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Nov 25, 2016
Faith· Life· Resources

Spiritual Stocking Stuffers for Men

Whether you are unsure what to get your dad, husband, son, Godfather, uncle, pastor or friend this Christmas, or you already know exactly what he wants . . . I hope this list gives you an extra way to tell all the men in your life that you love them!

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A Miraculous Medal

This standard Miraculous Medal for men can be ordered from The Catholic Company. It’s only $18.95 and most men like this design.  Usain Bolt proudly wore the Blessed Mother around his neck when he won several gold medals at the Olympics this summer.  His medal was gold.  You can browse the Catholic Company, The Miraculous Medal Gift Shop or even Amazon  to find the perfect medal for each man on your shopping list.  Our Lady told Saint Catherine Laboure that anyone who wears the medal around his or her neck would receive extra graces – so this gift is not only from you, but the Queen of Heaven too!

Drinking with the Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to Holy Happy Hour

For a really awesome gift; pair this with a Drink Shaker with a built in shaker.  This one is 70% right now -such a great deal! MYXER Cocktail Shaker Set 24 Oz – Premium Bar Tools Kit with Jigger, Built-in Strainer & Recipes  This book looks awesome and the reviews reassure that it is!  The book contains both great spiritual reading and cocktail recipes! I like how Father Mitch Pacwa, S.J., host of EWTN Live describes the book, in his words:

“Drinking with the Saints becomes an occasion (if not an excuse) to slow one’s pace, savor a drink, and slip not into inebriation but a relaxed look at the saints.”

Definitely a unique, fun gift!

 

A Book from The Catholic Company

 

gunmetalrosary.jpgI asked both my brother and my husband to choose something from The Catholic Company’s website – and both of them chose a book.  One chose the Manual for Spiritual Warfare and the other chose Cultivating Virtue.  Both books provide short readings, but strong messages.  They also both look and sound manly 🙂

A Masculine Rosary

This Rosary from SaongJai is a simple and masculine hematite rosary with gun metal beads, Miraculous Medal center, and pardon Crucifix. The natural stone gives this rosary a substantial weighted feel in your hands. The gun metal finish rosary is the ultimate weapon for spiritual warfare!  Another option for a more unique gift would be a wrist Rosary from Small Things. Great Love.  This hand knotted rosary is cool for a guy to wear and a constant reminder of prayer. If your guy is not one to wear a bracelet, Small Things.Great Love has pocket rosaries too! Catholic Company also has a nice copper pocket rosary!

The holy Rosary is a powerful weapon.  Use it with confidence and you will be amazed at the results. St. Josemaria Escriva

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The Meditation Palm Cross from Christian Bling

 

I love how this matte silver cross fits nicely in a pocket and the palm of your hand – and perfectly in a stocking! There is a hole through the cross for you to place a piece of paper with your thoughts and prayers written down (paper included).  It’s simple and will serve as a constant reminder to thank God for His blessings and ask Him for help with whatever is needed. IF YOU MAKE A PURCHASE with Christian Bling through ctbling.com/HisGoodness, WRITE IN PARTY NUMBER 1825, AND YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENTERED TO WIN FREE HOSTESS SHOPPING! WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN DECEMBER 14TH!!! Merry Christmas – it’s a giveaway wrapped up inside another giveaway 🙂

 

 

CHOCOLATE

But not just any chocolate . . .chocolate made with love and prayer.  Trappistine Quality Candy is made by the nuns at Mt St Mary’s Abbey with great joy and love knowing how much people enjoy their candy.  It is truly quality candy and absolutely delicious!  What a great way to support the cloistered nuns who make it and a way to give a sweet gift 🙂  P.S.  Dark chocolate goes great with red wine . . . and I heard it is good for you 😉  Also, I gave my dad a box of the dark chocolate hearts last year and he LOVED it.  Trust me, it’s good.

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Saint Michael Chaplet from Rugged Rosaries

Made with a genuine military paracord, this sacramental is unique and a shorter devotion than the Rosary.  Many men have a special devotion to St. Michael and have chosen him as a Confirmation Saint or see him as the ultimate defender of the faith.

COFFEE

Lifeboat Coffee gives back 10% of it’s profits to Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers and other pro-life centers.  The coffee comes from all over the world.  You can purchase K-cups or sample packets to see which roast or origin is the perfect brew.

