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24Dec 2021 by jgarrett

Ready Your Hearts

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Merry Christmas from my family to yours! This is a reflection from my wife that I would like to share with you. The season of Advent is coming to a close. For some of us, Christmas couldn’t come fast enough. We feel desperate for a little joy or maybe desperate to get through this season because life is painful. Maybe some of us reading this might sigh inwardly thinking another Advent season I planned to go deeper in my prayer life, make a bigger effort to prepare my heart to celebrate Jesus’ birth and I missed it. Again. There seems to be a lot of regret in our world today, a lot of suffering and what could appear to be an ever-increasing darkness. People may think, never have times been…

06Oct 2020 by jgarrett

Father’s Don’t Tap Out

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The kids were out of control and so were the bills, my relationship with my wife felt strained, and I honestly didn’t think I could handle the stress at work anymore. I’ll never forget the day it all seemed to come crashing together. It looked like an ugly self-portrait, an American Gothic with me holding a pitchfork next to an unhappy spouse, the family farm up in flames. For a moment, I couldn’t decide if I wanted to engage or run away. I wasn’t literally going to pack a suitcase or anything. But I was tempted to “check out.” Maybe retreat into my phone or suddenly start a new project that would give me an excuse to be away more. There have been days where I’ve been tempted to disengage…

20Dec 2019 by jgarrett

Merry Christmas

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Thank you for being a listener of The Regular Catholic Guy Show. We want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas. There is one more week to prepare in this Advent season. Here a few ways you can prepare: Go to confessionAttend additional weekday massesRead Christmas stories to your childrenMove you nativity figures through the house with your children as they are journeying to see the newborn ChristSpend time with family membersGo to mass on Christmas Eve or Christmas DayInvite a friend or family member to attend mass with you Have a blessed Christmas! God Bless. The Regular Catholic Guy

27Nov 2019 by jgarrett

Happy Thanksgiving

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01Nov 2019 by jgarrett

Prayer for My Lovely Wife

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Dear Precious and Perfect Heavenly Father, Thank You for blessing me with such an amazing wife who I deeply cherish and desire. Please physically protect her as she pursues her work for the day. Watch over her as she drives on the road with crazy drivers, and engages in a hurting world of crazy people. When she is attacked by the enemy, by the Holy name and blood of Jesus Christ, I pray all oppression is muted and bounded, and that she feel the safety and protection of resting in your eternally all-powerful arms. Help her be focused, authentic, engaging, and loving as she interacts with the people throughout the day. Help us both submit to the guiding love and light of the Holy Spirit as we relate with each…

25Apr 2019 by jgarrett

Easter, Men, Mortality: The Grace of Finishing Well

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By Mark C. McCann To be a real man is to face one’s own mortality, to stare down our human frailty as we walk ever closer toward the dark valley of the shadow of death. How we prepare for our journey to the other side of the grave is an important part of what it means to be a man of faith. And how we deal with the death of another human being can witness to the world of whether or not we are who we say we are in Christ. During the seasons of Lent, Easter, and Pentecost, we have a blessed opportunity as Catholic men to meditate on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus and share the story of his loving sacrifice with those who believe and…

19Apr 2019 by jgarrett

How to Pray the Stations of the Cross

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The stations of the cross are a powerful prayer experience. The best way to pray these is to do them at your church meditating on each of the stations. You may also do them at home or in the adoration chapel at church. I have included the stations of the cross by St. Alphonsus Liguori below. These are some of my favorite stations. You can find many different versions of the stations of the cross online or in booklets at your favorite Catholic bookstore. These are the 14 Stations of the Cross 1. Jesus is condemned to death. 2. Jesus is given His cross. 3. Jesus falls down for the first time. 4. Jesus meets His mother Mary. 5. Simon of Cyrene is forced to carry the cross. 6. Veronica…

09Apr 2019 by jgarrett

How Shall We Answer? A Message for Men in Trying Times

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By Mark C. McCann I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33, RSV2CE) Of late, my heart has been heavy with sorrow, confusion, and even a little hopelessness over the state of this world and the struggles facing the Church. It isn’t that I don’t understand the nature of Christianity and the suffering that comes to believers because of the evil present all around us. I know that Jesus said that the truth he would bring would be like a sword of division (Matthew 10:34). I know that the devil is alive and well in this broken world and continues to incite us to follow the worst…

23Feb 2019 by jgarrett

How to Pray the Rosary

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On the crucifix make the sign of the cross and then pray the Apostles Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell and on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from thence he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen. 2. Move…

25Jan 2019 by jgarrett

Why Go On A Retreat?

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I recently went on a 6-day silent retreat. I have gone on retreats for the past 19 years. Most of these were 3-day retreats. I have found it takes me 2-3 days just to get in retreat mode so I have found the 6-day retreat works best for me. There are many different types of retreats. Most of the retreats I have personally attended have been based on the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. These are silent retreats. There are other types of retreats that are not silent. Retreats give us time to reconnect with God and to disconnect from the world. There are some great benefits and there are challenges too. Some of the Benefits: Deepening your relationship with God You have time to talk to God and more importantly listen.…

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