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10/23/2025

“Some men turn away from all this cheap emotion with a kind of heroic despair, and seek God in a desert where the emotions can find nothing to sustain them. But this too can be an error. For if our emotions really die in the desert, our humanity dies with them. We must return from the desert like Jesus or St. John, with our capacity for feeling expanded and deepened, strengthened against the appeals of falsity, warned against temptation, great, noble and pure.”

— Thoughts In Solitude by Thomas Merton | https://exodus90.com/ |

10/23/2025

Thoughts In Solitude Kindle Edition by Thomas Merton - https://bit.ly/47C2uxv |

10/23/2025

Welcome to Books That Build Men, a playlist dedicated to the transformative power of reading for men striving to grow in character, lead with purpose, and live faithfully as Catholic dads. - Books That Build Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1oTF9kfdiE&list=PLlPgKXRecBtGGoPItdcSu5EweI_6vN-e1&index=4 x.com/CatholicDadsHQ

Friends, Volume I of The Word on Fire Bible will be available on June 15th.Join the waiting list at https://www.wordonfire.org/bible to make sure you are the...

10/22/2025

"Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake. It is not really a paradox that it is precisely in meditation that most aspirants for religious perfection grow dull and fall asleep. Meditative prayer is a stern discipline, and one which cannot be learned by violence. It requires unending courage and perseverance, and those who are not willing to work at it patiently will finally end in compromise. Here, as elsewhere, compromise is only another name for failure." - Thomas Merton | Thoughts in solitude : Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive - via
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10/22/2025

"In Thoughts in Solitude, Thomas Merton speaks of gratitude as the ability to recognize God in everything. In a world that often seems to be coming unglued, it is reassuring, and even helps create a kind of inner order, to repeat a group of prayers that have been part of the Catholic tradition for almost 2,000 years." - Ed Block | A canticle a day - via
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10/22/2025

Benedictus (Gregorian Chant in Latin) - CANTICLE OF ZECHARIAH https://youtu.be/XwMeR5EnxzA?si=xMxglFScvmDxkXkf

The image we have taken as a background for the canticle of the Benedictus is found in the very place where this prayer was first pronounced: The Church of t...

10/17/2025

Why are some saints called Doctors of the Church? ( ) https://youtu.be/DJ5BmW4G-yY |

Every day I welcome questions through Facebook and Twitter (using the hashtag) and through our blog at http://WordOnFire.org. Stay tuned for...

10/17/2025

Last Call! Save on the Saints Who Shaped the Faith
Today’s the final day to save 38% on select books by and about the Doctors of the Church—those saints whose holiness and wisdom continue to shape the Faith.

From St. Augustine to St. Thérèse, these spiritual masters illuminate the path to sanctity and deeper love for God.

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10/14/2025

"The results from our Purpose in Life quiz reveal how people of different ages, races, and political orientations pursue meaningful goals." - via | Learn how clear is your purpose today with Berkeley's Purpose in Life Quiz - https://bit.ly/3xq5j3k |

10/14/2025

Faith & Space | Beyond defense, the Space Force embodies stewardship & purpose. Blending faith with exploration, we protect our nation & cosmos, fostering peace as we reach for the moon and beyond. | U.S. Space Force: Origin https://youtu.be/uV6dldulD6Y |

Earth is only half the battle. Today, space is essential, not only to our way of life, it’s absolutely critical to the modern way of war. The United States S...

10/14/2025

"The Vatican Observatory is an institution established by the Holy See for astronomical research and public outreach to advance the scientific understanding of our universe." - https://vaticanobservatory.org |

10/14/2025

"Bonaventure draws upon both Plato and Aristotle (and aspects of neoplatonism) to affirm the importance of creation and the necessity of understanding the physical world as the beginning of the soul’s ascent to God." - Fr. James Kurzynski (Vatican Observatory - https://bit.ly/3Uojv7V) | Saint Bonaventure: The Soul’s Journey into God - https://bit.ly/40e8zeJ |