It has been a wonderful summer for my family.

In June, we took an amazing road trip to North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee and stopped at a resort near Jacksonville on our way back. In July, we went to my wife’s family’s yearly vacation to Sanibel Island, and, in early August, I had a brief chance to see my cousins, whom I had not seen in several years.

However, as much as I enjoyed our summer break, there is nothing better then getting back to a normal school year routine.

I imagine summer time for many parents is like, what I’ve heard, boat ownership is like. They say that the best days in a boater's life are the day they buy the boat and the day they sell it.

With the latest Public Policy Poll showing him garnering just 5% of votes, GOP Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum's bid for the White House appears to be a long shot at best.  However, the former two-term Pennsylvania Senator, showed during the Iowa GOP Debate, that he does not waver when it comes to abortion.

Talk about unity in diversity.

This photo was taken yesterday at the Plaza de Cebiles in Madrid, where crowds of young Catholics gathered to get a glimpse of Pope Benedict XVI and listen to his words at a welcoming ceremony at World Youth Day.

Over a million Catholics from 193 nations are gathered for the six-day event.

On my way to drop off my children at my parents’ house one recent morning, I started telling them about World Youth Day, which started Tuesday and will last until Sunday in Madrid, Spain.

I told them that over one million Catholics from all over the globe are expected to attend, including Pope Benedict XVI.

Then, I turned to my older daughter and told her I would love to attend World Youth Day some day.

As far back as I can remember, I have had a vivid imagination. I remember spending hours upon hours playing with my soldiers, or cowboys and Indians, where, I would play out scenes from imaginary movies, complete with dialogue, plot, and ending. During the summer, sometimes the soldiers or cowboys play would last for days, much to the chagrin of my mom, who would get upset about the plastic figures left all over our Florida Room.

Somehow I don’t feel as bad about my favorite team, the New York Mets, having lost five out of the last six games since the All-Star Game against the Florida Marlins, despite the jabs I've taken in recent days from "so-called" friends.
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Whether it was the best Pan Con Bistec, as my cousin Bob claimed, or not, was irrelevant. What was important to me was that I was enjoying the Cuban steak sandwich with some of my closest cousins from Chicago, whom I had not seen in several years, our spouses, our children (nine in total) and my great aunt.

Last weekend, my cousins and their families came to town for a brief stop en route to other destinations; Key West and Bermuda.
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This blog is basically what the title suggests, my attempts at living the Catholic faith to the best of my abilities.
I write about my struggles as a husband, father, son, brother and Christian man.
From a faith standpoint, I also write about my observations, interests, videos, and things that catch my attention, as well as, celebrities that are trying to live their religious beliefs in the public eye.
I refer to it as life on a high wire because those of us who are trying to live our faith in today's culture are are walking a fine line over a precipice between two worlds; what our faith teaches and we know in our hearts and what the society accepts and expects us to accept.
God, religion and Christianity, especially Catholicism, have been under constant attack and this is my small way of fighting back.
I often use humor and poke fun at myself but am also serious when I have to be.
I'm not an expert or pretend to be. I'm just a lay Catholic who is living and learning, as I go, like many others.
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Born in Oriente, Cuba, raised in Hialeah, Fl and graduated from The U. I’m a husband, father, son and older brother. I was a lapsed Catholic for most of my life until attending a men’s spiritual retreat in April 2006, which totally changed my perspective on life. That weekend, the emptiness I had always tried to fill with the things our culture promises will make us happy (wealth, pleasure, power and honor; St. Thomas Aquinas’ 4 substitutes for God), was filled with the love of God. I have been passionately studying my faith and, hopefully, drawing closer to God ever since. Now, I see my purpose in life is to become a saint and to lead my wife and kids to heaven. It’s not easy! I am no expert by any means. I'm just learning and trying to live my faith to the best of my abilities.
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Books I Have Recently Read...
Books I Have Recently Read...
  • Long Shot by Mike Piazza with Lonnie Wheeler
  • The Protestant's Dilemma by Devin Rose
  • Jacob's Ladder; 10 Steps to Truth by Peter Kreeft
  • Absolute Relativism: The New Dictatorship and What to do About it by Chris Stefanick
  • Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love by Bret Baier
  • The Church and New Media by Brandon Vogt
  • The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
  • Confessions of a Mega Church Pastor by Allen Hunt
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Be A Man! Becoming The Man God Created You to Be by Fr. Larry Richards
  • Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life by Charles J. Chaput
  • Raising Good Kids Back to Family Basics by Ray Guarendi
  • The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
  • The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming by Henri J. M. Nouwen
  • How Firm a Foundation by Marcus Grodi
  • First Comes Love: Finding Your Family in the Church and the Trinity by Scott Hahn
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