7 Deadly Sins: Is Busyness A Form Of Sloth?
Everyone seems to be doing something all the time. On one end of the spectrum, you have hustle culture, the “grindset,” calendar creep. On the other end, you’ve got gaming...
3 Things You Need To Use Lent As A Time Of Conversion According To Pope Leo XIV
Listening: "making room for the word through listening." Our God is one who seeks to involve us. Even today he shares with us what is in his heart. Because of this, listening...
Lent Is A Journey Of Surrender For Body And Soul | Crux
"It's about stepping into small, daily challenges that rub up against our weaknesses," Fr. Columba Jordan explains, "and learning to meet God right there." Crux: A Lenten...
Conversion Stories Through The Rosary: Saved By Beads!
The Rosary has been called many things - ‘Gospel on a string’, ‘weapon of mass conversion’, ‘beads that save.’ In a simple and yet beautiful way, we can connect to Momma...
The Liturgy And The Law Share The Same Source And Purpose | Reflection For The 6th Sunday In Ordinary Time
This reflection is an excerpt from The Liturgical Sense of the Readings at Mass (Year A). Click here to purchase! 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time — Year A First Reading: Sirach...
40 Lent Books For Catholics To Choose From
Spiritual reading is an excellent way to grow during Lent, but knowing where to start can be difficult. Here are some of the Lent books our team at Catholic-Link has found...
Triumph Of The Heart: Catholic Movie Giveaway!
Triumph of the Heart "In the harrowing confines of Auschwitz's starvation cell, Catholic priest St. Maximilian Kolbe volunteers to die in place of another prisoner, joining...
Celebrate Me Home | A Catholic Reflection On A Classic Song By Kenny Loggins
Kenny Loggins’ contributions to movie soundtracks, highlighted by his Academy Award nomination for “Footloose” in 1985, may be what keeps his music still alive today. But a...
Feeling Disconnected To Your Spouse? Try This!
It is common to enter dry spells in one’s marriage. Those warm and fuzzy feelings during the honeymoon phase sometimes come and go, affected by hormones, fatigue, and various...
Love To Study, Study To Love
When you first meet someone, you’re curious to know them. You want to know how old they are, where they grew up, what they currently do, their best memories, etc. Perhaps,...
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Can I Recieve The Anointing Of The Sick?
What IS Anointing of the Sick? “By the sacred anointing of the sick and the prayer of the priests, the whole Church commends those who are ill to the suffering and glorified...
Know When To Take A Break | St. Theodore Guerin
“I have already exceeded the amount of work my head can bear.”- ST. THEODORE GUERIN
How Long Do Conclaves Last?
When The Heart Cries | Pope Leo XIV Quote
"One cries not out of desperation, but out of desire. Jesus did not cry out against the Father, but to him. Even in silence, he was convinced that the Father was there. And,...
Where Are The Past Popes From?
How To Find Meaning In Life | St. Carlo Acutis
"Find God and you will find the meaning of your life."St. Carlo Acutis
God Chose To Be Known | St. Peter Chrysologus
St. Peter Chrysologus (c. 380 – c. 450) was Bishop of Ravenna from about 433 until his death. He is known as the “Doctor of Homilies” for the concise but theologically rich...
The Most Important And Holy Spiritual Practice | Br. Lawrence
“The most holy and important practice in the spiritual life is the presence of God.” - Brother Lawrence Learn more from Brother Lawrence HERE.
In All Things Be A Man Of Prayer | St. Bonaventure
In All Things, BE A MAN OF PRAYER“If you would suffer with patience the adversities and miseries of this life, be a man of prayer. If you would obtain courage and strength to...
The True Measure Of Loving God | St. Berndard Of Clairvaux
"The true measure of loving God is to love Him without measure."–St. Bernard of Clairvaux
The Bread Is The Bread | St. Ambrose
"This bread is bread before the words of the Sacrament, but when the words of Christ come to it, it is the Body of Christ…Before the words of Christ it is a cup full of wine...
