the needs of the family and explains why homosexual unions are against nature and the acceptance of civil unions threatens the social order.

He warns, “Nuturing a thriving natural culture of marriage is critical for society…. Defining marriage as simply a union of consenting parties will change the core meaning of marriage in the public square….”

Great going, bishop. We hope people will listen.