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Second Episcopal Endorsement for "Slaying Dragons" - Bishop Athanasius Schneider!

Two months ago, by God's Providence, I received the first episcopal endorsement for Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know, from Bishop Rene Henry Gracida of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Today, I am thrilled to announce the second episcopal endorsement for my book, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know, by none other than:

His Excellency, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan. ~~~
 
"Charles Fraune's book about the spiritual battle agai...

The "Sacramental" Jab - A Diabolical "Ut Unum Sint"?

NB: The following criticism of the vaccine is not meant to condemn those who, for whatever reason, perhaps of truly good motives, have decided to take it.  It is primarily a consideration of the global mechanism at work which is pivoting around the universal acceptance of this vaccine.

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A perversion of the Church’s mandate:  instead of it being through Christ that we may all be one, it is through this new medical awakening – the Vax.  Thus, it is now the World that proclai...

Podcast Appearance with Br. Andre - on Sensus Fidelium!

Sensus Fidelium is the Catholic organization which I leaned on quite a bit in the beginning of my research for Slaying Dragons and earlier as well.  It is a true treasury of Tradition.

Recently, I recorded a podcast with the well-known Br. Andre Marie.  This podcast was then broadcast on the far-reaching Sensus Fidelium YouTube channel.

Take a look!

 

One of the great things about this podcast is that Br. Andre promoted my website, www.TheRetreatBox.com, instead of Amazon.  Sales on the website have...

Guest Appearance on "Catholic Drive Time"!

Friday morning, I was a guest on a live radio broadcast with "Catholic Drive Time"! 

It was a great conversation.  At just under twenty minutes, we covered a lot of topics!

Take a look!  Youtube link here, or click the image.

(link starts at the min 13, a fascinating discussion of the state of the world...then watch the rest)

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Renewing the Sacramental Momentum of Lent

As we near the end and the culmination of our Lenten journey of penance, it is critical that we reflect on the status of our self-discipline, for its intensity will determine the depth to which we are able to immerse ourselves in the power of Christ's saving grace.
To that end, I present here the prayer I wrote for my article about blessed ashes.  It is written based on the petitions offered by the Church in the process of blessing the ashes for Ash Wednesday. It may be found useful now, to refre...

Impact of Blessed Stations of the Cross - A Deeper Life of Grace

“The reader may form an idea of the zeal with which some saintly missionaries have labored for the propagation of this devotion — which is at the same time the strongest evidence of the value they set upon it— from the single instance of St. Leonard of Port Maurice, who erected no less than five hundred and seventy-two sets of stations. It was he, too, who induced Pope Benedict XIV to have them erected in the Colosseum at Rome, the spot which had been so frequently bedewed with the blood of mart...

First Episcopal Endorsement for "Slaying Dragons"!

The other day, by God's Providence, I received the FIRST ENDORSEMENT FROM A BISHOP for Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know !!
While it is not uncommon for books on Theology to receive endorsements from priests and Bishops, my book is self-published and, except for a tiny amount of paid advertisement, has spread purely by word-of-mouth, networking, grassroots recommendations, and podcasts.
I believe it points to the importance of the spiritual warfare wisdom contained in Slayin...

Lent - The Devil Waits - We Must Finish The Work!

The prayer on Ash Wednesday, to initiate Lent, is the initiation of a spiritual war: Grant us, O Lord, to begin with holy fasts the campaign of our Christian warfare: that, as we do battle with the spirits of evil, we may be protected by the help of self-denial. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
  You can imagine that two things are happening together at Lent:Satan sees that we wish to follow the Master, and he seeks to stop usSatan sees his "more opportune time" [Luke 4:13] to come against us and t...

Tear Down the Rebellious - the power of Lent

For many, Lent is the welcome call to the conscience to lay aside the habitual attraction to sin, laziness, and excess.  It is a call to the Christian soul in the materialistic world to remember the purpose to his life:  that he is an exile - he is a pilgrim navigating along a dangerous road - that he is a citizen of another world.
Lent is the time to do battle with evil spirits and with our fallen nature.  The blessing on the ashes for Ash Wednesday states it plainly, asking God that, "as we do ...

A Prayer for Ash Wednesday - Renewing the Sacramental

Spare me, Thy penitent son, O God, and be merciful to me as I humbly implore Thy assistance (for I am unable to attend Holy Mass on this Ash Wednesday).

Send, O God, Thy holy Angel from heaven to bless me and sanctify me, that I may receive what Thou promisest to give to those who receive Thy blessed ashes today.

Grant me, Almighty and everlasting God, health of body and safety of soul, as I kneel before Thee, accusing myself, conscious of my sins, deploring my misdeeds before Thy divine mercy, ...