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There is a famine abroad on the earth, a famine not of bread, for we have had too much of that and our luxury has made us forget God; a famine not of gold, for the glitter of so much of that has blinded us to the meaning of the twinkle of the stars; but…
Many are beginning to recognize the severe Catholic “man-crisis” and the necessary imperative to aggressively “emangelize” Casual Catholic Men. While new ardor, methods and expressions are needed from the Pope to the parish priest, laymen need to step up to their personal responsibility and respond to Christ’s commandment to make disciples (Matt 28:19-20). But the…
Featuring: Readings for Saturday, April 18 St. Alphonsus Liguori – How to Converse Continually and Familiarly with God — purchase at Tan books Tom Grossman Jr. Founder of Communities of prayer The importance of prayer Lectio Divina, and building a vocabulary of prayer through scripture Why Catholics have a “Closed Table” for communion
Teenage boys will not be freed from the bog they are immured in by new-fangled modifications and medications, but by old-fashioned reason and remedies. Boys today suffer from despondency, lack of direction, and a masculine identity crisis, overwhelmed as they are by widespread feminization, relativism, pornography, and cultural collapse. The quandary is rooted in a…
Despite the fact the New Evangelization has been an ongoing emphasis by the Catholic Church for over forty years, it has failed to stem the disastrous losses of the faithful in the U.S. Since 2000, 14 million Catholics have left the faith, parish religious education participation of children has dropped by 24%, Catholic school attendance…
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Featuring: Readings for Saturday, April 11 Section 23 – Salvifici Doloris Deacon Kevin Sartorius, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Tulsa Reclaiming Catholic Identity at Catholic Charities What Architecture Communicates The Christian Meaning of Human Suffering The Porta Caeli House, and Death in the light of the Resurrection
Last week, I wrote a post about how dangerous porn is; how it destroys your relationships with God and others, how it kills your soul, and how it enslaves you. Perhaps some thought I was exaggerating or simply being shrill. That’s why I want to share a real-life story left in the comments of last week’s…
There is no doubt, St. Augustine of Hippo is one of the most well known Doctors of the Church. His writings have inspired Christians from all ages. Why is this so? Why do so many Christians and non-Christians gravitate to his writings? St. Augustine was no doubt a genius. However, like other Doctors of the…
As with many things in my life, I have given more thought to a recent post. I left you, the reader, hanging, and on purpose I might add. I wanted to follow up with another piece that expands upon a point that I made, but did not elaborate upon, and also add some more commentary…