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Today I'm joined at the bar table by Jacob Imam — a doctoral student at Oxford University. Together we discuss his conversion from Islam to Catholicism. Jacob shares: <ul> <li>How growing up in a split Muslim/Evangelical household led him to start asking some deep metaphysical questions at a very young age</li> <li>Why he went from being an Eastern Orthodox catechumen to choosing Catholicism</li> <li>How the story of the Prodigal Son led to his father's conversion just weeks before his death</li> </ul> SPONSORS EL Investments: https://www.elinvestments.net/pints Exodus 90: https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/ Hallow: http://hallow.app/mattfradd STRIVE: https://www.strive21.com/ GIVING Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd">https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd</a> This show (and all the plans we have in store) wouldn't be possible without you. I can't thank those of you who support me enough. Seriously! Thanks for essentially being a co-producer coproducer of the show. LINKS Website: <a href="https://pintswithaquinas.com/">https://pintswithaquinas.com/</a> Merch: <a href="https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd">https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd</a> FREE 21 Day Detox From Porn Course: <a href="https://www.strive21.com/">https://www.strive21.com/</a> SOCIAL Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd">https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mattfradd">https://twitter.com/mattfradd</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd">https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd</a> MY BOOKS Does God Exist: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586377974&amp;sr=8-9">https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586377974&amp;sr=8-9</a> Marian Consecration With Aquinas: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586379026&amp;sr=8-4">https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586379026&amp;sr=8-4</a> The Porn Myth: <a href="https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx">https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx</a> CONTACT Book me to speak: <a href="https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform">https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

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Anyone can and should condemn the sins of the priests and cardinals that have been all over the news. The real challenge is to ask God what he is expecting us to do within this time, our time, in history. If he has created us to live in these difficult times for Catholics, he must be calling us to some great task to help bring renewal to his Church and individual souls.

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Why should we have confidence in God? Dan, Melissa and Dr. Anthony Lilles explore the unmatched confidence that St. Therese has for her beloved and how this confidence in God can change everyday life. Topics/Questions covered in the show: <ul> <li>Therese has absolute confidence in Jesus and offers her life to Him in loving, trustful surrender.</li> <li>How can we come to understand that God is arranging the events of our life of exile, especially when the events are painful?</li> <li>When we choose to see the events of our lives through faith, Jesus is with us, standing beside us through the difficulties.</li> <li>Why should our confidence in God mirror that of a child in the womb?</li> <li>God's love for us is exponentially greater than that of a mother's love for her child.</li> <li>Our Beloved has set a path for us that we must follow to find Him. We know that God has given us all that we need to reach Him.</li> <li>In order to come to the confidence that Therese has in God, we must never make major decisions out of fear.</li> <li>We must frequent the sacraments.</li> <li>We must make time each day for conversation with God.</li> </ul> Resources: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.spiritualdirection.com/" target= "_blank">Spiritualdirection.com</a> - website</li> <li><a href="http://www.ewtn.com/radio/index.asp" target= "_blank">EWTN Global Catholic Radio</a></li> <li><a href="http://avila-institute.com/" target="_blank">Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ewtnreligiouscatalogue.com/" target= "_blank">EWTN Religious Catalogue</a> - online</li> <li><a href= "http://www.ewtnreligiouscatalogue.com/Home+Page/BOOKS/Saints+Religious/LIVING+THE+MYSTERY+OF+MERCIFUL+LOVE.axd" target="_blank">Living the Mystery of Merciful Love: 30 Days with Therese of Lisieux</a> by Dr. Anthony Lilles and Dan Burke</li> <li>Questions? Send an e-mail to <a href= "mailto:Questions@myavila.com" target= "_blank">Questions@myavila.com</a> or call 818-646-7729. — please leave your name, location and question.</li> </ul>