Pope Leo XIV’S Prayer For When Life Surprises You
This is what Pope Leo XIV told reporters he did when he realized he would be named the new Pope. His response is the type of surrender we all need. Follow his lead. Take a...
The Feast Of The Miraculous Medal
“I feel so happy to be able to help the children who beg me for protection. But so many do not ever come to me.” —Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal "The Virgin held in her...
Draw Strength From Prayer | ST. THEODORE GUERIN Quote
"What strength the soul draws from prayer! In the midst of a storm, how sweet is the calm it finds in the heart of Jesus. But what comfort is there for those who do not...
What Does The Catholic Church Think About AI
Together with its extraordinary potential to benefit the human family, the rapid development of AI also raises deeper questions concerning the proper use of such technology...
World Day Of Social Communications 2026 Theme: Preserving Human Voices And Faces
The 60th World Day of Social Communications will take place on Sunday, May 17, 2026. Below is a description of the theme that the Vatican has announced. In today’s...
Is Christianity About Rule Keeping? | C.S. Lewis Quote
"People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargain in which God says, ‘If you keep a lot of rules I’ll reward you, and if you don’t I’ll do the other thing.’ I do...
The Marvelous Power Of The Cross | Pope Leo The Great
Our understanding, which is enlightened by the Spirit of truth, should receive with purity and freedom of heart the glory of the cross as it shines in heaven and on earth. It...
Lay It In God’s Hands And Offer It Up | St. Edith Stein
"And when night comes, and retrospect shows that everything was patchwork and much which one had planned left undone, when so many things rouse shame and regret, then take...
Detach From Wordly Things | St. John Bosco
"Be brave and try to detach your heart from worldly things. Do your utmost to banish darkness from your mind and come to understand what true, selfless piety is. Through...
Do Catholics Believe In The Rapture?
A common claim from some Protestant groups is that Catholics do not believe in the Rapture. That is correct—Catholics do not subscribe to the Rapture doctrine. In fact, no...
St. Paul, Ted Lasso, & Receiving God’s Mercy
We’ve all had moments where we needed mercy. Just as important as giving mercy is the ability to receive it. But receiving mercy can be harder than it sounds. Why? Because of...
A Priest Explains Corpus Christi, The Eucharist, And Why It Matters
Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi—or in English, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. “Corpus Christi” is Latin for “the Body of...
The Untold Story Of American Catholicism
Taylor Kemp, former professional soccer star and vice president of content at the Augustine Institute, shares why Symbolon, the most popular series on FORMED.org, has been...
What Is A Catholic Priest’s Seat Called And Why?
These are the presider's chairs, or the fancy word is the sedilia. They are chairs in which the priest and, if you have deacons, deacons sit. Sometimes you'll have servers...
The Power Of Authentic Faith In Evangelizing The Next Generation
In a world filled with information overload, it's easy to assume that younger generations are too far removed from faith. However, the opposite may be true. Many young...
The Best Catholic Bible. Period.
Hey everyone, welcome to the Catholic Link Show! We're your hosts, Drew and Katy Taylor, and we pray this time will be your link to living the faith like never before. Today,...
How To Evangelize For Catholics
Evangelization can be daunting—you want to share the message of Jesus, but you’re afraid of saying the wrong thing or not knowing where to start. Thankfully, there are...
Unlocking True Catholic Manhood: The Power Of Virtue In A Confused World
Are you searching for answers to life’s struggles? The key to overcoming challenges and becoming the best version of yourself lies in one word—virtue. In this conversation,...
Do Catholics Worship Statues?
A common misconception about Catholicism is that we worship statues. If someone asks you, “Why do you worship statues?” here’s how you can respond with clarity and charity....
Catholic Lent Resources
And So It Begins | A Reflection To Prepare For Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday And so, it begins. The gospel tells us that Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days and forty nights, and there He prayed, fasted, and...
