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January 17, 2024

What Are the Seven Deadly Sins According to the Church?

Out of all the sins of humanity, the Catholic Church has listed what we now...

January 03, 2024

8 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Soul

What better time to set a new goal or to form a new habit than...

December 2023

December 06, 2023

Signs of False Apparitions

Have you ever heard of a recent apparition from the Blessed Virgin Mary? What are...

November 2023

November 15, 2023

What Keeps Even Christians Worrying?

“I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.”...

October 2023

October 25, 2023

7 Christians Lessons We May Learn Only From Poverty

If you have ever experienced times of financial distress, you are not alone. Countless people...

October 16, 2023

Why You Need Pink Noise In Your Spiritual Life

I work in a place where there is a constant barrage of noise throughout the...

October 04, 2023

Why Is October the Month of the Holy Rosary?

As a Catholic, I grew up knowing and accepting the fact that October is the...

October 02, 2023

Why Did St. Teresa of Avila Stop Praying?

Did you know that St. Teresa of Avila stopped praying for 15 years? And this...

September 2023

September 23, 2023

Is Catholicism Too Complicated?

One of the most common arguments against Catholicism is that it’s just too complicated. There...

August 2023

August 30, 2023

Blessings You’re Not Receiving If You’re a Christian But Not Catholic

Have you ever wondered why you need to be Catholic when you’re already a Christian?...

August 09, 2023

This Bible Verse Could Tell You Why You’re Not Getting What You Want

Have you ever felt as though God is denying you something? Have you asked Him,...

August 02, 2023

Why Confessing to a Priest Is a Blessing

I once had a dream that I was inside a Church filled with so many...

July 2023

July 26, 2023

A Warning to Self-Righteous Christians Who Lack Humility

I am grateful for the indescribable blessing of being a Christian. But I can't help...

July 12, 2023

Why It’s Easy To Assume That Religious People Are Hypocrites

Have you ever met a religious person who seemed so righteous you couldn’t help but...

June 2023

June 28, 2023

Why Singing Hymns Is a Powerful Way To Revive Our Christian Life

What are hymns? Hymns are religious songs for adoration, praise and worship. Their melody is...

May 2023

May 25, 2023

Can You Imagine the Ecstasy of the Holy Saints?

There is a famous sculpture in the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome...

April 2023

April 26, 2023

How Can the Scrupulous Person Be Saved From Despair?

“Have I sinned the unforgivable sin? What if I committed a mortal sin and I...

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...

April 01, 2023

What Science and Technology Can’t Help You Become

This is an age when we are made to believe that we can be anyone...

March 2023

March 31, 2023

Brief Reflections on the Scriptural Way of the Cross

The Scriptural Way of the Cross was introduced by Pope John Paul II on Good...

March 10, 2023

Pope Francis and a Decade of God’s Bountiful Mercy

“...the mercy of God is not an abstract idea, but a concrete reality with which...

March 02, 2023

How Do You Live as a Catholic in a Godless World?

If you look at the declining number of Catholics in the Western world, you’d realize...

February 2023

February 27, 2023

Why You Shouldn’t Leave the Catholic Church

If you are one of those people who is seriously thinking about leaving the Church,...

February 21, 2023

Why Do We Hold Back When We Pray to God?

“Is anything too hard for the Lord?” - Genesis 18:14 (GNT) Have you ever prayed...