8 Key Questions for Making a New Year’s Resolution that Lasts
We are coming to that time when we’ll make that big New Year’s resolution. Often times we don’t think through the price or the consequences of resolutions said in haste. The result is that we usually...
View ArticleMy Digital Resolutions for the New Year
Happy New Year to all of our readers – I sincerely hope that your holiday celebrations were filled with peace and joy. These first few days of 2012 find me returning to my desk and computer after a...
View ArticlePractical Help for Prayer in 2013
How about giving up sin for your New Year’s resolution.? That’s as highly desirable as it is improbable, so I purpose the second best thing in 2013: pray more. It can be a stand-alone resolution or a...
View ArticleDaily Catholic Quote from St. Basil the Great
“There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise up. Have you sinned? Cease. Do not stand among sinners, but leap aside.” (St. Basil the...
View Article6 Failed Resolutions and 1 Surefire Resolution
I love resolutions. Whether it’s an attempt at small monthly goals or the blank slate of a new year, I have always been motivated by setting goals and making plans. That said, I’m in a stretch of zilch...
View ArticleWhat Goals and Mary Have in Common
I’ve always been a fan of New Year’s resolutions and goal-making, despite a nice dose of cynicism acquired from years of failure and burning myself out on unattainable targets. Last year, I revisited...
View ArticleEliminating Obstacles in 2015 (and Beyond)
As I considered what to write for this New Year’s Day post, I reflected on years of well-intended resolutions to lose weight, go to daily Mass, pick up a new hobby, play more tennis, etc. which ended...
View ArticleA Practical New Year Resolution for Advent
We should allow the clarion call from this great saint to reverberate in our souls. Today we enter into the Advent Season. It is past time to get ready… One of my strongest, most enduring memories from...
View ArticleFocus on the Lord this Advent
We should allow the clarion call from this great saint to reverberate in our souls. Today we enter the Advent Season. It is past time to get ready… One of my strongest, most enduring memories from my...
View ArticleWhat Do You Hope For?
Image: Via Shutterstock If we lose our focus on the Lord, neither his coming in past history, nor his coming at the end of time will have much meaning for us. We will be like the people of Noah’s time...
View ArticleLessons That Need Repeating
Image: Photo by Jan Huber on Unsplash “Let us together pledge that no matter what 2022 brings, we are going to use it to become saints.“ A BIT OF A REPEAT? It’s easy to give advice as one year ends and...
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