Confessions – Saint Augustine of Hippo translated by Anthony Esolen from Tan Publishing The Confessions is one continued and coherent prayer, a profound profession of faith, and a plea for more, ever more wisdom, ever more love. It is artistic in its whole conception, in its parts and their arrangement down to the merest sentence. It is…
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The Apostasy That Wasn’t: The Extraordinary Story of the Unbreakable Early Church Author: Rod Bennett Publisher: Catholic Answers Press Are you looking to dive into the history of the early church? Do you enjoy books that are written like you are sitting around a campfire listening to a riveting story full of suspense, periods of…
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“So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:16 Don’t be God’s vomit. Many men fall into the trap of being apathetic to their vocation. They have grown complacent in their state in life and repeatedly delay in responding to God’s constant calling to share…
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Book Review: Pilgrimage to the Museum Man’s Search for God through Art and Time Author: Stephen F. Auth with Evelyn Auth and Fr. Shawn Aaron, LC Publisher: Sophia Institute Press In my office, many topics of conversation occur daily. Recently, with summertime upon us, many people have been talking about their summer travel plans with…
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CatholicVote’s The LOOP We all know that David hates emails. He hates almost everything about them. BUT… There is one email David looks forward to every day and has for several years. The LOOP. The Loop is a FREE daily news feed and Catholic media source in one email. Looking to stay up-to-date with what’s…
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Book Review: Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words Author: Rod Bennett Publisher: Ignatius Press History has always been a struggle for me. Don’t misunderstand me; I enjoy learning about history, and I love great storytellers, but somehow I have a hard time remembering history well. I get about 75% of the story,…
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A book endorsed by Pope Leo XIII The War of the Antichrist with the Church and Christian Civilization by Monsignor George F. Dillon, DD Catholics have always known that Satan wages a constant war against the Church. But the past three centuries have witnessed a far more radical onslaught than ever before, leading to a…
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Angelic Virtues and Demonic Vices: Aquinas’s Practical Principles for Reaching Heaven and Avoiding Hell Are we truly striving for heaven or merely avoiding hell? The human heart’s greatest longing is to see God as He is. And yet, many people simply want to escape hell’s pain, or even worse, they follow our disordered fallen nature…
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This article was originally published by The Alcuin Institute for Catholic Culture “Where did that thought come from?” Have you ever experienced an intrusive thought, seemingly out of nowhere, and embarrassingly realized how evil it was? Or, after clenching your fists and grinding your teeth for five minutes, have you realized you had been internally…
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Book Review: Living Beyond Sunday: Making Your Home a Holy Place Authors: Adam and Haylee Minihan and David and Pamela Niles Publisher: Ascension Press In a crowded parking lot on college move-in day this past August, my life changed. Yes, the parking lot was cramped and loud with the hustle and bustle of people…
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