3 Easy Lent Recipes To Help You Fast On Ash Wednesday| The Lenten Cookbook
This Lent, move beyond attending fish frys, making tuna fish casserole, and ordering cheese pizza! We have some Lent recipes to help you maintain your energy levels while you...
The Best Catholic Lent Resources
This year we've had a bit more time to think about Lent, but it still feels like Ash Wednesday is coming too soon! How will you spend these forty days dedicated to prayer,...
10 Ways To Make A Pilgrimage This Lent Without Leaving Home
How many of us find ourselves yearning for the dusty streets of Jerusalem during Lent? Lent has traditionally been a time of pilgrimage, particularly to the Holy Land as we...
Jesus Will Not Reject Us | Restore
BEHOLD, NOW IS THE ACCEPTA B L E T I M E ; B E H O L D , N O W I S THE DAY OF SALVATION.2 CORINTHIANS 6:2 We have all had the experience of knowing that we need to do...
Struggling With Fasting? These Resources Will Help
Fasting is a powerful and beautiful way of living out penance and self-denial, both important aspects of the Christian life. Scripture affirms the importance of this...
5 Triduum Traditions To Help Your Family Celebrate Holy Week
In Holy Week, the Catholic Church invites us to experience the most critical moments in history. In the business of daily life, the repetitive nature of the liturgical...
3 Ways To Be Intentional This Lent
We are in Lent – a season of renewal, a season of “leaning in,” a season of surrendering more and more. Lent is a sacred and beautiful season. What I’d like to propose is...
Mark Your Calendar: March Is Dedicated To St. Joseph
Did you know that each month has a traditional Catholic devotion? This year, let’s focus on each devotion month by month to grow in our faith and traditions! Make yourself...
7 Things To Do To Distract Yourself When You’re Tempted To Break Your Lenten Fast
I distinctly remember grade school lunches on Fridays. They were conveniently meatless. Then in high school, when Lent arrived, as I bit into my chicken sandwich, I looked up...
A Guide To The Best Catholic Lent Resources
Lent is less than a week away. Doesn't it feel like we just finished taking all the Christmas decorations down? Now it's already time to start preparing spiritually for the...
Why Christ’s Sacrifice On Good Friday Is So Much More Than Just A Few Hours On The Cross
With all the evil and suffering in the world, how does the less than twenty hours of the Passion of our Lord atone for all of the evil of human history? Many new Christians...
How To Recover When Lent Goes Wrong
The Best-Laid Plans The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. We layout the best plans for our Lenten journey. We seek to approach Easter having undergone a well...
Free Lent Resources To Help You Grow Closer To Christ
Many of us are living a Lent we never expected. Let's take this gift of time and use it to grow in holiness. There is so much we can do to continue our journey to Easter!...
2nd Sunday Of Lent | On The Mountain
On this second Sunday in lent we talk about aversion to climbing the mountain. When we make it to the top, we also don't want to leave. We don't like the cross, nor do we...
A Catholic’s March To-Do List
Lent Resources https://catholic-link.org/what-should-you-give-up-for-lent-penance-fast-catholic/ ...
These Bible Verses Will Help You Decide How To Spend Lent
These Bible Verses Will Help You Decide How To Spend Lent Catholic-Link Lent Resources https://catholic-link.org/confused-lent-take-quiz/...
How To Choose Your Lenten Practices
Mardi Gras rolls around every year, and every year I think "Oh shoot. What am I going to give up for Lent this year?" Now, for starters, I suggest that you consider what your...
“The Skinny On Fasting” – A Funny Video On A Serious Christian Discipline
Have you been fasting this Lent? Sure, it's a struggle, but this ancient, scriptural, necessary Christian discipline is something Jesus expected and which Catholics for...
