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The Mysteries of Our Lives (Part 1)
Welcome to Season 19! In this episode, we continue our tradition of reflecting on the mysteries of our lives through the myster...
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Mathilde de Robien
A technique from the Desert Fathers to control our negative thoughts
Their technique of guarding the heart bears some similarities with today’s use of meditation.The Desert Fathers, Christians who...
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Fr Rob Kosek CRSP
You can avoid grave sin and still be far from God
Not every conversion begins with a spectacular fall. It isn’t always about living far from God and then making a sudden return....
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Arthur Brooks
The Meaning of Your Life
On happiness, vocation, and the difference between building a resume and building a life worth living.
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Simon
Meet Simon. A member of Glass Canvas Ministries and a part of our Accompaniment Training team. As a young missionary kid in Papua New Guinea, Simon formed many of his early memories surrounded by missionaries and witnessed how they faithfully brought the gospel into the jungle. His worldview was...
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Matt
Meet Matt. A dear friend of Glass Canvas whose identity at a young age was shaped by external factors. Throughout his formative years, he struggled with the way his identity was forming — either through basketball, friendships, and achievements — without first understanding who he truly was. He...
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The 6 Daily Habits
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Encountering God

Luke Schenk
Be Still and Know: Learning to Stop Trying So Hard
Prayer never came easily for me.Most of the time, I either tried too hard or not at all. I would sit down wanting to hear God, ...
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How St. Oscar Romero changed my life
During the pandemic, I found myself quarantining alone with my two dogs. I was working full-time from home and only stepped outside my apartment to get groceries. I found myself with a lot of time on my hands — more time than I ever had — and my mind would drift. One of the pressures that kept...
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This Game Will Reveal What You Truly Worship
What are the "idols" we are chasing? Arthur Brooks tells of an exercise that he runs through his students, pulling from Aquinas. This breakdown helps us understand what we worship in life.
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Hope is a verb
What do we do when life becomes difficult? Perhaps the constant stream of negative headlines has you down. Maybe you’ve heard someone utter, “I hope things will get better.” We toss around the word “hope” all the time, but have you ever stopped to consider what it is? Hope can often feel like...
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Holiness is now
You and I are called, by virtue of our baptism, to lead a life of holiness and become a saint— there is no alternative. Feels like a lot to live up to, doesn’t it? A little like an ultimatum. It can sound like God has too high expectations of us. It can bring us to two kinds of conclusions: Maybe...
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Six daily habits for spiritual resiliency
I encountered my own deconstruction a few years ago. I grew up in an exciting, charismatic, evangelistic environment full of mountaintop moments and so when I found myself for the first time deprived of those experiences, I became less and less certain that the Gospel had much to offer to people...
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What does the Catholic Church teach?

Find resources particularly relating to the teachings of the Catholic Church, and her fundamental doctrine.

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Fr Columba Jordan CFR
The Biblical Way to Stop People-Pleasing
What would it be like to truly be free, from sin, from fear, and from anything else we can't say no to? In the letter to the Ga...
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James Pereira
Living in Peace with Broken Relationships
“Love the Lord your God and love your neighbour as yourself.” This is pretty widely understood to be the end goal of the Christ...
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What is love
An invitation to contemplate the nature of love, what it really is, why it matters, and how it shapes the way we live, relate, and care for others.
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Maria Stempo
Learning the Wisdom of Holy Discretion in a Culture of Oversharing
When I was growing up, my dad, God rest his soul, used to say, “Never tell anyone your problems because half the people don’t c...
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Kate Oczypok
Finding a New Church Community After Moving Away
Three-and-a-half years ago, my husband and I moved to Pittsburgh from Maryland to be closer to family, leaving behind a church ...
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What Vulnerability Means in Male Friendships
As a kid, I had no interest in showing my cards and letting people get to know who I really am, and I spent much of my life building walls. It wasn’t that I had a lot to hide. I was just so scared of being unaccepted that I eliminated any opportunity for that to happen—and that meant assimilating...
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Experiencing the Sacraments

Busted Halo
Homily: Eucharist is a Verb
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Father Dave connects today’s Solemnity to the Greek word for ‘thanksgi...
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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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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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