May 19, 2017 - St. Therese, Day 12: Confidence in God

Opening Credits

Dedication

Epigraph

A Personal Note from the Author

Learning to Remain

How to Use This Retreat Book

Retreat I - The Holy Face

Reflection 1.1 - The Holy Face of Jesus

Reflection 1.2 - The Hidden God

Reflection 1.3 - The Consoling Gaze

Reflection 1.4 - The Call to Reparation

Reflection 1.5 - The Interior Life and the Hidden Christ

Reflection 1.6 - The Wounds That Heal

Reflection 1.7 - Where Christ Dwells in Silence

Reflection 1.8 - Little Sacrifices, Great Love

Reflection 1.9 - Love That Suffers in Silence

Reflection 1.10 - The Face That Saves

Retreat II - Behold Your Mother

Reflection 2.1 - The Fiat That Echoes through Time

Reflection 2.2 - Learning Trust at Bethlehem

Reflection 2.3 - Hiddenness and Silence

Reflection 2.4 - Do Whatever He Tells You

Reflection 2.5 - The Sword That Pierces the Heart

Reflection 2.6 - The Cross

Reflection 2.7 - The Gift of a Mother

Reflection 2.8 - Reparation

Reflection 2.9 - Mary's Compassion for the World

Reflection 2.10 - The Eucharist

Retreat III - The Beatitudes

Reflection 3.1 - Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit

Reflection 3.2 - Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Reflection 3.3 - Blessed Are the Meek

Reflection 3.4 - Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

Reflection 3.5 - Blessed Are the Merciful

Reflection 3.6 - Blessed Are the Pure of Heart

Reflection 3.7 - Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Reflection 3.8 - Blessed Are the Persecuted for Righteousness

Reflection 3.9 - Christ, the Living Beatitudes

Reflection 3.10 - The Blessed Life in an Unblessed World

Retreat IV - The Cross

Reflection 4.1 - The Cross and the Mystery of Suffering

Reflection 4.2 - The Cross as the School of Love

Reflection 4.3 - Father, Forgive Them

Reflection 4.4 - Today You Will Be with Me in Paradise

Reflection 4.5 - Behold Your Mother

Reflection 4.6 - My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?

Reflection 4.7 - I Thirst

Reflection 4.8 - It Is Finished

Reflection 4.9 - Father, into Your Hands I Commend My Spirit

Reflection 4.10 - Calvary in Daily Life

Retreat V - The Eucharist

Reflection 5.1 - The Love That Remains

Reflection 5.2 - Nourished by Love

Reflection 5.3 - Love Received and Returned

Reflection 5.4 - Mary, The First Living Tabernacle

Reflection 5.5 - The Eucharist, the Cross, and the Priest at the Altar

Reflection 5.6 - Food for the Journey

Reflection 5.7 - Love That Remains and Love That Responds

Reflection 5.8 - Love That Flows into the World

Reflection 5.9 - Transformation through Contemplation

Reflection 5.10 - Becoming What We Receive

Appendix I - How to Make a Holy Hour

Appendix II - A Holy Week Retreat

Appendix II - Palm Sunday

Appendix II - Holy Monday

Appendix II - Holy Tuesday

Appendix II - Holy Wednesday

Appendix II - Holy Thursday

Appendix II - Good Friday

Appendix II - Holy Saturday

Appendix II - Easter Sunday

Appendix II - Easter Invitation

Appendix III - Leader's Reference Guide

Appendix III - Selected Works of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Consulted

About Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

About the Author

End Credits

Inspired by the enduring wisdom of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, this devotional invites readers to deepen their relationship with Christ through the transformative practice of the Holy Hour. Featuring six guided retreats on the Holy Face, Our Lady, the Beatitudes, the Eucharist, the Cross, and Holy Week, it offers daily reflections, prayers, and practical resolutions that lead from meditation to a more faithful Christian life. Whether used alone or in a group, these pages provide a simple yet profound path to renewed prayer, healing, and holiness before the Blessed Sacrament.

