Today's video is another great one thanks to St. Paul Art's and Media. It gives us a backstage pass to the first scene of Christmas from Heaven's point of view. A Deeper Look At The Nativity The video's script has a basic structure: God states the problem; the angels...
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How A Sacrifice Helped Me Finally Understand: An Unexpected Advent Reflection
One year, Jill had her Advent, and her whole life flipped upside down. Awaiting Christmas and the birth of her first child, Jill's excitement was shattered by an unexpected diagnosis. Jill found God in a new way through this experience and shares how surprising...
The Boy Who Learned to Share
Part of growing up is learning to share. Sometimes however we fail to recall the verb we just used: learning. Learning means effort, sacrifice, decision. It isn’t something that just appears in your heart one day, you have to want it! Today’s video is a beautiful...
Advent is More Than A Waiting Game
ver noticed that when you wait in line for something, your desire grows? Or how the aroma of the sizzling steak on the grill whets the appetite? Or how about the phone call from a loved one that says he or she is arriving in just a few minutes? The...
The Christmas Truce: Would You Take The Risk?
Imagine yourself in a muddy, filthy trench. You've been lying there for days, perhaps even for weeks. You're not sure what strange powers that be put you there, but there you are. 50 meters away, others are caught in a similar situation - although they speak a little...
This Epic Viral Black Friday Video And What We Can Learn From It
In the world of USA shopping, there is a day called “Black Friday”. It is the day after Thanksgiving in which many sellers lower prices and offer special deals as a way of introducing the Christmas shopping season with a little “holiday cheer”. This video is an...
Before Thinking of Getting a Divorce, Watch This Video. It Might Save Your Marriage.
There are two foundations that can never be separated: love and memory. Just as a true disciple never forgets the first hour when the master touched his heart: "It was about four o'clock in the afternoon" (Jn 1:39) – and, as Pope Francis says, a believer is...
What LeBron James Teaches Us About the Communion of Saints
"Just a kid from Akron" (Ohio), LeBron James was the first overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was instantly a hometown hero. LeBron was to be the savior that would rescue Cleveland from the 50-year championship drought the city has had....
San Giovanni Paolo II, la vita di un papa santo
Perché è santo? E 'a causa delle sue realizzazioni apostoliche, la sua vita e il suo instancabile viaggio imponente? Tutto ciò che è importante, ma non basta. San Giovanni Paolo II è sacro per un altro motivo ... cerchiamo di darvi la risposta a questo video...
Abortion, Euthanasia, Pornography, Violence… They All Start With a Gaze (Symbolic Video)
It's easy to criticize the crimes and tragedies of the world. They are there for all to see. But where do they begin? Each one started with an interior decision, a moment in which the person decided to look at reality differently. Things seem innocent, harmless enough...
Longing for God: Three Homosexuals Share their Testimony about Returning to the Church
What more can I say about this extraordinary video, this moving “sincerity hour.” Perhaps it is enough to say that Perhaps it is enough to say that these testimonies deserve to be watched and listened to, above all for their sincerity. Here, we aren’t talking about...
The 21st Century Autograph with Kirsten Dunst: The Relationshipless Selfie
Today’s video gives us a taste of raw egoism. It’s the 21st century autograph, where the photo matters all, the person nothing. No disclaimers, no excuses, no decorations: Pure “selfie”. The angle of the photo matters little, it’s the spirit underneath it all that...
Watch These 3 Students Surprise A Homeless Man
A challenge for any Catholic and any apostle is discovering what and how the big mysteries of faith, such as Christ's Incarnation, not only save us, but also should and can transform our daily life and vision. So, let's take give it a shot by taking a look at this...
“Calvary”: A Good Irish Priest In The Aftermath Of Sex Scandals
A painful walk in the dark, with a few dashes of light humor or just plain oddity, Calvary lays out the drama of a good priest in an impossible world. The religious sensibility in Ireland lays in ruins after the sex abuse scandals, yet the human heart never ceases to...
Wenzhou Chinese Police Tear Down Crosses and Attack Christians in Riot
Wenzhou is known, according to CNN, as the Jerusalem of...
How To Talk About God In World That Doesn’t Want To Listen
The LOL Generation. Life is a playground, carefree, free of authority, free of rules, free to be "me". Don't speak to me about what was in the past, about my parents, or even about my country. I live in the now. In the now, I am king of my own life. A brief...
Ever Wondered What The Saints Looked Like As Children? 32 Photos Of Saints
Saints aren't born saints, they are forged in fire. They all started small, very small. Like you or me, they were once babies, children. They cried, whined, spurted food in embarrassing ways, needed diaper changes, etc. They were fragile and vulnerable. Their...
Oops my iPhone 5 Broke! Why? Because the iPhone 6 Just Came Out!
As the release of Apple's iPhone 6 is just around the corner, we figured that this video is just what the doctor ordered. It was produced by Big Lazy Robot VFX, a company that, in reality, loves robots and technology but decided to produce this video in order...
Parable Reenacted: Jesus Heals A Paralyzed Man
n this contemporary re-enactment of Mark 2:1-12, we see the need for us to bring each other to Christ for forgiveness and healing. And again he entered into Capharnaum after some days. And it was heard that he was in the house. And many came...
You Are Not Alone!
ear Brothers and Sisters in the Middle East, Weeks ago, we listened to the dramatic petitions of Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the personal envoy of Pope Francis. They came after his visits with Iraq population, Christians and the Yazidis minorities,...
God’s Gift: How A Mother’s Love Conquers Alzheimer’s
suppose that when Kelly Gunderson put "God's Gift" as the title of this video she was referring to the very special moment when her Grandmother remembered who she was, expressing how much she loved her. It was indeed a gift that is rare in...
5 Videos that Will Surely Make You Want to Spend More Hours of Your Life in Front of a Screen
et's start with a simple question: "How many hours do you spend looking at a screen?". Be honest, be clear. Count'em up. Next question, why do you do it? There will be a lot of reasons, but at the bottom it's because you are looking for happiness,...
The Look Of Lust VS The Look Of Love
Over 2,400 years ago, a young man, immersed in the upheavals of the last years of the Peloponnesian War that was destroying the old order of things, made a dazzlingly eloquent speech with one basic idea: people should give their favor to non-lovers rather than lovers,...
“Another baby? What were you thinking!” Don’t miss this kid’s reaction to a new sibling!
saw this video and couldn't help but wonder if most people don't ask the same question that Andre did. "What were you thinking?!" Just ask Jim Gaffigan about the struggles of adding more and more (and more!) children into a family. We tend to put...
Successful Comedian, Catholicly Crazy. Meet Jim Gaffigan. (Don’t miss his comedy routine below!)
Jim Gaffigan, an American stand-up comedian, actor, author and a proud Catholic father lives with his beautiful wife, actress Jeannie Noth, and their 5 children in a two-bedroom apartment in New York City. He is known for his routines relating to being lazy, and...