

The Catholic Defender: Pentecost, The "Fiftieth Day"
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-novena-to-the-holy-spirit-through-pentecost-1733538172/ Pentecost, the Greek name for “Fiftieth Day“! It takes place 50 days from Easter! In Hebrew , (חג השבועות Hag haShavuot or Shevuot known as “the Feast of Weeks.” Pentecost also marks the 1988th birthday of the Catholic Faith. Some might say Ascension Thursday is the birth of the Papacy, regardless, this is when we were sent out by the coming of the Holy Spirit! This


The Guardian Angel: Little Nellie of Holy God -The Life of Nellie Organ (1903-1908)
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-little-nellie-organ-story-and-pope-pius-x/ Little Nellie of Holy God -The Life of Nellie Organ (1903-1908) “There! That is the sign for which I was waiting.” Pope St Pius X after hearing about the holy life of little Nellie. A few months later in 1910 he issued “Quam Singulari” which significantly lowered the age of Holy Communion for children. Little Nellie Organ lived to be only four and one-half years old, and yet for


The Catholic Defender: The Need for Catholic Apologetics
Recently, a friend sent me a request to post an article asking, "I'd like to see you do a post on the issue that same website brings up about a crisis in Catholic apologetics". In virtue of our Baptism and confirmation, all Catholics are called to be "Apologists" in some form beginning with parents. The family is the most important foundation that children are raised. The Church is strongest when the family is healthy and children are being taught a clear conscious. You


The Catholic Defender: My Discussion with a Pentecostal Friend on the Eucharist
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-powerful-novena-to-jesus-in-the-most-holy-eucharist-1733538184/ While in my travels across Missouri, I had the opportunity to work with people from across the Country who are strongly pro-life and work towards ending abortion. There is a frustration that after 48 years, many politicians are "pro-life" to get the votes for political purposes. The ending of abortion is not the primary mission to them as keeping the battle is gi


The Catholic Defender: My Annual Christmas Timeline Salute
“In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters.” Genesis 1:1-2 In six days God created the heavens and the earth, “Let there be light and there was light…, Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other…, Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin, so that dry land may appear…, Let the


The Catholic Defender: The Virgin Mary and the Conversion of Claude Newman.
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-the-virgin-mary-and-the-conversion-of-claude-newman-story/ On 1 September 2019, on Deepertruth Radio, John Carpenter gave the testimony of the conversion of Claude Newman whose story we will share in a few moments. But I feel this story begins with a prayer from a Catholic Priest, Father Malcolm O'Leary, the one time Pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Vicksburg Mississippi. This story begins with a prayer of dedica


The Catholic Defender: The 15 Promises Our Lady gave for the Rosary. The Ninth Promise
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-the-15-promises-our-lady-gave-for-the-rosary-the-ninth-promise/ 9. I shall deliver from Purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary . This is a very important promise in that all Christians should not place Purgatory as their first hope of Salvation. Granted, most saved persons will probably have a stay in Purgatory for some time because few of us die in a state of perfection who thankfully are not damned. All in Purg


The Catholic Defender: Where Are You
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-where-are-you/ Adam and Eve both sinned against the command of the Lord and they both ate of the tree of life they were ordered to abstain from. Immediately their eyes were opened and they hid themselves when they recognized their nakedness. "And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the g


The Catholic Defender: The 15 Promises Our Lady gave for the Rosary. The Fourth Promise
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-the-15-promises-our-lady-gave-for-the-rosary-the-fourth-promise/ 4. The Rosary will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire for eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means. As we move along through the Promises that Our Lady offers, I c


The Catholic Defender: The 15 Promises Our Lady gave for the Rosary. The Eleventh Promise
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-the-15-promises-our-lady-gave-for-the-rosary-the-eleventh-promise/ 11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary. So far, of these Promises of Our Lady to those who recite the Rosary, this one seems difficult to understand. This promise has a good biblical foundation. Consider 1 John 5:14-15, "And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we

