The Soul of a Disciple

Introduction

Part One - Reading the Culture

The Way We Read is Changing

The Way We Relate to Others is Changing

An Armchair Revolution

Part Two - Reading to Strengthen Your Mind and Imagination

Engaging a Story with the Head, Heart, and Imagination

Choosing Books That Change Us

I Have a Book... Now What?!

Part Three - Reading to Enrich Your Soul

Intentional Journaling

Connect with Other Readers

Connect Your Story to the Larger Story

This practical and inspiring guide, born from the experience of the nationally growing Well-Read Mom book club, shows how intentional reading can renew the mind, enrich the soul, and foster deeper friendships in an age of constant distraction. Offering simple, achievable steps, it helps readers reclaim time for worthwhile books, cultivate meaningful leisure, and engage more thoughtfully with ideas rooted in truth, goodness, and beauty. Whether reading alone or in community, these pages encourage a lifelong habit of deep reading that nourishes the imagination, strengthens the spiritual life, and draws the heart ever closer to God.

The Well-Read Life

WE talk all things LENT and liturgical planning. You will love my guest for today, Kendra loves sharing her gifts and passions with other moms. Here's Kendra's bio: Hi! I'm Kendra. I'm a Catholic wife and mother of many, from little to teenaged. I also dabble in teaching, reading, writing, cooking, baking, sewing, crafting, party planning, graphic design, home remodeling, and streaming with the captions on so I can understand British. Catholic All Year is a place for me to share how we live. You can grab any other helpful links from the media kit online: <a href= "https://catholicallyear.com/media-kit/">https://catholicallyear.com/media-kit/</a> Facebook: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/catholicallyear/">https://www.facebook.com/catholicallyear/</a> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kendra_tierney/">https://www.instagram.com/kendra_tierney/</a> Youtube: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/c/KendraTierneyCAY/videos">https://www.youtube.com/c/KendraTierneyCAY/videos</a> ____________________ Don't forget that we have made <a href= "https://www.cameronfradd.com/">https://www.cameronfradd.com/</a> the place where you can find all the things Among The Lilies! Check out our new shop with ATL merchandise, and we will be adding more items soon! Thank you all for your support. I am so grateful, and I love and am praying for y'all! Thank you for being here! If you are interested in supporting Among the Lilies (you will get access to a BUNCH of things including bonus content), please consider supporting us at <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/AmongTheLilies">https://www.patreon.com/AmongTheLilies</a> By supporting us, you will get access to a BUNCH of things, including bonus content. Please join the Among the Lilies community on Instagram and Facebook! ➡️ <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/AmongTheLiliess/">https://www.facebook.com/AmongTheLiliess/</a> ➡️ <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/among_the_lilies">https://www.instagram.com/among_the_lilies</a>

209. Preparing for LENT

Yo! Go subscribe to The Matt Fradd Show podcast:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-matt-fradd-show/id1443398185 I sit down with Abigail Rine Favale for nearly 3 hours to discuss her unlikely conversion, why she no longer identifies as a feminist, and postmodernism. So much postmodernism. Enjoy! To support me on Patreon (Thank you!): <a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=6MfsHlJ1I6E&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=d_wmeZEtgVNmtSHJivm0TGXN5_l8MTU0Nzk0NzQ0NEAxNTQ3ODYxMDQ0&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fmattfradd">https://patreon.com/mattfradd</a> To follow Abigail on Facebook: <a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=6MfsHlJ1I6E&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=d_wmeZEtgVNmtSHJivm0TGXN5_l8MTU0Nzk0NzQ0NEAxNTQ3ODYxMDQ0&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAbigailFavale%2F">https://www.facebook.com/AbigailFavale/</a> Get Abigail's book (use promo code "deep" for %40 off): <a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=6MfsHlJ1I6E&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=d_wmeZEtgVNmtSHJivm0TGXN5_l8MTU0Nzk0NzQ0NEAxNTQ3ODYxMDQ0&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwipfandstock.com%2Finto-the-deep.html">https://wipfandstock.com/into-the-dee...</a> To follow me on Twitter: <a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=6MfsHlJ1I6E&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=d_wmeZEtgVNmtSHJivm0TGXN5_l8MTU0Nzk0NzQ0NEAxNTQ3ODYxMDQ0&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmattfradd">https://twitter.com/mattfradd</a> To follow me on Instagram: <a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=6MfsHlJ1I6E&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=d_wmeZEtgVNmtSHJivm0TGXN5_l8MTU0Nzk0NzQ0NEAxNTQ3ODYxMDQ0&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fmattfradd%2F">https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd/</a> To follow me on Facebook: <a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=6MfsHlJ1I6E&amp;event=video_description&amp;redir_token=d_wmeZEtgVNmtSHJivm0TGXN5_l8MTU0Nzk0NzQ0NEAxNTQ3ODYxMDQ0&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmattfradd%2F">https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd/</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