The Path of Suffering | Liturgy Live Palm Sunday
This week on the podcast we go over the entrance into Jerusalem and the problem of suffering in our faith life. How our Baptism, or conversion, is a joyful entrance in to the...
So, Who Exactly Is The Greatest? | Catholic Bible Study
Use this Catholic Bible Study for your own personal spiritual growth or with the apostolate you are involved with. Matthew 20:17-28 Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time...
Fast! | Liturgy Live 1st Sunday Of Lent
This week on the podcast we talk about the lenten practice of fasting. Fr Ian is fired up! The whole point of fasting during lent is to get our flesh in line with our spirit,...
Everyone Can Do This For 40 Seconds A Day Over The Next 40 Days
"For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be...
Preparing For Peace: A Catholic Lenten Journal For Women With Anxiety
In the last few years, the Catholic scene has been exploding with new prayer journals. This trend is a good tracking point for the effectiveness of the New Evangelization....
Discovering Mary In The Triduum, Easter, And Beyond
Back in January, I realized that I didn’t know my Mother. No, not my biological mother, my spiritual Mother…our spiritual Mother. The one who not only brought Jesus into the...
Finding Consolation In The Lord’s Passion And In Your Own Life
Fr. Ian VanHeusen presents a gospel reflection and spiritual exercise on the Gospel reading for Palm Sunday, Mk. 14:1-15:47. Throughout the Lenten season, Father encourages...
Suffering Doesn’t Always Make Sense, But Embracing It Could Save Lives
One of the things we say when referring to Jesus, is that we call Him our Redeemer. We do this because Jesus died on the cross to pay the debt that came to be on account of...
How to Discern Between Consolation & Desolation | Lenten Spiritual Exercises
Fr. Ian VanHeusen presents a gospel reflection and spiritual exercise on the Gospel reading of John 12:20-33, Jesus' startling statement about hating life in this world in...
What A Buried Seed Teaches About True Love | Catholic Bible Study
“At Christmas I no more desire a rose / Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled shows; / But like of each thing that in season grows...” ~ Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s...
How To Free Yourself From Your Inner Demons
“The imagination is more active in the dark than in the light of day.” ~ Immanuel Kant When we were young, we were afraid of the dark because we couldn’t distinguish the...
Looking Ahead To Holy Week And Easter
Take A Friend To Church This Holy Week: It Could Change Their Life
Each year during Holy Week, we celebrate the most fundamental aspects of our Catholic faith. We remember the love of God, the sacrifice of His Son Jesus for our sake, the...
Stretched For The Sake Of Love | Palm Sunday Spiritual Exercises
In this Lenten series and Catholic Bible Study, Father Ian VanHeusen presents his weekly spiritual exercise based on scriptures to help us grow in our relationship with the...
3 Reasons To Watch “The Case For Christ”
The Case for Christ on DVD has just been released and I'm so excited to be able to view this great film and discuss with both my small group Bible study and my family. I had...
These 3 Essential Pillars Help Us Discover The Purpose Of Lent
What is the purpose of Lent? Lent is not simply a way to renew your commitment to a New Year's resolution or jump start your diet. It's much more than a tradition or ritual....
5 Things To Do To Make Holy Week The Most Important Week Of The Year
Holy Week should be the most important week of the year for all Christians. It should be the week in which we give of ourselves to the fullest in order to fully...
The One Word Never To Say During Lent
Most Catholics are aware of the Lenten traditions of fasting, almsgiving, and prayer. Besides eating meat on Fridays, there are a few other things that Church says we can't...
9 Tip Survival Guide For Returning To Mass When You Haven’t Been In Awhile
This article is for you, especially for you, if you have been thinking about going back to Mass. On the part of all of us at Catholic-Link, let me personally invite you back...
7 Ways To Remind Yourself We’re Still Celebrating Easter
As I write this, we are approaching the 5th Sunday of Easter, meaning that we will now be breaking into the last weeks of Eastertide before Pentecost Sunday. Every Easter I...
