Arguably the most difficult challenge to our salvation is the call to forgiveness. Be merciful...
In 1896 a German immigrant to the United States, a man named Emmanuel Ninnger, paid for his...
Jesus tells the formerly hemorrhaging woman: “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction.” (Mark 5:34) And to distraught Jairus: “Do not be afraid; just have faith.” (Mark 5:36) This...
The apostles weren’t the only saints in the Church’s history who had bad experiences while at sea. St. Paul, of course, was shipwrecked three different times; others who experienced shipwreck included St. Francis of...
Part 1 of this essay explained how identifying and evaluating other people’s attitudes can increase our appreciation of people with good attitudes and deal more effectively with those with bad attitudes. It also...
Alberto Beretta was a talented doctor and a Capuchin priest whose sister Gianna is a saint. He is on the path to sainthood, himself. Here is a short biography of his life. He was born in Italy in 1916, one of thirteen...
An attitude is a way of feeling or thinking that has become habitual. People show their attitudes but seldom express them in words. In some cases, they are not even aware they have them. Lack of awareness occurs with...
If a friend came to you asking for your prayers, would you respond: “Why do you need me? Pray to God directly yourself!” Of course not. Christians have always recognized the value of multiplying one’s prayers with those...
[#1] Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment Not necessarily Catholic but Christian nonetheless. Plus, hardly a grand epic which you might expect, this is rather a murder mystery with the protagonist committing the...
The Confessions were written at the end of the fourth century AD by a man just entering middle age, who had recently been made a bishop against his will and needed to come to terms with a past strewn with questionable...
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