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VIII. Litany of St. Joseph The Litany of Saint Joseph beautifully captures the many virtues and titles of this great saint. Each invocation invites reflection Continue reading The post Litany of St. Joseph: A Role Model for Fathers Today V appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

VII. Joseph is an Ever-present Help for Modern Fathers Saint Joseph shines as a beacon for modern fathers struggling amidst these cultural storms. He is Continue reading The post Litany of St. Joseph: A Role Model for Fathers Today IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

The Crisis of the Family In our time, the family is undergoing an unprecedented crisis. Marriage rates have plummeted, divorce rates remain high, and many Continue reading The post Litany of St. Joseph: A Role Model for Fathers Today III appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Not Rugged Individualism: A Modernist View Modern society increasingly elevates rugged individualism, where the self is seen as an isolated and self-sufficient entity. This view Continue reading The post Litany of St. Joseph: A Role Model for Fathers Today II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

The Family as a Fundamental Building Block of Society: Vision of the Church The Catholic Church has long taught that the family is the fundamental Continue reading The post Litany of St. Joseph: A Role Model for Fathers Today I appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Caryll Houselander “The Reed” (pg 359) The Virgin Mary as a hollow reed, ready for the Breath of God to make music in her. As Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems IX appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

TOL “To Scatter Flowers” (pg 289) Language of flowers an ancient metaphor for transcendent ideas. TOL famously promises, “a shower of roses”. Written a year Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems VIII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Thomas Aquinas “Adoro Te Devote” (pg 90) Latin translated by Victorian Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ The faculty of hearing serves us, we have heard Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems VII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Great 1/3 of the selections written by converts Shakespeare's poetry has a beating heart of Faith. He like all of the poets elected was authentically Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems VI appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Catholic  -The Real Presence is more than a metaphor, but it does have similarities to it Bread & wine become (instead of being like and Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems V appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Criteria for Selecting for Sally Admire her defining terms. A simple glossary is found at the back of the book. Ex/ I had a recent Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Some ways, A personal disclaimer, she will make statements which seem to be a fact, which are an opinion. Ex/ “No other literary genre is Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems III appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

III. Sally Read Bio Sally Read is a British poet and writer, born in 1971 in Suffolk, England. Raised in a left-wing, Protestant family with Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Micah Reading Isaiah Chapter 1 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Continue reading The post Micah Reading Isaiah Chapter 1 appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Poetry in the Faith- Psalms & Isaiah (Hebraic Poetry, translated) As Catholics, our measure is Christ, who is Present in many ways. Principally, the Eucharist. Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems I appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

VIII. Other Notable Figures, i.e. popes or saints Pope Paul V had Bridget's Revelations published in 1601 with a commentary by the Bishop of Montefeltre Continue reading The post Seven Sorrows Rosary V appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Evoking the purification of the wilderness when Yahweh was Israel's love and sole source of dependency). Before the nation turned away from God and asking Continue reading The post Isaiah Chapter 1 Covenant Broken & Cursed IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

VII. Promises (graces) attached to its recitation & indulgences HERE ARE THE SEVEN GRACES[1]: I will grant peace to their families. They will be enlightened Continue reading The post Seven Sorrows Rosary IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

 Covenant Lawsuit[1] The relationship between the Lord and Israel is governed by the covenant that binds them together. The covenant spells out the sacred obligations Continue reading The post Isaiah Chapter 1 Covenant Broken & Cursed III appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

St. Brigid, prophetess bio (1303? -1373)[1] Perhaps the greatest prophet[2] (a person chosen by God to communicate a salvific message to other people) in the Continue reading The post Seven Sorrows Rosary III appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Recall from the OT David is the first king over all 12 tribes, Saul kind of was but a lot of civil war. David unites Continue reading The post Isaiah Chapter 1 Covenant Broken & Cursed II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

III. Dominic & the Rosary Devotions Rooted in Apparitions It is difficult to know what is legend and how much is factual truth. The stories Continue reading The post Seven Sorrows Rosary II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

POV, One Event, 2 Mysteries: 4th Joyful Mystery Presentation of Jesus in the Temple or 1st Sorrowful Mystery Prophecy of Simeon. Last show, Presentation of Continue reading The post Seven Sorrows Rosary I appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Introduction, brief, always take a moment and orient oneself in Salvation History Most quoted of the prophetic books in NT, Gospels and Paul's letters Very Continue reading The post Isaiah Chapter 1 Covenant Broken & Cursed I appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Probable time of the Magi Mat 2:1 Into the “house” after the shepherds & the manager/cave. Possible as long as two years later[1] Probable time Continue reading The post The Presentation of Our Lady IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