A Game for the Whole Family

Scattergories has a Catholic Edition!  This game is so much fun – and now there is a faith twist to it!  How fun will it be to see what answers the man in your life comes up with – and how many laughs you will have together while playing!

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This Prayer Cross from Amazon reads “Dear Lord, protect me, my passengers and all I pass by with a steady hand and a watchful eye”.  You can also purchase a Saint Christopher/Miraculous Medal Visor Clip which some prefer since St. Christopher is the Patron Saint of transportation, traveling, storms, epilepsy, bachelors and more.  This is a very affordable gift and a very loving gesture that let’s your loved one know that you pray he is always safe.


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  1. Jessica says

    November 25, 2016 at 11:48 pm

    The Drinking with the Saints book looks fun!

  2. Nicole Mezquita says

    November 25, 2016 at 11:49 pm

    I would love to give the miraculous medal

  3. Kyla says

    November 25, 2016 at 11:55 pm

    Such good ideas! The drinking with the saints book sounds like good Catholic fun!
    Of course I’m tempted to get my husband the chocolate but we both know it would really be for me!

  4. Jessica says

    November 26, 2016 at 12:12 am

    This is a great list! I love it!

  5. Brittany says

    November 26, 2016 at 8:07 am

    Once again you’ve got so many awesome ideas here. I really like the visor clip!

  6. Caitlyn Anderson says

    November 27, 2016 at 2:31 pm

    This is a great list!! Very helpful. This is our second ever Christmas together, and the first year that we are doing stockings! Last year we went to my parents’ house (where my younger, still don’t know the secret of Santa siblings live) so stockings were all taken care of for us. I have had a really hard time coming up with small, meaningful gifts for my husband, but this list has sparked some inspiration! I need to find a Miraculous Medal for him, one that won’t interfere with his work (he’s US Sailor, and they have uniform regulations).

    I would love to get a copy of A Sinner’s Guide to Holy Happy Hour!! My husband and I both just turned 21 this year (his birthday is in July, mine in November) so we are just starting to experiment with alcohol. We really have no idea what we are doing, and my husband is always looking up ideas for different stuff to try, so this would be perfect!!!

    • Amy says

      November 27, 2016 at 7:56 pm

      Awesome – so glad the list helped and has given you some ideas 🙂 Happy Belated Birthday!! 🙂

  7. Sarah Mason says

    November 27, 2016 at 3:12 pm

    Great list! I think I like the masculine rosary the best.

  8. Jennifer Wilson says

    November 27, 2016 at 10:33 pm

    The Lifeboat coffee would be great for my husband who is always drinking coffee! 🙂

  9. Victoria Bettis says

    November 27, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    These are all fabulous finds!! I’d give my family (husband and 3 sons) Scattergories, it would even qualify as a gift for me as I’m always on the look out for things to gently nudge the faith and not necessarily feel like I’m wacking them over the head with lessons.

    The small medal would be universal for everyone. A gentle reminder easy to carry in a pocket or wallet where it could send a consistent reminder of a greater love.

    My dad, the rosary would be a grand slam. He’s an old school man and this would qualify as ‘manly!’

    For me, no brainer the chocolates and coffee would rock my world and they do god for the world! I’d share with my Christ sisters!

    Your work is wonderful, enjoy Advent and the wonder of the season.

    • Amy says

      November 28, 2016 at 6:30 am

      Thank you Victoria! Have a Blessed Advent!!

  10. Kerry says

    November 29, 2016 at 11:04 am

    The black rosary is really nice, my husband would love that.

  11. Carrie says

    November 29, 2016 at 2:08 pm

    How can you say no to chocolate?!?! 🙂

  12. Kirby says

    November 29, 2016 at 3:57 pm

    I’ve been thinking of getting drinking with the saints for someone this Christmas! Maybe I should make it St. Nicholas so we can benefit from it sooner. 😉

    • Amy says

      November 29, 2016 at 4:35 pm

      Haha! Great idea!! Cheers 😉

  13. Rachel says

    November 29, 2016 at 8:39 pm

    Love that Lifeboat Coffee gives back!

  14. Susan says

    November 30, 2016 at 11:38 am

    the Prayer Cross visor clip would make a great stocking stuffer!

  15. Jeanine @MommyEntourage says

    November 30, 2016 at 1:16 pm

    My heart is in my stomach when it comes to chocolate – that is my fave!

  16. Melissa says

    November 30, 2016 at 3:20 pm

    I would love to gift the chocolates and coffee!

