4 Things St. Teresa of Calcutta Taught Me
As I walked through the exhibit reading all about her life, I kept thinking, “How can I love like she did? I don’t have it in me…”
What Makes a Saint?
To be clear, the Church doesn’t “make someone” a saint. The Church recognizes the holiness of certain individuals and honors some with the title of “saint.” If you make it to heaven, you are a saint – whether or not the Church recognizes you as one publicly.
The title of saint is conferred on someone after what is called the canonization process.
This is Why You Need to Read St. Mark’s Gospel… Immediately
“Maaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrkkkk!” she shouted, letting all in our neighborhood know that my presence was needed at home immediately. I could always tell when my mother was worried about my whereabouts and my mother had the uncanny knack of turning my name – a one-syllable word – into a multi-syllable exclamation that […]
10 Ways That Doubting Thomas is All of Us
Let’s recap the story and I’ll prove to you that even though you live in 2016 and not back in the day of no transportation or showers, you know you’ve done all these things too.
Now I Know What Mary Felt at the Foot of the Cross
A few months ago two people came in a health clinic in San Bernardino and shot and killed 14 people; one of those lives that were taken was my cousin.
The Day I Told Someone Getting Drunk Doesn’t Honor St. Patrick
“I understand that you like getting wasted and see it as the ultimate exercise of young freedom, I used to think that way, too. The reality, though, is that it’s a lie. Freedom is not “doing whatever you want.”
Hell: Catholic Cheat Sheet
Hell is not a punishment that God inflicts on bad people. Rather, it is an eternal, voluntary choice that can be made if a sinner wants to reject God’s forgiving, merciful love.
Purgatory: Catholic Cheat Sheet
Purgatory is a temporary state of purification where souls (after they have died) have the effects of their sins cleansed before they are able to enter heaven.
Heaven: Catholic Cheat Sheet
Heaven is where souls live in endless union with God, loving and praising Him and praying for souls not yet in heaven.
