Besides working as a professor at Mount St. Mary’s University and Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD., I also have the great fortune to sharing God’s message with the flock of different pastures!  This weekend, I completely enjoyed my time giving two keynote talks in Lake Charles, LA for the Diocese’s “Called to Be Catholic” Festival!

Coming down South, especially to the great State of Louisiana, always puts a smile on my face.  It’s a State where food is really a contact sport!

It’s also a place where family and friends come together in prayer!

These events (and I’m so fortunate to speak at many rallies across the country and the world), gives me opportunities to meet new friends who share in the same mission of evangelization.

While it’s sometimes hard to get young people to be excited about their faith, these events have a great way of bringing out their joy and their childlike excitement.

People always ask, “what do I do t these events?”  Well, I do just about everything and anything.  Today was a two-topic day. First, I did a cooking demonstration and shared the Grace Before Meals message.  It’s a home-style-catechesis about the Eucharist and the Domestic Church.  The second talk I did utilized my Martial Arts background and taught the teens a way to approach the temptations in life, and to “fight back” with God’s grace.  That talk is called “Spiritual Combat”, where I show how some of the martial arts moves can be “reinterpreted” in a spiritually beneficial way.  Yes, I even break some boards!

But what strikes me most is the depth of faith, that goes beyond the t-shirt slogans. Although, I admit some of those t-shirts are pretty cool!

And by the way, did I mention that the families who showed up for this event definitely had lots and lots of  FUN!

So, be sure to talk with your Pastor, your Bishop, or your group of dedicated faithful foodies to get a “family style” event going on in your part of the world.  Create a venue for God to work in your hearts and minds, and be sure to invite Grace Before Meals to share the message of love and the blessings from the table for the blessings of the people around the table!

And now for some cajun cooking for dinner!

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