Saint Augustine argued that, even though the beauty of truth is a superior form of beauty, it should be not divorced from material beauty, especially when presenting the truths of the Faith. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] First of all, Augustine pointed out that while beauty of the material realm can be beneficial to raise our souls to
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The Baltimore Catechism teaches us that “God made [us] to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him for ever in heaven.” For many of us, knowing God and serving God are very simple, straightforward and comes naturally. However, too often we Catholics forget that
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The next item in our “Captain’s Desk” that is essential before embarking on our journey to Everlasting Shores is the sextant. In our quest the sextant is devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Historically, the sextant was a vital instrument in determining a seafarer’s location on the sea. He would use this tool by
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As we draw closer to the end of our series on the tactics of the devil, we come to a topic many of us fall into, but few ever address. One very clever way the devil tries to influence us is by putting thoughts in our mind that we Christians are a part of an exclusive group or
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In the Catholic Church we believe that on rare occasions God speaks to a soul directly in visions or words, which are also known as “private revelations.” Typically God speaks to a soul discreetly through thoughts, desires or through another person. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”]The Annunciation, Henry Ossawa Tanner (1898)[/featured-image] However, with certain privileged souls who have
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Similar to Basic Training, any Soldier of Christ needs to have a firm foundation of skills to be prepared to go “fight the good fight” in the battle that is going on for your soul. Without that foundation, it makes using the many weapons of spiritual warfare less fruitful than they could be. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”]
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Often after seeing the state of the world and how so many souls are turning away from God we ask ourselves, “what could I possibly do to turn tide and restore Christian culture?” Our mind then starts to brainstorm different ways that we can support Christian politicians, vote for key legislation, or join thousands of others in signing
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