How to Stay Catholic in College

One of the toughest realizations I had when I started working with college students was the amount of Catholics who stop practicing their faith within the first year of school or so. A smaller number abandon their faith later in

Easy Steps To Do a Time of Personal Prayer or Meditation

It’s About Speaking With God, Who Loves You Infinitely There is no question that spending time in daily prayer or reflection will help you find true interior freedom—but how can we go about doing this? As you grow from childhood

You Are Never Alone!

It Happens All The Time I’m seated in a crowded airplane about to take off. I’m on my way to lead a spiritual retreat. For some reason, whenever I’m at an airport, I have the perception of being alone—a feeling

The Almighty God Needs You!

Saul was a passionate and committed Pharisee who had decided to put an end to the new “heresy” of Christianity. He asked for permission from the religious authority and headed to Damascus with great determination to capture and put in

Sister Death

It has been said that there is nothing so certain as death, and nothing so uncertain as the moment of death. Death is a mystery in so many ways. What is it like to die? What happens after we die?

Scruples, an Illness of the Soul

From a spiritual approach, when we talk about “scruples” we are referring to a particular disposition or state of the soul by which a person tends to see sin everywhere, to see sin where it is not. Scruples lead the

When Plagiarizing is Okay

He who sings prays twice. I’ve heard that phrase attributed to at least a dozen different saints: St. John Bosco, St. Philip Neri, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Augustine, St. Theresa of Calcutta. And it’s only one in a collection

Let Us Learn from the Fishermen

There are many people who enjoy fishing. I’m one of them. I really enjoy catching trout in the lakes and rivers of Patagonia. Or at least, trying to… What does it mean to go fishing? A fisherman will answer by

Jesus Waits

Have you ever wanted a GPS… but for your life? God’s voice—the inspirations of the Holy Spirit—are kind of like a Divine Garmin; the only problem is that we don’t always want to hear what He is saying. Or maybe

How To Pray When I Can’t Pray

It’s not always that easy It always amazed me to read how some saints had a very hard time praying. Sometimes, like in the cases of St. Teresa of Avila or St. Teresa of Calcutta, they endured long periods of

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