St. Mark (Evangelist)
Most of our knowledge about St. Mark, author of one of the four Gospels, comes directly from the New Testament. It is possible that the unnamed young man present at Jesus’ arrest (Mark 14:51-52) was the evangelist himself; Mark is mentioned directly in several places in the Acts of the Apostles. He was the son […]
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“The Word of God listened to and lived each day in concrete choices becomes our defense from the snares of the Evil One.” — Fr. Paolo Carlin, An Exorcist Explains How to Heal the Possessed
Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
Being “born again” can mean being renewed by the Holy Spirit, and then taking action to help spread the Word of God. Like the wind, we do not know when the Holy Spirit will come and to whom, but one thing is for sure: when the Holy Spirit descends upon someone, positive and exciting change […]
Day 115: King Saul is Spared (2022)
Fr. Mike uses King Saul as an example that God does not un-choose those he has chosen, and never loses faith in us. Even if we feel someone is in power unjustly, it’s God who decides who holds power, not us. Today’s readings are 1 Samuel 24 and Psalm 57. For the complete reading plan, […]
Are we Easter People?
Pencil Preaching for Monday, April 25, 2022
Your Sunday Sermon Notes: Low Sunday, Divine Mercy Sunday, Quasimodo Sunday, Thomas Sunday, Sunday “in albis deponendis”
Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for the Octave of Easter? Tell about … Read More →
(2022-04-24) Unpacking the Heavy Boxes Caused by Sin
Sermon titled “Unpacking the Heavy Boxes Caused by Sin” posted on Sunday April 24, 2022. Size: 17.2 MB; duration: 25:37.
St. Thomas and the beating, living, healing, Heart of Love.
The nice folks at One Peter Five invited me to post a weekly column for Sundays. I’ve happily obliged. This week, I think it best to share here something of what I wrote, there.. just a few bits. By me … Read More →
“My Lord and my God!”
This Sunday we complete the Octave of Easter. In the post-Conciliar calendar, it is creatively called the “Second Sunday of Easter” or, since John Paul II was greatly interested in the theme, “Divine Mercy Sunday”. However, historically we call the Easter Octave, “Low Sunday”, probably because it was celebrated with less pomp than Easter. It […]
The World Needs Real Men: Bishop Strickland’s Direct Challenge to Catholic Men
This is powerful! On this episode of The Catholic Gentleman, podcast hosts Sam Guzman and John Heinen discuss why the world needs The post The World Needs Real Men: Bishop Strickland’s Direct Challenge to Catholic Men appeared first on .