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Why God Disturbs Our Lives

Have you ever wondered why God sometimes disturbs our lives? All the while, we may...

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September 24, 2025

4 Ways That Fear Can Lead Us To Sin

When you imagine a sinful person, do you usually picture a confident person in mind?...

August 2025

August 20, 2025

Why Doesn’t God Heal Everyone?

It is hard to remember anyone that God refused to heal in the Bible. He...

February 2025

February 26, 2025

When Is It Easiest To Forget About God?

Have you ever realized why some people who used to be Christians eventually lose their...

December 2024

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?...

November 2024

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 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...

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...

May 2024

May 29, 2024

Are We Worried About the Wrong Things?

Where do our worries come from? Do they come from our fear of not being...

May 22, 2024

Are Believers Less Intelligent Than Unbelievers?

Sometimes, I wonder why many people today who don’t believe in Jesus seem to think...

February 2024

February 21, 2024

Are Christians Supposed To Be Powerless?

Have you ever wondered whether Christians were supposed to be powerless? Unlike other people, we...

February 07, 2024

The Virtue That the World Struggles So Much With Today

There is one virtue that the world struggles so much with today. No, it is...

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.”...

November 01, 2023

If People Are Searching for God, Why Couldn’t They Find Him?

Why are so many people doubting the existence of God today? Why couldn’t they find...

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 18, 2023

How Is Christian Suffering Different From Sinful Suffering?

There are times when I feel as though Christianity speaks about suffering so much. Times...

September 2023

September 29, 2023

How Can We Preach Faith In a World of Artificial Intelligence?

Think about the way people currently search for information on the internet They usually go...

September 27, 2023

Where Is God in Disaster Movies?

When was the last time you heard God’s name in a disaster movie? Have you...

September 15, 2023

The 7 Ways God Can Heal You and Your Loved Ones

“...for I am the Lord who heals you.” - Exodus 15:26 (NRSVCE) God Is the...

September 06, 2023

Can Grief Be Our Bridge to Heaven?

One of my worst fears is that of losing my loved ones. How do I...

August 2023

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,...

July 2023

July 19, 2023

A Bad Christian or a Good Unbeliever: Who Will Be Saved?

My nephew once asked me this very interesting question: “Who has the greater chance of...

May 2023

May 01, 2023

How Do You Bear Your Most Painful Sufferings in Life?

Have you ever felt so much pain that you wondered how you'd ever make it...

April 2023

April 29, 2023

Are You Ready for the Hour of Your Death?

With the current progress in science and artificial intelligence, I often read about predictions that...

April 21, 2023

Is Christianity All About Suffering?

If there is anything wrong with how Christianity is sometimes preached today, perhaps it is...

April 14, 2023

The Problem With Mortal Sin

When someone commits a murder, one instantly know that one has done something wrong. To...

March 2023

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...

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 06, 2023

Can AIs Like ChatGPT Pose a Threat to the Catholic Faith?

What happens when you ask an AI like ChatGPT how it can possibly pose a...