III. Winter is a Time of Silence in Nature, a time of reflection Time of the shepherds, right after the birth of our Lord, this Continue reading The post The Presentation of Our Lady II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Grace Perfects (Builds on) Nature is a tenant of theology[1] Thomas Aquinas POV Lamarckism vs Darwinism, epigenetics OT Prescribed 40 days of Purification for Mothers Continue reading The post The Presentation of Our Lady I appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

VIII. Liturgical calendar/ year, which is derived from the life of Christ, sets the tone of the Catholic home This is a common element in Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home VII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

TOA all speech trail back to Christ. Keeps a focus. Many websites and books to get ideas. If you a part of a prayer group/ Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home VI appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Eucharist source and summit (Catechism of Catholic Church) The Eucharist – Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life[1] 1324 The Eucharist is “the source and summit Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home V appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Eucharist/ liturgy is source and summit of the Christan life as evidenced by the witness/ martyrs  The early Christians at a very great cost, would Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

OT & NT specific and directed by God. It was not a committee concoction One of the charges Yahweh will level against the people is Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home III appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

JPII domestic church. Liturgy of the Church informs the domestic church. Define Liturgy/ worship, with the lens of Christ Liturgy; From the Greek laos, meaning Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Christ is the Measure for both the liturgy and the Catholic home Christ reveals man to himself. This is particularly true for both the liturgy Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home I appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Centuries covered and its trace ability. Incredible. Where is the Davidic king after the exile? In the history of ancient Israel there was growing expectation Continue reading The post Isaiah IX appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Return and the King God will discipline and judge all evil Immanuel the “sign” (Isa 7:14) New Davidic King, new creation (Isa 9,11) The highway Continue reading The post Isaiah VIII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

VIII. 5 Love Languages Gary Chapman[1] KEY POINTS The concept of “love languages” shows couples how to give each other love in ways that it Continue reading The post What is a Gift? 5 appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Preparation Narratio Salvation History Augustine[1] A gift from our Father The earth is the Lord's, and he is its King. Way back in Genesis, he Continue reading The post What is a Gift? 4 appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

VIII. Thesis Statement Prophets reminds us there is no deliverance without discipline for sinners. Prophets reminds us constantly God's disciplines are purposed for that deliverance. Continue reading The post Isaiah VII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Ex/ Some people say, in alcoholic anonymous, had to hit rock bottom. People would tell them stop what you are doing, but addicted and hooked, Continue reading The post Isaiah VI appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Define Gift- synonym & antonym Gift- something bestowed voluntarily and without compensation[1] Antonyms Miserliness, stinginess, parsimony Bribe, excess, kickback, inducement III. Is it possible for Continue reading The post What is a Gift? 2 appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

VIII. Isaiah's Call Isaiah's Call Isaiah 6:1-13ESV CE 1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted Continue reading The post Isaiah V appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Jesus reveals man to himself. JPII #10 Christ the Redeemer “fully reveals man to himself”.[1] Gift quote Jesus is the greatest gift there is. Not Continue reading The post What is a Gift? 1 appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

VII. Biography of Isaiah The Bible records that during his life he married a prophetess and had at least two sons (Isa. 7:3, 8:3). It Continue reading The post Isaiah IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

4 Ends of Holy Mass, traditional understanding: ACTS Adoration, Contrition, Thanksgiving, Supplication VII. Article to consider, with special focus on Thanksgiving Thanksgiving –All that we Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude IX appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Counter both vice and spiritual desolation, is an awareness to exercise the will and choose a heart of gratitude. Evagrius of Pontus (Talk Back) 346-399 Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude VIII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Historical/ geopolitical[1] context Isaiah prophesized in the Kingdom of Judah in the 700's BC at the time when Assyria was destroying the Northern Kingdom Isaiah Continue reading The post Isaiah III appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

SS passages profound Jn 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude VII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

People of hope, authentic gratitude, thankfulness Authentic Gratitude, humility is at its foundation. It is a truthful acknowledgement of our radical and total dependence upon Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude VI appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Greed:the desire for and love of possessions. “Sin … is a failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude V appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

Look at a prophetic book, not looking at something the prophet sat down with a pen and start writing. Not doing this. Going off and Continue reading The post Isaiah II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.