  17. Angie says

    December 1, 2016 at 9:56 pm

    Really like that Saint book!

  18. colleen kennedy says

    December 2, 2016 at 3:44 pm

    Really like the concept of this 🙂

  19. Courtney F. says

    December 4, 2016 at 10:04 am

    The masculine rosary is so nice.

  20. Denise Morris says

    December 4, 2016 at 10:29 am

    My hubby has been eying the masculine rosary on their website. I would love to be able to give that to him. He will be celebrating his first year as a deacon.

  21. Joe Sales says

    December 4, 2016 at 1:59 pm

    Masculine Rosary

  22. Margaret says

    December 4, 2016 at 6:05 pm

    I would like the Saint Michael Chaplet from Rugged Rosaries.

  23. Alicia says

    December 5, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    Those chocolates look delicious! 🙂

  24. Allison Gingras says

    December 5, 2016 at 11:44 pm

    Drinking with the Saints is one of my FAVORITE books!! I was blessed to interview author, Michael Foley on my radio show, A Seeking Heart on Breadbox Meda. He was funny and made me love the book even more!! GREAT Suggestions!!

    • Amy says

      December 6, 2016 at 7:01 am

      Thank you Allison! I think it is so cool that you have a radio show! I would love to do that 🙂

  25. Vicki says

    December 6, 2016 at 6:42 am

    My husband would love the coffee and chocolate! 🙂

  26. Ruth Anne says

    December 8, 2016 at 8:35 pm

    St Michael chaplet. He’s been my husband’s “go-to” saint for… well, since I’ve known him 🙂

    • Amy says

      December 8, 2016 at 10:34 pm

      He’s a great saint to go to 🙂

  27. Margaret Mayfield says

    December 10, 2016 at 12:33 am

    Beautiful gifts!

  28. Jacqueline says

    December 12, 2016 at 9:42 am

    Great ides!

    • Amy says

      December 12, 2016 at 11:45 am

      So glad you like them 🙂

  29. Jenn says

    December 12, 2016 at 12:59 pm

    These are wonderful ideas, thank you!!

  30. Laura Soto says

    December 13, 2016 at 10:24 pm

    Definitely love the scattegories game!! I think my husband would too!

  31. Kelly Moran says

    December 13, 2016 at 11:51 pm

    Chocolate, coffee and Scattergories sound like the makings for a fun night in!

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My husband’s birthday was on Monday, and I was so excited to give him this book from Voyage Comics!

The truth is, him and I are both fans of this small Catholic business.

Our son loves their comic books too!

Catholic gifts for women often seem plentiful… but when it comes to men, well … shopping for them can be more of a challenge.

I love how the men over at Voyage Comics create extremely incredible content and works of art that entertain without compromising virtue.
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Katie was raised by wonderful Christian parents in the New Apostolic Church and I honestly want to really get her to share her conversion story.
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never hesitate to invite someone to pray the Rosary with you!

Katie embraced the Rosary as a Christian 
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How can we love our identity and still be humble? How can we love our identity and still be humble?

Does that sound like a good title for a talk?

I’m working on a “Talk” on Identity (or a blog post if I chicken out 🐓)… and I’m really liking the topic of humility… along with modesty.
My plan was to post this morning and ask for your prayers… but along the way I saw that today is Saint Philip Neri’s feast day.
So, naturally, I googled “Saint Philip Neri humility”.
To my delight, I found this quote:

“Humility is the safeguard of chastity. In the matter of purity, there is no greater danger than not fearing the danger. 

For my part, when I find a man secure of himself and without fear, I give him up for lost. I am less alarmed for one who is tempted and who resists by avoiding the occasions, than for one who is not tempted and is not careful to avoid occasions. When a person puts himself in an occasion, saying, I shall not fall, it is an almost infallible sign that he will fall, and with great injury to his soul.”

I feel like some great message is coming together here, but, I need your prayers.

I mean, I don’t even know if posting about humility on Instagram is like, a total oxymoron?

I’m so thankful to have Scripture and the writing of Saints to help me. I’m also extremely grateful for your prayers.

May we both live as it is written in 1 Peter 5:5 ~
“And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for:
“God opposes the proud
but bestows favor on the humble.”
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Do our sons understand what it means to be a “sp Do our sons understand what it means to be a “spiritual warrior “? Do we?

