Do Not Despise Small Beginnings
We live in the midst of negative cultural news. Many of the foundational principles of our Judeo-Christian roots seem to be pushed out of the public square. The number of Christians and Catholics slip every year and the number of people who claim no religious preference rises. We rightly feel great urgency to do something […]
Faith is a Decision
In a conversation on the Unplanned Joyful Life podcast, Andrea Jackson talks about trust in God and how friendship can open the door to Jesus.
Your Enemies Are Your Neighbor, Too
When Jesus instructs us to love our neighbor, he makes it clear that he means loving people whether we like them or not. Loving not only the people we like, but also our enemies, sets followers of Jesus apart. “For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the […]
Acquiring the Taste of Heaven
Lent is the great season of acquiring better tastes. We let go of some good but lesser things, in order to increase our hunger for even better things—and for God himself.
My Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
When I reflect on the image of the Sacred Heart, I realize that, at a first glance, it is not such a warm image. After all, it is a bleeding heart, punctured and surrounded by a crown of thorns.
Excerpt from The 10:10 Challenge – The Corporal Works of Mercy
Jesus communicates with a staggering and perhaps unsettling clarity what the call of discipleship looks like in a world of winners and losers, powerful and weak, haves and have-nots. The sick, the impoverished, the imprisoned, the foreigner don’t only need aid from those who can help, but . . .
I lost sight of the purpose of prayer
A few months ago, I was really struggling to figure out my daily routine for prayer. It had been going great. For nearly a year, I woke up and got out the door at 6:30 a.m. to make morning Mass on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I’d take my prayer book and journal with me for […]
Can we really change for the better?
Changing the rhythms of our lives to receive more of God is difficult, but we can consciously work on this using the best advice for personal organization and habit formation available from modern and classic sources alike.
The Old Priest
Below is a fun fictional tale submitted by one of our supporters, just in time for the Halloween season!
Tune Your Rule of Life for Summer
As wonderful—or challenging—as summer can be, for many people summer is at least one thing: different. How will you tune your rule of life to be intentional about prayer, community, and mission this summer?