

The Catholic Defender: The Lord's Prayer, The Model Prayer For All
The most recognizable prayer of all time is the “Our Father”, the great example that Jesus offers to His followers when asked how they should pray. According to the Gospel of Luke 11:1-4, it states, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to


The Catholic Defender: The History of Lent
I left college in the winter of 1979, and moved south of Branson Missouri to Northern Arkansas to a nearby town, Harrison Arkansas. I would live there nearly five years before finally signing up with the United States Army. I recall one day in 1980, I received a phone call from a local resident of Harrison Arkansas who was not happy with my strong Catholic Faith. This Gentleman claimed to have been raised a Catholic, went to twelve years of Catholic school, but was now a pr


The Catholic Defender: Love and St. Valentine
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-love-and-st-valentine-priest-and-martyr/ "If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing" (


The Catholic Defender: Our Lady Of Sorrows Pray For Us
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-stand-in-the-gap-with-us-as-we-honor-the-sorrows-of-mary/ Deepertruth with special permission and aid with Franiciscan Media, a great team for the Lord “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted and you yourself a sword will pierce so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.” Luke 2:35 Notice that Jesus will be a sign that will be contradicted. R


The Catholic Defender: The Saint Scholastica Story
Deepertruth with special permission and aid with Franiciscan Media, a great team for the Lord https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-stand-in-the-gap-with-us-and-saint-scholastica/ Born in 480 of wealthy parents, Scholastica and Benedict were brought up together until he left central Italy for Rome to continue his studies. The Scripture teaches that if you train a child in the way of righteousness, they would never depart from it. Today, this is challenged like nev


The Catholic Defender: The Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Promise 1
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-the-promises-of-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-to-st-margaret-mary/ (1) I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life. Jesus is promising that honoring His Sacred Heart He will give ALL the graces necessary to enter the Kingdom of Heaven! What does this entail? There are basically two elements to the devotion to the Sacred Heart. Consecration and Reparation. The Consecration to the Sacred Heart you are acknowle


The Catholic Defender: The Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Promise 7
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-promises-of-the-sacred-heart-jesus-to-st-margaret-mary-promise-7/ (7) Lukewarm souls shall become fervent. This promise is a major issue with Our Lord, we see this in the book of Revelation, chapter 3:15-16, “I know your works; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth." That is a clear warning from Jesus


The Catholic Defender: The Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Promise 8
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-promises-of-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-st-margaret-mary-promise-8/ (8) Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection. This promise makes perfect sense, the more you hand over the reigns to the Lord, the more Jesus is going to bless you. Kind of like watching a production or display of puppets on a string. We turn the strings over to Christ who is King of kings and Lord of lords. People forget that Jesus is sovereign L


The Catholic Defender: The Twelfth Promise of for the Sacred Heart
(12) I promise you in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in my disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments. My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment." This last promise brings all 12 promises binding them together and tying them with Jesus Grace of Love. St. Margaret Mary once


The Catholic Defender: The Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Promise 2
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-the-promises-jesus-to-st-margaret-mary-promise-2/ 2. I will give peace in their families and will unite families that are divided. This promise is a very important one for most families in our day and time. In fact, Jesus made this interesting statement regarding families: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. For I have come to set a man ‘against his fat





























