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January 2025

January 29, 2025

6 Things Christians Shouldn’t Say to People Who Are Grieving

It is a part of our Christian faith to believe in the afterlife. Ours is...

January 22, 2025

Why Forgiving Others Feels So Hard—And How to Start

Jesus Himself admonished us many times to forgive. As Christians, forgiveness is a part of...

January 15, 2025

How Would Our Relationships Change In Heaven?

Have you ever wondered how our human relationships would change in heaven? If you’re a...

January 08, 2025

How Holiness Leads to Happiness

Have you ever felt afraid that once you strive for holiness, you will eventually risk...

January 01, 2025

Should Christians Love Themselves, Too?

Christianity is all about love. Jesus even summed up all the commandments into two: to...

December 2024

December 25, 2024

10 Bible Verses Announcing the Birth of Jesus Christ

There is no better time than the Christmas season to familiarize ourselves with the Bible...

December 18, 2024

When Did You Last Allow God to Fill Your Heart With Joy?

When was the last time you lifted up your heart to God in joy? When...

December 11, 2024

Why Cant We See the Answer to Our Prayers?

Have you ever prayed and prayed and not received the answers you are praying for?...

December 04, 2024

What Is the Meaning of the 4 Candles of Advent?

Advent is a time of waiting and preparation that marks the beginning of the Liturgical...

November 2024

November 27, 2024

Does Christianity Put Too Much Emphasis on Suffering?

Every Christian knows the value of suffering. One may not know it by heart, but...

November 20, 2024

Why the Rich Give Less and What It Means for Us All

According to an article by Oxfam, the top 1% of the world’s richest own even...

November 13, 2024

Reflections for Our Time on the 7 Sorrows of Mary

Devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Our Blessed Mother allows us to share in the...

November 06, 2024

What The Carthusians Can Teach Us About Life

The Carthusians, an enclosed religious order founded by St. Bruno of Cologne in 1084 have...

October 2024

October 30, 2024

Why There Will Always Be Sorrow in Our Christian Life

There will always be a kind of sorrow in our Christian life. For us Catholics,...

October 23, 2024

Have You Ever Imagined the View From the Cross?

As Christians, we often contemplate upon the passion and death of Jesus Christ. While I...

October 16, 2024

Why Can’t Jesus Always Perform His Miracles?

Have you ever wondered if there were times when Jesus couldn’t perform His miracles? If...

October 09, 2024

What Are the Negative Effects of Envy in Your Life?

“Soundness of heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of...

October 02, 2024

How Celebrimbor Was Deceived By Evil

I have sometimes wondered about the plight of those who have been deceived by evil....

September 2024

September 25, 2024

7 Topics I Want To Hear More From Church Homilies

We Catholics go to mass at least weekly. That is about 52 times in a...

September 18, 2024

Common Mistakes of Catholics When Evangelizing Other People

There’s nothing as fulfilling as knowing that you have helped another person discover God’s salvation....

September 11, 2024

Is God Telling Us to Be Poor?

“Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without...

September 04, 2024

The Real Dangers of the Occult

In our secular world, more and more people are practicing the occult without knowing its...

August 2024

August 28, 2024

The Role of Our Emotions in Prayer

I have always been wary of lessons taught as though emotions are never important when...

August 21, 2024

How God Came To Save Us From Ourselves

Without God, what would our lives be? It would have been a life-long search for...

August 14, 2024

Does God Want To Take away Our Joy?

Have you ever noticed how some people view religion? When people say that they are...

August 07, 2024

Divorce & the Last Battleground for the Sanctity of Marriage

There are only two places left in the world where there is no divorce: the...

July 2024

July 31, 2024

Why Are Many Christians Silent About the Olympics Issue?

The Christian world is still left shocked after the unthinkable mockery of the Last Supper...

July 24, 2024

How Do You Deal with Spiritual Stagnation?

If you have ever felt frustrated because you’re not making progress in your spiritual life,...

July 17, 2024

Why We Need to Follow Mary if We Want to Follow Christ

“Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother, because she is the sea to be crossed...

July 10, 2024

Why Did the Saints Suffer So Much?

Many people today are turned off by the idea of having to suffer for the...