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Since today is the feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Jan 28), I’m going to share Five Productivity Tips from Thomas Aquinas. This is where philosophy and theology come crashing into your daily life – your marriage, your job, your kids, your budget, your vacation, your tithe, everything. I actually got this idea from a priest named Father Guillermo Gabriel-Maisonet who called in to today’s podcast. Take a listen: Click to Listen: Top Five Productivity Tips from Thomas Aquinas If audio player does not show up in your email or browser, click here to listen. [Visit the Taylor Marshall Podcast ARCHIVE to explore other topics by clicking here for podcast archives.] Proverb of the Week: Eccl 4:12 Tip of the Week: Top Five Productivity Tips from Thomas Aquinas Saint of the Week: Saint Thomas Aquinas! Latin Word of the Week: non alligabis os bovi Please Share Your Feedback Our new podcast is still doing great on iTunes: 63,978 downloads! Please click here for an easy way to leave a question. A huge “THANK YOU” to all 114 (!) of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. If you’re new, you can rate this podcast by clicking here and then “View in iTunes.” From there you can leave a review. I appreciate you for this! Thank you! The post #022: Top Five Productivity Tips from Thomas Aquinas [Podcast] appeared first on Taylor Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you really screwed up at some point in your life and it’s left you wondering whether you “missed” God’s plan for life? Maybe one of these applies to you: I’ve been in prison. I killed someone. I had an abortion. I abandoned my spouse I abandoned my children I committed adultery I abused someone I left the Church for decades I became a drug addict I was a Satanist I was an atheist for years I just can’t stop looking at pornography I didn’t raise my children properly and they’re a mess now. Listen, I’ve got great news for you. This podcast explains (from Sacred Scripture) the idea of God’s plan for your life as it relates to “grace upon grace.” We also learn about Blessed Bartolo Longo – a priest of Satanism who rediscovered God’s plan for his life. Blessed Bartolo LongoSatanist turned Saint Click to Listen: Did You Miss God’s Plan for Your Life? If audio player does not show up in your email or browser, click here to listen. [Visit the Taylor Marshall Podcast ARCHIVE to explore other topics by clicking here for podcast archives.] Proverb of the Week: Sirach 14:14 Tip of the Week: Recreation/Renovation time Saint of the Week: Blessed Bartolo Longo Latin Word of the Week: recreatus Please Share Your Feedback Our new podcast is still doing great on iTunes: 59,630 downloads! Please click here for an easy way to leave a question. A huge “THANK YOU” to all 105 (!) of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. If you’re new, you can rate this podcast by clicking here and then “View in iTunes.” From there you can leave a review. I appreciate you for this! The post #021: Did You Miss God’s Plan for Your Life? [Podcast] appeared first on Taylor Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I talk a lot about Mental Prayer, but personally I get bogged down and often it feels like a chore. A reader named Alex wrote me about when “prayer feels like a chore.” I can relate. Trust me. In today’s podcast, I talk about my own struggles and give three suggestions to overcome the idea that prayer is a chore – something to merely check off the list. Also, due to the overwhelming response – the old intro music is back! I also talk about Saint Alexander and the death of the heretic Arius who died on the toilet (as depicted in the image below). You won’t want to miss that story. It’s in this podcast’s “Saint of the Week” feature. Click to Listen: When Prayer Becomes a Chore If audio player does not show up in your email or browser, click here to listen. [Visit the Taylor Marshall Podcast ARCHIVE to explore other topics by clicking here for podcast archives.] Proverb of the Week: Prov 15:29 Tip of the Week: email subscriptions to blogs Saint of the Week: St Alexander of Constantinople (and the death of Arius on the toilet) Latin Word of the Week: precari Please Share Your Feedback Our new podcast is still doing great on iTunes: 55,110 downloads! Please click here for an easy way to leave a question. A huge “THANK YOU” to all 102 (!) of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. If you’re new, you can rate this podcast by clicking here and then “View