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The Warning It started with a dream an hour before my alarm went off. I was in a house, my house, and there was an…
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Penance brings power, Contrition brings Kingdom, repentance brings restoration. We want a new evangelization within the Church; we need a new repentance. Repent, for the…
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The dearth of catechesis in the previous few decades has caused no little amount of consternation in the present day. And rightly so. An uncatechized…
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God, I pray that you would heal the Church, bearing her wounds in your Sacred Heart. Hold not back your tender mercies toward her. Remember…
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Ego Bust To become Catholic you become so small Your theological convictions are trumped by another You become a part of the lay class You…
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This verse has been floating around my head for the last week now. “For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities…
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Here at Concrete Life, we expend a great deal of energy and space on the division between Protestants and Catholics. It begs the question, what’s…
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I believe God is raising up a new, holy generation of Bishops and Priests in our Church, and it is encouraging to see the signs!…
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Well, when I come against a genealogy in the biblical text I’m going to try to push through with a reflection, if at all possible….