Advent : What’s with the candles? Around this time of year we eat turkey, it gets cold, we sing songs (some of them about Baby Jesus and some about snow), Christmas decorations go up, and there…
What are Indulgences and what are they for? When we commit sin, we have guilt and punishment before God. Through the Sacrament of Penance the guilt is forgiven, but the punishment remains on our soul and must be…
The Martyrs of La Florida "Florida which has been bedewed in the East and in the West, in the North and in the South with the purest blood of the Martyrs!" -Bishop Augustin Verot, Florida's first…
Saints on Ice My first love was figure skating. By the time I was 2 and a half, I knew the names of all the world-famous figure skaters, even the hard Russian names.…
How can I be holy? Just like a man who walks in the dessert, he needs a continual consumption of water in order to survive. For any person who desires to become holy it is…
What things should I talk about with my spiritual director? 1st General Dimension:- Health- Studies, work- Spiritual and mental tone: joy, peace, decay, pot holes, balance- Temptations that bother me the most- Most common and abundant faults- Types of friendships-…
5 Ways to Have the Best Thanksgiving Ever Do you want to live Thanksgiving this year in the right spirit? That's right, we have to live it with spirit. I'm not talking about team spirit, but about not…
John Henry Newman: From the Shadows to the Light of Truth On October 13, 2019 Blessed John Henry Newman will be canonized. He is the first English saint to be canonized in the 21st century. Newman (1801-1890) was a theologian, convert, poet,…
How Not to Discern Your Vocation Much has been written by many more intelligent and saintly people than I about how to discern your vocation. It is not an easy subject to write about precisely because…
I Could Never Forget You Do you sometimes have a hard time praying vocal prayers with your heart? It's a battle for everyone, but that doesn't mean that victory isn't possible. In fact, St. Teresa…
Let it...go? "To be or not to be, that is the question." If you've heard this line once, you've heard it a thousand times. Hamlet is well-known in the English-speaking world and…
What should my attitude be in spiritual direction? A sincere desire for a serious spiritual life is necessary in order to decide to have spiritual direction, and this doesn't happen too often. One has to overcome laziness, which…
