Tag: modern culture

• A Grave Matter

  A Catholic reflects on his parents’ lifelong civil marriage, a cousin’s museum wedding, and why character, sacrifice, and example matter to marriage.

  RMDell’Orfano

  August 30, 2026

  Autobio

  Catholic marriage, Catholicism, civil marriage, commitment, covenant, faith, family, family example, fidelity, Freemasonry, love, marriage, modern culture, parents, sacramental marriage, sacrifice, Thomas Aquinas, virtue, wedding

• No One Wants to Hear This

  A Catholic reflection on the Church’s real crisis: not external threats, but the loss of interior life, silence, and true spiritual transformation.

  RMDell’Orfano

  April 3, 2026

  Mysticism, Religion, Uncategorized

  Catholic Church, Catholic commentary, Catholic renewal, Christian spirituality, Church crisis, contemplation, Contemplative Outreach, ecclesial reform, Faith and Culture, holiness, inner transformation, interior life, media influence, modern culture, monastic spirituality, New Oxford Review, prayer life, silence and prayer, Spiritual Formation, technology and faith, Thomas Keating, Trappist spirituality