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The Hillbilly Thomists is a fine group of Dominican priests that make bluegrass music. Here's their performance at the Grand Ole Opry: And they have 3 albums! https://youtube.com/channel/UC8qNaFOozP5BmUfwdLplJZQ?si=0uQXR9LajZpv7r-W

So I'm at that noble "young adult" stage, just getting set with a good job, but my expenses are still really low. So I don't have terribly much money, but I'm making more than I spend...so in the grand scheme of things, I'm filthy rich. So I ask for prayers...for myself, and for all others who...

First & foremost, I want to ask for prayers...what I have written & am sharing here is true, and it's painful to admit to, but therapeutic to write out, and I pray that you who read it may find some spiritual blessing within the lessons I've learned & the story I lived. It's very much a work in...

Jesus tells us to pray for our enemies...and I never realized what a tall task that was, until all this happened. Suffice it to say, I took a risk, trying to really be Christ for someone who needed it. In return, one thing led to another, and I ended up being exploited by someone for 3 weeks...

I do not know for sure if the man was being trafficked...but I had enough reason to believe he was under someone else's control that I gave all the information I had to the National Human Trafficking Hotline on an online form. What I had is not enough to build a case, barely enough to identify...

If these men were legit, I gave enough money to get one guy to see his dying daughter in the hospital, and another enough to keep the lights on in his house, this protecting him from losing custody of his children. If legit, I ask for prayers that the one man see his daughter in time, and the...

Recently, I posted on a very general forum, not inherently religious, but religious topics were still within the boundaries of what to post. I had interviewed for a job a couple weeks before, and requested prayers that I would hear back soon & be accepted. A truly beautiful pocket of faith...

Right now, in the eastern US, it's about 10:00pm. Chances are, if you're not asleep right now, you're just chilling with your phone or laptop or TV. Which is fine; God built is in such a way that down time is good for our bodies, which are temples of His Holy Spirit. Even so...a little too...

Greetings to all! I'm currently discerning communal religious life. Living in prayerful community & doing meaningful work sounds like a very good way to spend my life. So to discern this step, I started investigating volunteer programs, where I would live in a community with consecrated...

"I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete." A great talk...strewn with quality humor (as any talk on joy should be), but truly profound. Fr. Mike has a gift for drawing us in with humor, and surprising us with sudden, profound sentences to really make...

Glory to Jesus Christ! I hope to be a full-time theology teacher for high schoolers...I was recently blessed with the chance to be a long-term substitute, teaching Theology to high school freshmen, and LOVED it!! One thing I found out quite quickly is that (not surprisingly), 15-year olds...

This was a PBS special many years back...I found it on a whim at my local library, then found part 1 of 3 online, which I'm sharing with you now. This is a great video, bringing a pilgrimage into your own home, showing the breathtaking landscapes & spiritual depth of the first 5 books of the...

"Seek ye first the Kingdom of God & His Righteousness, and all these things will be given unto you." Francis Chan is a fantastic Christan speaker; definitely look up more from him if you want a passionate voice on all this good Kingdom of God stuff. He's normally much more passionate than he...

As you will soon see, these people were able to survive, against all odds, when their lives were entirely in the hands of another. I actually saw this video project being debuted in DC, when they compiled the testimonies of all these people who weren't supposed to live...:crosseo:

Greetings, all! By the grace of God, I am currently teaching Theology to high school freshmen at a Catholic school. It's also my first time being a classroom teacher, and it's quite challenging at times, but I really enjoy it! I am only here as a long-term substitute teacher, which means I...

Quite interesting from a theological & an environmental perspective, how a priest can buy a block of unwanted land, turn it into something beautiful, and let that be a model of how God can do the same with an unwanted person & bring out something beautiful. There's a LOT of stories about...

Tension/release. It’s a pattern we see in every song, every story, every area of life. Think of your favorite song; notice the part where energy is building, building, building, then RELEASE, often into the chorus, the most memorable part of the song, the heart of the message of the whole song...

3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 7...

Even in the midst of modern war, where no day is guaranteed for their lives, their city, or their world as they know it, Ukrainians are still people of immense faith. Please share whatever images you find of the faith of these people. As images & stories from Ukraine are taking the world by...

Fr. Casey is a priest I've really come to admire, with fantastic talks on many topics, but it's really his delivery that stands out. He actually puts thought into what he says, and does so in an exceptionally respectful way; grounded in his beliefs, and standing strong as a peacemaker in the way...