Have You Paused to Thank God For His Creation?
“We are restless till we rest in thee.” St. Augustine One day last summer I hiked a portion of the Appalachian Trail with my daughter who was heading to college in the fall. As we began...
Christmastide: The Celebration Has Just Begun!
What does December 26th mean to you? For most people it means that Christmas is over. But for the Catholic Church, it means the celebration has just begun. Many of us Catholics, however, are no...
12 Steps to a Great Catholic Christmas Gathering
Christmas is just around the corner: which means that evenings with friends or coworkers, and weekends with out-of-town relatives, are just around the corner as well. At this thought, many minds ...
Reina Evangelizadora: Cómo La Virgen de Guadalupe nos enseña a compartir a Cristo
Con constelaciones doradas en su manto y la luna bajo sus pies, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe sigue capturando corazones hoy tanto como aquel día en la colina de Tepeyac en 1531. La tilma milagrosa c...
A Short Examination of Conscience Based on the Beatitudes
In order to make a good confession, we must first make a good examination of conscience. Many of us are familiar with examinations of conscience based on the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17...
Let The Saints Guide You To An Extraordinary Life! A Lesson on Heroic Virtue
The saints are as different as they are similar. Some saints lived short lives; some long ones; some saints were married, others single; some saints came from prominence, others from obscurity; so...
A Thankful Heart Is A Happy Heart (And It Starts At Mass)
In one of Saint Catherine of Siena’s revelations, God the Father told her that “thanksgiving makes the soul incessantly delight in Him; it frees men from negligence and lukewarmness altogether and ...
How To Offer Up Your Intentions At Mass
As Catholic laity, we often hear about "active participation" at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. We may think that "active" participation means "physical" participation—such as being a cantor, a le...
Heaven's Window: Praying With Sacred Art
Sacred art as a form of prayer was a subject explored in our Good Catholic's digital content series School of Prayer. This series talked about the tragic heresy known as “iconoclasm” which reared i...
The Power of Sacred Music to Move the Soul
As a runner, I recognize that music has an effect on my emotional state and even on my psyche. I often run alone and love the solitude, peace, and recollection gained when running in silence—but th...