[Salvation]

Gary Zimak is the founder of Following The Truth Ministries (http://www.followingthetruth.com), a lay apostolate created to assist Catholics in learning more about their Faith. He is a regular guest on EWTN Radio’s “Son Rise Morning Show”, Ave Maria Radio’s “Catholic Connection with Teresa Tomeo” and appears frequently on several other Catholic radio programs.  In addition to writing for CatholicLane. Mr. Zimak hosts a daily program on BlogTalkRadio and posts frequently on his blog, Facebook and Twitter.  He is a member of Catholics United For The Faith and the Knights of Columbus and resides in New Jersey with his wife Eileen and twin daughters, Mary & Elizabeth.

[Salvation]

**The season of Lent**

We could just as well say “the season of Advent.”

These dry prayer times can show up anytime!

[cloudmountain]

Whether one feels "dry" or not one MUST continue to pray.
It's like not wanting to exercise because one is not feeling like doing it or that the exercise feels like it isn't doing one any good. One does NOT stop exercising. That's the worst thing to do.
Same with praying.
"Hang in there" might not seem an appropriate thing about the "dry" feeling in prayer, but it really is appropriate. Perhaps, "persist" is a better word.

[Bigg Red]

Wonderful, inspiriring piece. Thank you.

[Augustinian monk]

Good article

[crosshairs]

By turning to the Church as a moral compass, we have a reliable guide for making decisions. This guide is not based upon our feelings and is not subject to our emotional “ups and downs”. Even though excessive drinking, illegally copying software or music, cohabitation, contraception, or missing Sunday Mass may “feel good”, the Church tells us that these actions are sinful and should be avoided.

Every October, the Catholic church in my neighborhood has an Octoberfest celebration complete with a beer garden. I think it's rather shameful myself to encourage drunkeness on church grounds. That's what the Knights of Columbus is for.