Articles and Blogs

Good Spiritual Resources: Articles
There are many spiritual articles that are good resources for
our spiritual growth. Aside from those here in Catholic
Internet Mission, there are also other very good articles in
Catholic Online. You can always choose which articles
can help deepen your knowledge of the Catholic faith and
eventually improve your relationship with Christ and the
Catholic church.

For purely spiritual articles, these are the articles in
Catholic Internet Mission to read:
"The Holy Spirit Strengthens the 'Inner Man'";
"What Must We Do, Brothers?";
What is the Christian Vocation?;
How Can I Be A Good Catholic Every Christmastime?;

These articles are of a pure spiritual nature. However, for
those of you who are have written articles yourselves and
have integrated both the Catholic faith and its promotion
in the Internet, you can also read the following articles:
" What's Featured?"

What is good about Catholic articles is that they are briefly
written and most of them are written in pure and simple style.
Articles that contain theological and spirituality jargon are
much more difficult to understand because they use terminology
that are associated with the fields of theology and spirituality.
In case you come across articles in Catholic Internet Mission
that use some theological and spirituality jargon and terminology,
just use the search function of the leading search engines for
theology and spirituality dictionaries for the meaning of the
terms. But usually, in the articles, there will be some brief
definitions made to explain the theological and spirituality
terms that may have been used for the purposes of the articles.
As for the technological jargon, kindly also use the search function
of the search engines.

If we were to gauge the usefulness of many Catholic articles,
the most useful in terms of current information are the news
articles. The easiest articles to understand are certainly
those news articles that give updates on many things happening
in the Catholic Church all over the world. There are many
Catholic websites that give all these current information
in their news services. Some of these news articles you can
subscribe for free and some articles are given in more detail
when you subscribe to them for a fee.

Most of the new articles that circulate around the Internet
are simple and plain and do not give theology and spirituality
jargon except for a few instances here and there. However, the
focus of these news articles is more on information rather
than on anything didactic or instructive. Also, these articles
give just information and not the spiritual insight and wisdom
that is being asked by the Church for the use of the internet
in spreading the Catholic faith. To benefit really online from
good spiritual articles that are written by very good Catholics,
select those articles that deal positively with the many
institutions, missions and works of the Church. The safest
articles to read are those that deal with the Church's classic
devotions and spiritualities. Try to avoid those articles that
give a very negative picture of the Church and which tend to
weaken the faith and confidence in our Catholic institutions,
belief-systems and moral codes.

At this time of our Catholic history, the focus in the Catholic
Church is on the reality of the the Eucharist and devotion to
Mary. There are many articles abounding in both these subjects.
You can search for articles that deal on both these subjects.
It is important to note that in our classic tradition, the Eucharist
and the devotion to the blessed Mother are the two pillars of
our Catholic tradition that will anchor us well in our faith -
like the vision of St. John Bosco of a stormy sea that seeks to
destroy the boat of Peter but did not sink because it was anchored
well to two pillars which has the Eucharist and the Blessed Mother
on the top.

Articles are very beneficial for our day to day life as Christians
because they keep our spirituality up-to-date. Both the news articles
and the purely spiritual articles help us in our Christian life even
though many of us are working professionals who are very busy. The news
articles anchor us in the present situation while the purely spiritual
and classic articles become the context for judging wisely how we are
to proceed as Catholic with regard to serious moral issues. It helps
us respond with a more broad-minded approach to the question, "what
would Jesus do?"

Although articles are beneficial for our fast-paced Christian
lifestyle, many books, magazines and documents from the Vatican
are even in themselves very substantial although they are more dated
in their information and content. But if we wish to find concrete
solutions as to how to deal with contemporary moral problems and
wish to discern a course of action, then the wisdom and truth of
classic spirituality and the contents and materials in books,
magazines that refer to the documents of the Church will help us
study and discern what should be done. They will always anchor us
well and provide the right and proper direction in which to proceed.

But if we are not really that involved in difficult moral situations
which require serious Christian discernment, then the articles
in this web site will give anyone a renewed outlook on the
the Catholic faith, spirit and lifestyle.
The Catholic articles written here are usually written in a few
lines and words - something you can read in one sitting. It will truly
help the Catholic working professional to find spiritual enrichment
and nourishment while on the move and on the go.

Good Spiritual Resources: Blogs
Some of the blogs integrated into PCentral Online WebNetwork
are good spiritual resources. These blogs deal on the subjects
and topics of prayer, discernment, lectio divina, Marian devotion,
rosary, Holy Spirit, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, theological
virtues, moral virtues, mysticism, confession, Eucharist, holiness,
wholeness and healing, saints, classic spiritualities, meditation,
contemplation, Eucharistic adoration, lay vocation, personal
vocation and reflections on the Sunday readings. A list of blogs
which deal with these spiritual topics can be found in Blogs.

To find out whatever specific topic or subject you may wish to
learn more about from the list of topics and subjects listed
above that are found in the blogs, you can read the blogs
that have a title that may contain the said topic or subject
and use the search function in the blogs themselves. Blogger,
the one who hosts the majority of the WebNetwork's PCentral
Online's blogs has a search function to help you with your
search needs.

If you want to be a regular subscriber to some of these blogs,
three of these blogs are already syndicated via RSS Feeds
and can be integrated into your My Yahoo! page. There is an
addtomyyahoo button in the " What's New?" page to help
you subscribe to these blogs.

Dennis-Emmanuel Cabrera
December 25, 2004
[revised October 10, 2005]

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