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18 hours ago
5 min

The Silent Witness of St. Joseph

Many stories start at the beginning, but St. Joseph’s starts in the middle of his life. It may help to put yourself in his place.

Lauren De Witt

Feb 16
5 min

The Tail of the Serpent

The cold, hard fact is that most of us aren’t going to Heaven, and we have only ourselves to blame.

Lauren De Witt

Jan 16
4 min

Only One Thing Is Needed

The value of our time is not measured by our productivity but by the quality of each "yes" we say to God in our daily fiats.

Kendel Jordan

Dec 30, 2020
4 min

The Year of St. Joseph

Turns out St. Joseph is exactly what our world needs right now. Not a soldier, nor a healer, nor a miracle-worker, but a father.

Bethanie Ryan

Dec 15, 2020
4 min

The Holy Infant Face

This face is destined to change the world.

Tamra Fromm, Ph.D.

Dec 9, 2020
4 min

Grace Makes Us Super-Natural

What would it be like to wake up tomorrow morning and have almost superhuman power to deflect any temptation and avoid sin?

Elizabeth Skinner

Dec 1, 2020
4 min

Jesus Is My Reality Check

The creaking of the chapel’s walls like a boat on the ocean led me to a sense of peace.

Noelle M.

Nov 30, 2020
3 min

Let Hope Coalesce

But most of all, I am hopeful because on a silent night long ago, one star stood out in the darkness above all the rest.

Our Mission to the World Starts Close to Home

Emily Rogers

Nov 18, 2020
4 min

Our Mission to the World Starts Close to Home

Serving my husband and children with love, humility, and joy is how I can love the Lord above all else and love my neighbor as myself.

Charlie J.

Nov 13, 2020
3 min

Somebody Go Wake Jesus Up

Perhaps Our Lord will soon be roused. We can hope. And perhaps when he is roused the storm of this year will be calmed.

Christ Is the Reality You Should Live In

Lauren De Witt

Nov 11, 2020
4 min

Christ Is the Reality You Should Live In

Living in reality means recognizing God in every detail of life.

Kendel Jordan

Nov 6, 2020
5 min

The Wedding Garment

The dress hanging up in my closet, well past its date of intended use, has become a cause not for disappointment, but for grace.

Bethanie Ryan

Oct 31, 2020
4 min

You Are Going to Die

Our hope is that death is not the end. One of the things that scares people the most about death is the unknown.

The Sacrament of Confession: Thoughts From a Former Protestant

Sarah Coffey

Oct 28, 2020
4 min

The Sacrament of Confession: Thoughts From a Former Protestant

For the longest time, growing up as a Presbyterian, I had no idea what the Sacrament of Confession was, or what it meant. In fact, I don’...

Bethanie Ryan

Oct 27, 2020
2 min

You Shall Not Be Overcome

As the specter of terrorism arrived on September 11, 2001 and has never left, the specter of the Great Pandemic of the year 2020 may remain.

Lauren De Witt

Oct 22, 2020
4 min

What Choosing Life Cost Me

I was on the cusp of achieving all I had worked so hard for when those two little pink lines showed up, threatening to ruin it all.

Maria Elser

Oct 15, 2020
4 min

Let No Suffering Go Wasted

The fragments of our wounds are absorbed by Christ’s and offered up for the greatest purpose of all: the salvation of souls.

Myriah Christine

Sep 23, 2020
4 min

Summer Growth

I have found throughout the years that the greatest achievements—feats which I thought I’d never accomplish—have been motivated by love.

Charlie J.

Aug 18, 2020
4 min

Is the End Near?

I am hearing frequent news from here and there that something is stirring in the world.

Charlie J.

Aug 5, 2020
4 min

Deny Yourself

Though I struggle beneath the weight of my sins, I am propped up like the staff of Moses, but by a neoteric wood.

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