<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[VME Catholics]]></title><description><![CDATA[VME Catholic]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:48:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Our God Named Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[We made Death our god in the Garden and surrendered our world to constant war. Now God has defeated Death, but the battles are not over yet.]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/our-god-named-death</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b96c5afde2f1f6ed28258a</guid><category><![CDATA[Smoke&Flame]]></category><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:32:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_9b403d555c7b4466a43381deefa1529a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_736,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Get What You Want]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article is partly an excerpt on something I've been working on for a while, and partly something sprung from conversations with others who have pondered on death. Many have wondered after what Heaven is, or what Hell is - these are places, yes, but not in the way that our favorite grocery store is a place. Those supernatural places are more real than this fallen world we live in now, and sooner than you think you will die and you will end up in one place or the other. It is worth asking,...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/you-get-what-you-want</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698b940bc54aab42f41f9828</guid><category><![CDATA[Smoke&Flame]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:56:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_0161d4e97cc2409489f7b83bc272772a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_736,h_723,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>vmecatholic</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Story in a Name]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than a name I can be given but never bought; spoken, never caught. Precedes you in a room, oft' forgotten very soon. The label for a soul, in your life I play a role. I am whispered in your ear, but I belong to you, my dear. I am used to call you near, something every person has to hear. When you are called, I am used, without me, you’d be confused. What am I? 	I'm a lover of riddles. Riddles are a chance to test yourself, to see how well you can think abstractly and problem solve. They...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/the-story-in-a-name</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67d318e961a6e15ea708fadd</guid><category><![CDATA[Smoke&Flame]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of the Vine]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:08:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_ab563a1e84c4468bace2c7c1d81f7a01~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_736,h_483,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Genesis of Marriage]]></title><description><![CDATA[For my catechetical class I'm going through for my church I was asked to write a paper on something in the Pentateuch, and I though it would be a good idea to share this as an article. For my topic I decided to focus on Genesis, and specifically on the first chapters where we are introduced to mankind for the first time and discuss what God reveals about marriage through our first parents. 	A theme that many people see in my work is a focus on marriage, and I am sure some people are tired of...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/the-genesis-of-marriage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6931ed096778c81fbc368491</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:15:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_626bb741b78c478d81547ab15da2d059~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Nature of God]]></title><description><![CDATA[This writing is going to be different from the others. I don't have some great theme which I am going to lay out before you, instead I will share some thoughts I have which I am working through. I have no answer as of yet to what I am writing, and I wish to be honest in my ignorance there. What I am doing now is sharing with you who would read this what I have found so far, a theme I have stumbled upon, a thought which I do not know the conclusion to. 	As it is with many things which I write,...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/on-the-nature-of-god</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e3f7134a2f8583aa9b0ec5</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eastern Christianity]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:33:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_600550a923af49efbd656982f9952410~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_707,h_833,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>vmecatholic</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sola Scriptura and the Canon]]></title><description><![CDATA[The introduction 	This article is for those Catholics who encounter debates with Protestants on the topic of the canon of Scripture and why it differs between our two groups. If you wish to dive into the history  of the canons and understand in part why the different Christian groups have different canons of Scripture then you can go check out the Brief Compendium  on this, but in truth the document is only brief when you compare it to the amount of actual history and reading that is required...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/sola-scriptura-and-the-canon</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6798e1b09981b29b293b4308</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:50:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_14c5e28eb0534ecbbe19b83ad25da6a0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_735,h_712,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[God Come As Man]]></title><description><![CDATA[This writing was prompted by a recent conversation with a woman who is more gnostic with her beliefs, believing that the physical, the flesh, is a type of container of the spiritual but is not good in itself. She posed these questions to me "Why was Christ born? Did He have to enter the world in that way? Why  would He enter the world that way?" And my answer was that yes, He had to be born because it makes sense that God would enter into the world in this way, because if He were to adopt our...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/god-come-as-man</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68b3c1ddf8b3f76ca3bfa57a</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:52:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_3f3f92a9fd934806b70cf96df7fa1e29~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_736,h_920,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Layman's Sermons: Making an Idol of Vocation]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is going to sound a bit egotistical, but here are my favorite quotes I have from this article: "Unless you can say 'yes' to both,...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/layman-s-sermons-making-an-idol-of-vocation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c162808717300081237183</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:12:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_711218006005431b88389e401830b1df~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Crisis Not of Vocation - Revisited]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have had more time to reflect on this thought which I wrote on in the past, and I want to address it again in brief with newfound...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/a-crisis-not-of-vocation-revisited</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c1c83d41d3328d56f6f5b6</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:28:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_ee250352d9f64eeb8b065487294c79a5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_717,h_860,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>vmecatholic</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allow Yourself to be... Good]]></title><description><![CDATA[So many men and women today think they are evil. Excepting the narcissists who believe they can do no wrong, the majority of people today...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/allow-yourself-to-be-good</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68af2ae95af02259b1246fb5</guid><category><![CDATA[Smoke&Flame]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of the Vine]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:00:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_4388a4c9578149e1b8316dbf13673fec~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_736,h_550,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gradual Mercy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Often times we end up in one of two camps when it comes to miracles: the first says that miracles are rare and will happen but only for a...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/gradual-mercy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68add7f279e174eb0681ad04</guid><category><![CDATA[Of the Vine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Smoke&Flame]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 19:00:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_0d611de24f2b40f7a641bb49cb94942d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_736,h_595,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love the Unknown Spouse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oftentimes we will hear about doing things to love your spouse, on how you should pursue your husband or wife, you should be kind to...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/love-the-unknown-spouse</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a5ff335d6422f657762474</guid><category><![CDATA[Smoke&Flame]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of the Vine]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:00:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_0f55cbb7b801400990f3c418daa6c77a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_736,h_580,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saint Moses the Strong]]></title><description><![CDATA[Icon-styled image made by unknown Redditor, original post is now deleted 	At the beginning of the Christian Church we, for a very long...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/saint-moses-the-strong</link><guid isPermaLink="false">678571d768cb4d9b62b6c94a</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:43:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_6674782ef7614e83a4ab51163e9aeacf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who, The Man]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prologue 	Here is a story I wish to tell, the tale of a man who has been through adversity, who has become strong, a man who is...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/who-the-man</link><guid isPermaLink="false">687a98933b808c020d5111ca</guid><category><![CDATA[Smoke&Flame]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:08:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_6094ad488dbd4449a108f397612953d2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Reverence the Temple]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a past article the topic of " the body as a witness " was covered, speaking about how the our bodies are not simply vessels for our...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/to-reverence-the-temple</link><guid isPermaLink="false">687a4e85efc41db86c75448b</guid><category><![CDATA[Of the Vine]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:08:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_830e7dba460846f0b96956114e6e97ec~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_617,h_528,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Fast &#38; Feast Well]]></title><description><![CDATA[We do not fast or feast well in the West, and we are the worse for it. When we fail to fast well or to feast well we forget the things which God asks of us and do not live lives as richly as we are meant to.]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/to-fast-feast-well</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68487496f4ab7949c315122b</guid><category><![CDATA[Of the Vine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Smoke&Flame]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:35:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_3e4802d44f2a4543b1395b966f31b4c7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_736,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ethan Hall</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Second Essay on Marriage - Sexual Conduct]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marriage is about many things, conjugal union among them. But how are spouses meant to conduct themselves?]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/wip-second-essay-on-marriage-sexual-conduct</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67eb252c3352fee7c94ec3c9</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_835bf9a23e6442488dc4513ecdc3db47~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_474,h_486,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>vmecatholic</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Essay on Marriage - An Eastern Perspective]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a great mystery, but often in the West the perspectives of the mystery from the East are missed.]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/first-essay-on-marriage-an-eastern-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="false">678571ad8dc2aad5127e8c0e</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eastern Christianity]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:59:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_a3ce6d2b2911409895881b737ef696d5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_736,h_887,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>vmecatholic</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saint Longinus, A Soldier for Christ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I wish to share the story of St. Longinus, and how the witness of Christ can change the life of any man. There is much that we do...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/saint-longinus-a-soldier-for-christ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67e419b03d46d56511d07d42</guid><category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:21:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_f7086c73c71b40919ed22a3b92c6e1b4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_736,h_414,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>vmecatholic</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Stone, and Four More]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want you to reflect for a moment on the story of David when he stands up to Goliath. The short summary of what took place before the...]]></description><link>https://vmecatholic.wixsite.com/vme-catholics/post/one-stone-and-four-more</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67bc9a26efd67e3d7e3b6da9</guid><category><![CDATA[Smoke&Flame]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/35295e_a26f238d35ec4614a421c78b2266c610~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_736,h_911,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>vmecatholic</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>