How Can I Keep from Singing?
Bruce Epperly
September 22, 2025
When we sing, we pray twice, St. Augustine counsels. What song sustains and empowers you in these difficult and challenging times?
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Avoiding Public Prayer
Pat McCloskey, OFM
September 22, 2025
My 49-year-old daughter left the Catholic Church several years ago. She loves praying by herself to God the Father but avoids public prayer. How can she not recognize Jesus’ presence in the Blessed Sacrament?
Finding the Kingdom of God
Pat McCloskey, OFM
September 21, 2025
Our temptation is to admire saints from such a distance that we forget they were still human beings who cooperated with God’s grace.
Truth in the Small Things
Ela Milewska
September 21, 2025
In a culture that questions truth, we are invited to become people of honesty, even when no one is looking.
God Is in Control
Richard Rohr, OFM
September 20, 2025
To accept some degree of meaninglessness is our final and full act of faith that God is still good and still in control.
A More Authentic Pro-Life Mentality
Patricia Breen McNeil
September 20, 2025
What does it mean to be truly pro-life?
Forgiveness from One’s Spouse
Pat McCloskey, OFM
September 20, 2025
If a person commits adultery and then goes to confession, does that person have to ask forgiveness from his or her spouse?
Longing for Connection
Bond Strong
September 19, 2025
Children so often simply want to spend time with their parent or guardian, following them as they go about their day. They don’t need another child-centered activity, or to be constantly entertained and distracted–they want to feel connection.
God Loves Our Imperfections
David Dault, PhD
September 19, 2025
God looks at us and sees the beauty of who we are, and that beauty is not a result of our being perfect.
Radical Honesty
Pat McCloskey, OFM
September 18, 2025
Francis was as much subject to self-doubt as any of us. His motives were purified in prayer; his ego became right-sized there.