Sober Catholic
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I started Sober Catholic back in 2007 after I had unsuccessfully searched all over for a blog or discussion site that focused on alcoholism and sobriety/recovery from a Catholic perspective. I am a sober alcoholic and revert to the Church who found continued sobriety and serenity in the Faith. Follow my blog to get articles on Catholicism, Sobriety, Conversion and much more.
Sober Catholic
5d ago
An atheist leads me towards belief in God during a tumultuous time in my life through his use of vivid storytelling within a deeply imaginative universe. It begs the question of, “How can a non-believer help someone to believe?” Saints and spiritual writers often say that God can bring good out of evil. Evil is ..read more
Sober Catholic
5d ago
On Wednesday Morning I was rummaging through a box containing incense packets and I found a prayer card for something called the The Surrender Novena: Let Jesus Take Care of Everything. It is a Sacred Heart Devotion and hence qualifies for Sacred Heart Friday. Why is is a Sacred Heart Devotion? Because of this image ..read more
Sober Catholic
1w ago
A long time ago during my reversion to the Catholic Faith I started seeking out books on the Sacred Heart Devotion since I had known little about it and my knowledge was superficial. In a bookstore in Utica or Syracuse, NY I chanced upon this book, which is billed as the original manual on the ..read more
Sober Catholic
2w ago
Amongst the many devotees of St. Padre Pio, the “Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus” is a very popular prayer. Adherents are invited to recite it daily; during Pio’s life, it was to unite their prayers to him. Now that he’s in Heaven it is STILL to unite our prayers to him. We ..read more
Sober Catholic
3w ago
Recently my wife got me an early birthday present, Publisher Rocket by Dave Chesson of Kindlepreneur. It’s a book marketing and research tool that comes highly recommended by pages and pages of Google and DuckDuckGo search results. I’ve only had it a couple of days and I am thinking I should have gotten it years ago ..read more
Sober Catholic
3w ago
This first “Sacred Heart Friday” post here on Sober Catholic is just a basic introduction. I can assume that if you’re Catholic and especially a sober one, then you pretty much know a lot about the Sacred Heart Devotion. Nevertheless, many people who read this are along different parts of the Road to Happy Destiny ..read more
Sober Catholic
3w ago
I know I’ll probably screw it up but I intend to write one (and maybe more) posts every Friday in honor of the Sacred Heart. I have been thinking about doing this for quite a few years and for a variety of reasons that will not be revealed, feel that 2023 is the year it’ll ..read more
Sober Catholic
3w ago
Today marks the 16th Bloggaversary of Sober Catholic. In honor of that, I’ve edited and cleaned up a messy note I wrote who-knows-when on “The Sober Catholic Way.” It is a summary of everything I’ve been doing since I became sober on May 22, 2002. Some I do better than others. This was originally a ..read more
Sober Catholic
1M ago
I’ve always loved this passage from the Second Reading of the Divine Office for the Feast of St. Stephen, Protomartyr: From a sermon by Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe, bishop: Now at last, Paul rejoices with Stephen, with Stephen he delights in the glory of Christ, with Stephen he exalts, with Stephen he reigns. Stephen went ..read more
Sober Catholic
1M ago
I live in western New York State, near Lake Erie. We’ve been getting pummeled with a literal blizzard: high winds, snow, frigid temps. There are travel bans all over and as a result we were not able to get to the Vigil Mass for Christmas today. Chances are bleak for getting to any Mass on ..read more