

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 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 11
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-the-12-promises-of-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-promise-11/ (11) Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in my Heart. What a sign of the love of God and His willingness to forgive despite the ingratitude of multitudes who live their own life as if there was no God. But there is God and He is present despite our many faults and self deceptions. God so loved the world He sent His own Son to save thos


The Catholic Defender: The Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Promise 5
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-promises-of-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-to-st-margaret-mary-promise-5/ 5. I will pour abundant blessings on all their undertakings. Jesus is promising spiritual blessings and temporal blessings that are for our greater good. Consider Luke 18:24-30 states, "Jesus looked at him [now sad] and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needl


The Catholic Defender: The Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Promise 9
https://deepertruthdon.podbean.com/e/deepertruth-promises-of-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-st-margaret-mary-promise-9/ (9) I will bless every place in which an image of my Heart is exposed and honored. This image of Jesus and the Sacred Heart is probably the most popular image of Jesus, however, many would not know about these 12 promises of Jesus. Many would not know the history nor the biblical implication. For some, just having an image of any kind would be to them idolatr





























