Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Start 2025 strong by committing to grow in your Catholic faith and answering the call to be devoted to daily prayer. Our Catholic Guide to 2025, the Jubilee Year of Hope, will lead you with the quotes, monthly devotions, and intentions to help you stay motivated each month of the […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Health and soundness are better than all gold, and a robust body than countless riches. Sirach 30:15 St. Paul made clear that our bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 3:16 -1 7; 6:19 – 20), and St. Thomas elaborated in his great Summa Theologica that Christ’s […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn As December draws to a close, the bare trees and winter winds tempt me to think that God lies dormant with the rest of creation. He chose this season, however, for His incarnation, showing me that the Lord works wonders in the moments that seem the most unexpected. Wherever you find yourself as we transition into […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn In this digital age, where information is readily accessible at our fingertips, we are faced with a new challenge: discerning the truth amidst the vast sea of online content. As a Catholic, our faith calls us to seek truth and embrace it. However, we must recognize that the rise of […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn The pursuit of the best solution requires first identifying the right problem. The concept sounds quite obvious at first, but I’ve found that many of life’s thorniest dilemmas require some serious investigation into its true origin.  In my work as a counselor, part of my daily role involves searching for […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn I’ve been asked more times than I can count whether I’m an introvert or an extrovert. I love going to parties, meeting new people, and public speaking. I also crave a long, silent walk in the woods alone, and I am a voracious reader. I adore silent retreats, as if […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn What Is Spiritual Reading? Spiritual reading consists of reading something that explains some aspect of Catholic truth in an attractive, enriching way. Its function is to help reinforce and deepen our Christian view of ourselves and the world around us. In previous eras, popular culture itself was imbued with the […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Marriage is a sacred journey that doesn’t end at the altar—it’s just beginning. As my wife and I approach our wedding anniversary, I’ve realized that maintaining the “dating mindset” is crucial for nurturing a healthy Catholic marriage. Just as a garden requires constant tending, our marital relationships need regular cultivation […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn You are having coffee in the morning with a friend, and she asks a question about how to be happy in the everyday events of one’s life. The conversation evolves to looking at the life of a very inspiring woman. Venerable Catherine McAuley founded the Religious Sisters of Mercy in […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Jesus said:“My sheep hear my voice;I know them, and they follow me.I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.No one can take them out of my hand.My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all,and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand.The […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn We live in a culture obsessed with beauty, yet often confused about its true nature. Magazines flaunt airbrushed images, social media feeds overflow with filtered selfies, and the pursuit of physical perfection can become all-consuming.  But what is true beauty? Is it merely skin deep, fleeting, and superficial? Or does […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Jesus teaches, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Matt 5:27-28) Pope St. John Paul the Great commented in one of his […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn When you think of influential Catholics, you probably immediately think canonized saints. Not only are there more saints in heaven than we would be able to canonized—or even know by name—but there are many influential Catholics from around the world that we might not have heard of yet. Influential Catholics […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn I might as well admit something about prayer from the very start:  sometimes when I read a formal prayer, from memory or with a prayer book, I find my mind wandering.  Somehow, I can’t always keep my mind focused.  For times like these, I sometimes revert to “visual prayer”:  the […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn I met a guy who’s not Catholic, but he’s Christian. He’s really nice and loves Jesus, and we agree on most things. Should I date him? This, or some variation of it, is one of the most common questions I get asked as a speaker and author of a book […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Creighton, Billings, Marquette, Boston Cross Check, FEMM. How do couples know what to choose! Well, first off, let’s dive into what NFP is and what it is not. NFP stands for Natural Family Planning, which is a Church-approved method of preventing or planning a pregnancy. Pope St. John Paul VI […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn For many of us, the thought of Hell is like a bad dream—so disturbing that we avoid thinking about it. But the saints didn’t shy away. They frequently meditated on the Four Last Things: death, judgment, Heaven, and Hell. Some were even given the extraordinary grace of seeing Hell firsthand. […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn In nearly 15 years of clinical psychology, it’s hard to imagine just how many people have expressed a deep longing to tangibly feel loved by God – to be able to truly rest in His presence.  One of the main obstacles to experiencing the kind of peace that emerges from […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn I know the phrase “made in the image of God” gets tossed around a lot in Christian circles, but do we truly understand what it means or feel its weight in our lives? From the very beginning, we’re told, “God created man in his own image…male and female he created […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn “God created man in the image of Himself, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them.”— Genesis 1:27 Created In The Image Of God In the Genesis creation story, God created man in His image.  You must be thinking, what is that image of […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn At one point in my life, I habitually judged and resented certain people.  I have confessed it once, twice, and numerous times.  Each time I felt His forgiveness, I would tell myself I would do better. “I can forgive and I will not judge.”  Lo and behold, I saw the […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn An excerpt from Eight Promises of God: Discovering Hope Through the Beatitudes What moves us and troubles us? What do we mourn? Let us reflect whether we mourn sin and its effects in the world. First of all, let’s look at sin. Our own personal sin and corporate sin is […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn 3 Things That Make Sports A Means For Acquiring Christian Virtue From this standpoint, let us reflect on three particular things that make sport, nowadays, a precious means for training in human and Christian virtues.First, in a society marked by solitude, where radical individualism has shifted the emphasis from “us” to […]

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