"The devil will quake every time you wake up because you are a threat to his kingdom." You will be a conduit of God's grace in this world and a force to be reckoned with. "If you live in that identity every day of your life, not only will you have that fullness of the armor of God, but you will grow in holiness, love and mercy. "Everyone in here is a beloved son of God," Houck said. The "E6" in the title of the conference is a reference to that passage. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians in which the apostle exhorted his readers to "take up the armor of God" in their spiritual fight against the devil (Eph 6:11). In two presentations at the E6 Catholic Men's Conference in Leon, Houck also reflected on the passage from chapter six of St. ![]() "He would protect my family and take care of my children, no matter what happened. "I knew that, no matter what happened, I was in the shelter and protection of God," he said. And I'm just putting it mildly."Īs the jury deliberated, Houck experienced again the peace that he knew on the day of his arrest. someone who hated people, someone who didn't want to help people. "My dignity was totally stepped on and crushed in front of my children and friends. "They were calling me all sorts of things that, that I would never even think about myself," he recalled. Houck reflected on the pain of the accusations made of him during his trial. There's nothing that you can experience in this life that he cannot relate to." "You understand your life, men, through the One who lived it before you, who's gone through every human suffering that can ever be gone through. "That's how your life makes sense," he said. Houck reflected on his experiences in light of the life of Christ and encouraged his listeners to do the same for themselves. "It was so freeing for me to be able to just say to Jesus, 'Your will be done.' It was the first time in my life that I believe that my will was perfectly united with God's will." I felt so much grace being poured out on me and my family. "And I had peace, brothers, like you would never have imagined. "I prayed without ceasing," Houck said at the conference. The one thing he had that gave him comfort was his rosary. Houck recalled being taken from his home, wearing "flip flops, a pair of shorts and a T-shirt" to a federal building in Philadelphia where his wrists and ankles were shackled and he was chained to a table. 23, 2022, arrest at his suburban Philadelphia home in front of his wife and their seven children by "over 20 federal agents and Pennsylvania state troopers," Houck said at the conference, describing the arrest as "an act of terror." "The Lord has given me a platform to talk about Jesus, grace and mercy. I can talk about the trial and inspire the men," he told The Criterion, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. But now I'm outwardly free, which is great. "I was inwardly free the whole time, even if they would have put me behind bars. "There's great joy in being free to be able to talk to the guys," said Houck in an interview during the Catholic men's conference, which was sponsored by All Saints Parish. ![]() 30, finding Houck not guilty of the charges. ![]() Less than three weeks earlier, he could have been put behind bars if a federal jury had found him guilty of violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, for allegedly assaulting an abortion clinic volunteer in October 2021. 18 at a conference at East Central High School in St. (OSV News ) ─ Mark Houck, a pro-life activist and leader of The King's Men, a nationwide Catholic men's ministry, stood before 1,200 Catholic men Feb.
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