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A friend of mine watched your show last night on EWTN and shared it with me this morning. I support this initiative and believe it is sorely needed.. Our faith is so precious but too many of our parishioners are unaware of this treasure. Thank you for your work and God bless you.

I have met so many poorly-catechized Catholics over the years that it is astonishing. In fact, I would venture to guess that the majority of Catholics under the age of 60 cannot adequately explain or defend a single Catholic dogma. If you doubt this, ask the average Catholic in the pews to explain the Immaculate Conception to you. I am willing to bet that the vast majority will respond by telling you that this dogma refers to Jesus having been miraculously conceived in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

In my own extended family, many have left the Catholic Church to join other churches that claim to be based on the Bible. After leaving the Church, they become convinced that the Catholic Church is "un-biblical" and teaches nothing but error.

These family members never had an adequate understanding of the faith. If they had, they would not have even considered leaving. They did not understand the scriptural basis of the Mass, the legitimacy of Apostolic tradition, the great gift of the Sacraments (especially the Eucharist and the Sacrament of Reconciliation), or the true meaning of the Communion of Saints. Combine this weak faith with the tragedy of scandals in the Church, and they became easy prey for those outside the Church who could quote scripture verses to them, and then challenge them on Catholic Church teaching. Being ill-equipped to explain or defend the faith, they were easy to lure away, and some have even become extremely anti-Catholic. To quote one ex-Catholic family member, "Priests are bogus, the Mass is bogus, and all you Catholics are going to hell." This from a man who had been Catholic for the first 40 years of his life.

Other Catholics may not leave the Church, but because of a lack of understanding, get involved in activities and practices that are dangerous or contrary to the faith. A tremendous number use artificial contraception without a second thought, or get sterilized after they are "done" having children. They think of the teaching about artificial contraception as optional, and do not believe--or perhaps care--that they are sinning.

I know other Catholics who think nothing of practicing yoga (thinking the spirituality behind it is harmless and irrelevant), having their fortunes told or tarot cards read, or going to see so-called celebrity psychics, who can claim to give them messages from loved ones who have died. These Catholics have no idea that what they are doing is dangerous.

This initiative is desperately needed. Humanity is being distracted with technology, consumerism, and materialism. At the same time, more and more people are embracing moral relativism and the Culture of Death. As the world gets darker, the light of Christ needs to shine more and more brightly. But how will that light shine, if Catholics do not understand their faith?

04-15-2013....Found your message on EWTN: Sunday Night Prime....Feed my sheep, Tend my sheep, Love my sheep. Just as Jesus Christ asked Peter and the other disciples, we too must share our FAITH. Your ministry (even in these humble beginnings) with the Holy Spirit...can ignite our Church ~ universally. Thank you. I pray your Good News will spread. I thirst for more.

thank you, I heard your message on EWTN last night. I hope the church hears you and responds with a lectionary. I am almost 60 years old and I just cannot take the watered down homilies and even some down-right heretical homilies from some parish priests on the east side of Pompano Beach. That is why I travel 20 minutes to St. Malachy Catholic Church on the west side of town to hear very holy and faithful priests. God Bless your endeavors.

Thank you for this endeavor. Our homilies are so politically correct and steeped in relativism and modernism and relativism and the Blesses Virgin is rarely mentioned. I have been so frustrated for so long. You really couldn't tell you were attending a Catholic Mass with most of our homilies.