Category: Catholic Life

Leaving Social Media

Posted on November 12, 2023

“To consort with the crowd is hurtful.” Seneca, Epistle VII This evening I removed all of my own personal accounts as well the Classical Liberal Arts Academy accounts from the popular social…...

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Using Social Media More Prudently

Posted on November 11, 2023

Recently, while studying the life of John Adams, I noticed something that I think would greatly help us to avoid the troubles caused by social media today...

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What American History Can Teach Us about Church Controversies

Posted on November 3, 2023

In this talk, Mr. William C. Michael of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy discusses how a careful study of early American history and the response of the founding fathers can help us to work through modern controversies in the Catholic Church.

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“I prefer…”

Posted on October 9, 2023

“One day within your courtsis better than a thousand elsewhere.The threshold of the house of GodI prefer to the dwellings of the wicked.” Psalm 84 It appears that we can apply these…...

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The Real John Bosco

Posted on July 26, 2023

St. John Bosco is often presented as a silly priest who played games with boys. He didn’t actually do so, but was actually was a very sober and learned man. In fact,…...

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Work Out Your Salvation

Posted on July 26, 2023

I’ve been praying recently for understanding on how to handle parenting when children make bad choices or aren’t interested in spiritual things. It is very unclear whether parents, especially of adult children,…...

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Prayers before and after Mass

Posted on July 24, 2023

St. Thomas Aquinas provides these prayers before and after Mass. These are my daily Mass prayers and I have enjoyed them: Prayer Before Mass Almighty and ever-living God, I draw near to…...

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“Silver and gold I have none…”

Posted on July 23, 2023

I believe that the apparent decline in Catholic Church attendance is owed far more to the Church’s loss of secular power and influence in modern history than in any liturgical changes–as if…...

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Is THIS the best thing I can do right now?

Posted on July 23, 2023

Christians seem to spend most of their time asking whether this or that activity is a sin, which leads to many inconclusive deliberations. The question a Christian should be asking is: “Is…...

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