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Emily Jerger
Three Practices that Can Change How You Go to Confession
If you have ever experienced that pit-in-the-stomach feeling before going to Confession, you are not alone. The Sacrament of Re...
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Arthur C. Brooks
You’re Not Unhappy…You’re Misunderstanding Happiness
Why does life feel empty — even when everything seems “fine”?Fr. Mike Schmitz and Dr. Arthur Brooks, Harvard professor and best...
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Philip Kosloski
How slow meditation can change your life
Try not to rush through your prayer or meditation and you will notice an amazing difference.In our fast-paced society, it is ea...
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Fr. Mark Mary
What Most Men Are Missing
What matters more than looking good and feeling good is that we are in fact good. How are our daily choices impacting the peopl...
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Father Ronald Rolheiser, OMI
Father Ronald Rolheiser on giving your life away
Discipleship to Jesus takes a lifetime. What do we do when it gets confusing, painful, or just plain boring? John Mark sat down...
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Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT
Sr. Miriam James Heidland joins Fr. Peter Marsalek and Sarah Soto to talk about healing
Sr. Miriam James Heidland joins Fr. Peter Marsalek and Sarah Soto for a powerful conversation on healing and redemption. While ...
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Encountering God

Emily Jerger
Three Practices that Can Change How You Go to Confession
If you have ever experienced that pit-in-the-stomach feeling before going to Confession, you are not alone. The Sacrament of Re...
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Fr. Mike Schmitz
Your Fasting is Doing More Than You Think
Our lives are so full of noise, distractions, constant activity. But we weren’t made to be filled with these things. Fr. Mike S...
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Matthew Chicoine
The Sunday Struggle: Navigating Mass as a Parent of Children With Autism
How do you explain the significance of the Mass to your child when they struggle to communicate with you about their basic need...
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Fr. Mike Schmitz
How to Offer Everything to God this Lent
This Lent, you don’t have to wait until you feel ready, strong, or spiritual enough. God is ready to meet you right where you a...
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Anna O'Neil
3 Things you might not know about sacramentals
Wait. What’s a sacramental?I have always been drawn to sacramentals. I keep on hand holy water, medals, and many Lents’ worth o...
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Philip Kosloski
4 Quick facts about the veneration of relics
Relics can be confusing, so here is a brief rundown of what Catholics believe.Why do Catholics keep saint’s bones, hair, clothe...
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Building Community

Arthur C. Brooks
You’re Not Unhappy…You’re Misunderstanding Happiness
Why does life feel empty — even when everything seems “fine”?Fr. Mike Schmitz and Dr. Arthur Brooks, Harvard professor and best...
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Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT
Sr. Miriam James Heidland joins Fr. Peter Marsalek and Sarah Soto to talk about healing
Sr. Miriam James Heidland joins Fr. Peter Marsalek and Sarah Soto for a powerful conversation on healing and redemption. While ...
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James Pereira
Wrestling with God: The Emotional and Relational Side of Doubt
“What would everyone say if they knew I was struggling with this?”There was a time in my life when these questions passed throu...
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Cecilia Pigg
How to Have a Fruitful Disagreement With Someone You Love, According to St. Ignatius
Whether it’s your boyfriend, sister, or best friend, chances are you’ll disagree with someone about something sometime. What ar...
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Fr. Mike Schmitz
Wanting to Fix People
We have a tendency to want to fix the people we love. While delighting in all their good traits, we think, “If only they didn’t...
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Fr. Mike Schmitz
Family brings out the worst in you (so that God can heal it)
Fr. Mike explains how being at home with our family is one of God’s favorite ways to make us holy—if we are honest about the ar...
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Experiencing the Sacraments

Emily Jerger
Three Practices that Can Change How You Go to Confession
If you have ever experienced that pit-in-the-stomach feeling before going to Confession, you are not alone. The Sacrament of Re...
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Sherry Antonetti
How to Spend an Hour in Adoration
Taking time to be with Jesus in the Eucharist is a recipe for finding the peace your soul needs.Adoration is one of the most be...
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James Tynen
The Comfort of Silence: How Adoration Helps Us Pay Attention
For my first attempt at Eucharistic adoration, I was late. I had signed up online for adoration at our church’s chapel. I chose...
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Fr. Mike Schmitz
What You Have NOT Been Told About Baptism
Are you a child of the light or a child of darkness? Today, Fr. Mike reminds us that, though we are all born with original sin,...
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Aleteia
If feeling guilty is the reason you’re NOT going to Confession: A priest’s advice
“I already feel guilty enough about what I did. I don’t need a priest to make me feel more guilty.” Prayer, fasting, and almsgi...
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Theresa Civantos Barber
5 Ways to Rest in Christ This Winter
Quiet. Rest. Stillness. Peace.  These aren’t things to which our rat-race culture gives much attention. But in recent years, th...
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