The Catholic Defender: St Boniface and The Christmas Tree Tradition
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-st-boniface-and-the-christmas-tree-tradition/ One story has it that the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph covered the cave where Christ was born from the cold with tree branches hence the tradition. In addition, Today, the fir tree is an evergreen plant, and Christ is a symbol of eternal life . Many people will begin putting up Christmas trees soon after Thanksgiving and many of us can appreciate the imagination that it brings about y
The Catholic Defender: St. Paul Miki and Companions
Nagasaki, Japan, is familiar to Americans as the city on which the second atomic bomb was dropped, immediately killing over 37,000...
The Catholic Defender: Born for Combat Part 1
Spiritual warfare is a reality few really pray much about these days, perhaps many think that to really stand up for the Catholic Faith...
The Catholic Defender: Band-aid Operations
It was 2006 that the 2-5 Calvary deployed to Iraq settling in the Baghdad area on FOB Victory. It was early on that I was serving as...
The Catholic Defender: The Seven Sacraments Are Grace Promised
Why do Catholics believe in seven sacraments, while Protestants believe in only two and not really two? Exactly what is a sacrament, and...
The Guardian Angel: Eucharistic Miracle of Tixtla, Mexico
Read and share the teaching after this Eucharistic Miracle after praying for conviction of the Holy Spirit. This teaching needs to be...
The Catholic Defender: We need to re-F.O.C.U.S. Our Catholic Faith
Brothers and sisters: If I preach the gospel, this is no reason for me to boast, for an obligation has been imposed on me, and woe to me...
The Guardian Angel: Eucharistic Miracle of Tixtla, Mexico, 2006
What a joy this Eucharistic Miracle presents for how it can help those that are weak in faith, fallen away, or have never come to the...
