

The Catholic Defender: The 15 Promises Our Lady gave for the Rosary. The Twelfth Promise
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-the-15-promises-our-lady-gave-for-the-rosary-the-twelfth-promise/ 12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities. He said to [his] disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life and what you will eat, or about your body and what you will wear. For life is more than food and the body more than clothing. Notice the ravens: they do not sow or reap; they have neither storeh


The Catholic Defender: July 13, 1917 An Important Vision Of Our Lady of Fatima
On July 13, 1917, Our Lady of Fatima appeared to the Children of Fatima, Lucia, Francisco, and little Jacinta in the usual ordinary way as they had previously witnessed. The Virgin Mary had earlier arrived beginning May 13th and June 13th, 1917. “She opened Her hands once more, as She had done the two previous months. The rays [of light] appeared to penetrate the earth, and we saw, as it were, a vast sea of fire. Plunged in this fire, we saw the demons and the souls [of the


The Catholic Defender: October 13, Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us
It was Early February 2009, I had just deployed to Iraq leaving my Wife, Gigi, who had received a healing after suffering 6 months due to terrible lower abdomen pain. Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, three Portuguese children–Francisco and Jacinta Marto and their cousin Lucia dos Santos–received apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria near Fatima, a city 110 miles north of Lisbon. Mary asked the children to pray the rosary for world peace, for the end of World War I, for


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 k


The Catholic Defender: The Importance Of Celibacy For Our Times
When we think of celibacy, we always think of the Catholic Priesthood, at least the Latin Rite. That is what most people would associate celibacy with, but in truth, we are all called to celibacy at certain points in our lives. Certainly, before marriage, this is the standard in God’s law. Premarital sex (fornication) is a serious mortal sin (Galatian 5:19-21, Ephesians 5:1-6). During times of separation, like military deployments as an example, while you are away, you are


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 (w


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 Purga


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 an


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





























