Overcome Your Worry About Praying to the Catholic Saints
Are you a Catholic who sometimes worries about your devotion to the Catholic Saints? Learn about the most common concerns and put them to rest. What if you don’t feel worthy of the attention of the saints? What if you don’t have time to foster a devotion to the saints? What if you’re concerned that devotion to the saints will keep you from true intimacy with Jesus? Learn why you don’t have to worry.
Read MoreDaily Bible: Carry Your Cross
Read Today’s Readings If anyone is looking for Scriptural evidence for the Catholic understanding of grace and works, today’s first reading from Philippians 2:12-18 is one great place to look. Saint Paul exhorts us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling, but he also says, “For God is the one who, for his…
Read MoreWhy Faith in God Gives You More (not less) of the Good Stuff!
Many of us assume that we are too busy to strengthen our faith in God. The skills and strategies surrounding the all-but-forgotten virtue of prudence can help us to focus on what matters most – especially our relationship with God. Today, let’s take the first concrete step toward living the virtue of prudence. Virtue requires…
Read MoreGrowing in the Theological Virtues: to Love as Jesus Loves (Charity)
The theological virtues empower us to have a relationship with God. But they do this by building on human nature with the supernatural gifts of grace. So far we have explored human aspects of love. Eros, storge, and philios are human forms of love. Grace strengthens these types of love. But this last form of…
Read MoreCatholic Prayer: The Virtue of Prudence and the Habit of Prayer
Catholic spirituality and prayer often begins with the virtue of prudence. We need to deal with our own weaknesses & bad habits in order to grow in love for God.
Read MoreAuthor Book Reading Timeless: A History of the Catholic Church
Author Steve Weidenkopf reads from chapter 6 in his book, Timeless: A History of the Catholic Church. This chapter, called “The Family Weakens,” explores Church history in the fourteenth century, a time in the Church that saw much worldly selfishness and scandal in the Church hierarchy. This period of history includes the…
Read MoreMy Inner Abbey Episode 1: It’s All About Relationship (video)
The webcast that’s all about practical strategies for spiritual growth In This Episode We introduced the webcast and answered the question, “Does it really matter what we believe – won’t everyone go to Heaven anyway?” This question spurred a discussion on what Heaven really is. Links for this program Register for the live webcast and…
Read MoreThe Moral Virtue of Prudence: 4 Steps to Regaining Control
Busyness is the dangerous trap we all fall prey to. Our true problem is being overloaded and lacking margin. We are too busy to live. The solution to these challenges is the moral virtue of prudence, which leads us to focus our lives on what is really important. So let’s start taking a closer look at the solution.…
Read MoreAuthor Book Reading: Listening for God in Everyday Life
Dr. Joseph White, a Catholic child psychologist, reads the chapter “God Speaking to Us in the Midst of Suffering and Struggle” from his book Listening for God in Everyday Life. While Dr. White visits the theological and philosophical explanations of suffering, he also seasons his exploration with personal experience from his practice. When…
Read MoreThe Virtue of Prudence: Martha, Martha . . .
Now it came to pass as they went, that he entered into a certain town: and a certain woman named Martha, received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sitting also at the Lord’s feet, heard his word. But Martha was busy about much serving. Who stood and said: Lord,…
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