Matthew Schaefer

@MattRSchaefer

Conservative #Catholic family man #StXavier HS grad Fan of #Reds, #Browns, #Bengals #Tolkien fan LOVE #MLB #Heritageaction #HeritageSentinel #AMDG

Cincinnati, OH Joined January 2009

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Matthew Schaefer @MattRSchaefer 16h

Take Up and Read: Resisting the Post-Literate Dark Age. Put the tech down from time to time & pick up a REAL book! #StAUgustine: “take up and read” {Are we heading to an age of Thundarr the Barbarian??} thecatholicthing.org/2026/11/07/tak…

www.thecatholicthing.org Take Up and Read: Resisting the Post-Literate Dark Age - The Catholic Thing Auguste Meyrat: The ultimate goal of reading is to better love and serve God as well as neighbor.

Matthew Schaefer @MattRSchaefer 17h

3 education History: Do Catholics Pray to Saints INSTEAD of God? No. The Saints ARE alive & active in Heaven {cloud of witnesses Hebrews12:1}; "Pray" Really Means 'to ask'; Jesus PRAYED to Peter Luke5:3 (KJV) youtu.be/oD-3P5ptAYE?si…

www.youtube.com Do Catholics Pray to Saints INSTEAD of God? Do Catholics have to pray to saints? Can a Catholic pray directly t...

Matthew Schaefer @MattRSchaefer 17h

2 education history: Do Catholics Pray to Saints INSTEAD of God? No. #BiblicalBasis for Asking the Righteous to Pray (James 5, Job, Moses, Proverbs15 Genesis20 1Peter3 …) youtu.be/oD-3P5ptAYE?si…

www.youtube.com Do Catholics Pray to Saints INSTEAD of God? Do Catholics have to pray to saints? Can a Catholic pray directly t...

Matthew Schaefer @MattRSchaefer 17h

1 education history: Do #Catholics Pray to Saints INSTEAD of God? No. We can, and DO, pray directly to God. We also CAN invoke the #IntercessionoftheSaints. God ultimately answers prayers youtu.be/oD-3P5ptAYE?si…

www.youtube.com Do Catholics Pray to Saints INSTEAD of God? Do Catholics have to pray to saints? Can a Catholic pray directly t...

Matthew Schaefer @MattRSchaefer 17h

“When we contemplate the sufferings of Jesus, He grants, according to the measure of our faith, the grace to practice the virtues He revealed during those sacred hours.” #BlessedColumbaMarmion biblegateway.com/passage/?searc…

www.biblegateway.com Isaiah 53:3-5 (NRSVCE) He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces he was despised, and we held him of no account. Surely he has...