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Episode 30. How Small and Childlike are We Supposed to Be? -- August 24, 2020. Intro: Welcome to the podcast Coronavirus Crisis: Carpe Diem!, where you and I rise up and embrace the possibilities and opportunities for spiritual and psychological growth in this time of crisis, all grounded in a Catholic worldview.   We are going beyond mere resilience, to rising up to the challenges of this pandemic and becoming even healthier in the natural and the spiritual realms than we were before.  I’m clinical psychologist Peter Malinoski your host and guide, with Souls and Hearts at soulsandhearts.com.  Thank you for being here with me.  Let’s jump right in with this critical, central question.  Why is it that we have such a hard time trusting God?  Why is it that our confidence in God is so inconsistent, why is it that we are so fickle?  Why is it so hard for us to have the absolute confidence in God that He merits, that he deserves from us?  That’s what we will be addressing in episode 30 of Coronavirus Crisis: Carpe Diem!, released on August 24, 2020 from the Souls and Hearts studio in Indianapolis.  The title for today’s episode is How Small and Childlike are we Supposed to Be?  We’re going to get into the psychological side of this question of childlike trust in particular.  There are other sides to the question – the spiritual side, the moral side – we’ll address those sides in passing.  But what is so often neglected, so often denied, so often ignored, and thus so unknown and unavailable to so many Catholics – what we really need so badly -- is a realistic, accurate understanding of the psychological factors, the factors in the natural realm that get in the way of us trusting our God and our Lady.  We’ve certainly touched on some of these factors before, so let’s review for a moment, let’s go back to take a look at what we’ve developed in previous episodes.  So here is the causal chain as we’ve described it so far:We have distorted God images in our bones, we have distorted God images in the emotional, intuitive parts of us.  The trouble happens when we give in to those God images, we let them dominate us, we let them take over, we default to them, and we act in accord with those false God images.   Then, our self-image deteriorates.  Meanwhile, we drift away from God or even flee from him.  All the while, we are losing our peace, joy, well-being.  When that gets bad enough, we become symptomatic – anxious, depressed, apathetic, hopeless, panicky, obsessive, whatever our symptoms are.  So let’s back up one more link in the causal chain and ask the question:  What’s the main psychological reason we don’t resist our problematic God images?  I’m again talking psychological reasons here, not just spiritual reasons like having a particular vice.  Psychologically, we lose track of who God really is.  We don’t God clearly in those moments, and we waver, we are tempted to doubt, we are inclined to fall again into our destructive patterns, whatever those are for us.  We are lured by our false God images into ways of thinking, feeling, desiring and acting that are harmful to us and to others.    Why Do We Mistrust God and Mary So Much ?  I’ll give you the answer.  It’s because we are too grown up.  We are trying to be way too big.  Actively mistrusting – fearing.  Or just not considering God at all.  That what we are like when we act big.We know this.  We know the Bible verses.  We’ve heard them.  But do we really get what they are saying?     Matthew 18 1. At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And calling to him a child (RSV, NAB), “little child” (DR) (ESV)he put him in the midst of them, 3 and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  5 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; 6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+18&amp;version=RSVCE#fen-RSVCE-27907a">a</a>] it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. 1 In illa hora accesserunt discipuli ad Iesum dicentes: “ Quis putas maior est in regno caelorum? ”.   2 Et advocans parvulum, statuit eum in medio eorum   3 et dixit: “ Amen dico vobis: Nisi conversi fueritis et efiiciamini sicut parvuli, non intrabitis in regnum caelorum.   4 Quicumque ergo humiliaverit se sicut parvulus iste, hic est maior in regno caelorum.   5 Et, qui susceperit unum parvulum talem in nomine meo, me suscipit.  6 Qui autem scandalizaverit unum de pusillis istis, qui in me credunt, expedit ei, ut suspendatur mola asinaria in collo eius et demergatur in profundum maris.very little, very small, tiny. petty, insignificant, Tiny.  Like babies.  Like sheep in their understanding.  When we approach God:  like that.  When sent out as sheep among wolves Matthew 10:16 Wise (Shrewd) as serpents, simple as doves.  Harmless, plain, sincere, without guile.  Without me you can do nothing.  19 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise. (<a href="https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/bible.show/sVerseID/26230/eVerseID/26230">John 5:19</a>) 30 “I can do nothing on my own authority; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.  (<a href="https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/bible.show/sVerseID/26241/eVerseID/26241">John 5:30</a>) Matthew 1913 Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people; 14 but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” 15 And he laid his hands on them and went away.13 Tunc oblati sunt ei parvuli, ut manus eis imponeret et oraret; discipuli autem increpabant eis.   14 Iesus vero ait: “ Sinite parvulos et nolite eos prohibere ad me venire; talium est enim regnum caelorum ”.   15 Et cum imposuisset eis manus, abiit inde.Parvulus:  Childhood.  But emphasis on infancy.  Little, slight, unimportant, very young, insufficient, indiscreet, not able to understand.   Diminutive of Parvus  -- small, little, ignorable, unimportant.    A story of cousin Ryan.  3 or 4 years old. Dapper seersucker suit and matching cap.  Christmas morning – big deal on Mom’s side of the family.  I was young teenager.  Wanting to be a big man.  Ryan was playing.   For St. Therese of Lisieux, everything is based on and flows from spiritual childhood asserts Fr. François Jamart in The Complete Spiritual Doctrine of S...

