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October 2026

October 14, 2026

6 Ways To Prevent Resentment From Breaking Our Relationships

Resentment is like rust that gradually destroys our relationships. And one day, the smallest fault...

October 07, 2026

How Do We Protect The Children In These Turbulent Times?

It’s not easy to live the times we’re living in. How much more for the...

April 2026

April 29, 2026

Will Our Loneliness Be Healed In Heaven?

Our souls were made for union, union with God for all eternity. We were not...

February 2026

February 11, 2026

How Important Is the Family in the Bible?

From the very beginning, it should have been clear how important a family is. By...

November 2025

November 19, 2025

Why Self-Pity Is Not the Same as Self-Love

Many inspirational slogans today seem to focus on loving oneself. They urge us to take...

July 2025

July 30, 2025

Should You Never Get Angry?

After experiencing the negative effects of anger, many people may decide to never get angry...

June 2025

June 25, 2025

Why Is It So Hard To Avoid the Sin of Gossip?

The sin of gossip is something that is often the topic of jokes even for...

April 2025

April 09, 2025

6 Practical Ways to Avoid the Sin of Gossip

Gossip is a common sin that even Christians may fail to recognize or repent of...

March 2025

March 19, 2025

What Does The Bible Say About Friendship?

“There are friends who bring ruin, but there are true friends more loyal than a...

February 2025

February 12, 2025

7 Ways of Rekindling Your Relationship Through Faith

Are there relationships beyond repair? Or can faith find a way to rekindle your relationship?...

February 05, 2025

Which Religion Is About Relationships?

Relationship is not something that may first come to mind when we speak about religion....

January 2025

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 01, 2025

Should Christians Love Themselves, Too?

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

January 24, 2024

4 Reasons Why We May Feel So Lonely Today

Sometimes I feel as though loneliness is a kind of sickness that has spread in...

November 2023

November 22, 2023

Does God Appreciate What We Do?

Too often, people are not ashamed to say unkind words to others. More and more...

October 2023

October 27, 2023

How Love Defines Our Pro-Life or Pro-Choice Perspective

I think it’s fair to say that whatever the religious belief of a mother was,...

October 20, 2023

How Do We Let The Children Come To Jesus?

When the disciples tried to keep the little children away from Jesus, He forbade them...

October 09, 2023

Why God Did Not Choose To Love Us From Afar

Many times, as we watch television or look at our computer screens, we watch suffering...

October 06, 2023

What Relationships Need In Order Not To Die

Have you ever thought about your long-term relationships? You may have a spouse you have...

September 2023

September 13, 2023

What if You’re Married to a Non-Catholic?

As we live more and more in a Non-Catholic and secular world, we may be...

September 02, 2023

Are We Living in an Age of Rudeness?

Have you ever noticed how rudeness seems to be so common these days? We see...

August 2023

August 23, 2023

What Are the 3 Types of Loneliness in a Relationship?

Loneliness does not end when you finally find a partner in life. On the contrary,...

August 16, 2023

4 Things That Toxic People Can Teach Us

You may have heard of the term “toxic people” when it comes to relationships. In...

June 2023

June 21, 2023

How Do You Love Your Enemies When You Don’t Feel Like Doing So?

One of the hardest things we’d ever learn from Christ is to love our enemies....

June 07, 2023

If Love Is Gentle and Kind, Why Are So Many Christians Rude?

I can’t help but notice many of the fierce comments Christians make over social media....

May 2023

May 20, 2023

Why Do We Need God To Mend Our Broken Hearts?

One of the most painful things we could ever experience is to have a broken...

April 2023

April 06, 2023

When You Keep On Failing To Be a Good Person

How many times have you resolved to change a bad habit only to fail again...

March 2023

March 25, 2023

How Should Christians Respond to Bullying?

Forgiveness, kindness and compassion are just some of the qualities usually related to Christianity. Along...

March 22, 2023

What Do You Do When You’re a Catholic Parent With a Transgender Child?

Everything seems to be as clear as black and white when you’re reading a book...