"If you want to know what Lent was like originally, ironically we can look to Ramadan, which arose as an imitation of the ancient Lenten fast. Christians did not eat during the day at all and avoided all animal products, oil, and wine. Lent changed over the centuries, but avoiding animal products continued in the West until the modern period..."

Written by: Dr. Jared Staudt on ThoseCatholicMen.com

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"A large part of our role as parents entails forming the identity and character of our children by giving them the support and security they need. We do this largely by loving them—willing their good and expressing it in a way that they can understand—and affirming the goodness of their identity as children of the Father. (As I continue this reflection, though, I want to make clear that I’m writing as a father who is learning, while often failing, to show my children the love and affirmation they need and deserve.)"

Written by: Dr. Jared Staudt on ThoseCatholicMen.com

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"We have to ask ourselves what pearls of wisdom, if any, are we leaving as an enduring legacy to our own children? Are we passing on the rich, balanced diet of the great wisdom of the Desert Fathers who preceded us, or the empty calories of the modern culture which offer no real substantial nutrients to strengthen and embolden them..."

Written by: David La Mar

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"Over the centuries, this is the day when candles are blessed for liturgical use, accompanying countless prayers and sacraments as they stand in fiery, silent witness to the Presence of Christ."

Written by: David M. La Mar

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"As a father, I bet the salvation, happiness, wisdom, and economic security of your children are important (not equally of course). If that’s so, doing the same old thing just isn’t going to cut it when it comes to education."

Written by: Jason Craig on ThoseCatholicMen.com

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"As Catholic men, we need to be more vocal about God’s plan for healthy sexuality. We need to show how following God’s plan will lead to a life of true joy and happiness. We need to let our culture see that what they believe is outdated and restrictive is really the path to healthy sexuality. It is though our actions and words that we can be a source of God’s light and healing on the dark sexual landscape of our culture."

Written by Dr. Peter Kleponis

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"We use words, but too often without knowing their meaning. We see this culturally in how we throw around “marriage”, but we would do well to accept that this happens in Church quite regularly. We say “love” and sprinkle in “faith” and pepper on “hope” and as long as we say it “kindly” we’re good Christians."

Written and Read by: James Baxter, Executive Director of Those Catholic Men.

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"Creeds help us not only to understand what we believe, but also to profess it, strengthening our faith. One tenant of Catholic belief suffers attack more than any other right now: marriage and family life...To bolster our own faith about marriage, I’m proposing the following creed about what we believe and how we can strengthen our resolve to defend these truths."

Written by: Dr. Jared Staudt on ThoseCatholicMen.com

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