Serving Catholics for 25 Years Make a Donation May 4, 2022 Note from the Managing Editor This week, we are commencing our biannual fundraiser to keep CERC alive. We refrained from running it over Lent out of deference for the war in Ukraine, but now find ourselves in a financial situation where we really need your help. Please click here to donate! We will be praying for your intentions and in thanksgiving for your generosity. From our new resources, I strongly recommend spending time pondering John Henry Cardinal Newman's "The Omen and Presage of the True Victory." "The world, at first sight, appears made for pleasure," he writes. So the Cross appears, to us, as a sign of contradiction. But "it is but a superficial view of things to say that this life is made for pleasure and happiness. To those who look under the surface, it tells a very different tale." Bracing, but not exactly heartening. As friend of mine's mother used to say, "Life sucks and then you die." But how beautiful is this: "the sacred doctrine of the Atoning Sacrifice is ... to be unfolded to the docile and obedient; to young children, whom the world has not corrupted; to the sorrowful, who need comfort; to the sincere and earnest, who need a rule of life; to the innocent, who need warning; and to the established, who have earned the knowledge of it." We will suffer either way, embracing the Cross or rejecting it. And what great joy to realize that the pleasure and happiness of this world is but a dark mirror of the joy to come in Heaven. A bit of business: we are accepting applications to fill the position of treasurer (volunteer). The treasurer would sit on our Canadian board, which meets quarterly, and should be from the greater Vancouver area. If you would like to apply, please write us at info@catholiceducation.org. God bless you all this week! - Meaghen Gonzalez   Web version of this CERC Weekly Update here. Previous CERC Weekly Update here. Subscribe/unsubscribe here. Visit the CERC website at www.catholiceducation.org.   "The poet knows himself only on the condition that things resound in him, and that in him, at a single awakening, they and he come forth together out of sleep." - Jacques Maritain     New Resources   "Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid" Caryll Houselander, The Risen Christ Too many anxious Christians today think that their efforts to preach and teach and enter into outward activities can do more to save the world than the surrender of their souls to God.   The Omen and Presage of the True Victory John Henry Cardinal Newman, The Catholic Thing A great number of men live and die without reflecting at all upon the state of things in which they find themselves.   The Provocation of Fragility Theodore Dalrymple, The Epoch Times In small things, if one pays close enough attention to them, can often be seen wider trends.   The Hedgehogs of Critical Race Theory Lance Morrow, The Wall Street Journal They start with important truths — slavery was wicked — and get carried away into monomania.   A Wife in Her Well-Ordered Home John Cuddeback, LifeCraft "Like the sun rising in the heights of the Lord, so is the beauty of a good wife in her well-ordered home." - Sirach   How the Church Has Changed the World: The Poetry of Praise Anthony Esolen, Magnificat "You needn't be so stubborn, sir," says the officer. "We're not asking you to adore Decius.     Editorials of Interest   Easter and the Eighth Day Crisis Magazine Have you ever heard of the Eighth Day?   A 2022 Mother's Day Gift Guide Theology of Home Whether it's for your mom or mother-in-law, your adult daughter, a dear friend, a godmother, or yourself (or your wife for our dear male readers) we have ideas to inspire you.   Fear, Suffering, and Fixing Catholic Stand The other day I was speaking to a friend of mine who had in the past struggled with frequent migraines.   Silence: God's Eternal Language Theology of Home People today are hungry for the authentic.   An open letter to Cardinal Reinhard Marx CWR Your Eminence, the German Church — the Catholicism of my ancestors — is dying.   Justice and War in Ukraine: Part I Catholic Culture Too many good Catholics have succumbed to simplistic thinking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.   Justice and War in Ukraine — Part II: What Putin Wants Catholic Culture What provoked Putin to launch this invasion? What might prompt him to escalate? What would convince him to withdraw?   Jordan Peterson's Easter Letter YouTube Why we celebrate Christ's death and resurrection.   What Killed Cultural Aspiration The Lamp Magazine Bliss it was in that pre-social media dawn to be alive.   The Only Way Women Can 'Have It All' Radiant Magazine We've been asking the question for decades — can women have it all?   The Wisdom of a Hidden Life Radiant Magazine For much of my life, I have experienced feeling hidden and unseen.   Feeling angry? Take it before the Blessed Sacrament OSV He felt angry, really angry, all the time, my friend told me, responding to something I'd written about the way our government as well as businesses neglect the environment.   Remember, the devil wants you to lose your moral integrity Knowing Is Doing Custody of your desires is a phrase not often heard when speaking on the value of moral integrity.   What Is the Great Reset? Imprimis Is the Great Reset a conspiracy theory imagining a vast left-wing plot to establish a totalitarian one-world government? No.   St. John Henry Cardinal Newman and St. Justin Martyr, pray for us. Subscribe / Unsubscribe Copyright © 2022 Catholic Education Resource Center