Fr. Rick Thomas, S.J.

Our Lady's Youth Center

Religion & Spirituality

Christianity

teachings on the Word of God by Fr. Thomas

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Truth Series #7 - Honesty vs. Discretion

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that we need to find the right balance between honesty and discretion. “Truthfulness keeps to the just mean between what ought to […]

Jun 21, 2023•41 min

Truth Series #6 - Yeast of the Pharisees: Hypocrisy

Jesus warns his disciples to be on guard for the yeast of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy. The more people around, the more the temptation there is to hypocrisy. The […]

Jun 14, 2023•47 min

Truth Series #5 - Consecrated in Truth

Jesus prays that we be consecrated to the truth. To be consecrated means to be set apart, appointed for, dedicated to. Just like we have bowls and knives that are […]

Jun 04, 2023•38 min

Truth Series #4 - Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

Jesus warns against false prophets that are wolves in sheep’s clothing. He gives the example of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5. They lied by withholding the actual amount of […]

May 24, 2023•33 min

Truth Series #3 - Nathanael's Example of Truthfulness

Jesus said of Nathanael that he was without guile, someone “in whom there was no deceit.” Nathanael filled his mind with truth; because of that, he could recognize right away […]

May 17, 2023•35 min

Truth Series #2 - Hypocrisy vs Truth

God builds with agape love and truth; the devil uses falsehood and lies as his building blocks. The more falsehood, the happier the devil is because he works with lies […]

Apr 26, 2023•38 min

Being on the Side of Truth

Jesus deals in the truth, and the enemy deals in falsehoods and lies. Which side do you want to be on?

Apr 19, 2023•39 min

Sacramentals

Sacramentals are visible things used for a spiritual effect greater than the power in the thing itself. Jesus used sacramentals in His ministry. For example, when he was healing the […]

Apr 05, 2023•37 min

The First Commandment and the Occult

Begins with salvation history – how God created everything, seen and unseen. He created the angels. Some rebelled, and ever after that, there have been two realms or kingdoms. That’s […]

Apr 04, 2023•46 min

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