Matt Fradd

1 month ago | thecommon.place | Tsh Oxenreider |Liza Libes |Matt Fradd

Hey there,I’ve been talking to more than a few people lately about a certain feeling that they’re all feeling right now — a sort-of malaise, a tiredness, a 
weariness of all that’s currently on their plate. It’s commonly showing up as a simple case of the don’t-want-tos.

Jul 10, 2024 | mattfradd.locals.com | Matt Fradd

We use the word “love” to describe many things and experiences: “I love coffee,” “I love my wife,” “I love my friends.”There are similarities and differences between these kinds of love. You (hopefully) don’t love your husband or wife the same way you love your hamster. But there’s a common experience of goodwill and desire for union with another that both kinds of love entail. Can we even define love in light of these different experiences?

May 24, 2024 | catholic.com | Matt Fradd

The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the “central mystery of [our] faith” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 234). It is therefore the most fundamental. If we get it wrong, then everything else gets obscured or perverted. The Catechism summarizes the Trinity in this way:We do not confess three Gods but one God in three persons, the “consubstantial Trinity.” The divine persons do not share the one divinity among themselves but each of them is God whole and entire. . . .

Dec 6, 2023 | chastity.com | Jason Evert |Matt Fradd |Crystalina Evert |Christopher West

Made New Twenty-five lies stand between abuse survivors and the healing they deserve. They often believe: It was my fault. I’m fine. Really. I can’t tell anyone. I’ll get help later. I’ll never be healed. I’ll never trust again. I’m unlovable. I can’t forgive.