Dec 19, 2023

Is love, or the virtue of charity, really just a feeling? Can we just think nice thoughts about somebody and truly say that we love them?

Scripture and tradition say otherwise. Love is active, not passive. Being charitable means doing things for those you love even when it costs you something. The greatest example of...

Dec 18, 2023

How does hope keep us afloat even when things get tough?

Or when it feels like we are enslaved to chronic sin? 

Hope sustains us because it is found in Jesus Christ. He became man to save us from our sin so that we might spend eternity with him. His grace is available to us especially in the Sacrament of Confession,...

Dec 4, 2023

Especially in a season like Advent, it is good to sit with Mary.

The Mother of God models our waiting for Jesus after her waiting. Think how often throughout those nine months she had to put faith in so many: the angel Gabriel. God the Father. Her husband Joseph.

How can you put faith in God this day?

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Nov 13, 2023

The entire Christian life bears the mark of the spousal love of Christ and the Church. What does this mean?

This spousal love is in fact Jesus' longing to give himself to us through his Church. This love of Christ is reflected not only in the Church but also in our bodies as male and female.

We are made for...

Oct 30, 2023

"You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:32)

As brought to light in Scripture, truth and freedom are not mutually exclusive. Truth is in fact the birthplace of freedom. When we direct our free will towards the service of the truth, it is then that we more free. 

The Catechism defines freedom...