in iTunes.” From there you can leave a review. I appreciate you for this! The post #020: When Prayer Becomes a Chore [Podcast] appeared first on Taylor Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week we looked a “bitter Catholics” so this week are reminding ourselves of the great spiritual identity and dignity that we have in Christ. We go through 12 profound attributes of the Christian given by God to us in Christ. Saint Paul is our guide as he leads us through his Epistle of Romans with reminders that we are “more than conquerors.” I also tried out a new podcast theme song. Leave me a comment below about whether you like the change. Your 12 Attributes as a Baptized Christian Print these out and put them in your Bible. Use them when you feel discouraged or defeated. The theology of Saint Paul is “become what you already are in Christ.” 1. In Christ I reign in life (Rom. 5:17). 2. In Christ I walk in newness of life (Rom. 6:4). 3. In Christ I am alive unto God (Rom. 6:11). 4. In Christ I bring forth fruits unto God (Rom. 7:4). 5. In Christ I have no condemnation (Rom. 8:1). 6. In Christ I have been made free from the law of sin and death (Rom. 8:2). 7. In Christ I live by the law of the Spirit of life (Rom. 8:2). 8. In Christ I am a child of God (Rom. 8:16). 9. In Christ I am an heir of God and a co-heir with Christ (Rom. 8:16-17). 10. In Christ I receive all things from God (Rom. 8:32). 11. In Christ I am more than a conqueror (Rom. 8:37). 12. In Christ nothing can separate me from the love of God (Rom. 8:38-39). Click to Listen: Your 12 Attributes as a Baptized Christian If audio player does not show up in your email or browser, click here to listen. [Visit the Taylor Marshall Podcast ARCHIVE to explore other topics by clicking here for podcast archives.] 1) Proverb of the Week: Prov 4:23 2) Tip of the Week: memorize Scripture 3) Latin Word of the Week: confirmatio Please Share Your Feedback Our new podcast is still doing great on iTunes: 42,887 downloads! Please click here for an easy way to leave a question. A huge “THANK YOU” to all 97 (!) of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. If you’re new, you can rate this podcast by clicking here and then “View in iTunes.” From there you can leave a review. I appreciate you for this! The post #019: 12 Attributes of a Baptized Christian [Podcast] appeared first on Taylor Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here are my goals for 2014. I place them in a hierarchy. You may be shocked that I place myself (mind and body) before my wife and my children. This is counter-intuitive, but I have learned (the hard way) that if I am sick/tired/depressed/frustrated/discouraged I cannot serve my wife and children. Most books about goal-making will encourage you to do the same. I think it comes down to Mark 12:30-31: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength. This is the first commandment. And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these. Notice that God is first. Then notice that you must love your neighbor as yourself. This implies that care is taken for self so that you can care for others. If I eat poorly, sleep only 2 hours, gain 15 pounds of fat for the sake of helping people, I’m going to be a wreck – they probably won’t want my help! So it’s important to care for yourself so that your care even more for your family, friends, and vocation in life. Think of it like this, if a fireman doesn’t workout and train, he can’t save lives. Taylor’s Goals for 2014 God Mental Prayer daily – 20 minutes and work back to 30 minutes 3 chapters of Bible Reading 365 days per year Daily Rosary (5 decades with family) 33 Day Consecration for Aug 15 Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe in February Mind Fortitude is the virtue that I will work on in 2014. Do one thing I don’t want to do, every day. (If you’re a Member of NSTI, please be sure to watch the two video classes on the 7 Virtues) Cultivate the habit of positivity by saying something positive to everyone I converse with Keep a tighter calendar, and schedule one hour daily for creative tasks Body Jog 5 days per week or 12 miles per week and log it in ”MyFitnessPal” Keep caloric intake below 2,000 daily by charting on “MyFitnessPal” One daily bodily penance Joy Say I love you 3 times per day Write her a weekly love note every Sunday Date once per week (preferably on Thursday or Friday) Seven Children Do something special with each child every week (eg, read a book) Have lunch with them at school every Wednesday Travel less and limit