When the Feelings Disappear
A young couple recently asked me what it might mean if their dating relationship lacked the feeling of being in love. Was it a sure sign that they were not meant to be together? What should they do? I will speak, as I always do, from my own personal experience. I have...
Mercy Makes You Merciful
All of us have someone in our lives that we struggle to love. Maybe they have wounded us deeply by their words or actions, and we find it impossible to forgive them. Every time we see them, anticipate that we will see them or hear their name, we become tense and...
Are You The Older Brother?
Famously known as the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Luke 15 tells the story of a repentant son to his merciful father. We can all see ourselves in the sinful yet contrite son and God the Father in the forgiving father. But, how many of you see yourself in the older...
How Do You Know When You Have Met the One?
It was 6th August 2014. I was sitting in Sr Moira De Bono’s Marriage and Sexuality class at Notre Dame University. My phone buzzed in my pocket. It was a random number, so I hit the silence button and casually put the phone back in my pocket. At the next break,...
Is It Normal To Yearn For Affection From A Young Man?
A young woman, who grew up in a violent home, reached out for help. She never saw mum and dad sharing any gestures or words of love. And, when she sees young men, she is drawn to the possibility that she could experience the love her heart craves from ‘him’. She is...
Simon Carrington is married to his beautiful wife Madeleine, and grew up in a large Catholic family of eight. Simon completed a Bachelor of Theology, minoring in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame Australia in 2016, and is currently undertaking a Certification Course at the Theology of the Body Institute in Pennsylvania, USA.
