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Music Monday: Your love defends me

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Here’s the most recent song, “Your love defends me” from the generally-accepted king of Catholic Contemporary Music, Matt Maher:

[Verse 1]
You are my joy, You are my song
You are the well, the One I’m drawing from
You are my refuge, my whole life long
Where else would I go?

[Chorus]
Surely my God is the strength of my soul
Your love defends me, Your love defends me
And when I feel like I’m all alone
Your love defends me, Your love defends me

[Verse 2]
Day after day, night after night
I will remember, You’re with me in this fight
Although the battle, it rages on
The war is already won
I know the war is already won

[Chorus]
Surely my God is the strength of my soul
Your love defends me, Your love defends me
And when I feel like I’m all alone
Your love defends me, Your love defends me

[Bridge]
We sing Hallelujah
You’re my portion
My salvation
Hallelujah
You’re my portion
My salvation
Hallelujah

Restless Heart: 3 – “Confession”

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Confession

In the past few episodes we have indirectly at two of the Sacraments, the Eucharist and Matrimony. In today’s episode we’ll be looking directly at the Sacrament of Confession, what it is, where it comes from and a few pieces of advice to bear in mind when you go.

Episode 3: Confession (Download)

 

— Notes —

* A brief defense of the Catholic practice of Confession is available here.

* If you would like to read the prayers said by the priest in the Byzantine form of Confession, they are available here.

* The event we talk about at the end of the show took place a couple of days ago and you can listen to the audio here.

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TEA: Is there life before marriage? (Goretti Group)

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Bridget

Last night I gave a talk for The Goretti Group. This was a variation on a talk I gave at the Southern Kansas Young Adult Conference.

Is there life before marriage? (Download)

I’ve written a couple of articles for the Goretti Group in the past which you might like to read: Dear Miss Lawrence and “I waited until my wedding night to lose my virginity and I wish I hadn’t”.

Restless Heart: 2 – “Non-Catholic Dating”

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Dating

Welcome to Episode 2! In today’s show we tackle the tricky and sensitive subject of non-Catholic dating, the situation where a Catholic is considering dating someone who is not in full communion with the Catholic

Episode 2: Non-Catholic Dating (Download)

 

— Notes —

* For those of you who would like to dig deeper into this topic, you can find a two-part series I wrote earlier on the subject.

* If you have any feedback or would like to pose a question for an upcoming episode, you can always tweet us at @davidandnessa.

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Wise Words on Wednesday: Why not you?

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matt

We like to hide behind our big institutional solutions to problems.

That’s why we’d rather elect somebody to clean up the streets than take a walk down our own street with some paint and a broom. That’s why we’re more likely to pay higher taxes to support the elderly than to spend time getting to know them. And it’s why we’re more likely to drop ten dollars in the collection plate than we are to take a homeless man to lunch.

We love to subsidize and outsource our charity and the fixing of our problems. 

– Matthew Warner, Messy & Foolish

Planned Parenthood Marketing strikes again!

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A while ago I commented on some recent gaffs from the Planned Parenthood marketing department. Today I came across an old one from 2015:

SafeSpace

Apparently, Planned Parenthood is a “safe” place for anyone, regardless of “…age…body shape, size, and ability”. This is an immensely interesting claim, since the killing of the unborn is very often justified because of their age, body shape, size and ability…

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