There’s nothing like getting the Espinosa Advent Season off on the right foot.

For the first time, in I don’t know how many years (if ever), we actually put up our Christmas tree and outdoor lights (including a new nativity scene that we incorporated) on Thanksgiving weekend! (yes, we've become a one of "those" family)

Moreover, we did it all on Sunday, the first day of Advent, where after putting up the decorations, we prayed, blessed and lit the wreath (except our 4-year-old son, who refused to join us because he was upset that I interrupted his play), read about St. Patrick (we pick a saint each day and read about their life) and then my two daughters and I watched the 1946 classic, It’s a Wonderful Life.

As I sat to write a note on Thanksgiving, I took a look at my post last year and, after reading it, decided, there wasn't much I could add to it.  So, I'm taking the lazy way out and re-posting last year's blog.

You Gotta be Kidding!  Talk about what is wrong with this country.

Leaving a dinner party with friends recently, my wife and I ran into a good friend, who was saying farewell to another couple outside.

As we went to say goodbye ourselves, he started talking to us about the faith and tells me something interesting.

Edmund Burke once wrote, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”

It is a sobering thought considering the recent allegations of sexual abuse of minors that have plagued Penn State University in recent weeks, as it did the Roman Catholic Church and other institutions, from the Boys Scouts, to Orthodox Jews, to the Church of Latter Day Saints, to many more.

Without a doubt, it is probably the darkest moment in college football history; a sex scandal that brought down arguably the greatest coach in the sport (at least in terms of wins) and forever scarred a Pennsylvania State University community, not necessarily for what was done (although, the heinousness of the crime is outrageous in itself) but what wasn’t.

It was disgusting.

For the second time during our celebratory dinner for my mother-in-law’s birthday at a local restaurant near our house, I had to rush to the bathroom with my four-year-old son, who had soiled his pants. Yes, the joys of parenthood!

The first time, I had to remove his underwear and forced him to sit on the potty but he said he didn’t have to go anymore. It was just an accident.
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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.
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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.
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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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  • 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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