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'm putting a link to a page at
Lighthouse Media. If you aren't familiar with them, spend a few minutes
checking out their program. Basically, you put up a
"free CD" rack at your parish (requesting donations, of course) and let people get free CDs with talks by folks like Scott Hahn, Tim Staples, Pat Madrid -- all the good ones. The up-front cost is kinda' steep but their experience is that donations cover costs quickly and your fellow parishioners get sold-out for Jesus in a hurry.
Another option is to just
join their CD club and they'll send you a disk for you to listen to and hand on. Pretty easy way to evangelize, frankly. I've heard about 15 of the CDs and they've all been solid.
In any case, they're giving away free MP3 talk by Dr. Scott Hahn on confession.
Check it thou out.
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Here's a fantastic talk about the importance of male friendship by Fr. John Riccardo:
Also, because I enjoyed it when I heard it and I like to share, here's another talk of Fr. John Riccardo's on Lectio Divina:
.Here's a real treat! Catholic apologist (
and devoted geocentrist - lolwut?!?) Robert Sungenis debating "
Dr." (lolwut again?!?) James White, elder at Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church.
I remember when I was first learning about Catholic doctrine. I got my hands on all of the James White debates I could because I wanted to find the truth and he seemed so...persuasive, I suppose. I've heard him debate a number of Catholics, a few Protestants and even some Muslims. I even exchanged a few e-mails with him (which he posted, in heavily edited, straw-man created form on his blog -- which still doesn't allow comments where one might challenge his mildly deceptive tactics).
The thing is, the more I learned about Catholic doctrine the less persuasive he became. I started to see where he was manipulating the debate by using ambiguous terms to distort or misrepresent Catholic teaching. I noticed his failure to answer direct questions. I even went so far as to document several of his errors and misrepresentations at the Catholic Answers forum. In my defense, it was Mr. White's idea -- he wanted people to substantiate their allegations. So I did.
ANYWHO...here are two debates, HT to Filipino Catholic. The first is on Calvinistic double predestination. The second is on the Bodily Assumption of Our Lady. Even though I find many of his comments frustrating now (he really should know better by this point), I still like listening to his debates. Hope you do, too. Enjoy!
.If you find some change in the cracks of your couch, please send it to the
Miles Christi religious order. In return, they bring you this:
Just wanted to put out a reminder that porn is very real and very evil. Give this talk by famed Catholic author and speaker Jeff Cavins a listen, then go spend about an hour at
The Porn Effect (register -
Matt Fradd won't spam you). They have videocasts and additional free audio available for download that will either (a) help you personally or (b) will help you evangelize the culture, because believe me, if your life isn't touched by the evils of porn I guarantee it's in the life of someone you know.
The Pornography Plague | Written by Jeff Cavins |
| Jeff was excited to see the great work of The Porn Effect and so along with Ascension Press decided to donate this talk which usually costs $10 for free.
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UPDATE: The folks at The Porn Effect would be glad to give it to you for free, but you've got to
register first. No worries, though -- once you do you'll have access to a dozen or so additional talks. Now go be holy!
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Bible
I've
posted about it before, but this Bible study is so good I think it deserves a second go. You'll hear things here that you won't hear in any of the other talks on my site -- believe me, I've listened! In any case, Carson Weber, the
Catholic layman who gave these talks (and
freelance web designer -
you know your parish website needs it give him a call!) wrote in and gave me some updated links. If you've been pining for a Catholic Bible study, here's your chance!
Here are some songs I grabbed from my "competition" over at
CatholiciCast:
[A] beautiful song sung by Angelina, “The Deer’s Cry,” an arrangement of St. Patrick’s Breastplate. Also from Catholic Planet, from Angelina’s album Wake Up Call. (Click to Listen, Right Click to Download) 
The Deers Cry
Ave Maria
Whisper In The Other Ear
Christopher Hitchens, famed atheist and one of my favorite debaters (for style, not substance),
has cancer. You may have heard. If you would, please say a prayer or two for his conversion.
A friend of mine recently asked me to track down a "debate" he did with Bill Donohue, head of the
Catholic League. Well...here's what I've got:
Fr. Paul Scalia, son of
Justice Antonin Scalia, has given a series of talks on the Seven Deadly Sins. They're good. Really good. The hook? There aren't seven, they're not deadly and they're not sins. Don't believe me? Give him a listen.
Oh...but first, he'd like for you to listen to his Natural Law talk as an intro.
Time for the good stuff:
Natural Law - the Intro:
Talk 1:
Talk 2:
Talk 3:
Talk 4:
Got the following in the old e-mail bag:
I've been listening to these podcasts and love them. I searched for them on your site but no query match. Perhaps they are new to you?
Fr Daniel Jones - excellent
And homilies by Fr Daniel Jones
Fr Edwin Palka - catechism classes - excellent
And some Traditionalist Sermons
It is so hard to tell whether some people who are "traditionalist" or whatever are still in line with the Vatican. I love these sermons but the one on the "New Mass" seemed suspect. See what you think. I'm simply not educated enough in the nuances to know if it orthodox to speak so badly of the New Mass
You were right to be concerned. The Traditionalist Sermons are from Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) folks. While we are making
some progress towards a restoration of unity, and while there's much good in what they say, we are not yet fully one. I would recommend not listening to the Traditionalist Sermons unless you are well aware of the issues surrounding the SSPX.
In an case, enjoy the rest! Thanks for the tip, Bonne!
UPDATE: According to the combox, "It is Bp. Daniel Dolan's church, he is a straight-up Thuc-line sedevacanist." In other words, DANGER, Will Robinson! DANGER!
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what they say:
The number of Catholic-oriented websites out there has exploded, and keeping track of the ones that are truly useful gets harder as they proliferate.
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Tell us your favorites in four main categories we've chosen (spirituality, news and resources, opinion and community building) and if your pick makes the cut we'll give you credit (either by full name or initials; your choice) and a free copy of the guide. If the sites you submit are hidden treasures (until now!), even better.
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Here's the link to the survey. Don't miss your chance for fame! And to help out your fellow Catholic web-pilgrims!
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Rom 10:17(DRV)