30 How Small and Childlike are We Supposed to Be?

The TLM - History and Facts

The Parts of the Mass in the Roman Rite

Helpful Tools

Attending Your First Mass in the Old Rite

Living with the TLM the Fruits

Acknowledgments

Closing Credits

This concise guide opens the riches of the Traditional Latin Mass to newcomers and longtime Catholics alike, explaining its prayers, gestures, silence, and symbolism with clarity and warmth. Moving beyond the external forms, it reveals the profound spiritual realities unfolding at the altar and helps readers enter more deeply into the mystery of Christ’s sacrifice. Accessible and inviting, these pages serve as an ideal introduction to a venerable liturgical tradition that continues to inspire reverence, contemplation, and a deeper love for God.

Discovering the Latin Mass

Mangroves and Everglades (1 of 2)

Mangroves and Everglades (2 of 2)

The Great Bays and Appalachia

New England and New York

Great Lakes and Rivers

The Great Plains

Purple Mountain Majesties

Canyons and Mesas

The Great Basin

Many Deserts, Much Heat

The Upper Missouri

The Warmth of Yellowstone

Our West Coast

Many Glaciers

This beautifully crafted collection of fables invites readers of all ages to rediscover the landscapes, virtues, and enduring ideals that shape the American story. Through imaginative tales featuring native animals and rich, lyrical storytelling, it presents timeless lessons on freedom, friendship, and moral character. These stories delight the young while offering deeper reflections for older readers, making this volume a fitting tribute to the spirit of a nation and a celebration of the principles that continue to guide its people.