9 Tip Survival Guide For Returning To Mass When You Haven’t Been In Awhile
This article is for you, especially for you, if you have been thinking about going back to Mass this Christmas season. On the part of all of us at Catholic-Link, let me...
Why Couldn’t Christ Forgive Our Sins With A Smile? *Warning: Disturbing Images
I want to begin by saying that this is not an easy question. A lot has been written about this subject. I don’t mean to exhaust the richness or complexity of this...
Weep, Prepare, or Rejoice: What Are We Supposed To Do On Holy Saturday?
Sandwiched between the stark drama of Good Friday and the glory of the Easter Vigil, Holy Saturday is often in danger of being skipped over. For many of us, it will be a busy...
7 Characteristics Of God’s Forgiveness And Mercy
In my post, 9 Things I Would Like To Have Known Before Getting Married, one of the points that raised a lot of questions was number 8: "A good marriage is the union of two...
Do You Know The 7 Final Messages Of Christ On The Cross?
There is so much to think about and reflect on during Holy Week that it can be overwhelming to know where to begin. One meditation that I have found to help draw me...
QUIZ: Which Person From The Gospel Are You This Holy Week?
"It would do us good to ask one question: Who am I? Who am I before my Lord? Where is my heart? Which of these people do I resemble most ? Who am I before Jesus who is...
4 Movies About The Life Of Jesus To Watch This Lent
It seems that Hollywood is starting to realize the power of the name of Jesus and is responding by creating more movies about the life of Jesus. Well, maybe. At the very...
7 Psalms To Pray During Lent
The Psalms are a wonderful way to pray at any time of year because they truly echo the emotions of the heart and draw us closer to God. Since the seventh century, it has...
Everything You Need To Know About Divine Mercy Sunday
This beautiful glimpse into the life of St. Faustina is a clip from the award-winning movie Faustina: The Apostle of Divine Mercy, recently released by Ignatius Press....
I’m Alive Because Jesus Is Alive! | Matt Maher’s “Because He Lives”
Imagine thinking that there is nothing impossible in the world because you are walking with the Son of God, in the flesh. Then He dies! Imagine the feeling of endless...
4 Vital Lessons That Holy Week Teaches Us About Being A Christian Today
In celebrating the mysteries of Holy Week, one of the basic questions which comes to mind is, "What does it mean to be a Christian in the world today?" Many times the...
Good Friday Explained Through 20 Images Of The Crucifixion
In this gallery, we introduce some classic works depicting the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ on Good Friday. Let's see how those images help us to interpret,...
A Powerful Video of the Passion: Have you experienced Christ’s gaze of love?
Easter is quickly approaching and in the remaining time in Lent we ask Our Lady to lead us to her Son. My friend, Julie Rodgers, made this powerful video for a talk about...
Someone Has To Die: You Or Me
Countless religious studies indicate, time and time again, that men come to discover that something has gone wrong in their hearts. Something beyond his memory - something...
He Came To Pay For Our… Broken Plates
#Fallingplates is a video produced by the Christian agency, CRU Global. During its 4-minute duration – which seems to pass by in a glimpse of an eye – the production uses a...
The Beautiful History Of Easter…From a Child’s Perspective
Today's video narrates the story of Easter from a child's perspective. As with a few other videos that we have posted of this nature, the child's simplicity has a way of...
Come Awake, Come Awake! Christ Is Risen!
Happy Easter Sunday! Let this be a moment in which we renew our baptismal promises, our desire for holiness, our determination to die to sin, and our conviction that Christ...
You Must Lose Your Life In Order To Embrace Resurrection
An impressive video that draws an analogy between the process that the wood must undergo in order to be formed and our own process to be made into a new creation in Christ....
“Good News of Great Joy” – The Story of Salvation History
This is a video released by St. Paul's Arts & Media (New Zealand). The video in itself is strikingly clever and the kid's acting couldn't be better. It's a run down of...
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