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Matt Fradd from The Porn Effect has a new talk. From his site:
Listen to my new talk: Taking Down Goliath. In the first part I share my story of being exposed to porn at a young age, falling into the habit and how byGod's grace began to find healing and freedom. In the second part I offer 5 practical strategies, or as I like to call them, 5 smooth stones to take down your Goliath. Give it a listen and pass it on!
These are always a treat. I don't recommend listening to them if you're of a...how does one say?..."delicate" sensibility...regarding a blunt approach.
The One True Faith show is put on by (fellow Domer) Michael Voris, who also runs the RealCatholicTV YouTube channel. If you can handle it, it's well worth your time.
Run by a couple of Colorado seminarians, this podcast is funny, humble, pius and informative. Plus, the last one had a surprise e-mail by Archbishop Chaput!
So go, listen and enjoy learning Catholic stuff you should know.
P.S. - I recommend starting with the one about Stylites. Crazy, man. Crazy.
Jennifer Roback Morse, one of the most reviled advocates of common sense in America, shouts into the gale force winds of "What could it possibly hurt?" attempting prevent us from reaching the "How were we supposed to know?" phase of history.
. I'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.
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.
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!
Everyone's hurting these days, but 501(c)3s are taking it on the chin. If you're willing, skip your Starbucks (offer it up) once this week and send the $6.23 to Michael Voris. Here's his donation page.
I've found me some good listening! Thanks to readers Lukas and Martin for sending in the Institute of Catholic Culture, a well-designed site with LOTS of free audio. Here's a talk by Fr. Paul Scalia (son of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia) called Technology and the Tree that I enjoyed today:
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Fr. Paul Scalia
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June 19, 2010
If you enjoy this as much as I did, you might consider dropping a five-spot on 'em to keep them going!
There are few problems as insidious as porn in today's culture. It's available on every smart phone and piped into every TV. Click here to see the stats. Folks like Matt Fradd are fighting the good fight and deserve your support. He writes:
My name is Matt Fradd, I'm the founder of a Catholic website called www.theporneffect.comwhich is the most comprehensive anti-porn site for Catholics. I wanted to point you to two of my talks which you are welcome to use.
I have a talk on porn giving my own testimony, a talk on Mary called "my mother is a virgin" and an interview on porn I did with Catholic Answers Live.
On Monday evening, 1 March 2010, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver gave a speech at Houston Baptist University called “The Vocation of Christians in American Public Life”.
The lecture was presented in coordination with the Pope John Paul II Forum for the Church in the Modern World at the University of St. Thomas. He criticized President John F. Kennedy’s historic campaign speech on his faith impacting his possible presidency as “sincere, compelling, articulate – and wrong.”
I think this was a very important address. As such, I decided to make a PODCAzT by reading the text of the Archbishop’s speech (yes, it is available also on Youtube) with by comments before and after. I received the link to the Youtube page while I was making this, but decided to post anyway. And my rendering of the talk section is a bit short that the original. Check the page of the Archdiocese of Denver.
Tim Troutman interviews Taylor Marshall, former Episcopal priest, and Andrew Preslar, formerly studying for Anglican orders, on the subject of the new Anglican Ordinariates and what that means for Christianity and ecumenism.
The AHC is sponsoring a lecture series on the mysteries of our faith, with a focus on the role of Israel in salvation history and the deep ties between Israel and the Church. It is hoped that these lectures will be of use both to those who are not Catholic as well as to those who are Catholic.
Lawrence Feingold STD STL is a Hebrew Catholic associate professor of Theology with the Institute of Pastoral Theology, Ave Maria University. Dr. Feingold is the author of these lectures, delivering them every Wednesday night at Boland Hall, Cathedral Basilica, St. Louis, Missouri.
Recordings and a book will be produced of each lecture series. Availability of these items will be discovered on the lecture series index page (link above).
I'm pretty sure I've posted these before, but what can I say? I'm a sucker for love stories. At their heart, every conversion story is a love story. The good part? When you listen to them you can't help but fall in love a little bit as well! Give these a listen and fall deeper in love with our Lord.
I thought you might be interested in a great conversion story. It's of former atheist Jennifer Fulwiler from the blog Conversion Diary http://www.conversiondiary.com/. You can find it in the archives of Al Kresta's radio show at Ave Maria Radio. (HERE)
Last Thursday at Wheaton, two members of the First Things family, board member Timothy George and contributor Francis Beckwith, debated the question, “Can you be Catholic and Evangelical?” A video of the debate can be found here.
In “Evangelicals and the Great Tradition” (Aug/Sept 2007), George discusses Beckwith’s return to the Catholic faith of his childhood from evangelicalism. (Beckwith is a former president of the Evangelical Theological Society.)
The 15th annual Steubenville South Catholic Youth Conference was held on June 26-28 2009 in Alexandria LA. Here you will be able to listen and download the talks and homilies given throughout the weekend. You will also find more information about the speakers in the speakers section. You can listen here or get the talks through iTunes by clicking the link on the right.
This powerful and engaging talk was centered around choosing to pickup our crosses and following Christ. It is a radical choice that will cost something but in light of what we receive, it is nothing.
