

The Catholic Defender: The Importance Of The Holy Grail And The Blood Of Christ
Passover, April 9, 32 A.D. (John 6:4), Jesus lifted up his eyes recognizing a great multitude takes two fish and five barley loaves feeding 5,000 men not counting women and children and afterwards, gathered up twelve baskets of leftover fragments. Following this great sign, that evening, Jesus walks on the water (sea of Capernaum) and when he got into the boat, the boat miraculously was on dry land (John 6:21). Two great signs in one recorded incidence. On April 10, 32 A


The Catholic Defender: The 15 Promises Our Lady gave for the Rosary. The Tenth Promise
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-the-15-promises-our-lady-gave-for-the-rosary-the-tenth-promise/ 10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven. That is an interesting promise! Are there different degrees in Heaven. St. Paul seems to believe so, 2 Corinthians 12:2 states, "I must boast; not that it is profitable, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know someone in Christ who, fourteen years ago (


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: The 15 Promises Our Lady gave for the Rosary. The Eighth Promise
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-the-15-promises-our-lady-gave-for-the-rosary-the-eighth-promise/ 8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise. This particular promise reveals a special incite about the Lord's presence in our lives. By praying the Rosary, we invite the Lord a


The Catholic Defender: The 15 Promises Our Lady gave for the Rosary. The Seventh Promise
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-the-15-promises-our-lady-gave-for-the-rosary-the-seventh-promise/ 7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church. "The Christian meaning of death is revealed in the light of the Paschal Mystery of the Death and Resurrection of Christ in whom resides our only hope. The Christian who dies in Christ Jesus is 'away from the body and at home with the Lord' (2 Cor 5:8)." - Cat


The Catholic Defender: The 15 Promises Our Lady gave for the Rosary. The Sixth Promise
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-the-15-promises-our-lady-gave-for-the-rosary-the-sixth-promise/ 6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life. This promise is special because it shows that


The Catholic Defender: The Easter Vigil reminds me of Oscar Wilde Receiving God’s Mercy
After writing an article on President George Washington, a Facebook friend of mine responded to the article telling me that Washington’s apparent conversion story was like that of Oscar Wilde, a famed writer and play producer. I thought that was interesting as I had not read anything about Oscar Wilde but I did find that he was received into the Catholic Faith on his death bed. That is the good news, so as I looked at the Oscar Wilde story, how he lived his life, I began to


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: Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Approved
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-stand-in-the-gap-with-us-and-our-lady-of-guadalupe/ I returned to the Catholic Church beginning in October 1978. Cursillo was the major instrument the lord used in my life in bringing me home. I had just spoken to my Mother that I was thinking of joining a local Baptist church in Branson Missouri where I had been going to College. I was going to the School of the Ozarks where I had a baseball scholarship. My faith was pla


The Catholic Defender: The 15 Promises Our Lady gave for the Rosary. The Third Promise
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-the-15-promises-our-lady-gave-for-the-rosary-the-third-promise/ 3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. What a great sign of predestination for those who are devoted to the Rosary. A promise coming from the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Jesus offering the Rosary as a "powerful armor against hell". St. Padre Pio, the stigmata priest, exclaimed that the Rosa





























