Sunday, September 13, 2020 – Howdy, campers! Welcome back! Yesterday we finished up our expressions of prayer, and today we are moving into our FORMS OF PRAYER, beginning with BLESSING and ADORATION. I am covering this one first because that is the order in the Catechism, but also because it goes really (I mean REALLY) Read More
Day 180 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on Types of Prayer (Part IV)
Saturday, September 12, 2020 – Today we cover the last of our three expressions of prayer CONTEMPLATIVE (INTERNAL) PRAYER. This is probably the most difficult of the three to understand because it not saying prayers (vocal) or thinking about God’s Truth (meditative). The absolute shortest definition of contemplative prayer is simply being with God. Or, Read More
Day 179 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on Types of Prayer (Part III)
Friday, September 11, 2020 – Oh good! You’re back for more of our Super Basic Primer on Prayer! Woot! Today and tomorrow we will be covering INTERNAL PRAYER. Today’s topic is MEDITATIVE prayer, and tomorrow we will cover contemplative prayer. For the record, our older sources do not separate out meditative vs. contemplative prayer, but Read More
Day 178 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on Types of Prayer (Part II)
Thursday, September 10, 2020 – Today we are going to start with probably the easiest of our prayer primers: VOCAL (EXTERNAL) PRAYER. Remember, we are starting with our “expressions of prayer.” By “expression” we mean the **how** we pray vs. the types of prayer we will cover later. On its face, VOCAL prayer is exactly Read More
Day 177 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on Types of Prayer (Part I)
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 – A lot of Catholics have trouble with prayer: what is it? How do you do it? Why do we need it? Etc. Well, the “why” we covered a few days ago (Friday, September 4, 2020) when we talked about the Three Eminent Good Works. For that not-so-in-depth exposé, see: Mrs. Read More
Day 176 – Before We Continue…Watch THIS!
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 – As we approach another election, it has become quite evident that many Catholics have zero clue what our Church teaches. The “catholic” politicians consistently show their utter lack of morals by voting for abortion, contraception on demand, euthanasia, homosexual “marriage,” and the like. STOP! You cannot be Catholic and pro-abortion! Read More
Day 175 – A Break Day on Labor Day!
Monday, September 7, 2020 – I do not think I could have timed the end of our last round of lessons better. Today is Labor Day, the end of 25 weeks, and a lovely day to go to Latin Mass and take a break before our next round of Super Basic Primers. Saint Anastasia, pray Read More
Day 174 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on the Three Eminent Good Works (Part IV)
Sunday, September 6, 2020 – And for our final of the THREE EMINENT GOOD WORKS…I bring you ALMSGIVING (AKA ELEEMOSYNA). On the face, this seems like the easiest of the three, but it is way more than a mantra of “give to the poor” or the three Hebrew tithes. Side note: the third Hebrew tithe Read More
Day 173 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on the Three Eminent Good Works (Part III)
Saturday, September 5, 2020 – Today we are going to talk about the second of the TRHEE EMINENT GOOD WORKS: FASTING (AKA JEJUNIUM). Fasting is the one everyone hates because it is “hard” and makes you hangry. But, denying ourselves bodily passions is a good thing and brings us closer to God. So, what is Read More
Day 172 – Mrs. Flusche’s Super Basic Primer on the Three Eminent Good Works (Part II)
Friday, September 4, 2020 – Today we start on our little journey through each of the THREE EMINIENT GOOD WORKS. We begin with PRAYER (AKA ORATIO). I think that many people have a difficult time understanding prayer—its purpose and its strength—because we are inundated with people screaming about flying spaghetti monsters and pachemamas, the sending Read More