Category: Lent

Selfless Self-Preservation

March 13, 2024
Temperance is also more than “moderation in all things.”  Plenty of things don’t need moderating – like love and goodness.  Temperance is not just balancing ourselves between extremes, or keeping mild instead of intense.

The Best Action Plan for Lent

January 31, 2024
Lent comes every year, yet often we struggle to create an effective plan to improve ourselves and refocus on Christ. During Lent, all men's minds should be moved with greater zeal to develop and expand on our spiritual disciplines, but how can we achieve this successfully? For the ways of the world are many and even the best among us lack the constancy to stay straight the course throughout the year in our work to overcome our natural desires and deepen our love for Christ. Today we discuss a great plan to not only improve and become like Christ this Lent, but also a strategy to continue as a new man this Easter and beyond. We discuss man's need for temptation and how Satan gains entrance into our lives. We unpack why you need to know the tactics of Satan, how understanding this can provide clarity in your lives, and how you can be battle-ready to protect yourself against his attacks.

Consecration Prayer to St. Joseph

March 13, 2023
O St. Joseph predestined and chosen by God from among men, you received the glorious honor of being the chaste, guardian of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. Inflamed with divine love you received her as your beloved wife and through her God bestowed upon you the most privileged distinction of being the virginal father of God the Son.

Overcome these 4 Pitfalls Men Face in Prayer

March 1, 2023
How often do you feel that you are never improving in prayer? Perhaps you don't have a clear understanding of what prayer is or how to pray. In this episode, we discuss the key purpose of prayer, how to accurately understand why we are required to pray, and how to overcome the 4 most common pitfalls to living out a purposeful and fruitful prayer life.

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6 Reasons Fasting Makes You a Better Man

February 22, 2023
Why do we fast? How is it that growth in prayer is dependent on fasting? We answer these questions as well as how to avoid the numerous pitfalls related to physical, mental, and spiritual obstacles that fasting presents to us. Finally, you will learn 6 reasons every man must fast to grow in holiness and to be the man God created you to be.

Why You Fail at Lent and How to Fix it (w/ Devin Schadt)

February 8, 2023
How many times have you stated, "This Lent will be different."? Only to find yourself failing, frustrated, and humbled by the second or third week. Today, Devin Schadt joins us as we discuss why this happens, what men always forget about when it comes to Lent, and how we can actually make lasting change this year. He has written an incredible devotional book to guide anyone during Lent and we touch on this as well.

The Ultimate Lent for Men

February 16, 2022
In this episode of The Catholic Gentleman, Sam and John discuss a great pathway this Lent for men. Formed by many years guiding men in the desert to better understand themselves and grow in their union with Christ, Fr. Innocent Montgomery, C.F.R. shares his wisdom with us for this Lent and beyond. We share in his joy as a Franciscan Friar, hear great stories, and learn why he felt called to write a book for men that guides us through Lent and the Easter Octave.

Peace, Be Still: Making the Most of the Storm We Face

March 18, 2020
Fear is a mental and spiritual virus. It spreads faster and more efficiently than any airborne disease. Its symptoms are at times anger, aggression, isolation, despair, irrationality, loss of faith, and clouded judgement, among other things. And if there is one emotion that dominates the world at this time, it is a deep and abiding […]

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