The American Book of Fables

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII

Chapter XIX

Chapter XX

Chapter XXI

Chapter XXII

Chapter XXIII

Chapter XXIV

Chapter XXV

Chapter XXVI

Chapter XXVII

Chapter XXVIII

Chapter XXIX

Chapter XXX

Chapter XXXI

Chapter XXXII

Chapter XXXIII

Chapter XXXIV

On the wild, windswept Yorkshire moors stands the lonely farmhouse of Wuthering Heights, where one day the master returns with a dark-eyed orphan boy named Heathcliff. Raised among the family, Heathcliff forms a fierce, all-consuming bond with the master's daughter, Catherine, the two of them running wild and inseparable across the heath. But cruelty from a jealous brother and the genteel temptations of a wealthier neighbor begin to pull at Catherine's loyalties, setting her between the untamed love she cannot deny and the respectable life she longs for. Brontë's haunting 1847 novel kindles a passion fierce enough to outlast everything, even death.

Wuthering Heights

Sr. Anna Wray delves into the philosophical question of whether friendship with a simple God is possible, using Aristotle's teachings as a foundation and comparing them to Thomas Aquinas' perspective. The speaker analyzes Aristotle's concepts of friendship, human contemplation, and divine activity, highlighting the challenges in applying these ideas to a relationship with God. The discussion then shifts to Thomas Aquinas' approach, noting how his views differ from Aristotle's and potentially offer a new understanding of friendship with God. This lecture was given on May 31, 2024, at Mount Saint Mary College. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at <a href="https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events." target="_blank">thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events</a> About the Speaker: Sister Anna Wray is a native of Connecticut and a member of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia of Nashville, TN. Sister received her phD in philosophy from The Catholic University of America, having written her dissertation on Aristotle’s account of the activity of contemplation. Sister is an assistant professor on the faculty of CUA's School of Philosophy in Washington, DC, where she regularly teaches courses in the history of philosophy, logic, rhetoric, ethics, philosophy of religion, and philosophical psychology. She is also an adjunct professor for Aquinas College, where she teaches metaphysics and epistemology to her sisters in formation. When time permits, sister enjoys the occasional trip that allows her to speak to (and with) others who share her loves.

Is Friendship with a Simple God Possible? | Sr. Anna Wray, O.P.

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It is written (Ezekiel 36:25): "I will pour upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness." I answer that, As the Apostle says (Romans 6:3), "all we, who are baptized in Christ Jesus, are baptized in His death." And further on he concludes (Romans 6:11): "So do you also reckon that you are dead to sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Hence it is clear that by Baptism man dies unto the oldness of sin, and begins to live unto the newness of grace. But every sin belongs to the primitive oldness. Consequently every sin is taken away by Baptism. --- the Passion of Christ is communicated to every baptized person, so that he is healed just as if he himself had suffered and died. Now Christ's Passion . . . is a sufficient satisfaction for all the sins of all men. Consequently he who is baptized, is freed from the debt of all punishment due to him for his sins, just as if he himself had offered sufficient satisfaction for all his sins. --- As Augustine says in the book on Infant Baptism (De Pecc. Merit. et Remiss. i) "the effect of Baptism is that the baptized are incorporated in Christ as His members." Now the fulness of grace and virtues flows from Christ theHead to all His members, according to John 1:16: "Of His fulness we all have received." Hence it is clear that man receives grace and virtues in Baptism. ST III, Q. 69, A. 1; 2; 4. --- SPONSORS EL Investments: <a href="https://www.elinvestments.net/pints">https://www.elinvestments.net/pints</a> Exodus 90: <a href="https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/">https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/</a> Hallow: <a href="http://hallow.app/mattfradd">http://hallow.app/mattfradd</a> STRIVE: <a href="https://www.strive21.com/">https://www.strive21.com/</a> GIVING Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd">https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd</a> This show (and all the plans we have in store) wouldn't be possible without you. I can't thank those of you who support me enough. Seriously! Thanks for essentially being a co-producer coproducer of the show. LINKS Website: <a href="https://pintswithaquinas.com/">https://pintswithaquinas.com/</a> Merch: <a href="https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd">https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd</a> FREE 21 Day Detox From Porn Course: <a href="https://www.strive21.com/">https://www.strive21.com/</a> SOCIAL Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd">https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mattfradd">https://twitter.com/mattfradd</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd">https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd</a> MY BOOKS Does God Exist: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586377974&amp;sr=8-9">https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586377974&amp;sr=8-9</a> Marian Consecration With Aquinas: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586379026&amp;sr=8-4">https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586379026&amp;sr=8-4</a> The Porn Myth: <a href="https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx">https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx</a> CONTACT Book me to speak: <a href="https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform">https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