my speaking to protect time with family Work and Charity Record and Produce 52 Podcasts – one per week, every Wednesday Publish 3 blog posts per week (M,W,F) – 156 blog posts Publish 2 books in paperback and Kindle – Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages and God’s Birthday Grow readership of taylormarshall.com from 130,000 unique monthly visitors to 260,000 by Dec 31 Expand NSTI from 20 nations to 40 nations Launch certificate program for NSTI Get to know the Captains of the Troops of Saint George Continue to produce 90% of my content/writing for FREE. There it is. Some of you may be thinking: “Dang! Why pile it on? Why not just accept what God wills?” My answer: I straight up believe that’s not the biblical way to live. It’s not what I discover in the Proverbs. I think we must pray every day and then pursue the goals that God reveals to us. That’s what my list is. We must prepare and plan. That’s how we turn 5 talents into 10 talents: And he that had received the five talents coming, brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents, behold I have gained other five over and above. His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. (Mt 25:20-21) God is giving you talents for 2014. Don’t bury them! Make a plan! Now! I get a lot of things done and I do it with goals. It’s what Thomas Aquinas calls “teleology.” I call it “teleological living” (hey, that’s a book idea!). Having Closure with Failed Goals From past experience, I usually attain only 75% of my goals. I’d like to move that number up to 85% in 2014. That means that there are things on the list above that may not happen. I accept that. Still, I plan accordingly. I think keeping a better calendar will help bump that percentage up. Part of making future goals is getting closure with past successful goals and past failed goals. It’s like doing your taxes. You look at how the year went. What you made. What you lost. You can never move forward if you don’t accept the past and then kiss it goodbye. If goals don’t get you excited, you’re doing it wrong. More Resources for Goal Making I’ve recently produced 2 podcasts on Making Goals. If you want my philosophy on goals, please check them out. You’ll find them in Episode 16 (which is also about Our Lady of Guadalupe) and in Episode 18 (also about how failed goals can make us bitter and how to find closure with them). You can subscribe to my podcast at iTunes by clicking here. The podcast has 94 positive 5 star reviews. You won’t be disappointed. Like almost everything that I write and create, it is FREE. I just want you to be blessed and grow in Christ. Podcast Archive # Title Released 018 A Podcast Against Bitter Catholics! 12/30/2013 017 Mary’s Painless Delivery of Christ Explained 12/18/2013 016 Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Luke (Plus How to Set Goals) 12/11/2013 015 Total Consecration to Mary 12/04/2013 014 What’s Your Apostolate? 11/27/2013 013 6 Items for the Liturgy of Your Life 11/20/2013 012 Why You Should Be More Creative 11/13/2013 011 Why Did They Stop Teaching Virtue? 11/06/2013 010 How Do Saints Hear Our Prayers? 10/30/2013 009 My Opinion of Martin Luther 10/23/2013 008 My Top 5 Daily Prayers 10/16/2013 007 Your Guardian Angel 10/03/2013 006 How You Can Convert 7 Billion People 09/25/2013 005 3 Strategies for a Marriage that Sings! 09/18/2013 004 4 Step Plan When Family Leave the Faith 09/12/2013 003 5 Tools for Deep Daily Prayer Life 09/04/2013 002 Three Tips to Increase Your Passion for Life 08/28/2013 001 How to Find a Spiritual Director 08/18/2013 Question: Tell me about your goals. I want to know what you hope to accomplish and how you plan for it. You can leave a comment by clicking here. The post Taylor’s Goals for 2014 appeared first on Taylor Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’ve been a bitter Catholic, in the past and I don’t want to be one anymore. Are you a “bitter Catholic”? Find out why you might be one and how you can overcome it in this week’s podcast. I share personal stories and also give some advice for getting closure with 2013 before making goals for 2014. Click to Listen: A Podcast Against Bitter Catholics! If audio player does not show up in your email or browser, click here to listen. [Visit the Taylor Marshall Podcast ARCHIVE to explore other topics by clicking here.] 1) Proverb of the Week: Prov 14:10 2) Tip of the Week: Get closure with last year before you make goals for next year. 3) Featured Segment: Against Bitter Catholics 4) Latin Word of the Week: amaritudo Please Share Your Feedback Our new podcast is still doing great on iTunes: 42,887 downloads! Please click here for an easy way to leave a question. A huge “THANK YOU” to all 142 (!) of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. If you’re new, you can rate this podcast by clicking here and then “View in iTunes.” From there you can leave a review. I appreciate you for this! Podcast Archive # Title Released 026 Thoughts on My Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe 02/26/2014 025 Why is the Catholic Church Roman? 