Examination of Conscience

An act of the presence of God.
  1. Have I tried to speak to God sincerely every day in mental prayer?
  2. Do I realize frequently that I am in God’s presence?
  3. Have I tried to say some aspirations to God daily?
  4. Do I give my first and last thought to God each day?
  5. Do I strive to make the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass the center of my interior life?
  6. Have I prayed the Rosary and other vocal prayers slowly and with attention?
  7. Have I hurried over the general examination of conscience?
  8. Have I gone against my own preference at times each day, offering this mortification to our Lord?
  9. Have I prayed for my family each day?
  10. Have I prayed with my family each day?
  11. Have I born well the contradictions of the day?
  12. Do I have an upright intention, doing all for the glory of God?
  13. Have I taken care to live charity with my family, co-workers and friends?
  14. Am I asking God to help make specific some resolution from this recollection and to put it into effect?
An act of contrition.

An Examination of Conscience with special attention to the influence of digital technology. 

Rules for Discernment of Spirits

Spiritual Reading

Confessions – St. Augustine

Imitation of Christ – Thomas A Kempis

In Conversation with God – Francisco Fernandez

Introduction to the devout life – St. Francis de Sales

Life of St. Benedict – St. Gregory the Great 

Overcoming Lukewarmness – Francis Fernandez-Carvajal

The Soul of the Apostolate – St. Pius X

Thirsting for Prayer – Jacques Philippe

This Tremendous Lover – Eugene Boylan

Time for God – Jacques Philippe

Prayers

The Morning Offering 

Te Deum

Veni, Creator Spiritus 

Marriage & Family

Humanae Vitae
Encyclical of Pope Paul VI on the Regulation of Birth
DOCUMENT TEXT

Casti Connubii
Encyclical of Pope Pius XI on Christian Marriage
DOCUMENT TEXT

Living Together:
Questions and Answers Regarding Cohabitation and the Church’s Moral Teaching
DOCUMENT PDF

VIDEO:
Why we get married in the Catholic Church?
VIEW VIDEO

Reformation Effect on the Family
VIEW VIDEO

Plan of Life

By Joseph M. Muntadas

OUR LIVES nowadays are so filled with activities that if we want to maintain our social relations and not overlook other important aspects of life, we need to organize ourselves, plan things out, and avoid leaving things to last minute improvisation. In short, we need what we might call a “plan of life.”  VIEW PDF

DOCUMENT PDF

Mental Health

Mental Health Resources – Lumpkin, Dawson and Forsyth Counties – Link 

Person and Identity Project: The Person and Identity Project offers formation, workshops, and pastoral guidance on transgender issues and the human person – Link

Sex, Gender and Identity – Link 

Congregation For Catholic Education  (for Educational Institutions) “Male and Female He Created Them” Towards a Path of Dialogue on the Question of Gender Theory in Education – Link

Why Amazon Erased My Book – Link 

Doctrinal Note On the Moral Limits To Technologial Manipulation of the Human Body  – Link 

Divorced Catholics

Pamphlet “Your Catholic faith is the key to your recovering from divorce“ – Link 

End of Life Issues
Advance Directive – Archdiocese of Atlanta website

Christendom Age v/s Apostolic Age

Christendom and Apostolic Modes of Engagement

Parenting / Children

Someone has come to fight

Raising a Family in the Digital Age: A Technology Guide for Parents

Family Honor Link

Messy Family Project  Link 

How to Keep Our Kids Catholic – Link 

Holy Purity

https://www.strive21.com/

https://start.covenanteyes.com/strive/ enter the promo code: STRIVE when prompted.

https://www.purityispossible.com

https://www.lincolndiocese.org/internet-protection-pornography/tools-for-parents

Ordinations

Pontifical North American College Diaconate Ordinations – 2022-09-29 – YouTube

Counseling

Transfiguration Counseling

Holy Family Counseling

Suicide Prevention

Good Friday

St. Joseph Resources

The Year of St. Joseph Prayer 

To you, O blessed Joseph (Ad te, beate Ioseph)
To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our afflictions, and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also.
Through that charity which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the paternal love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by his Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities.
O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be kind to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of darkness.
As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril, so now protect God’s Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; shield, too, each one of us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and your aid, we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.

Quotes on St. Joseph

“Devotion to St. Joseph is one of the choicest graces that God can give to a soul, for it is tantamount to revealing the entire treasure of our Lord’s graces. When God wishes to raise a soul to greater heights, he unites it to St. Joseph by giving it a strong love for the good saint.” St. Peter Julian Eymard.
“The Almighty has concentrated in St. Joseph, as in a Sun of unrivaled luster, the combined light and splendor of all the other saints.” St. Gregory Nazianzen.
“I have only my great devotion to St. Joseph. This it is that guides me and gives me full confidence.”  St. Andre Bessette

 

Litany of St. Joseph

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
St. Joseph, pray for us.
Illustrious son of David, pray for us.
Light of patriarchs, pray for us.
Spouse of the Mother of God, pray for us.
Chaste guardian of the Virgin, pray for us.
Foster father of the Son of God, pray for us.
Watchful defender of Christ, pray for us.
Head of the Holy Family, pray for us.
Joseph most just, pray for us.
Joseph most chaste, pray for us.
Joseph most prudent, pray for us.
Joseph most valiant, pray for us.
Joseph most obedient, pray for us.
Joseph most faithful, pray for us.
Mirror of patience, pray for us.
Lover of poverty, pray for us.
Model of workmen, pray for us.
Glory of home life, pray for us.
Guardian of virgins, pray for us.
Pillar of families, pray for us.
Solace of the afflicted, pray for us.
Hope of the sick, pray for us.
Patron of the dying, pray for us.
Terror of demons, pray for us.
Protector of Holy Church, pray for us.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord!
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord!
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us!
V. He made him the lord of His household,
R. And prince over all His possessions.
Let Us Pray
O God, Who in Thine ineffable Providence didst vouchsafe to choose
Blessed Joseph to be the spouse of Thy most holy Mother, grant,
we beseech Thee, that he whom we venerate as our protector on
earth may be our intercessor in Heaven.
Who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.
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Ordinarily, a partial indulgence, during the Year of Saint Joseph, however—
which lasts from December 8, 2020, to December 8, 2021—the use of the
Litany of Saint Joseph has been included among other prayers to St. Joseph
enriched with a plenary indulgence which may be earned once a day subject
to the usual conditions: sacramental confession, reception of Holy Communion,
prayer for the intentions of the Pope, and a total detachment to all sin,
including venial sin.

Letters to Pharmaceutical Companies

From the USCCB – https://www.usccb.org/resources/letters-pharmaceutical-companies

In the documents listed here, the Vatican urges everyone concerned for the
sanctity of life to protest the use of abortion-derived cell lines and advocate
for the development of vaccines with no connection to abortion.
To make it easier to take this action, we provide the following sample letters
to pharmaceutical companies that are using abortion-derived cell lines
to produce and/or test vaccines.

Letter to Moderna
Letter to Moderna PDF
Letter to Pfizer
Letter to Pfizer PDF
Letter to GSK
Letter to GSK PDF
Letter to Merck
Letter to Merck PDF
Letter to Sanofi Pasteur
Letter to Sanofi Pasteur PDF
Letter to AstraZeneca
Letter to AstraZeneca PDF
Letter to Johnson & Johnson
Letter to Johnson & Johnson PDF