23: Is baptism necessary for salvation?

<ol><li>Intro:  I am clinical psychologist Peter Malinoski, and you are listening to the weekly podcast Interior Integration for Catholics  <ol><li>Today in episode 63, we are discussing human formation -- what is it?  What do you mine it's missing for many people?</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Windup: I am going to start with a bold claim and a controversial claim.  <ol><li>For many, many Catholic adults in our day and age, in our culture, there is a much greater need to focus on human formation than on spiritual formation.</li><li>Let me repeat that:  Many, many Catholic adults at this point in their lives need solid human formation more than they need spiritual formation.  <ol><li>Serious Catholic adults.</li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Commitment to human formation is so important in the Catholic married sexual life that it composes two of the four legs of my model of a Catholic marriage bed.  <ol><li>The husband's commitment to human formation -- one leg</li><li>The wife's commitment to human formation -- the other leg</li><li>Another leg is really understanding attachment and integrity needs (episode 62)</li><li>Another leg is a model the Internal family systems-informed model of the person with a self and with parts -- we are a unity and a multiplicity -- episodes 60 and 61. </li><li>The floor is the a deep, abiding, childlike trust in Mary our Spiritual Mother and God our Spiritual Father.  </li><li>Building a whole bed here, starting in episode 58.  No need to review all of it now.   </li></ol></li><li>So many Catholics with lots of spiritual formation who have built their spiritual lives on a very, very unsound natural foundation, with mediocre or poor human formation. <ol><li>So their spiritual lives are unstable.  </li><li>Example of early client -- extreme example  <ol><li>Mid 30's, very earnest Catholic, very sincere, distressed --  I have to help his wife understand the Faith.  Wife was Catholic, but a lot of tension between them about his spiritual practices.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Danger of divorce -- wife: get to counseling or I'll divorce you </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Wife concerns?  <ol><li>Spending three hours per day in Eucharistic Adoration  <ol><li>Bringing their young children</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Our Lady of Lourdes</li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>No gainful employment</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Wife feeling constantly criticized by his fraternal corrections, his attempts to help her become more holy.  </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Spiritual Problems?  No -- problems in the natural realm.  <ol><li>Blended with a part that is so driven by fear.  </li><li>Part desperately trying to please an extremely demanding God and Mary -- trying to become holy, Pelagian efforts</li><li>Lack of attunement to children -- alienated from them, they were becoming alienated from the faith</li><li>Wedge in the marriage, wife thinks he's a religious nutcase.  </li><li>He recognizes there are problems, wife needs to change  <ol><li>Praying the Rosary</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Fatima Visionary Sr. Lucia:  There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary.</li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Problems come from his distorted human formation.   </li><li>Priest sex abuse scandal.  <ol><li>Can frame it all spiritually.  <ol><li>The priest who sexually abused children gave in to lust, it was a violation of the virtue of chastity, among other virtues.  Ok.  Hmmm.  So it was a spiritual problem, a failure, he gave into temptation.   No doubt there are spiritual dimensions to this, including a most grave and serious sin.  </li><li>Or is a primary issue with his disordered sexual attraction to children and a real lack of impulse control --problems in the natural realm, a problem with his human formation.  That makes so much more sense to me as being primary.  </li></ol></li></ol></li><li>Scrupulosity -- so often seen as a spiritual problem, but is one of the most frustrating issues for confessors and spiritual directors encounter -- so often it doesn't resolve with traditional spiritual means.  <ol><li>Primarily in the natural realm.  Did a whole episode with Adam Cross The Catholic Therapist on human formation issues, the real issues in the natural realm that underlie scrupulosity.  </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li>Serious Devastation -- original sin.  <ol><li>Effect on the human body -- death, illness, pain -- and now intensity of pain in childbirth, physical labor and toil to survive scratching out an existence from cursed ground.  </li><li>Effect on the rest of our human formation  <ol><li>Distrust of God</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Fear</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Anger</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Loss of harmony</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Really a kind of dis-integration -- in the world and inside of us.  </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li>Grace perfects nature; it does not destroy it.  St. Thomas Aquinas  <ol><li>We need to work with our human natures.  We need our human natures to be formed.  </li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Jesus discussed foundations  <ol><li>Discussion of foundations in Scripture -- Matthew 7:24-27  <ol><li>24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”</li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Jesus as the cornerstone.</li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Algebra and arithmetic.  </li><li>Hold up, we're getting ahead of ourselves here.  What is human formation?</li></ol></li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Definitions  <ol><li>Those who follow this Interior Integration for Catholic Podcast know that I am all about defining our terms.  <ol><li>So much rests on a clear understanding of what we are discussing.</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Human Formation, to be honest is a nebulous term.  <ol><li>Used a lot in Catholic contexts -- primarily in seminary contexts.</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>A whole section is devoted to human formation in the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops document entitled "Program of Priestly Formation, Fifth Edition" which came out in 2006.  pages 29-42  <ol><li>Longest and most complete discussion of human formation I could find in an official church document</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>14 pages -- but no definition of human formation.  <ol><li>The foundation and center of all human formation is Jesus Christ, the word made flesh, paragraph 75</li><li>Also in paragraph 75, we learn that "human formation is the 'necessary foundation' of priestly formation.  </li><li>We learn that the goals of human formation is to foster growth so that a man can become <ol><li>A free person</li><li>Of solid moral character</li><li>Prudent and discerning</li><li>Invested in and capable of communion, of relating deeply with others</li><li>With Good communication skills</li><li> Affective maturity - integration of feelings, thoughts and values</li><li>Who cares for his body</li><li>Who relates well with others</li><li>A good steward of material...</li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol>

63 Human Formation: The Critical Missing Element

Life is a Struggle

The Prince of Darkness

The Origin of Evil

The Adversary of God

The Enemy of Man

The Prince of This World

The Victory of Christ

The Powerful Virgin Against Evil

The Tempter

The Temptation of Eden

The Temptation of Jesus In The Desert

The Beginning of Temptation

The Dynamics of Temptation

The Outcome of Temptation

Temptation And The Capital Vices

Temptation In Daily Life

Temptations On The Way Of Conversion

The Ferocity Of The Dragon

The False Angel Of Light

Deliver Us From Evil

Many underestimate the devil’s power, leaving themselves unprepared for daily spiritual battles. This clear and practical guide explains how Satan tempts, deceives, and seeks to rule hearts through pride, sin, and fear. Drawing from Scripture and the wisdom of the saints, it reveals how to resist his traps, expose evil with God’s light, and guard your soul with repentance, prayer, and grace. A needed reminder to stay vigilant and rooted in Christ’s victory.

The Deceiver