02/19/2014 024 The Seven Lies We Believe About Our Failures 02/11/2014 023 How to Restart Your Mental Computer 02/06/2014 022 Top Five Productivity Tips from Thomas Aquinas 01/29/2014 021 Did You Miss God’s Plan for Your Life? 01/23/2014 020 When Prayer Becomes a Chore 01/15/2014 019 12 Attributes of a Baptized Christian 01/08/2014 018 A Podcast Against Bitter Catholics! 12/30/2013 017 Mary’s Painless Delivery of Christ Explained 12/18/2013 016 Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Luke (Plus How to Set Goals) 12/11/2013 015 Total Consecration to Mary 12/04/2013 014 What’s Your Apostolate? 11/27/2013 013 6 Items for the Liturgy of Your Life 11/20/2013 012 Why You Should Be More Creative 11/13/2013 011 Why Did They Stop Teaching Virtue? 11/06/2013 010 How Do Saints Hear Our Prayers? 10/30/2013 009 My Opinion of Martin Luther 10/23/2013 008 My Top 5 Daily Prayers 10/16/2013 007 Your Guardian Angel 10/03/2013 006 How You Can Convert 7 Billion People 09/25/2013 005 3 Strategies for a Marriage that Sings! 09/18/2013 004 4 Step Plan When Family Leave the Faith 09/12/2013 003 5 Tools for Deep Daily Prayer Life 09/04/2013 002 Three Tips to Increase Your Passion for Life 08/28/2013 001 How to Find a Spiritual Director 08/18/2013 The post #018: A Podcast Against Bitter Catholics! [Podcast] appeared first on Taylor Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you believed that Mary experienced a painless delivery of Christ? Did you know that the Catholic Church officially teaches that Mary experienced no pain in giving birth to our Lord Jesus Christ on Christmas? Find out more in today’s podcast, plus get your Tip of the week, Proverb of the week, and Latin word of the week. Click to Listen: Mary’s Painless Delivery of Christ Explained If audio player does not show up in your email or browser, click here to listen. [Visit the Taylor Marshall Podcast ARCHIVE to explore other topics by clicking here.] 1) Proverb of the Week: Prov 14:23 2) Tip of the Week: Batching 3) Featured Segment: Mary’s Painless Delivery of Christ Explained Recommended book: 4) Latin Word of the Week: comprehensio Please Share Your Feedback Our new podcast is still doing great on iTunes: 38,636 downloads! Please click here for an easy way to leave a question. A huge “THANK YOU” to all 91 (!) of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. If you’re new, you can rate this podcast by clicking here and then “View in iTunes.” From there you can leave a review. I appreciate you for this! The post #017: Mary’s Painless Delivery of Christ Explained [Podcast] appeared first on Taylor Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you have a hard time keeping your New Year’s Resolutions? If so, this week’s podcast is just for you. Plus we look at the Backstory of the Our Lady of Guadalupe – going all the way back to Saint Luke the Evangelist. Click to Listen: Our Lady of Guadalupe If audio player does not show up in your email or browser, click here to listen. [Visit the Taylor Marshall Podcast ARCHIVE to explore other topics by clicking here.] 1) Proverb of the Week: Prov 13:12 2) Tip of the Week: Secret to Setting Goals that Stick 3) Featured Segment: Our Lady of Guadalupe Recommended book: Paul Badde’s Maria of Guadalupe: 4) Latin Word of the Week: domina Please Share Your Feedback Our new podcast is still doing great on iTunes: 32,001 downloads! Please click here for an easy way to leave a question. A huge “THANK YOU” to all 90 (!) of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. If you’re new, you can rate this podcast by clicking here and then “View in iTunes.” From there you can leave a review. I appreciate you for this! The post #016: Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Luke (Plus How to Set Goals) [Podcast] appeared first on Taylor Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Cathedral of Foggia one can find an ancient and mysterious image of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This icon, called “Our Lady of the Seven Veils,” once