From the 6:00pm Mass on Sunday, August 13, 2023 at the National Shrine of the Little Flower, the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A.

My three points:

1. Silence
2. Prayer
3. Adoption as God's sons and daughters

Books referenced:

• The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys are Struggling and What We Can Do About It, by Dr. Warren Farrell and Dr. John Gray
• Guide to Contentment, by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (I don't think this is in print anymore)