15 Tips For Prayer

I once asked a class of college students to rate their spiritual lives on a scale of 1 to 10. Most were very hard on themselves and gave the...

Sleepwalking Through Life!

My son, Dominic, sleepwalks. When he first started, my wife and I were a bit worried about him. He would ramble on about his dreams, which m...

A Lonely Place

In Mark 6: 30-32, after Jesus and the apostles learn of the murder of John the Baptist, it says: The apostles returned to Jesus, and told hi...

Ask Fr. Barron

Some good answers to good questions asked by Catholics and answered by Fr. Barron. Thanks to Matt for these videos.

The Broken Places

Some great thoughts by Tom McDonald at God and The Machine : There is a darkness in the world. It’s always been there, since we made our fir...

Tears of Joy. Tears of Pain. Tears of Blessing.

A Christmas Break Rule of Life

The primary authors of this are the sisters we have here at St. Mary's - the Apostles of the Interior Life . They wrote this originally ...

Prayers for Finals

Remember - as long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools. Here are some prayers for students who have finals coming up.  St. T...

Why We Don't Pray

Pray & Work

What Confession Is Like For a Priest

A great article on the Sacrament of Confession, from the other side of the Confessional . MY SIDE OF THE CONFESSIONAL: WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR A...

7 Secrets To A Transforming Prayer Life

7 Secrets To A Transforming Prayer Life The first secret is there are no secrets! Rather, it takes a lot of perseverance  humility, honesty...

7 Habits of Highly Effective Catholics

Borrowing an idea from Steven Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People , I have compiled the following: The 7 Habits of Highly Effect...

The Dos and Don’ts of Reading the Bible

We live in a world of dos and don’ts. We use them every day: Do brush your teeth. Don’t drive too fast. They seem to impact our lives from m...

15 Tips To Help Your Prayer Life

I once asked a class of college students to rate their spiritual lives on a scale of 1 to 10. Most were very hard on themselves and gave the...

Cardinal Dolan's Prayers For Democrats and Republicans

He prays as a Catholic should - for things that are not merely political, but those things that justice, charity, and the common good demand...

How Should A College Student Prepare For "The Real World"?

Question : As students, there is a great pressure put on us about education and careers. It is easy for us as students to separate school fr...

What Catholics Believe About Mary's Assumption and Why

Scott Hahn has a wonderful explanation of Mary's Assumption. The final Mass for this Holy Day of Obligation (opportunity) celebration wi...

God's Perspective vs Our Own

Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered in 1980 while saying Mass and is a martyr for the faith, gave this amazing reflection. I hope you ...

Does God Ignore Our Prayers?

Q - Does God ever ignore our prayers? I was at a conference this past weekend where one of the speakers noted that God doesn't listen to...