The Catholic Gentleman's Guide
Your guide to manly holiness.
When we think of Charity, perhaps our initial thought is that it doesn’t seem a very masculine virtue. The truth is, charity is the most important one for us if we ever want to grow in Manly Holiness. Saint Paul puts it this way: CCC 1825-26“Charity is patient and kind, charity is not jealous or boastful; it is … Read more
Today’s moral values are in chaos. I recently read Michael O’Brien’s apocalypse novel, Father Elijah. After this highly stimulating read, I think it is impossible for anyone to finish Father Elijah without pondering the world that it presents, and feeling incredibly shocked at how it parallels the times in which we live. It reminds me of a very enlightened … Read more
You know as well as I that leading a morally good life in this world is an easy thing to do. A piece of cake really…..Or maybe this is just wishful thinking. Most likely, ease in leading a morally good life is not the reality we experience. With the relentless tug of our own poor habits in addition to the … Read more
Sometimes I find that my worst habit in life is avoiding making good habits. We can develop poor habits in lots of things, such as sleep, diet, or poor use of time. What’s the remedy? Well, simply getting into the habit of developing good habits, which in Catholic lingo, simply means making virtue habitual. Here it is fairly simply: CCC … Read more
The young man sat alone, anger and resentment in his eyes. An old, wise man looked on from afar. He had seen what the last minutes had wrought. The arguing. The accusations. The fallout. Both enemies parting ways. The wise man took a seat alongside the young man and spoke, “Permit me, son, to tell you a … Read more