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![]() ![]() The peace and comfort that only God can provide. Ask Him to cover you with peace and comfort. When sleepless nights come, go to God in prayer. Also, when we are well-rested, we have the ability to handle emotional situations in a positive way. Studies show that when our bodies are well rested, our decision-making is more thoughtful. When those times arise, we need a prayer for inner peace. So get on over there and see what he’s doing.Worries, stress, an overwhelming to-do list, concerns about tomorrow, and other problems can seep into our thoughts or arrive full force during the day or night. (You’ll never wonder why the buttons on the church elevator say “N” and “B” again.) I’m working on several shorter series of posts, including one on liturgical vestments and objects, and one on the physical elements of a church. You can dip your toe into each subject, or use the follow-up links to dive all the way in. There are a lot of steps in between, and we’ll take them slowly - with brief, clear explanations, plus lots of suggestions for further reading and listening on each topic. We’ll start from the most general ideas (What do ‘objective’ and ‘subjective’ mean? What is absolutism versus relativism?) and work stepwise to the most specific (How should a Christian live? What is the Church?). ![]() ![]() My first major project is a series I’m calling “God from the Ground Up”. This site will be about learning the faith deeply but efficiently. If you want college-credit-level coursework, there are great sites for that. If you want to argue for theism or do apologetics, there are great sites for that. If you want to read lengthy philosophy (and I do, at times!), there are great sites for that. My bread and butter is adult learning, and that’s my approach to evangelization and catechism - to put things in a way that adults can understand and absorb. HKP is written by a professional educator. What’s special about HKP? There are plenty of other sites. He was possibly the first distance educator, and he had a way of being direct and clear in his writing. Paul - an undeserved comparison, but one that’s stuck with me, and one I’ve tried to live up to in some way. ![]() An old friend compared my reversion to the faith to St. Paul - specifically, for the phrase in Acts 13:9 that Saul was “also called Paul”. All of it with be done in manageable chunks, designed to help Catholic adults to understand, absorb, and apply the material. We’ll cover the very basics of the Catholic faith – prayers, terms, and customs, as well as catechism, Church documents, and Sacred Scripture. HKP is for Catholic adults that want to know their faith better. Here’s a bit about his blog and what we can expect. He does a monthly piece at the New Evangelizers blog and I so enjoy his writing. I didn’t start trying to pray it daily until after the birth of my first child.Īnd here’s something fun and useful and good for everyone: Joe Wetterling is relaunching his blog, Ho Kai Paulos (which means something like “I am a helpful, smart person who will aid you in being a better Catholic”), today. The rosary became a support I’d use during difficult times, long drives, or sleepless nights. I felt like I was failing at a new sport at first: I lost count on every decade and found myself mentally wandering off even though I was unfamiliar with the prayers and was trying to remember what mystery I was supposed to be meditating. I sat on the bed in my apartment, awkwardly holding the beads and squinting down at a prayer booklet. I learned it with a rosary in my hand during a difficult time in my boyfriend’s family. When I couldn’t find the words to ask for comfort, to look for guidance, to thank God for his generosity, the Hail Mary waited as a 41-word answer, a prayer easily remembered and poetically appealing. I was comforted by one prayer in particular: the Hail Mary. Prayer was an area that was particularly interesting to me. There were a lot of questions I didn’t even know I should ask and a lot of things I didn’t learn until I was hired as staff at our parish a few years later. No surprise, then, that I’m over at Catholic Exchange today with some of both.Īs a new member of the Catholic Church, there were many “secret handshakes” that baffled me. I love the story of Our Lady of the Rosary. ![]()
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