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Prayerful Alternatives to Doomscrolling

Laura DeMaria February 27, AD2026 1 Comment

Eliminate the habit of doomscrolling by replacing it with practices that bring you closer to God.

Set the Captives Free!

Dom Cingoranelli November 16, AD2025 7 Comments

Throughout the United States, over 600 volunteers have dedicated themselves to setting captives free. They set seniors free from the captivity of spiritual isolation during

Living with Depression: Finding God in the Darkness

Kenneth Cramer February 7, AD2025 10 Comments

It’s not easy to put my battle with depression into words. It’s an issue that has spanned most of my life, manifesting in childhood but

Hope and the Hell of Hopelessness

Mark Belanger February 23, AD2023 4 Comments

“Abandon every hope, all you who enter! — The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Canto III, Line 9 (Mark Musa translation) Even people who have never

crucifix, jesus, seder, sacrifice, triduum

Do The Hard Thing

Rob Marco December 27, AD2022 2 Comments

“Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning.” ~Victor Frankl (neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, author, Holocaust survivor) Wim Hof, colloquially known as

frustration, anger, confusion, sadness, alone, depression

Keeping The Faith During Depression

Mark Belanger February 15, AD2021 5 Comments

Everybody gets the blues. But some people really get the blues in the form of depression. For many people depression involves brain chemistry, which means

Stewardship and Sloth in the Modern World

Deacon Greg Lambert November 13, AD2020 No Comments

Stewardship and sloth are two words not likely to come up in daily conversation around the kitchen table or office water cooler. Furthermore, they are

The Virtue of Hope as Diving into the Mercy of God

Jim Dougherty November 26, AD2019 No Comments

Like every virtue, hope is a grace and also a habit, but unique to hope is that its practice may be described as diving into

joy, dance, abandon, retreat, attitudes, life

You Can Overcome Loneliness

Christopher Reilly July 16, AD2019 3 Comments

Loneliness can be distressing and deeply painful. I know. I have experienced it often. We all experience loneliness at times in our lives. People we

Suicidal Thoughts

Father John Catoir June 4, AD2018 2 Comments

When you have a little time, please visit my website JohnCatoir.com, and scroll down past the white cross, then click on the left side under

Depression in Lent, an Unsought Penance

Jim Dougherty March 8, AD2018 5 Comments

My Lent so far has consisted of an unrelenting depression that has been getting worse for months. My mounting anxieties and a sense of hopelessness

The Lonely Way of the Writer: A New Year’s Message for My Fellow Writers

Mark C. McCann January 12, AD2018 5 Comments

Every January 1st, many of us decide to come clean with our personal struggles and make resolutions to better ourselves in the days ahead. In

Fifteen Years of Yearning for Hope

Jim Dougherty November 11, AD2017 3 Comments

November 11, 2017 marks the fifteenth (15th) anniversary of the shooting death of my son, Aaron Dougherty. More essentially, this date also marks the 15th

From Panic Attacks to Freedom in God- Part II

Susan Skinner October 10, AD2017 9 Comments

This is the second part of the hardest story I have ever told. It is my story of struggling with anxiety, panic attacks anxiety and

From Panic Attacks to Freedom in God- Part I

Susan Skinner October 9, AD2017 6 Comments

This is the hardest story I have ever told. It is my story of struggling with anxiety, panic attacks anxiety and depression. My story will

A Catholic Approach to the Suicide Epidemic

Alex Wolke August 31, AD2017 3 Comments

Recently, two great musicians passed away: Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington. Both committed suicide. Chester Bennington was a huge fan of Cornell when he was

When the Loss of a Loved One Leads to Depression

Guest Contributor March 22, AD2017 1 Comment

Even St. John of the Cross experienced depression. Take a look at Dark Night of the Soul if you’ve never read it. Mother Teresa was

Back to (Extra)Ordinary Time: Facing Depression

Jim Dougherty January 20, AD2017 2 Comments

I left Hawaii’s extraordinary climate just before the New Year to be with my 90-year-old parents on the wintry east coast near Philadelphia. I arrived

Loving When It’s Hard To Love

Anne DeSantis August 14, AD2016 No Comments

Love is a Decision I heard a reference from one of the saints that “love is a decision”. In our culture and in Hollywood, love is

Why Even Faithful Catholics Suffer From Mental Illness

Melanie Jean Juneau May 20, AD2016 57 Comments

Although most respectable members of our parishes try to look healthy and content in public, mental illness is as common and invisible among the faithful as it