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Why People Fall from Faith & the Fear of Accepting God

Why do people refuse to accept God in their lives? What makes a person decide to...

Doing God’s Work Doesn’t Mean He Owes Us

Three weeks ago, I went to Taiwan—joyfully, gratefully, and with a deep sense of...

Celebrate Holy Week with The Stations of the Eucharist

When I attended a Stations of the Eucharist presentation, it was electric. Other...

Why Do Elites Hate Catholics?

The secret that everyone knows in the pre-apocalyptic era is that the vast major...

The Irony and Prophesy of Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday’s Gospel is a drama that is at once both intensely human and profoun...

Using Strategic Planning for Salvation

We Christians sometimes struggle to identify concrete ways to fulfill our charge...

Finish Lent Strong

Every year, Lent begins with a kind of spiritual adrenaline. On Ash Wednesday we...

“Dear None”: Questions that Confirm Catholicism as the ...

I cried out, “My God, ‘I choose all.’ I don’t want to be a saint by halves… I ch...

The Duty to Rebuke Temerity

The high-profile basketball coach at a prominent Catholic University made his wa...

The Seat of Moses and the Crucifixion of Christ

In Matthew 23, Our Lord declares that the scribes and the Pharisees have taken t...

“Dear None”: Questions that Confirm Catholicism as the ...

Part 1 of this letter asked you two imperative and inescapable questions to help...

How to Deal with Pain

I want you to think about your death for a moment. Not your judgment, not heaven...

Losing Jesus & Mary’s Greatly Troubled Heart

After the child Jesus has been presented to the Lord in the temple, the only inf...

The Quiet Guardian: Why St. Joseph is for Everyone

As Director of the Lasallian Student Life Office at Christian Brothers High Scho...

I Am the Resurrection and the Life: Fifth Sunday of Lent

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus turns mourning into joy when He raises Lazarus fr...

It Is in Dying that We Are Born to Eternal Life

St. Francis’ Relics Remind Pilgrims the Importance of Dying to Self During Lent ...

Rediscovering the Fixed Prayers of Catholicism

For most people, prayer is a struggle. Rightly does the Catechism of the Catholi...

“My Voice, My Choice” and the Silence Beneath It

Europe is once again rallying around a slogan: My Voice, My Choice. The phrase h...

5 Fun and Faith-Filled St. Patrick’s Day Activities for...

Everyone loves St. Patrick’s Day: on March 17th, the Chicago River flows green, ...

Salesian Spirituality for Lent: The Mundane Virtues

In Part Two of Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis de Sales, has exhort...