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We are Family

"Whatever difficulties and trials you face, I ask you, like Saint Peter, to be at peace and to respond to them as Christ did: he thanked the Father, took up his cross and looked forward!" -- Pope Francis, homily at St. Patrick's Cathedral, September 24, 2015 With Pope Francis here in Philadelphia on a historic visit, I simply ask that we pray for a safe and holy weekend in our city of brotherly love. May the reason for his visit -- the World Meeting of Families -- renew

Come to me, all you in need of legal help!

"O you shunn'd persons, I at least do not shun you, I come forthwith in your midst, I will be your poet, I will be more to you than to any of the rest." -- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Children of Adam, Native Moments Hail to the misfits, to the imperfect, to the sinners, to those who are judged by the haughty and self-righteous. Cheers to the poor and ignored, to those on the periphery of society, to the dissed and the disabled, to the everyday working-people, busting t

Music Make You Lose Control

"You cannot control what you love." -- The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene, p. 36 Plus, if you truly love someone, why would you want to control them? To control someone necessarily means that you're exerting your wishes or demands upon them; if they were willing to go along with you in the first place, then you wouldn't be controlling them, it would just be a mutually agreeable decision. The antithesis of love vs. control also calls to mind the saying: "if you love some

Word is Bond

"If you break little promises you'll break big ones." -- The Road, Cormac McCarthy, p. 34 There may be perhaps no bigger promise in civil society than the vows of marriage. Yet people break that big promise all the time. If that wasn't true, I'd have a lot less work to do as a family law attorney. The truth is, it's sad that so many people divorce, since at its simplest root it represents people breaking their promise to one another. If I could give advice to people on t

Happy Anniversary!

"Thank you! Yes, you!!!" -- F. Tighe Burns, Esquire This is a special mid-week edition to mark a very special occasion: the 1-year anniversary of the Law Office of F. Tighe Burns, Esquire! On this date last year began the fulfillment (or better put, the first step toward the fulfillment) of a dream: the establishment of my own law practice, built around principles of professionalism, respect for all other people in all facets of the legal process, high-qualit