Catechism and Scripture References: Catechism of the Catholic Church: 2466, 2053, 520, 1816, 932, 618, 1709, 546, 1036 Scripture: Matthew 10:37-38, Matthew 16:24, Mark 1:17-18, Mark 8:38, Romans 1:16, 2 Timothy 1:8
Shannon’s Sunday morning keynote led the teens into a time of prayer and reflection, introducing and guiding them through Lectio Divina.
Catechism and Scripture References: Catechism of the Catholic Church: 2708,2715,2612,2669,2601,1824,2719,2711,787,2700,2654,921,1995,2074,2701,2725,2709,2697,2564 Scripture: Matthew 14:23, Mark 1:35, Mark 6:46, Luke 11:1-6, Romans 12:12, John 15:4-9, Ephesians 6:18, Philippians 3:8
The purpose of this homily was to highlight the role Christ plays in our salvation as the Lamb of God, to encourage the young people to move past a “What Would Jesus Do?” spirituality and move into a true relationship with Christ and to avoid temptations by saying “Adios Baby”
Catechism and Scripture References: Catechism of the Catholic Church: 617, 603, 1339, 602, 1367 Scripture: John 1:29, 1 Peter 1:18, 1 Timothy 2:6, Mark 10:45
In Bishop Herzog’s homily, he encouraged and challenged th teens to live under the Lordship of Jesus. To help them understand God’s authority, but also his protection and care that comes from submitting their lives to Him everyday.
Catechism and Scripture References: Catechism of the Catholic Church: 450, 304, 648, 1216, 144, 1269, 2097, 1995, 2280, 1900, 2046, 901 Scrpiture: Romans 5:19, John 3:36, Romans 6:16, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Romans 8:7, Romans 10:3, James 4:7
This workshop was to provide a basic foundation for determining right and wrong and some practical skills to help young people choose holiness and God’s will.
Catechism and Scripture References: Catechism of the Catholic Church: 2343, 1696, 1728, 1777, 2826, 1787 Scripture: Matthew 7:7, Romans 12:2, 1 John 2:17, 1 Peter 1:22, 1 Peter 4:17
This workshop was to help teens not only discover the role Saints and Mary can play in their faith lives, but to give them practical tools for developing devotions to these saints.
Catechism and Scripture Reference: Catechism of the Catholic Church: 2030, 956, 2683, 828, 2675-2679, 948, 957, 1475, 962, 721 Scripture: Revelation 3:16, 1 Corinthians 11:1, Ephesians 4:11-12, 3 John 1:11, Hebrews 6:11-12
Shannon presented a workshop designed to help teens understand the Church’s call to love and serve the poor and to give them practical tips to put this service into practice on a local level.
Catechism and Scripture References: Catechism of the Catholic Church: 1033, 1825, 2405, 2443-2449, 1929, 2832, 1889, 1397, 2053, 2820 Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46, Matthew 19:21, Matthew 20:25-27
In this workshop, Fr. Darrin inspired and challenged the young people to embrace the universal vocation of love and holiness that is each of theirs through Baptism. And as they immerse themselves in this vocation, they will be more disposed to hear the call of God to the religious or married life.
Scripture and Catechism Reference: Catechism of the Catholic Church: 1877, 44, 2392, 2085, 2232, 2030, 784, 1603, 2820, 1642, 2331, 826 Scripture: Matthew 9:1, Matthew 4:17-20, Mark 6:7, Luke 6:12-16, Romans 1:1,6-7, 1 Corinthians 1:26-29
This workshop given by Mark Hart was designed to reinforce in the minds and hearts of the teens that in the Mass, no matter where they are, Jesus is there – Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. To challenge them to prepare their hearts and minds to give and receive as much as possible during the Mass.
Scripture and Catechism References Catechism of the Catholic Church: 1374, 1358, 2827, 1324, 1325, 1365-1367, 1394 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:20, John 6:1-6, Revelation 19:7-9, Matthew 26:26-29, Luke 24:35
This is a talk given by Bob Lesnefsky that focuses on helping teens understand the lies that permeate youth culture, to give them tools to help them see through the lies, and to expose the lies that might be already infecting their thoughts and hearts.
Scripture and Catechism Reference: Catechism of the Catholic Church: 2852, 2484, 392, 2486, 2483, 2847, 844, 2470, 1954, 215, 2466, 2468, 2500 Scripture: Hebrews 4:12, John 14:6, 1 Timothy 3:15, 1 John: 5:7, John 8:44, Romans 1:25, Colossians 3:9
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On May 19th, Fr. Riccardo spoke to the Men's Fellowship Group of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish concerning the faith challenges that young men and women face during their college years. In this talk titled Faith Under Attack, Fr. John offers his insight.
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"Faith then cometh by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ."
Rom 10:17(DRV)
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God's grace began to find healing and freedom. In the second part I offer 5 practical strategies, or as I like to call them, 5 smooth stones to take down your Goliath. Give it a listen and pass it on!
This blog is dedicated to bringing you free orthodox Catholic audio. If you have a tip or would like to report a broken link, please e-mail me by clicking the link above.
"Faith then cometh by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ."
Rom 10:17(DRV)
