The world is full of dating advice – much of which is toxic and damaging to relationships. We approach dating advice from the perspective of Catholic teachings as they relate to the persons and the role that dating and romantic relationships play in our lives as Christians.
In this section, we’ll explore dating advice for first time dates as well as advice for those who are going on their 20th date. More importantly, we’ll look at why relationships sometimes fail and what it takes to make the work.
When it comes to making a relationship work, one of the most important factors to consider is your temperament. After all, you can take two incredibly devout and faithful people who long for the same things, put them together, and end up with a complete disaster if their personality types clash. More than likely, you’ve […]
Staying connected in a long distance relationship can be challenging because it can be hard to feel close to someone who is literally miles and miles away. Email and Instagram are great, but if a dating relationship is going to survive, it needs more TLC than a phone call here, text message there. You need […]
Do you consider yourself to be pretty fearless? Even if you aren’t held back by fears in most areas of your life, most of us have insecurities that creep in when we least expect them. Our dating lives are no different. Sometimes, fears can hold us back from finding a meaningful, lasting relationship. All of […]
It’s not always easy to find other Catholic singles that we’re interested in romantically. Sometimes, the potential dating pool can feel pretty small. This is especially true when it’s narrowed to only those who share our faith in the Catholic Church. It might seem like the obvious solution for single Catholics is to widen the […]
Should you date someone with kids? In today’s world, the personal backstories of men and women we might be interested in dating are often complicated. Sometimes, the person we’re interested isn’t as free to commit to a relationship as we were expecting or hoping for. Especially if you’re beyond the just-out-of-college age, a lot of […]
Asking someone who you don’t know out on date can be terrifying. Asking a friend out on a date can be just as nerve wracking – if not more nerve wracking! Perhaps a romantic spark developed between you and someone you are acquainted with. Maybe you see them occasionally after Sunday Mass, or perhaps you have […]
After Joseph proposed, I loved imaging what our life together would look like after the wedding. Don’t get me wrong, I loved planning the wedding day with Joseph, but it was our marriage that I was excited for. I was ready to say ‘goodnight’ and not ‘goodbye’. I wondered what our toothbrushes would look like […]
When I was a teenager, I decided I was saving sex until marriage. I didn’t make that decision out of fear. My decision to save sex for marriage wasn’t because I thought that sex was bad or dirty. I realized that if I was called to marriage, I’d come to my wedding night without any […]
Each relationship comes with its own unique sets of communication challenges. But for those in a long distance relationship, sometimes it can feel like relationship satisfaction is hard to achieve and that relationship trials are even more amplified. If you are long-distance dating and want to know how to make that relationship work, here are […]
Updated with 30 new verses! Reading Bible verses about love is the best way to understand God’s intentions for your relationships and marriage. We all know that God loves us with an unfailing love, but our friends, or even our significant others, do not have the same unfailing love as God. “God is love” (1 […]
