Choosing to Live Gratefully
“When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them...
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Tag: daily life
There is a plan… even if it’s not yours
I will only find peace when I surrender. Today’s first reading from Ecclesiastes...
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Live a Radiant Life
“It would certainly not be necessary to preach doctrine if your lives were so...
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Lessons from Ikea: Do the Next Thing
We have a lot of Ikea furniture in our house. Bookshelves, a chair, a bench, a desk, and more...
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Balance and Self-Mastery
In his first four Wednesday audiences, Pope St. John Paul II taught about the cardinal virtues. He...
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Justice in Daily Life
Last week we began looking at the cardinal virtues. The practice of the other virtues hinges on...
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What Does the Virtuous Life Look Like?
“Growing in virtue is not a passive activity, nor is it complicated or enigmatic. It happens...
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Do you struggle in your prayer life?
The Beginning One of the biggest obstacles for me in the early days of my faith journey was the...
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Brick by Brick
I want to be holy. I want to be a saint. That’s all that matters in this life… that someday we all...
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The Preparation of Simeon
Are we keeping watch with our lives, so that we will not miss the presence of the Lord when he...
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Seeking Him on Pilgrimage
At only fifteen years old, I stepped into St. Peter’s Square for the first time. And although I...
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Writer’s Block, Ordinary Time, and Grace
Why did He choose to spend most of His life in silence? … Perhaps because He knew most of...
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