How should I pray? Prayer allows us to adore God, by acknowledging his almighty power; prayers allow us to bring our thanks, our petitions, and our sorrow for sin before our Lord and God.…
A Few Ways to Start Over Have you ever thought “Man, I've really messed things up”? Maybe God has given you the grace to see that you have fallen into a great sin that has slowly…
Why Are There so Many Virgin Marys If Mary Is Only One? There is the Virgin Mary: the Mother of Jesus, who we find in the Gospels. What happens is that She has several titles. The different names and the different images…
What does incense symbolize? Incense is an aromatic substance obtained from the resin of certain trees that, when burned on coal, produces a sweet aroma. Incense and the smoke it creates signify purification and…
Jesus Christ: just another founder? There are a lot of people who want to convince us that Christianity is just one more religion among the many that exist. However, when the founders of the great…
Why don't Catholics read horoscopes? Horoscopes are a means of attempting to know the future through an astrologer’s interpretation of Sun sign astrology. The Catholic Church teaches against the use of horoscopes and other such…
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…
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 desert, 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-…