I learned and relearned a ton of things writing Be Yourself: a Journal for Catholic Boys.

Here’s what we all need to know about being a “Spiritual Warrior “:

1. Yes, there is a battle between good and evil and we are all in the midst of it. Years ago, in cartoons, it was common to see a devil on one shoulder and an Angel on another. It was CLEAR which voice was good and which was evil. The animation gave us a visual of what we were very familiar with.  Today, we must work a little harder so that all of us are detecting what is good and what is evil.

2. You don’t walk out onto a battlefield unprepared.
You put on your suit of armor and you bring your weapon. You do this FIRST! Faith is our shield, prayer is our greatest weapon. In other words, God has to be number one if we want to truly protect our soul. Knowing God has to be not only a priority, but our first priority.

3. We are not alone, but not everyone is going to grow in virtue. The virtues are our “armor of light” that protect us from the enemy. We would be wise to follow the advice of St. Francis de Sales in this, “Love everyone with a strenuous love based on charity, but form friendships only with those who can share virtuous things with you.”
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O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests;
for your unfaithful and tepid priests;
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for your tempted priests;
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for your young priests;
for your dying priests;
for the souls of your priests in purgatory.

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the priest who baptized me;
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the priests who taught and instructed me;
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I have a super sweet story to share with you! Las I have a super sweet story to share with you!

Last evening my husband and I decided that we were long overdue for praying a Rosary with the family.

We have friends searching for jobs that have asked us to pray and many others intentions.

Our kids were outside playing with a little girl who lives up the road.

I walked outside with a bunch of tangled up Rosaries (see reel I made yesterday) and told my 3 children they had to come in to pray the Rosary.

My daughter, who made this Rosary for me, asked if their friend could pray with us.

I said she was, of course, welcome to pray with us!

All 4 kids came inside and my son volunteered to lead the first decade. Our 9 year old guest led a decade too!

She stumbled a little with the words to the Hail Mary but by the end of her decade, I was so impressed.

Once we were done praying my husband complimented our young guest on how well she did.
It was such a beautiful, unexpected event.
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“I don’t even remember that”~ my Mom. When I “I don’t even remember that”~ my Mom.
When I told my mom how she inspired the title of the Be Yourself Journal, that was her response 😂.
As a tired Mama, I so appreciate this now.
It’s amazing what God’s grace and a mother’s love can do!
My mom felt bad that I felt left out. But, she was also tired and was probably in survival mode with 3 or 4 children at that point.
I get that now.
But God took what my mom didn’t say and placed in my heart the contents of the book I get to the author of!
I am finding so much relief in this realization today.
I often see my shortcomings as a Mother.
I’m tired.
I’m still disorganized like I was before motherhood.
But I do have faith in God and love for my children.
I believe that God knew exactly what He was doing when He chose me to be the mother of my children.
He knows my strengths and weaknesses.
His grace is sufficient… for all mothers.
Praise the Lord!
Happy Mother’s Day!

Share this post and remind others that it’s totally okay to not be perfect.
Keep loving!
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Did you know Our Lady of Fatima taught the three y Did you know Our Lady of Fatima taught the three young children a couple of prayers?

The Blessed Mother taught the children to offer all their personal sacrifices to God by praying:
O My Jesus, I offer this for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Another prayer Our Lady taught the children was:

O My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.

I love how Our Blessed Mother encourages to us to start a prayer by addressing the Lord with these words:
“O my Jesus…”
One of my favorite prayers was taught to the Fatima children by an angel.
This is that prayer:

My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love Thee! I ask pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love Thee.

Today, May 13th, is the feast of Our Lady of Fatima.
Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us!

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Sometimes, when I go to Mass, the homily isn’t e Sometimes, when I go to Mass, the homily isn’t exactly stellar…

But bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Sometimes, when I attend Mass, the other people in the pews don’t participate in the prayers or sing the hymns…

But bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit and the instrumentality of the priest. The whole Christ is truly present.

Sometimes, when I’m at Mass my own mind wanders and I’m distracted by children who can’t sit still…

But bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.

An incredible miracle happens at every Catholic Mass… 

The whole Christ is truly present -- body, blood, soul, and divinity -- under the appearances of bread and wine, the glorified Christ who rose from the dead. This is what the Church means when she speaks of the "Real Presence" of Christ in the Eucharist.

The Eucharist is the body of Jesus Christ, which was given up for me and you.

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