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Auxilium Christianorum: Daily Spiritual Warfare Prayers

The Church teaches us that it is divided into the Church Triumphant (which includes the members of the Church in heaven), the Church Suffering (this includes the members of the

Do You Want To Be “Truly” Happy? Discover the “One Thing Necessary”

Surveys by Gallup, the National Opinion Research Center, and the Pew Organization conclude that spiritually devout people are twice as likely to report being “very happy” than the least religious

The Secular War on the Supernatural by Alice von Hildebrand

All the myriad life-and-death battles being fought on the socio-political and religious fronts today are mere symptoms of the root conflict treated in this inspirational address. Delivered by the esteemed

Jesus is Tough: He Seeks Quality, Not Quantity

  This article by Msgr. Charles Pope is nearly three years old, but I keep referring to it, especially when I hear people reinterpret the scripture to paint Jesus as

The Roman Catholic Man and the Virtue of Fortitude

  This article is from my friend, Fr. Bill Peckman … John Locke wrote. “Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.” Fortitude is the bravery to engage

The Fruits of Ad Orientem Worship – A Letter to a Priest Friend

We moved to Ad Orientem worship, exclusively, early in 2013, I wrote the following on a previous blog I had, on February 22, 2014 … This is a letter I

Something Happened in 1965 – “Did They Get Rid of Football?”

If we are wondering why we deteriorated to Reality TV Trump and Crooked Hillary, I would contend that we should begin by noticing that we went from the Pontifical High

100th Anniversary of 1916 Military Rosary Inspires New Combat Rosary

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (Fr. Z) originally broke the story. On the 100th anniversary of the original 1916 WWI Military issue rosary, during his address to the new recruits about to be

Presidential Election Thoughts from a Catholic Priest

Judges Matter I saw this startling “dose of reality” floating around the Internet. Think about this: Justice Scalia’s seat is vacant. Ginsberg is 82 years old, Kennedy is 79, Breyer

The Swiss Guard and the “Combat Rosary”

From Fr. Z’s blog … “Here is something extremely cool. First, you may recall that last year we had a project to help one of the Swiss Guard have custom armor