Life is a unique movement of light where the beginning and the end meet. Just as we are born from our mother’s womb into earthly life, so too, we’ll be born from the Earth’s womb into eternal life. The impulse that assures the completeness of such movement is the...
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How To Humbly Respond To A Sophisticated Deconstruction Of Religion
It’s a laudable, sincere and profound exercise of the intellect to recognize all the good different religions have contributed to humanity throughout history. However, as one philosopher said with elegant simplicity, “Religion did not arise out of the need to assure...
Do You Know the Meaning Of The Sign of the Cross? The 3 Beautiful Truths It Contains
A terrible tragedy for Christianity has been, and always will be, the separation between rite and symbol; or to be more precise, the tragedy is due to the fact that the believers have forgotten the meaning of the symbols that take place during the various rites. Yes,...
How To Pray? 10 Types Of Prayer Christians Need In Their Lives
“I don’t have time to pray!,” some argue. “That is not true,” I tell them. They give me a thousand excuses and leave. Then time goes by and I observe them. Long hours spent watching TV and YouTube videos, checking Facebook, playing games, listening to music, pursuing...
10 Quotes On The Eucharist From Fathers Of The Church
It can be said that there is a yearning for something - an object, a certain food or a drink - that is capable of giving us eternal life or eternal youth. It is rooted in the deepest recesses of the human heart. This desire has always been present; in the oldest...
15 Excuses To Not Go To Confession (Answered!)
Benedict XVI said: “There is a close link between holiness and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The actual conversion of the heart, which is open to the transforming and renewing action of God, is the “engine” of all reform and translates into a truly evangelizing...
The Problem With Excuses…We All Have One
Today’s video is part of an ad campaign run by Nike. The general idea is clear: many times we complain and find ways to excuse ourselves without having any really good reason. To help remedy this fact, Matt Scott, nominated the best male athlete in the Paralympics in...
More Than Just Stereotypes: When “Virtual” Ends Up Ruining the “Now” (Funny!)
Today's video is a funny and witty parody (criticism) of one the most successful apps of the last few years. Instagram is an app that was created by two students at Stanford, Kevin Systrom (CEO, co-founder) and Mike Krieger (co-founder). Instagram facilitates photo...