Samuel Matthews

Samuel Matthews is a junior in high school. He is the sole writer for The Crusade for Truth, a Catholic teen blog that focuses on modern issues and how to live in the example of Christ. In addition to his writing, Samuel is very involved with his local parish. He is a member of the high school youth group, a Lifeteen group, and helps lead the middle school youth group. He plays guitar for Mass at two different parishes. When not writing, Samuel can probably be found reading. He has a particular love for the works of his patron, St. Augustine.


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Latest Articles By Samuel Matthews
Contra Contraception
Contra Contraception
What’s the big deal? This is often the reaction of Catholics and non-Catholics alike to the Church’s teaching on contraception. Unfortunately, thanks to the work of people like Margaret Sanger, we live in a culture of death that does not give the use of contraception so much as a second thought.
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Post Election Trauma
Post Election Trauma
After one of the most chaotic presidential campaigns in American history, the smoke is clearing but the fires are still burning. Across the nation, people continue to riot and protest out of a feeling of political impotency (well-deserved for the many who didn’t even vote).
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A Divorce Society
A Divorce Society
We have lost our reverence for the Sacrament of Martrimony. You hear this a lot in reference to the legalization of homosexual "unions," which are indeed a terrible mockery of the indissoluble union between man and woman instituted by God. But this is just one of the symptoms of a culture bereft of respect for matrimony, and a rather minor one at that.
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Why I Will Fight for the Men's Room
Why I Will Fight for the Men's Room
On Friday, May 13, 2016 the Justice Department issued a “Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students.” The document was in response to North Carolina’s HB-2, and states that students have the right to use whichever bathroom corresponds with their “gender identity” instead of their biological sex.
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The Reason for My Hope
The Reason for My Hope
Where there is life, there is hope, or so the saying goes. But perhaps it ought to be that where there is hope, there is life, for without hope what reason is there to live? There is not a lot of hope in our culture of death.
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The Right and the Left
The Right and the Left
The Church is not a political entity. She is a spiritual entity. In this day and age, we are all too caught up in our convenient ideological labels. This person is a conservative. That person is a liberal. He is only saying that because he is a member of that party. She would think differently if she were on the other side of the aisle. But God defies our categories.
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Why We Need Mary
Why We Need Mary
One of the most attacked traditions of the Catholic Church is her veneration of the Blessed Mother. Protestants, Muslims, Jews, and Atheists alike viciously criticize Catholics for "worshipping" Mary. Do not so much as listen to this infernal noise! Our faith in the Mother of God must never be shaken.
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