Source: catholicgentleman.netReprinted with permission How many times have you vowed to exercise more, eat better, or get more sleep? Or on a spiritual level, promised yourself that you were going to pray more consistently, practice certain virtues, or embrace asceticism more willingly? Yet, when it comes time to move idea […]
By Tyler Blanski on Sep 01, 2020 08:55 am I’ll never forget the night my first child was born. I was racing down the freeway before dawn, clutching the steering wheel. “Look out for deer,” Brittany moaned. I glanced at her sideways. “You’re in labor, and you’re worried about deer?” […]
In September 2010 I was an Evangelical Christian, sitting at a pew in the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York, seeking some quiet time with God before going to work. I had been seriously mulling, for several months, whether or not to become Catholic. The lives of several of the canonized saints had impressed me very much.
Source: The Catholic Gentleman via catholicgentleman.netReprinted with permission Because pornography use is so widely used and accepted today, many people may wonder if they are addicted to it. According to Dr. Mark Laaser (1992) pornography/sexual addiction is “any persistent and escalating unhealthy pattern of sexual behavior. It is compulsive in […]
Source: catholicgentleman.netReprinted with permission In this episode, I speak with Fr. Lawrence Lew, OP, promoter general of the Holy Rosary for the Dominican Order. Fr. Lew is a convert to the Catholic faith, and one time he was skeptical of all things Marian. Now, he travels the world preaching and […]
Source: catholicgentleman.netReprinted with permission Life is complex. As a husband and father, blogger, podcaster, full-time employee, and full-time graduate student, it often seems like the responsibilities I face continue to multiply endlessly, while the time allotted to accomplish them does not. No sooner do I make progress in one area […]
Source: catholicgentleman.netAuthor: Peter C. Kleponis, Ph.D.Reprinted with permission. Tom was noticeably upset as he described his frustration with pornography use. It seemed that every day at work he would end up going online and viewing pornography. No matter what he tried, he always seemed to fall into the same pattern. […]
Source: The Catholic GentlemanUsed with permission. Will you make it through this article? You have been re-programmed in the media-saturated age of consumerism and internet galloping to skim this article. You’re here to grab enough of it to sense a completion after reading, perhaps gaining a sense of gained knowledge, […]
Source: Zubair Simonson on catholicgentleman.netReprinted with permission It happened in a Manhattan church in 2012. My eyes were intently fixed upon the altar. I was planted on a pew in the lower church. On both sides I was flanked by statues of holy men and women. The little flames of […]