

The Catholic Defender: St. Paul Miki and Companions
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-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 people. Three and a half centuries before, 26 martyrs of Japan were crucified on a hill, now known as the Holy Mountain, overlooking Nagasaki. Among


The Catholic Defender: The Saint Agatha 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-agatha/ As in the case of Agnes, another virgin-martyr of the early Church, almost nothing is historically certain about this saint except that she was martyred in Sicily during the persecution of Emperor Decius in 251. Agatha, like Agnes, was arrested as a Christian, tortured, and sent to a house of


The Catholic Defender: Iraq in the Archive part 3
The 2-5 Cavalry deployed to Iraq beginning in October 2006. We first spent a couple of weeks to in process into the Theater of Operation and to our designated area of responsibility. The Battalion area and the bulk of our Companies were on FOB Victory and this is where I would maintain my Troop Medical Clinic sharing with other Units combining our assets. Our day to day operations were never routine, covering our Units with medical coverage depended on having competent Me


The Catholic Defender: Iraq was a great opportunity to spread the Catholic Faith Part 4
Wednesday April 11, 2007 I wrote, "Last night was an extra ordinary evening. At 21:00 hours, I went to the ALOC to visit a couple of soldiers on duty with a movie I was able to share. As we watched the movie we began to talk about the Catholic faith. I discovered that both soldiers were former Catholics whose parents left the Church when they were young. I ended up talking to them until 05:00 in the morning after both decided they want to become active Catholics! I got


The Catholic Defender: More Iraq Quotations 2009 Part 5
Thursday February 5, 2009: I will begin this thread just before I fly because of a couple of things I want to report. This past month there was a lady who began coming to our Bible Study who is genuinely searching for the truth. She is married to a Catholic currently coming from the Southern Baptist (1848) denomination. She has had a great many questions so I encouraged her to come on Wed nights to a presentation I was giving the past two weeks. She was at the past two event


The Catholic Defender: A Gym Re-conversion in Iraq Part 6
It was a hot dry morning in July at Joint Security Station Sadr City Iraq. I had spent the morning ensuring that Sick Call ran smoothly and all our contemporary missions were being maintained. I made the decision to run by the gym to do some "military press" lifting about 180 pounds 25 times over my head. As I arrived into the workout area there was another Soldier from A Company who was already doing some bench work. I struck up a conversation with him talking about w


The Catholic Defender: Flash from the Past in Iraq Part 7
It was a Tuesday, March 20,2007 At Joint Security Station Sadr City, another miracle took place today as we received wounded soldiers at the Troop Medical Clinic (TMC). They were hit by sniper fire, after discovering a major IED that would have done much damage. The enemy planned to detonate the IED and then shoot at the first responders. Because they didn't use the IED (it was blown up by us with no one hurt, the soldiers that were wounded will survive and be fine. Everyth


The Catholic Defender: PORTUGAL, 1904-1955 Blessed Alexandrina Maria Da Costa
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-blessed-alexandrina-maria-da-costa-portugal-1904-1955/ "Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Evil" Amen. The story of Blessed Alexandrina Maria Da Costa is quite miraculous taking this text from the "Our Father" prayer to a deeper understanding. Blessed Alexandrina Maria Da Costa was Nourished Only By


The Catholic Defender: The Michigan Catholic with St. Paul Street Evangelization
St. Paul Street Evangelization is a great Catholic outlet promoting the Catholic Faith. If you have a group within your parish, I encourage you to become involved. The opportunity to learn more about our holy Faith is great. Adam Jake, a program director for St. Paul Street Evangelization (SPSE), told Catholic News Agency (CNA) Kevin Jones, February 12, 2014 "St. Paul Street Evangelization has grown to more than 100 different teams in the U.S., Australia, Canada, Denmark


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

























