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By Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life - Last week we looked at the connection between surrender and strength. There are many obstacles in the way of our trustful surrender to our Lord. But I found that when I put my pride aside and humbly surrender to His will, the Lord gives me strength and a sense of peace... Giving ourselves to Him, letting our old selves go and placing Him first will change everything.  We will receive from Christ His grace, guidance and love which in turn will positively affect our relationships with our wives, children, friends and co-workers.

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - Periodically I try to recommend a few worthwhile books for devotional use during Lent, concentrating on what might have been newly released by trusted Catholic publishers. The last time I did this was in 2022. I’ve had to update a number of the publishers’ links, but that Lenten reading list is now ready for use again. Note that neither that list of recommendations nor the new short list below is an attempt to identify the great spiritual classics. ...

By Gene Thomas Gomulka, Complicit Clergy, (John Eighteen Thirty Seven) - The Roman Catholic Church in Europe and the Americas where the majority of bishops, priests, and seminarians today are homosexuals is experiencing a serious recruitment and retention problem, particularly involving heterosexually oriented men who appear to suffer from “destabilization.” The late seminary rector, Father Donald Cozzens, explains “destabilization” as a feeling of “not fitting in” similar to how a heterosexual might feel in a gay bar.