While the American Church may not have centuries of sacred tradition to draw from, we have been entrusted with a new kind of mission field: one that brings the Gospel and beauty to the digital...
On May 8, 2025, the Catholic Church elected its new pope, and for the first time in history, an American sits in the chair of St. Peter. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. was elected among his...
Pray for mercy with the prayer Jesus gave St. Faustina in 1935.
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Ash Wednesday 2025: The start of the Lenten season Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. Pope Francis Table of Contents What is Ash Wednesday? In 2025, like in...
Along with prayer and almsgiving, fasting is one of the three pillars of Lent. In a message for Lent in 2008, Pope Benedict XVI described these as “specific tasks that accompany the faithful...
Table of Contents: Things to Give Up for Lent When Ash Wednesday draws near, Catholics and other Christians seem to fall into two distinct groups when it comes to what to give up for Lent. The first...
You know the scenes that make me sob the most in books and movies? It’s not when characters are treated unfairly. It’s not when all seems hopeless. It’s not even necessarily when the protagonist...
“The Eucharist is my highway to heaven.” – (Soon-to-Be) Saint Carlo Acutis Eeeeek! Let me pause for a minute to do some backflips!!! A real-life saint. A saint who was alive only 18 years ago?!...
Imagine for a minute that you are on a mountain with Jesus. You’re both having a great time, our Lord is telling hilarious jokes, and you feel like you’re on top of the world. The view is magnificent…
As a youth minister, what is the one thing you hope your teens think of when they look at the crucifix? What is it about the cross of Christ that you hope they see, feel, or realize? During Holy Week,
“What was the life of Christ but a perpetual humiliation?” Ouch. If someone were to tell you your entire life was humiliating from start to finish, how would you take it? Would you laugh it off? Take...
Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, 1696-1787, born into wealth and influence, was initially trained as an attorney. Suddenly realizing that his interest in legal victories was greater than his...
The Our Father is our foundational prayer as Catholics. If you’re like me, you’ve said it a few times. As in, a few thousand times. Tens of thousands if you pray the Rosary or Divine Office regularly.
Michael Schattle spent his adult life as a missionary — first, in a traditional sense, as a FOCUS Catholic missionary, then, through active involvement in young adult communities. At the age of...
In nearly 15 years of clinical psychology, it’s hard to imagine just how many people have expressed a deep longing to tangibly feel loved by God – to be able to truly rest in His presence. One of...
Jesus said to his disciples:“I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.But when he comes, the Spirit of truth,he will guide you to all truth.He will not speak on his own,but he will...