My happiness is seeing you happy. There is nothing that my heart longs for, more than the sentinel longs for the morning light, than to see you smile. This is the fundamental truth that flows in the veins of everything that is good and Christian. It is a truth that...
The division between faith and life, between Sunday and every other day, between God's time and our’s, is one of the greatest and most harmful misconceptions of our age. So many people have come to regard their faith as another "interest" checked off when subscribing...
It seems like a simple enough question, but when we ask ourselves “who am I” we are often caught off guard and have a difficult time pinpointing an answer. Why is that? In a world where we are constantly searching for ways to identify ourselves, we are still thrown...
Today's video and post are intended to be a simple reminders of the beauty of God. The video features a young girl her pajamas who is totally excited about enjoying the rain for the first time. She doesn't care about getting wet, getting sick, or falling down. She's...
"Thank you, Mom. Pick Them Back Up" is a commercial that reminds us that courage and decisiveness aren't self-made attitudes. Behind the scenes of the greatest of athletes were the greatest of moms. The scenes are appealing - they make us smile, laugh, and sympathize...
Today's short video, directed by Nima Raoofi, shows us the sadness of a child who compares his poor and pitiful shoes to those of another boy who he meets in the park. It’s an experience that we all have: the experience of comparing ourselves. Why am I like this and...
Today's video is a graphically intense warning to all parents: your child, whether you want it or not, will be placed under the influence of a level of graphic intoxication that will change their lives. Complete avoidance of exposure is practically impossible. How,...
For dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return ~ Genesis 3:19 ~ Might as well detach from it all... right? Safer not to love at all? Better that I avoid the pain that seems to come hand-in-hand with love. “Everything dissolves in meaninglessness when you think...
He’s just a simple guy... a schoolteacher. A humble, bespectacled man in a humble profession in a humble city somewhere in middle America. On the other hand, you might call him broken. A broken man, with a broken kid and broken dreams of fatherhood... In a broken...
Pope Francis recently said, "It is true that during the time of Nero many Christians were persecuted, and today there are just as many." This brief trailer helps us to get a glimpse at this reality. "Love Costs Everything" maps the history of Christian persecution...
In this short animated film, urban poet, Rael James Mason, explores what Christmas is all about trying to help people think through the message of Christmas. The basic idea is: Christmas without Christ is just any empty tradition. The ironic thing is that the...
Le hérisson (the hedgehog) is a French movie, based on Muriel Barbery’s novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog, which questions the judgments which we can often make about others without knowing them well. The story is told through the eyes of Paloma, an 11-year-old girl,...
In his message during the World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Pope Francis urged the Catholic youth and Catholics all over the globe to be “joyful witnesses of His love, courageous witnesses of His Gospel, carrying to this world a ray of His light” and to be...
In the interest of full disclosure, before I begin, I need to make a confession to Catholic-Link readers: I am in rehab. No, hang on, not THAT kind of rehab... This is no tale of medicinal or hallucinatory substance abuse. No addiction, no doctors, no therapists, no...
In this video entitled “Momentos,” directed by Nuno Rocha, there is no dialogue; however, the actions that take place speak louder than words, which led this video to awards such as the Cinematic Achievement Award at the International Short Film Festival in Greece and...
Today’s video is the story of a woman who had been paralyzed from the neck down. It would take her countless hours of physical rehabilitation and effort to regain her basic capacity to walk. It is a story that sparks hope in the heart and opens up horizons that...
Appearances can often be quite bogus, yet it is up to us whether we allow ourselves to be deceived or not. Today's video offers an interesting insight regarding the look of an apostle towards others: each one of us must be able to see the other person for who they...
"The Science of Happiness- An Experiment in Gratitude" is a video produced by Soul Pancake. It looks to pose one of the most important questions we can ask: What makes you happy? How often, when asking someone what makes them happy, have you heard them list...
A love story for the ages. A simple love story. A small love story. A quiet love story. It's entirely unglamorous, and - yet - doesn't it speak to us? "I mean, those aren’t very romantic things to say, but they stir my heart." What do we hold up as desirable… as a...
A wise man I once knew (no, really!) gave a group of us some seriously good advice: marry a man who loves you for your heart, not for your face. Although this video is a group of guys speaking to girls, predominantly about modesty, I think the main point, that...
Soul Surfer is an inspiring movie based on the true story of Bethany Hamilton, an extremely talented surfer whose career was interrupted by an accident: while surfing she was attacked by a shark and lost an arm. At the time she was 13 years old. This young woman,...
This short animation, made by Christine Kim and Elaine Wu of Ringling College of Art and Design, tells the story of a pig with a strange addiction to eggs. When he falls in love with a hen he has to choose which comes first…the chicken or the egg?! I think this a...
Every Catholic must realize that through their Baptism, they have been transformed. This transformation, however, has a meaning, a direction, a purpose. Through the grace and mercy of Christ, we are forgiven, transformed, and sent: we are called to be Apostles! Now,...
The decision of belief is, above all, one dealing with our existence. Between "yes" and "no" gapes an abyss. While taking place in the silence and shelter of our hearts, the entirety of the Heavens await, holding the breath, for that simple answer, that simple "yes",...
Bullying can be defined as the following: the unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. It can imply verbal (teasing,...