by Timothy Flanders | Apr 30, 2020 | Authors: Kennedy Hall, Catholic Masculinity, Practical
By Kennedy Hall You may already workout, and if you do, that is great. If you have never engaged in an exercise routine, it is not complicated. A few things need to be kept in mind: Working out should be hard. There are numerous effective ways to workout. Do not...
by Timothy Flanders | Apr 30, 2020 | Authors: Kennedy Hall, Catholic Masculinity, Practical, Spiritual
By Kennedy Hall Fasting gives birth to prophets and strengthens the powerful; fasting makes lawgivers wise. Fasting is a good safeguard for the soul, a steadfast companion for the body, a weapon for the valiant, and a gymnasium for athletes. Fasting repels...
by Timothy Flanders | Apr 30, 2020 | Catholic Masculinity, Practical, Spiritual
AGAINST THE TEN COMMANDMENTS The First Commandment Have you doubted in matters of faith? Consulted fortune-tellers? Believed in dreams? Made use of superstitious practices? Gone to places of false worship and taken an active part in the religious services of a false...
by Timothy Flanders | Nov 20, 2019 | Current crisis, Intro to the Holy Bible (book), Practical, The Protestant Heresies
Whether you are a cradle Catholic learning the Holy Bible or a Protestant convert divesting yourself of your Protestantism, this book on the Scriptures is for you. The only book of its kind from a traditional Catholic perspective, it cuts through the fluff and gets to...
by Timothy Flanders | Aug 2, 2019 | Practical
Why Effeminacy Must be Destroyed As we have discussed in another place, St. Thomas defines effeminacy as a reluctance to suffer due to an attachment to pleasure (II-II q38 a1). Now it must be stressed that effeminacy as a vice is not the same thing as femininity as a...
by Timothy Flanders | Jul 22, 2019 | Practical, Spiritual
Our Lord Commands us to Suffer in order to follow Him In the Gospel of St Luke, at the moment when “great multitudes” followed Him, our Lord turned to them and said If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and...
by Timothy Flanders | Jul 10, 2019 | Practical, Spiritual
1. Always Flee The Spiritual writers tell us that every deadly sin can be faced and conquered. For every deadly sin, we can cultivate the contrary virtue even while facing circumstances which provoke these sins. For example, to conquer anger, we can seek out the...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 26, 2019 | Practical
Social media is a tool which has great potential for both good and evil. Here are five things to avoid slavery and to use it properly. 1. Cut off your hand Our Lord said vehemently: And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 9, 2019 | Practical, Prayer, Spiritual
The Church has enemies At Easter every Eastern Catholic hears the chant from the words of the Prophet: Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face (Ps. lxvii. 2). Moses writes that this was also chanted by the...
by Timothy Flanders | May 28, 2019 | Current crisis, Practical, Spiritual
By Timothy S. Flanders This article is also available in French. You may be struggling in this crisis. You may be scandalized by the evil priests, or by the Holy Father himself. You may just be asking the question: what do we do? (Acts. ii. 37). Here are five things...
