Catholics who feel powerless to stop the crisis in the world
60 Minutes on How to Change the World
An Evening on Interior Prayer
Live Online with Bishop Strickland
Coming in September
Taught by Bishop Strickland with the War for Souls team.
Bishop Strickland's primary voice and apostolate is at Pillars of Faith
Why an evening to ignite our interior lives?
We've all been there...
You've watched someone you love drift from the faith, and felt powerless to help.
You feel surrounded by lukewarmness in the Church and by a world set against eternity.
You've made the arguments, and seen no fruit.
You were never taught the interior life, the soul of renewal, that makes a saint.
The fight is real but you don't need another argument.
You need to be revitalized in your calling to holiness and mission.
FORMATION BY
Bishop Strickland
A bishop personally moved by interior prayer toward the salvation of souls.
The Saints
Rooted in the Church's saints' teaching on interior prayer and impact on the Church
Eight years of formation
Built by a team that has spent eight years forming thousands of Catholics in interior prayer.
Your Role in the Salvation of Souls and Renewal in the World
There are two ways to live inside a spiritual crisis.
WITHOUT THE INTERIOR LIFE
You feel powerless, because you're trying to save souls by your own strength instead of God's.
You feel the pull toward lukewarmness, because a soul not fed by prayer slowly goes cold.
You feel anger at the state of the Church and the world, with nowhere for it to go.
You're tempted to lose heart, because you see the decline and can't see what you could possibly do about it.
Your efforts bear little fruit, because action cut off from God, the source, cannot last.
ON FIRE THROUGH INTERIOR PRAYER
You act with power that isn't your own, united to God who actually saves souls.
Your soul stays warm and full, fed daily at the source instead of running dry.
Your anger becomes zeal, ordered and steady, poured into prayer and sacrifice.
You have hope, because you know where the real fight is and that it can be won.
Your work bears fruit, because it flows from union with God and overflows to others.
You'll leave with clarity on the "one thing necessary" to become a saint to save your own soul and others.
This is not for everyone.
NOT for you if
- You want church politics, human politics, or news commentary
- You want a debate strategy for arguing people back
- You are not willing to actually pray
For you if
- You can see the crisis clearly and want to do something real
- You sense the answer is not more arguing
- You want to hear it plainly, from a bishop
What the usual approach misses
The crisis is outward. The answer is inward.
THE COMMON ADVICE
Argue more, organize more, fight the culture head-on.
THE MISTAKE
Assuming the crisis is mostly external, and that the answer is therefore more activity.
WHAT'S DIFFERENT
The Church is renewed by saints, and saints are formed in prayer. Real renewal begins in the interior life of prayer.
This is not a new idea.
The Church has said this in every dark hour she has ever had: interior prayer leads to salvation and renewal.
"The devil knows he has lost a soul who perseveringly practices mental prayer... He who neglects mental prayer needs not a devil to carry him to hell, but he brings himself there with his own hands."
-St. Teresa of Avila
"Mental prayer is morally necessary for salvation... All saints became such through mental prayer."
-St. Alphonsus Ligouri
"In mental prayer, the soul is purified from its sins, nourished with charity, confirmed in faith, and strengthened in hope; temptation is conquered, sadness dispelled; drooping powers revive... inflamed with the fire of divine love."
-St. Peter of Alcantara
I'm Interested in the Event!
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Questions.
How long is it?
60 minutes: 30 minutes of teaching and 30 minutes of live Q&A.
What if I can't make it live?
You receive the full recording to keep, so you can watch any time.
When do I get the link?
By email after you register a week before the event.
Is this political, or Church commentary?
No. This is not church politics, not human politics, and not news commentary. It is about interior prayer and the life of the soul.
What if it's not for me?
Full refund up to 7 days after the event. You keep the materials.
About The War for Souls
The War for Souls exists to help Catholics recover the interior life, the prayer and union with God from which the saints, and the renewal of the Church, have always come.
For eight years we've formed Catholics in interior prayer. This evening is Bishop Strickland teaching the heart of that work.
The world and Church has faced dark hours before. She has always been renewed the same way, by saints. This is where that begins.
"Our modern world is starving for the food that nurtures the core of our life as children of God."
Bishop Joseph Strickland
An Evening on Interior Prayer, hosted by War for Souls.
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