When I was a child, my mom bought me his book to help me memorize catechism. (I can still remember the cow wearing silk...."Cow-Silking" the doubtful LOL). When I was praying for some ideas to help in my online kids catechism class, his book popped into my memory. I highly encourage everyone to get "Memorize the Faith" by Kevin Vost. It is a true treasure, especially if you have kids with big imaginations. Had no idea he passed away. May he rest in peace!
Couldn't agree more. I got my six, eight, and ten year old to memorize the 12 fruits of the Holy Spirit in less than 30 minutes. Amazing work. Very thankful.
Wonderful talk. Thanks! Would be great to hear a talk about sleep: you will hear about necessity of sleep and effects of lack of it everywhere (bad memory, low testosterone, risks of dementia when you get old etc, BUT Denis the Carthusian used to sleep 2 hours a night and was just fine.
The Memory Palace gets 10 out of 10! I used it this week to memorize the Litany of Humility. Out of curiosity, I tried remembering with and without the technique. There's no comparison. Thank you for getting this kind of practical education out there!
At the beginning of the old 3d Catechism in England there was a description of "The Spiritual House of the Soul" by St. Augustine: "The Spiritual House of the Soul is built up in time and solemnly dedicated in eternity. Faith is the foundation, Hope the walls, Charity the roof or covering. The Sacraments are the great means of grace, or the chief instruments required for the building. The Virtues, the Christian's Rule of Life, and the Daily Exercise, may be likened to the adornment and furniture of the house." (According to the Catechism - 20 Sermon in verb. sap.). It wasn't taught as far as I can remember, I only noticed it a few years ago. But I like the image.
I’ve seen too many Catholics share what he did at the beginning, no Christ and Scripture at home. Just sending your kid to a Catholic school won’t do it brothers.
When I teach marriage preparation I constantly repeat the importance of the father of the family being a man of prayer, leading the family in prayer, consulting God before making decisions, having the kind of integrity that makes him the same Christian at home as he is in church or in public, because the kind of father you have in the home sets your image for who and how God the Father is. I keep telling them, 'You are the leader of your domestic Church and you have to pray, lead the family in the faith, etc.' I tell them story after story of effective, faithful fathers and keep telling them, 'when the father is in the home and is faithful to God and his wife, the children are less likely to engage in premarital/immature sex, drinking, drugs or other risky behavior; they are more likely to finish school, succeed in their work and marriages and keep their faith. It is HUGELY dependent on FATHERS whether their children "catch" the faith. Man UP, gentlemen, and ladies, let your husband be the head of the family, RESPONSIBLE for making the final decisions when there's a disagreement. And men, stay close to God and PRAY that you don't make selfish or foolish or imprudent decisions for your family.' I constantly impress on them the importance of the husband and father staying close to God and leading the family in faith. If the children don't see the faith practiced IN INTEGRITY at home, the best catechesis outside the home may never stick. If the husband/father is a sincere, faithful man of prayer, and he truly leads his domestic church, the children will have a much higher likelihood of remaining in the Church.
The ancient Romans practiced this method when giving speeches. It was called "In Locii" or in the place. Doctor Bruno Faust and others popularised these methods in the 1930s.
I hope he will talk about the difference between how to memorize information and how to improve RECALL of stuff you used to have on the tip of your tongue but now struggle to bring up. I find myself getting stuck for words (and I have had a gift for language from earliest childhood and spent my career teaching English language and literature with great distinction at university level). I'm also finding that I simply can't remember things that happened. Or dates. I binge-watched a whole series last week, then watched another series, and spent several hours yesterday trying to remember ANYTHING about the first series I watched (characters, situations - all I could remember was the name of the series and the actress who starred in it). This is worrying. And it's not the same as just committing things to memory. When I was younger, I could remember whole conversations word-for-word for years. I never took notes at university because I treated lectures as though it was a private conversation (I never forgot conversations with friends, so why would I forget a 'conversation' in which the professor did all the talking?). Now... I have to write down everything I need to do or I simply won't even remember that I have things to do. Will trying to memorize new information help me get back the brilliant verbal memory I used to have?
It's really interesting he talks about Mike Mentzer. Everything he's said about Mentzer is true. Mike was a brilliant guy and I've just started implementing his training techniques. I'm also reading Atlas Shrugged right now. Unfortunately these philosophers lead Mike to atheism.
I would love to see a discussion about whether or not, if Jesus was political during his time, which I doubt. And if he would want us to be as political as we are with the "Left and Right Wing Parties". I feel there is a fine difference between being a practicing Catholic Christian and being part of Politics.
I do too. A basic list of items is usually pretty easy. But that exercise of building a memory palace for the biblical and historical proofs of Peter's primacy really showcased the efficiency of the method. I can memorize lists, but to remember which evangelist or early church father mentioned what, that's hard, and if you want to throw in which chapter or any other details, that's what a memory palace is really for
Well, a lot of techniques people offer for doing anything more easily involve front-loading the effort, it seems. The bright side being that this effort's benefits are multiplied when you repeatedly use the palaces, and the effort becomes less the more practice you have.
I want the technique for remembering people I loaned books to or need to return books to, because I'm pretty sure some of my books are missing and that some of 'my' books are borrowed, but I can no longer remember. THAT is the kind of 'memory' that he doesn't seem to be talking about. How do I get that back? I wonder what kind of memory he was testing with depressed people or people in mental hospitals - meaningless memory of items on a tray, or memories of conversations, experiences, important dates, etc.
I know you didn't mean anything by it, but words have the power of life and death. If you look up the definition of "bugger", it is not something you should call anyone even just as a joke. Many of these slang words were developed to replace direct words during times when society was more proper - meaning that it was a more subtle way to swear or blaspheme without getting into as much trouble in the community.
