Category: Men

Using the Gifts God Has Given You, Part 3
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Using the Gifts God Has Given You, Part 3

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Please read Using the Gifts God Has Given You, Part 1 and Using the Gifts God Has Given You, Part 2. I remind you to stir [fan] into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands. (2 Timothy 1:6) Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophetic utterances. […]

Using the Gifts God Has Given You, Part 2
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Using the Gifts God Has Given You, Part 2

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Please read part one of this article here:  Using the Gifts God Has Given You.   If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.  (Matthew 7:11) I remind you to stir [fan] into […]

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As Heard in a Kindergarten Classroom

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Talking to one of the 3rd graders one day, I asked him how his year was going. He said to me, “Oh, it’s going okay. I’ll be really glad when we’re done with fractions, though.” I shook my head understandingly, “Tough, huh?” Without missing a beat he said, “Well, not exactly, but they make my […]

Using the Gifts God Has Given You
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Using the Gifts God Has Given You

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The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the LORD, and his delight shall be the fear of the LORD. (Isaiah 11:1-3) For as in one body we have many parts, and […]

Making a Tough Decision: The Economics of Putting Family First
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Making a Tough Decision: The Economics of Putting Family First

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It was time to make another dreaded phone call telling  my wife that problems had come up and I wouldn’t be coming home the next day as scheduled. I was thousands of miles away, yet I could hear the disappointment in her voice as she tried to be understanding. She was used to this happening, […]

Male Happiness: What Men Really Want
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Male Happiness: What Men Really Want

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As a therapist, people often ask me, “What makes men happy?” Some believe it’s a happy marriage, a successful career, or a strong relationship with God. I say it’s all of these! However, they must be kept in the right order. I believe the secret for a happy life for men is having one’s priorities […]

Pentecost, A Time to Experience a Fresh Infilling of the Holy Spirit
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Pentecost, A Time to Experience a Fresh Infilling of the Holy Spirit

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And the angel said to her in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. (Luke 1:35) When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled […]

Importance of Catholicism Hits Home for Arizona Diamondbacks Player
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Importance of Catholicism Hits Home for Arizona Diamondbacks Player

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The way Willie Bloomquist sees it, he’s living an impossible dream. Of all the players who try to make it to the major leagues, only a relative few actually get there. Bloomquist is one of those few, but he doesn’t attribute this to his own skills. The 34-year-old Port Orchard, Wash., native says he’s not […]

Remembered Today in Rome: Fr. Vincent Capodanno, American Marine
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Remembered Today in Rome: Fr. Vincent Capodanno, American Marine

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“Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” — Gospel of St. John, 15:13 There are some men who sum up the character of a nation. One such man was Vincent Robert Capodanno. Capodanno represented what was best about America, and now those who remember him would […]

Book Review: <i>Style, Sex, & Substance</i>
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Book Review: Style, Sex, & Substance

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Style, Sex, & Substance: 10 Catholic Women Consider the Things that Really Matter, edited buy Hallie Lord, is full of spiritual truths and spunk! The ten women who each tackle a different current issue seem to hit most of the hot topics usually found splashed across the covers of women’s tabloids, but from a Catholic […]

He Has Risen, Alleluia! We Have Risen With Him, Alleluia! Part 2
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He Has Risen, Alleluia! We Have Risen With Him, Alleluia! Part 2

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This is the second article on the theme, “He Has Risen, Alleluia! We Have Risen With Him, Alleluia!”  Isn’t this what this grace-filled Easter Season is all about? For this second article, I am using the opening words of the book, The Binding of The Strong Man, The Teachings of St. Leo the Great by […]

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To Weed or Not to Weed…That is the Question

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Without any kind of a deep freeze this past winter, the weeds have had a field day (pun intended) this spring.  I don’t know about your neighborhood, but ours is totally infested with chickweed.  Now, chickweed looks innocent enough, with its dainty little white flowers and delicate stems, but don’t be fooled.  It’s a cold-blooded […]

God and the Elderly
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God and the Elderly

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Belief in God increases with age. That is the finding of a longitudinal study by researchers at the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center. The Center conducted three surveys on religious faith, questioning people of different age groups in 30 different countries. The surveys—conducted in 1991, 1998, and again in 2008—explored the range of […]

Men and Abortion
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Men and Abortion

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In 1971, my girlfriend became pregnant with our baby. I pressured her to have an abortion; eventually she succumbed to the pressure and had an abortion. For decades I regretted my role in that abortion. Throughout the years, feminists have emphatically maintained that abortion is a “women’s issue” that does not affect men. They must  […]

Trusting the Lord in Difficult Circumstances
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Trusting the Lord in Difficult Circumstances

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When it was evening, his disciples went down to the sea, embarked in a boat, and went across the sea to Capernaum. It had already grown dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The sea was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles, […]

Cleveland Indians' Player Thankful
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Cleveland Indians’ Player Thankful

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If you ask Jack Hannahan what he’s thankful for, be prepared to listen for a while. Hannahan, 32, has plenty to appreciate, starting with the realization of his dream of playing in the major leagues. In 2001, he was named Big Ten Player of the Year at the University of Minnesota and was drafted in […]

He Has Risen, Alleluia! We Have Risen With Him, Alleluia!
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He Has Risen, Alleluia! We Have Risen With Him, Alleluia!

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As we approach Easter Sunday and the beginning of the Easter Season let us take time to reflect on the extraordinary and undeserved gift we have received through Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection — our sins have been forgiven and we are now sharers of eternal life with Christ. The second reading from the Easter […]

Lent: A Time to Ask, Seek, and Knock
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Lent: A Time to Ask, Seek, and Knock

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Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.  Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? […]

"Sorry" Seems to be the Hardest Word
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“Sorry” Seems to be the Hardest Word

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The association of being a Christian and a Catholic comes with a great personal responsibility. It is no doubt an expectation of those who know us to be a Christian that we act like one. This is a natural expectation. People seem to lose the focus about what they expect from a Christian when it […]

Lent: A Time to Say Yes to Following Jesus
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Lent: A Time to Say Yes to Following Jesus

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Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him. (Luke 5:27-28) As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, […]

Lent: A Time to Save Your Life by Losing It
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Lent: A Time to Save Your Life by Losing It

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“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it. What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit […]

Growing in Expectant Faith as Catholic Men
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Growing in Expectant Faith as Catholic Men

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This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel. (Mark 1:15) Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick in it and say to them, “The kingdom of God is at hand for you.” (Luke 10:9) […]

Bringing Souls to Jesus through the Four Men Prayer Groups
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Bringing Souls to Jesus through the Four Men Prayer Groups

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I would like to introduce you to an exciting new men’s prayer group based on the Gospel of Mark’s story of Four Men who brought their paralyzed friend to Jesus for healing.  Through their faith they obtained their friends’ healing and the even greater miracle of the forgiveness of his sins.  Members of this prayer […]

Top Five Dating Tips for Men
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Top Five Dating Tips for Men

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This Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d do something different.  People who follow my writing know that I rarely give guy’s dating advice.  I feel that it can be hard for a woman to effectively mentor a man on dating, because let’s face it: we have not walked in their shoes.  Nevertheless, a sincere Catholic man […]