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Imagine yourself transported from the Old World where Christmas was always richly celebrated with centuries-old Catholic traditions and for the full Yuletide to the glitzy United States of the 50s. Where did Advent Go?...
Tagged: Spirituality
Catholic Spirituality, Episode 14: Necessity of Suffering
In this episode, Father Despósito continues his commentary on Royo Marín’s Theology of Christian Perfection. Today’s shows brings to an end the section about the struggle against the world and the flesh, by dealing...
San Juan de la Cruz
The flames of Republican bonfires in Toledo were deprived of touching the precious documents that were saved by an Englishman to whom the Carmelite monks entrusted their care. Joseph Pearce’s piece, The Man Who...
Life Denied, Unmerited Gifts, and Silence
Offered first for your perusal is a short documentary about the effects of the legalization of so-called physician assisted suicide entitled Compassion and Choice DENIED. Written and directed by Jennifer Lahl and posted on...
Whence the Queen?
Do you know who inspired the most powerful piece in the most famous game ever? Spain’s Catholic Chess Queen by Meghan Ferrara on Regina will tell you who she is and the fascinating history...
Perspective
Mr Jason Craig at Those Catholic Men has an excellent piece on the indispensable role each generation plays for the next. Dear Men, Without You Boys CANNOT Be Virtuous – Here’s What to Do...
The Titanic, Fatima, and Feminism
We start today with the truly heroic story of Father Thomas Byles in The untold story of the Titanic’s Catholic priest who went down hearing confessions on Nobility. Father Byles passed up two separate...
Purely Human Respect
Avoiding The Danger of Human Respect by Alan Scott on Grow in Virtue is both relevant and inspiring. The evil of seeking human respect is difficult to overemphasize. “It’s better to walk in the...
Heroes, Angels, and Modernist “Mercy”
Classic and enduring stories and histories of heroic journeys, including that of Our Lord, can generally be divided into three parts – the departure, the initiation (the trial or challenge), and the return home....
Catholic Spirituality, Episode 13: The Struggle Against the World and the Flesh
In this episode, Father Despósito continues his commentary on Royo Marín’s Theology of Christian Perfection. Today’s topic is the struggle against the world and the flesh. The world as an obstacle to salvation and...
