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...
Love and Relationships
Learn more about love and relationships from a Catholic perspective. Perfect for Catholic dating couples, Catholic engaged couples, Catholic married couples, and those looking to form meaningful relationships.
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,...
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...
The Third Way: Sexuality, happiness and authentic love
he Third Way, made by Blackstone Films, is a clear and sensitive discussion of the Catholic Church’s teachings on homosexuality, including personal testimonies from Catholics with same sex attraction (sometimes also called 'homosexual tendencies')....
What Is Your Motivation For Doing Good?
Why do we do good to others? Have you asked yourself? In today's video, a Thai insurance company offers us a commercial that invites us to seriously ask ourselves this question. Do I do good for the gratitude that I receive from others? Because doing it makes me...
A Message Of Love From A Woman To All Women: You Are Loveable
I love this music video by the musician Colby Caillat. She communicates a poignant message, made all the more powerful by the stark unmasking of the women of various ages and shapes as they remove their make-up and their aesthetic “enhancements.” So many of us notice...
Alex the Cat Helps Understand Happy Unhappy
It is an experience that we live every day. Sometimes we are happy, sometimes we are sad. What to do? What to think? All of us desire happiness. We live for it and without it we would die. It is the reason we wake up every morning, even when we aren't aware of it or...
The History of a Love Submerged in Water
La Maison en Petits Cubes (つみきのいえTsumiki no Ie, "The House of Small Cubes") is a 2008 Japanese animated short subject film created by Kunio Katō. It won several prizes, the most important being the Grand prize for short films (the Annecy Cristal) at the Annecy...
Her Audition Shows How Music Helps Overcome Depression
Anna Clendening is a 20 year-old American girl who suffers from clinical depression and anxiety. For a long time, her difficult situation kept her indoors, feeding fears that kept her away from social interaction. With the help of her parents, she discovered music,...
Dad, I Need You
We have all said it more than once: "Daddy!" The magic word, a trumpet capable of calling in reinforcements for any and every situation. Dad. It's like rubbing a magic lamp, except what is most important aren't the wishes that he can grant, just the...
The Great Christian Paradox: My Happiness Is About You, Not Me
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...
Love In The Time of Advertising
Written by Matt Berenty and David Bokser, "Love in the Time of Advertising" is "An animated musical love story about a young man who lives inside a billboard and is charged with updating the advertisements. When he falls in love with a beautiful lady living across the...
Behind Every Great Accomplishment, There Is A Great Mother
"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...
Life Is Not An “Existential Bummer” – A Critical Look At Bad Philosophy
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...
“The Hedgehog” Shows How Love and Dedication Can Heal Wounds
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,...
Even Adults Can Be the Object of Bullying
Bullying doesn't always end with childhood. From the workplace to family life, you may encounter and adult bully. How often do we sacrifice the dignity and esteem of the person for a mere flicker of artificial laughter, one that brings only darkness afterwords? To...
Moments of Mercy: The Embrace of Forgiveness.
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...
The Most Overlooked Ingredient For Happiness: Gratitude
"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...
Danny and Annie: A Love Story for the Ages
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...
These Guys Took One Direction’s Song And Made It About Virtue: What makes you beautiful?
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...
What “the chicken or the egg” can teach us about fidelity
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...
Why Should Bullying Matter to Catholics?
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,...
This Is An Example Of The Kind Of Love That Every Human Longs For
What does it mean to live the Gospel? We are encouraged to do it all the time in sermons, but how does a person do this? It starts with looking away from ourselves, looking at others, looking with love. This video is a beautiful example of the power of looking at...