
Obstacles to God’s Grace: Address Them During Advent
Removing obstacles to God’s grace—this can help us all. And what better time to do it than the beginning of the new liturgical year, during

Removing obstacles to God’s grace—this can help us all. And what better time to do it than the beginning of the new liturgical year, during

Here’s a phrase you’ve certainly heard, in one form or another, “We have a God-sized hole in our heart. If we don’t fill it with

In Part I of this series we looked at ways social media is harmful to our brain, particularly in regards to reward mechanisms (such as

We’re called to sanctify ourselves and the world around us through our relationships with God (the first great commandment) and our neighbor (the second great

In Part 1 of this series, we looked at fundamental principles for our interior life. Our relationship with God is rooted in the time spent

To paraphrase our Lord, “do not be afraid of what can kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one

The soul, as St. Teresa of Avila put it, is a castle in which there are many rooms, just as in heaven where there are many

“There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.” (Eccl 3:1) This verse was part of one of

So many things in our lives are necessary but challenging, and perhaps none more so than prayer. Prayer sustains the life of our souls, yet

An exhortation to develop an interior life or to deepen one’s relationship with Jesus—is, in and of itself, good. Yet, simply attempting to persuade someone