Note from the Assistant Managing Editor:
We begin this week with a reflection on "Asking Daily for the Grace to Strive." "We may have desires, longings, purposes, wishes; but that is not having a strong and determined will. Everything depends upon perseverance."
On October 13, Cardinal John Henry Newman was canonized. Rev. Peter Stravinskas writes an inspiring overview of this saintly man in "The Model Priest for a Church in Crisis."
Then an excellent interview with Mike Rowe of the television show "Dirty Jobs," in which he jumps into the trenches alongside hardworking men and women who do jobs nobody wants — but are necessary for civilization. "As a group, they don't say 'Follow your passion.' By and large, the people we featured on the show understood that passion is too important to 'follow.' They brought their passion with them."
Finally, a beautiful piece from Anthony Esolen on the persevering faith of the Japanese who "without the benefit of books, priests, schools, and the sacraments, kept what they could recall of the Faith, in secret, against the cruel enmity of the ruling shogunate. With all our liberties we should do so well."
God bless you all this week. - Meaghen Gonzalez
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"She fights and she suffers, in proportion as she plays her part well; and if she is without suffering, it is because she is slumbering. Her doctrines and precepts never can be palatable to the world; and if the world does not persecute, it is because she does not preach." - Saint John Henry Newman
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Asking Daily for the Grace to Strive - Father Jean-Nicolas Grou, S.J. - Manual for Interior Souls
The first means of attaining virtue, which seems the most easy, and is in reality the most difficult, is to will it; but with a sincere, entire, efficacious, and constant will.
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The Model Priest for a Church in Crisis - Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas - Crisis Magazine
In his spiritual autobiography, Apologia pro Vita Sua, Saint John Henry Newman informs us: "When I was fifteen (in the autumn of 1816), a great change of thought took place in me."
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Dirty Work - Mike Rowe - Plough Quarterly
Mike Rowe talks to Plough's Susannah Black about practical work, why college is overvalued, and how he found redemption in a San Francisco sewer.
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Foreword: Taking Faith Seriously - Francis J. Beckwith - from Faith and Reason: Philosophers Explain Their Turn to Catholicism
Too smart to believe in God? The twelve philosophers in this book are too smart not to, and their finely honed reasoning skills and advanced educations are on display as they explain their reasons for believing in Christianity and entering the Roman Catholic Church.
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Feeling & and Healing Your Emotions - Father Emmerich Vogt, O.P. - The Twelve Step Review
Something I always like to cover in my missions is the role of feelings and emotions in our moral lives.
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Newman in a time of spiritual combat - Father George W. Rutler - From the Pastor
Over forty years ago, I told a wise Protestant theologian that I had been reading the Apologia pro Vita Sua of John Henry Newman (1801-1890).
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Editorials of Interest:
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Editorials of Interest
The "Process" Begins - The Catholic Thing
In the end, we're either with Christ and the Gospel, or we're kind of with Him, but also really would rather belong to our all-too-human cultures.
What Kind of 'Believers'? - Crisis Magazine
Much of the Catholic Church in Germany (and in other German-speaking lands) is in a de facto state of schism.
'Woke' NBA kowtows to Chinese communists - Acton
The NBA demonstrated its fundamental ethical bankruptcy by using its power and privilege to shield a totalitarian regime from even indirect criticism in the form of a tweet in solidarity with a courageous protest movement whose only crime is standing up for human rights and the rule of law.
John Henry Newman - YouTube
Learn about the Church's newest saint, St. John Henry Newman, in this FREE episode from Bishop Barron's "CATHOLICISM: The Pivotal Players."
It's okay to be normal - Catholic Stand
We are not meant to live perpetually on top of mountains. For most of us, the work is on the ground, and it can be quite ordinary and seemingly mundane.
How gay rights empower the rich - First Things
The signal cases for gay rights follow a clear trend of powerful people using civil rights for their own benefit. They involve rich people litigating for what they want.
'Human Dignity': A Bible Scrap, Used as a Pagan Spell - The Stream
The spell is cast by atheists, Darwinists, climate fanatics who want to stop people from having children, and other pagans with no shred of an argument in favor of humans actually having any dignity.
St. John Henry Cardinal Newman and St. Justin Martyr, pray for us |
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