caused Saint Alphonsus to go into ecstasy, which I will describe below. As a young priest, St Pio of Pietreclina would make a visit to this image every day. I’ve read about the image, but knew nothing about it. I did some research and here is what I found. Madonna of the Seven Veils, Foggia In the eleventh century Foggia, Italy was a tiny town perched around the Tavern of the Owl. One day some local farmers saw three flames over a small pond or bog. Intrigued, they dug where the miraculous fire had been and discovered a large “table” buried in the mud. They realized that this “table” was actually a Byzantine icon that had remained somewhat preserved despite being soaked in water and mud. The image was cleaned and then cloaked with new veils. I assume there were seven veils and hence the name, but I cannot verify this. The icon was then placed in the local Tavern of the Owl for veneration. Soon the tavern became a place of pilgrimage. In 1080 Robert Guiscard built a church to honor the sacred image. In 1172 the church was expanded by William II “the Good” of Sicily. The “face hole” is all that one can now see of the original wooden icon. It is black and the face is now indiscernible. However, on Maundy Thursday of 1731, the Virgin Mary’s white face appeared in this portal, which was usually black and dark. Saint Alphonsus Liguori heard about apparition and went to Foggia to venerate the Immaculate Mother of the Savior. He also received an apparition of the Virgin’s face in the small black portal. He described the Blessed Virgin’s face on that occasion as a girl of 13-14 with a white veil. The apparitions of the Virgin’s face on the icon continued until about 1745. As the city grew larger, the church was decorated and enriched. The Normans, Swabians, Angevins, Aragonese, Spaniards, and Bourbons considered the church to be one of the most important in Italy. It has served as the site for several royal weddings. Today, the image is said to be covered in seven layers of precious metal and embroidered material – hence the name Madonna of the Seven Veils. Please take a moment to listen to my podcast on Our Lady of the Seven Veils. It’s free at iTunes. Or you can just listen to it by clicking here. Did you like the podcast? Want more episodes, click here. Sweet Mother Mary, pray for us The post Our Lady of the Seven Veils (St Alphonsus and St Pio) appeared first on Taylor Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you every done the Total Consecration to Mary? Our Lord Jesus Christ came from eternity and entered into time through the Blessed Virgin Mary. He has ordained that we can best know Him in that same order. Mary leads us to Jesus. As Mary herself says in St John’s Gospel, “Do whatever he tells you to do. Have you ever considered doing the 33 day consecration? If not, then this is the podcast for you. And not only are we going to talk about consecration, each week in December we’ll introduce an approved Marian apparition or devotion that you may not have heard of. This week it’s Our Lady of the Seven Veils Click to Listen: “Total Consecration to Mary If audio player does not show up in your email or browser, click here to listen. 1) Proverb of the Week: Proverbs 25:17 2) Tip of the Week: David Allen’s book Getting Things Done: Apparition of the Week: This week it’s Our Lady of the Seven Veils 3) Featured Segment: Total Consecration to Mary Calendar for Planning the Total Consecration to Mary   Start of 33-day Plan Marian Feast for 34th Day 34th Day: Consecration Day 9 Jan Apparition of the Immaculate Virgin Mary at Lourdes 11 Feb 20 Feb* The Annunciation 25 Mar 13 Jun Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 16 Jul 13 Jul The Assumption 15 Aug 6 Aug Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8 Sep 13 Aug Our Lady of Sorrows 15 Sep 19 Oct Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 21 Nov 5 Nov Immaculate Conception 8 Dec 9 Nov Our Lady of Guadalupe 12 Dec  *make an allowance here for a leap year. 4) Latin Word of the Week: consecratio Please Share Your Feedback Our new podcast is still doing great on iTunes: 32,001 downloads! Please click here for an easy way to leave a question. A huge “THANK YOU” to all 87 (!) of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. If you’re new, you can rate this podcast by clicking here and then “View in iTunes.” From there you can leave a review. I appreciate you for this! The post #015: Total Consecration to Mary [Podcast] appeared first on Taylor Marshall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices