![Book Talk Tuesday, Introduction to the Devout Life, Part 2, Chapter 15](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/06/desales-470x140.jpg)
CHAPTER XV. Of the other Public Offices of the Church. FURTHERMORE, my daughter, you should endeavour to assist at the Offices, Hours, Vespers, etc., as…
![St. Louis de Montfort](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/11/enlist-today-449x140.jpg)
From Prayer for Missionaries: How is it, then, great God, that although it is so glorious, so satisfying and so profitable to serve you, hardly…
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Has there ever been a time with greater access to truth? We have the knowledge of the whole world–the vastness of space, the infinitesimal perfection…
![send me](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/10/wherever-i-go-god-is-there-450x140.jpg)
“The Church has failed to implement Gaudium et Spes.” This was my first locution and if I’m a betting man it will be my last. …
![Does your Church have the Good Stuff?](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/09/the-mystery-of-faith-470x140.jpg)
A migration away from the Catholic Church over the last five hundred years has taken place. But in many cases, it is not away from…
![the body](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/09/human_anatomy_by_vazest-d4amwp9-470x140.jpeg)
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…
![Archbishop Chaput](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/09/philadelphia-s-new-archbishop-charles-chaput-470x140.jpg)
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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Why does the Protestant family always have such strong opinions of Catholic practices, and without missing a beat they never fail to let me know…
![Being True in the Truth](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/09/muscle-car-masters-2010-470x140.jpg)
I had a dream last night, and well, it seems the Lord may be challenging every area in my life. I’m in this muscle car…
![The Church defines Christianity, not you!](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/09/st-peter-s-basilica-at-night-470x140.jpg)
by Elijah Simmons There are those in the Christian family who have a strange ideal about the nature of the Church. They believe that Christ…